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Dennis Russell Davies
p, *1944 US, Toledo, Ohio
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
Dennis Russell Davies (born April 16, 1944, Toledo, Ohio) is an American conductor and pianist. He studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School, where he received his doctorate. A champion of living composers and modern music including Hans Werner Henze, William Bolcom, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, Philip Glass, Giya Kancheli, Arvo Pärt, Virgil Thomson, and Aaron Copland, Davies has commissioned, premiered and recorded numerous pieces by living composers, along with the standard classical works.
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Violin Concerto No. 1: Movement III on Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Leonard Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium by Various Artists Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten on Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt & Various Artists Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94, "Surprise": II. Andante on Haydn: London Symphonies / Londoner Sinfonien Nos. 93, 94 "Surprise", 95 by Joseph Haydn, Dennis Russell Davies & Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Akhnaten: Act I, Prelude: Refrain - Verse 1 - Verse 2 on Glass: Akhnaten by Philip Glass & Dennis Russell Davies Tirol Concerto: Movement II on Dennis Russell Davies Performs Philip Glass by Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies & Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Festina Lente on Arvo Pärt: Miserere by Arvo Pärt, The Hilliard Ensemble & Paul Hillier Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III on The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition by Philip Glass Akhnaten: Act II, Scene 3: Dance on Glass: Akhnaten by Philip Glass & Dennis Russell Davies Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 3: Window of Appearances on Glass: Akhnaten by Philip Glass & Dennis Russell Davies Heroes on Philip Glass: Heroes Symphony by Philip Glass, American Composers Orchestra & Dennis Russell DaviesTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony No. 4 Arranged For Two Pianos By The Composer | Dmitri Shostakovich - Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies | 2019 | Album |
| Lamentate - These Words... | Arvo Pärt - Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa | 2018 | Album |
| Symphony No. 11 | Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz | 2018 | Album |
| Sunrise Falling | Isang Yun - Dennis Russell Davies, Matt Haimovitz, Yumi Hwang Williams, Maki Namekawa, Bruckner Orchestra Linz | 2018 | Album |
| Now, And Then | Bruno Maderna / Luciano Berio - Orchestra Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Dennis Russell Davies | 2017 | Album |
| Glass/Bernstein Concertos | Renaud Capuçon, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz | 2017 | Album |
| The Symphonies | Philip Glass Conducted By Dennis Russell Davies, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien | 2016 | Album |
| The Perfect American | Philip Glass / Rudolph Wurlitzer, Peter Stephan Jungk, Dennis Russell Davies, Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid | 2016 | Album |
| Symphony No. 10 | Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz | 2015 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 "Low" From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian Eno | Philip Glass, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester Conducted By Dennis Russell Davies | 2014 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 "Heroes" | Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian Eno | 2014 | Album |
| Cello Concerto No.2 "Naqoyqatsi" | Philip Glass / Matt Haimovitz, Dennis Russell Davies, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | 2013 | Album |
| Musique Funèbre | Witold Lutoslawski / Béla Bartók - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 2012 | Album |
| Open House (Song Cycles By Robert Beaser And William Bolcom) | Robert Beaser And William Bolcom - Paul Sperry, The New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony / Kenneth Klein, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies | 2012 | Album |
| Double Concert For Violin, Cello & Orchestra - Tirol Concerto For Piano And Orchestra | Philip Glass - Tim Fain, Wendy Sutter, Jurjen Hempel, Residentie Orkest, Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester | 2011 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 | Philip Glass, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies | 2011 | Album |
| Kepler | Philip Glass - Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies | 2010 | Album |
| Madhares | Thomas Larcher / Till Fellner, Kim Kashkashian, Quatuor Diotima, Dennis Russell Davies, Münchener Kammerorchester | 2010 | Album |
| Symphony D Minor "Nullte" | Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies - Anton Bruckner | 2010 | Album |
| The Complete Symphonies / Sämtliche Sinfonien | Joseph Haydn – Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 2009 | Album |
| Symphony No.7 "Toltec" | Philip Glass : Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz | 2009 | Album |
| Concerto Grosso Concerto For Saxophone Quartet | Philip Glass, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies, Rascher Saxophone Quartet | 2008 | Album |
| 9.Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb Salzburg 2006 = 9th International Mozart Competition Salzburg 2006 (Gesang/Voice) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Das Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Dennis Russell Davies | 2006 | Album |
| Symphony No.1 "Linz" | Anton Bruckner / Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies | 2006 | Album |
| Music 4 Hands | Philip Glass / Steve Reich - Maki Namekawa And Dennis Russell Davies | 2005 | Album |
| Symphony No. 6 Plutonian Ode | Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchestra Linz | 2005 | Album |
| Orchestral Works | Igor Stravinsky - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 2005 | Album |
| Symphony No.22 "City Of Light" / Cello Concerto | Alan Hovhaness, Janos Starker, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 2004 | Album |
| Tirol Concerto For Piano And Orchestra And Selections From Passages | Dennis Russell Davies Performs Philip Glass Featuring Stuttgarter Kammerorchester | 2004 | Album |
| Symphonie Nr. 8 (1. Fassung, 1887) | Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies - Anton Bruckner | 2002 | Album |
