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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.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Harmonium
  • Strings
Genres
  • Classical
  • World
  • Electronic
Popular Tracks   
Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten on Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt & Various Artists
Violin Concerto No. 1: Movement III on Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Leonard Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium by 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
Tirol Concerto: Movement II on Dennis Russell Davies Performs Philip Glass by Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies & Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Akhnaten: Act I, Prelude: Refrain - Verse 1 - Verse 2 on Glass: Akhnaten by Philip Glass & Dennis Russell Davies
Festina Lente on Arvo Pärt: Miserere by Arvo Pärt, The Hilliard Ensemble & Paul Hillier
Heroes on Philip Glass: Heroes Symphony by Philip Glass, American Composers Orchestra & Dennis Russell Davies
Akhnaten: 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
Symphony No. 27 in G Major, Hob. I:27: II. Andante: Siciliano on Haydn: Symphonies / Sinfonien Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30 "Alleluja" by Joseph Haydn, Dennis Russell Davies & Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

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Title Artist Year Type
Symphony No. 4 Arranged For Two Pianos By The ComposerDmitri Shostakovich - Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies2019Album
Lamentate - These Words...Arvo Pärt - Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa2018Album
Symphony No. 11Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz2018Album
Sunrise FallingIsang Yun - Dennis Russell Davies, Matt Haimovitz, Yumi Hwang Williams, Maki Namekawa, Bruckner Orchestra Linz2018Album
Now, And ThenBruno Maderna / Luciano Berio - Orchestra Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Dennis Russell Davies2017Album
Glass/Bernstein ConcertosRenaud Capuçon, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz2017Album
The SymphoniesPhilip Glass Conducted By Dennis Russell Davies, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien2016Album
The Perfect AmericanPhilip Glass / Rudolph Wurlitzer, Peter Stephan Jungk, Dennis Russell Davies, Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid2016Album
Symphony No. 10Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz2015Album
Symphony No. 1 "Low" From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian EnoPhilip Glass, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester Conducted By Dennis Russell Davies2014Album
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes"Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian Eno2014Album
Cello Concerto No.2 "Naqoyqatsi"Philip Glass / Matt Haimovitz, Dennis Russell Davies, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra2013Album
Musique FunèbreWitold Lutoslawski / Béla Bartók - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies2012Album
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 Davies2012Album
Double Concert For Violin, Cello & Orchestra - Tirol Concerto For Piano And OrchestraPhilip Glass - Tim Fain, Wendy Sutter, Jurjen Hempel, Residentie Orkest, Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester2011Album
Symphony No. 9Philip Glass, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies2011Album
KeplerPhilip Glass - Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies2010Album
MadharesThomas Larcher / Till Fellner, Kim Kashkashian, Quatuor Diotima, Dennis Russell Davies, Münchener Kammerorchester2010Album
Symphony D Minor "Nullte"Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies - Anton Bruckner2010Album
The Complete Symphonies / Sämtliche SinfonienJoseph Haydn – Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies2009Album
Symphony No.7 "Toltec"Philip Glass : Dennis Russell Davies, Bruckner Orchestra Linz2009Album
Concerto Grosso Concerto For Saxophone QuartetPhilip Glass, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies, Rascher Saxophone Quartet2008Album
9.Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb Salzburg 2006 = 9th International Mozart Competition Salzburg 2006 (Gesang/Voice)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Das Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Dennis Russell Davies2006Album
Symphony No.1 "Linz"Anton Bruckner / Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies2006Album
Music 4 HandsPhilip Glass / Steve Reich - Maki Namekawa And Dennis Russell Davies2005Album
Symphony No. 6 Plutonian OdePhilip Glass, Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Russell Davies, Lauren Flanigan, Bruckner Orchestra Linz2005Album
Orchestral WorksIgor Stravinsky - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies2005Album
Symphony No.22 "City Of Light" / Cello ConcertoAlan Hovhaness, Janos Starker, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies2004Album
Tirol Concerto For Piano And Orchestra And Selections From PassagesDennis Russell Davies Performs Philip Glass Featuring Stuttgarter Kammerorchester2004Album
Symphonie Nr. 8 (1. Fassung, 1887)Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies - Anton Bruckner2002Album
Tirol Concerto For Piano And OrchestraPhilip Glass - Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester2002Album
Suite From The "Marriage At The Eiffel Tower"Lou Harrison, Dennis Russell Davies, The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra2000Album
Highlights Der 1. Saison " Pracht Und Prunkstücke "Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies2000Album
Serenade For Strings Op. 48 C Major / Souvenir De Florence Op. 70 D MinorPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies2000Compil.
