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Linz Bruckner Orchestra

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A notable new release: Philip Glass’s 65th-birthday commissionThe Symphony No. 6 was written to mark Philip Glass’s 65th birthday, on a joint commission from Carnegie Hall and the Brucknerhaus Linz.Its subject is Plutonian Ode, a work by Glass’s friend, the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-97). Since the poem falls into three parts, the symphony likewise has three movements. The first is a fierce protest against nuclear arsenals and environmental contamination; the second turns towards deliverance and healing; and the last traces the process by which, through one’s own reflection, a certain truth is reached.This recording features Dennis Russell Davies and the Bruckner Orchester Linz in the Grosser Saal of the Brucknerhaus, Linz, assembled for CD from sessions and mixing carried out in November 2004 and in March and May 2005. It is a substantial two-disc set, with the rich sou