| Tirol Concerto For Piano And Orchestra | Philip Glass - Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester | 2002 | Album |
| Suite From The "Marriage At The Eiffel Tower" | Lou Harrison, Dennis Russell Davies, The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra | 2000 | Album |
| Highlights Der 1. Saison " Pracht Und Prunkstücke " | Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 2000 | Album |
| Serenade For Strings Op. 48 C Major / Souvenir De Florence Op. 70 D Minor | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 2000 | Compil. |
| Piano Concertos K. 271, 453, 466 / Adagio And Fugue K. 546 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Keith Jarrett, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 1999 | Album |
| Songs (Arranged For Soprano / Baritone And Orchestra) | Franz Schubert, Max Reger - Ina Stachelhaus, Dietrich Henschel, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 1998 | Album |
| Mozart: Wind Serenades | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies | 1996 | Album |
| Bläserquintett / Suiten Op. 13 • Op. 17 / Vyvolená | Pavel Haas - Jörg Dürmüller, Stuttgarter Bläserquintett, Monika Hölszky-Wiedemann, Dennis Russell Davies | 1996 | Album |
| Colin McPhee | Colin McPhee - The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1996 | Album |
| Symphonies 6, 7 & 9 | Roger Sessions - American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1995 | Album |
| Tabuh-Tabuhan / Inner Voices / Suite For Symphonic Strings | Colin McPhee / Chinary Ung / Lou Harrison - American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1995 | Album |
| The Seven Deadly Sins ● Chorale Variations ● Piano Concerto | Robert Beaser, Jan Opalach, Pamela Mia Paul, American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1994 | Album |
| Mendelssohn, Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, & 3, "The Scottish", Fingal's Cave | Dennis Russell Davies, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn | 1993 | Album |
| Lachrymae | Paul Hindemith / Benjamin Britten / Krzysztof Penderecki - Kim Kashkashian, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies | 1993 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / Coriolan Overture | Ludwig van Beethoven, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies | 1993 | Album |
| Vom Winde Beweint / Konzert Für Viola Und Orchester | Giya Kancheli / Alfred Schnittke - Kim Kashkashian, Dennis Russell Davies | 1992 | Album |
| Aaron Copland: Dance Panels / Short Symphony / Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson | Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies, Helene Schneiderman | 1992 | Compil. |
| Violin Concerto / Fantasia Concertante / Fifth Symphony | William Bolcom - Sergiu Luca, American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1992 | Album |
| Third Symphony • Grand Duo For Violin & Piano | Lou Harrison - Dennis Russell Davies, Romuald Tecco, Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
| Four Early Sinfonias: Sinfonia In F Major · Sinfonia In B-flat Major · Sinfonia In D Minor · Sinfonia In E Major | Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach – Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies | 1991 | Album |
| Fanfare For The Common Man - Appalachian Spring - West Side Story - Candide | Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Rochester "Pops", Erich Kunzel | 1991 | Compil. |
| Quintette Für Klavier Und Bläser | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ludwig van Beethoven, Dennis Russell Davies / Stuttgarter Bläserquintett | 1991 | Album |
| Bagatelles Op.47, Serenade In D Minor Op.44 | Antonín Dvořák, Dennis Russell Davies, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn | 1990 | Album |
| Stadt Bonn | Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn Unter Der Leitung Von Generalmusikdirektor Dennis Russell Davies | 1990 | Album |
| Solstice / Canticle #3 | Lou Harrison / Dennis Russell Davies | 1990 | Album |
| Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring | St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies | 1990 | Album |
| Bagatelles, Op. 47 | Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies | 1990 | Album |
| Four Orchestral Works By Aaron Copland | Aaron Copland - William Blount, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies | 1989 | Album |
| Mysterious Mountain • Lousadzak • Elegiac Symphony | Alan Hovhaness ; Lou Harrison – American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies - Keith Jarrett | 1989 | Album |
| Music For The Theatre · Music For Movies · Quiet City · Clarinet Concerto | Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies, William Blount - Aaron Copland | 1988 | Album |
| Arbos | Arvo Pärt - The Hilliard Ensemble - Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Thomas Demenga - Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Dennis Russell Davies | 1987 | Album |
| Two Salzburg Symphonies | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies | 1987 | Album |
| Appalachian Spring / Short Symphony / Symphony No. 3 | Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1984 | Album |
| Ritual | Keith Jarrett, Dennis Russell Davies | 1982 | Album |
| My Lord What A Mornin' | Charles Holland, Dennis Russell Davies | 1982 | Album |
| The Seasons / 2-Part Symphony | American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies - John Cage / Charles Wuorinen | 1979 | Album |
| Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring - Charles Ives: Three Places In New England | Aaron Copland, Charles Ives / Conductor Dennis Russell Davies Orchestra The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| Symphony No.5 In B-flat Major | Franz Schubert - The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1978 | Album |
| The Continental Harp And Band Report (An American Miscellany) | Eric Stokes - The Louisville Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1977 | Album |
| Mass No. 5 In A Flat, D. 678 | Franz Schubert - Marlee Sabo, Jan DeGaetani, Paul Sperry, Leslie Guinn, The Carleton College Choir, Chamber Singers & Festival Chorale, William Wells, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1977 | Album |
| Johann Christian Bach/Sinfonia In G Minor Op. No. 6; Michael Haydn/Symphony In G With Introduction By Mozart; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Cassation In D K. 62a | The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1976 | Album |
| Open House / Commedia | William Bolcom - Paul Sperry, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1976 | Album |
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