Peter Maxwell Davies
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Simon Rattle & Peter Maxwell Davies
Recommended25th anniversary edition - first time on CD
Philharmonia Orchestra, The Fires of London, Simon Rattle, Peter Maxwell Davies
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Contemporary
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Peter Maxwell Davies - A Portrait
A selection of recordings by Peter Maxwell Davies from the 1960s and 1970s, all appearing on CD for the first time.
performances by The Fires of London, Vanessa Redgrave, The London Sinfonietta, Peter Maxwell Davies, David Atherton & Sir Charles Groves
The 1979 performance [of Seven in Nomine] under David Atherton is excellent. All in all, this is an ideal introduction to Maxwell Davies's music, and represents superb value for money. —
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Special offer. Davies, Peter Maxwell: The Lighthouse
Neil Mackie (tenor), Christopher Keyte (baritone) & Ian Comboy (bass)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic, Peter Maxwell Davies
Even without the visuals, the work's taut pacing and sharp-focus invention grip the imagination from start to finish. All three cast members excel, taking Maxwell Davies's liking for apssages... —
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Maxwell Davies: Suite from 'The Boyfriend', Suite from 'The Devils' & Other Works
RecommendedPeter Maxwell Davies (piano)
Aquarius, Nicholas Cleobury
In these vintage examples of early-to-middle-period Maxwell Davies, his fairly for popular dance-forms shines through his roguishly gaudy arrangements...Maxwell Davies's score [for The Devils]... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Mr Emmet Takes A Walk
Jonathan Best, Rebecca Caine, Adrian Clarke (baritone), Paul Driver, Psappha, Etienne Siebens, Peter Maxwell Davies
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Peter Maxwell Davies & Harrison Birtwistle
Mary Thomas, Mary Thomas & Rosemary Phillips, John Ogdon
The Pierrot Players, Melos Ensemble, Peter Maxwell-Davies, John Carewe, Lawrence Foster
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Naxos July 2013 New Release Sampler
Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano), Robert Cook (horn), Peter Franks (trumpet), Javier Arnal Gonzalez (oboe), Mary Oleskiewicz (baroque flute), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Adrian Butterfield (baroque violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Piers Lane (piano), Thomas...
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Special offer. Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 5 and 6
James Clark (violin), Catherine Marwood (viola) & David Nicholson (flute)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Peter Maxwell Davies
It is music of the late twentieth century which at the same time is far removed from the composer’s enfant terrible phase of the 1960s and 1970s...They are a most valuable restoration to the... —
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Naxos August 2014 New Release Sampler
Martyn Hill (tenor), Mary Carewe (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ralph van Raat (piano), Patrick Messina (clarinet), Nicky Spence (tenor), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Emanuele Buono (guitar), Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (piano), Joel Hastings (piano), Kirsten Sturm (organ), Raphael Wallfisch...
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Special offer. Davies, Peter Maxwell: Resurrection
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Maxwell Davies's matching panoply of stylistic musical masks is magpie-like even by his standards...there's no doubting the astonishing technical apparatus that makes it all happen. Davies's... —
