CD, Davies, Peter Maxwell (composer)
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Origins
Lucie Horsch (recorder, flute), Carel Kraayenhof (bandoneon), Dani Luca (cimbalom), Sean Shibe (guitar), Bao Sissoko (lute), Fuse, LUDWIG Orchestra
Horsch harnesses no less than nine different instruments, bringing a kaleidoscopic range of colours to the repertoire...The transcriptions, including several by Horsch herself, are an enchanting... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Concerto Choice
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An ideal background to sipping a café crème and nibbling a croissant. —
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New. Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 4; Clarinet Quintet
Dimitri Ashkenazy (clarinet), Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen, Brodsky Quartet, Joseph Trafton
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Special offer. Davies, Peter Maxwell: Taverner
Martyn Hill (Taverner), David Wilson-Johnson (Jester), Stephen Richardson (Henry VIII), Fiona Kimm (Virgin Mary), Michael Chance (Priest/God), Quentin Hayes (White Abbot) & Peter Sidhom (Richard Taverner)
Fretwork, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta Voices, His Majestys Sagbutts...
The opera is full… bitterly ironic juxtapositions, such as the 'holy' chanting from monks heard against the cynical Realpolitik of the negotiations between King and the Cardinal. Making the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Opera
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Opera, April 2010, Recording of the Month
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impressive, both in the quality of the playing and the variety of the music…in Ysaye's Third Sonata she yields nothing to the finest recordings in her accuracy and passion, the recording capturing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Instrumental
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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Maxwell Davies - Sacred choral music
Robert Quinney (organ)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker
Under David Hill and subsequently James O'Donnell the choir of Westminster Cathedral established a tradition of excellent recordings for Hyperion. That tradition is as strong as ever under Martin... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale
Harrison Birtwistle (The Soldier), George Benjamin (The Devil), Dame Harriet Walter (narrator)
Royal Academy of Music, Oliver Knussen
It’s recorded in a way to convey to the maximum both the poetic detail and the expert pacing of Knussen’s finely-pointed reading, and to give full rein to Dame Harriet’s wonderfully free-spirited... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Labyrinths
Victoria Brawn, Guy Schalom, Trish Clowes (saxophone), Nicky Spence (tenor), Francesca Moore-Bridger, Jim Moray, David Gordon (piano), Mark Ashford, Diane Clarke, Eleanor Turner (harp), Sally Harrop, Orchestra of the Swan, Daniele Rosina, David Le Page
A wildly eclectic programme, which makes for an exciting listen. While some of the ensemble playing could be tighter, the solos are ethereal and thoughtful. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Spatial Audio
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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. —