Piano Concertos K. 271, 453, 466 / Adagio And Fugue K. 546Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Keith Jarrett, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies1999Album
Songs (Arranged For Soprano / Baritone And Orchestra)Franz Schubert, Max Reger - Ina Stachelhaus, Dietrich Henschel, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies1998Album
Mozart: Wind SerenadesWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies1996Album
Bläserquintett / Suiten Op. 13 • Op. 17 / VyvolenáPavel Haas - Jörg Dürmüller, Stuttgarter Bläserquintett, Monika Hölszky-Wiedemann, Dennis Russell Davies1996Album
Colin McPheeColin McPhee - The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1996Album
Symphonies 6, 7 & 9Roger Sessions - American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1995Album
Tabuh-Tabuhan / Inner Voices / Suite For Symphonic StringsColin McPhee / Chinary Ung / Lou Harrison - American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1995Album
The Seven Deadly Sins ● Chorale Variations ● Piano ConcertoRobert Beaser, Jan Opalach, Pamela Mia Paul, American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1994Album
Mendelssohn, Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, & 3, "The Scottish", Fingal's CaveDennis Russell Davies, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn1993Album
LachrymaePaul Hindemith / Benjamin Britten / Krzysztof Penderecki - Kim Kashkashian, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies1993Album
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / Coriolan OvertureLudwig van Beethoven, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies1993Album
Vom Winde Beweint / Konzert Für Viola Und OrchesterGiya Kancheli / Alfred Schnittke - Kim Kashkashian, Dennis Russell Davies1992Album
Aaron Copland: Dance Panels / Short Symphony / Eight Poems of Emily DickinsonOrchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies, Helene Schneiderman1992Compil.
Violin Concerto / Fantasia Concertante / Fifth SymphonyWilliam Bolcom - Sergiu Luca, American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1992Album
Third Symphony • Grand Duo For Violin & PianoLou Harrison - Dennis Russell Davies, Romuald Tecco, Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra1991Album
Four Early Sinfonias: Sinfonia In F Major · Sinfonia In B-flat Major · Sinfonia In D Minor · Sinfonia In E MajorJohann Christoph Friedrich Bach – Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies1991Album
Fanfare For The Common Man - Appalachian Spring - West Side Story - CandideAaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Rochester "Pops", Erich Kunzel1991Compil.
Quintette Für Klavier Und BläserWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ludwig van Beethoven, Dennis Russell Davies / Stuttgarter Bläserquintett1991Album
Bagatelles Op.47, Serenade In D Minor Op.44Antonín Dvořák, Dennis Russell Davies, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn1990Album
Stadt BonnOrchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn Unter Der Leitung Von Generalmusikdirektor Dennis Russell Davies1990Album
Solstice / Canticle #3Lou Harrison / Dennis Russell Davies1990Album
Aaron Copland Appalachian SpringSt. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies1990Album
Bagatelles, Op. 47Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies1990Album
Four Orchestral Works By Aaron CoplandAaron Copland - William Blount, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies1989Album
Mysterious Mountain • Lousadzak • Elegiac SymphonyAlan Hovhaness ; Lou Harrison – American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies - Keith Jarrett1989Album
Music For The Theatre · Music For Movies · Quiet City · Clarinet ConcertoOrchestra Of St. Luke's, Dennis Russell Davies, William Blount - Aaron Copland1988Album
ArbosArvo Pärt - The Hilliard Ensemble - Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Thomas Demenga - Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Dennis Russell Davies1987Album
Two Salzburg SymphoniesWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchester Der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davies1987Album
Appalachian Spring / Short Symphony / Symphony No. 3Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1984Album
RitualKeith Jarrett, Dennis Russell Davies1982Album
My Lord What A Mornin'Charles Holland, Dennis Russell Davies1982Album
The Seasons / 2-Part SymphonyAmerican Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies - John Cage / Charles Wuorinen1979Album
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring - Charles Ives: Three Places In New EnglandAaron Copland, Charles Ives / Conductor Dennis Russell Davies Orchestra The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra1978Album
Symphony No.5 In B-flat MajorFranz Schubert - The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1978Album
The Continental Harp And Band Report (An American Miscellany)Eric Stokes - The Louisville Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1977Album
Mass No. 5 In A Flat, D. 678Franz 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 Davies1977Album
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. 62aThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1976Album
Open House / CommediaWilliam Bolcom - Paul Sperry, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies1976Album
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