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Compositeur: STEVENSON, Ronald ((b. 1928)) |
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ID: DCD34060
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choral and OrganChoral settings of Scottish poetry from Robert Burns to Alexander McCall Smith
These collaborations between noted 'Edinburghians' Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham appear on disc here for the first time, in a programme of Scottish poetry settings by some of today's leading composers. From the ethereal tenderness of Cunningham's Lullaby to the muscular angularity of Ronald Stevenson's Medieval Scottish Triptych, Laudibus responds with affection and athleticism to the expert direction of UK choral doyen, Mike Brewer.
Producer’s note: “It was not so sunny when we recorded Scotland at Night…On 3-5 January whilst Laudibus was in Colinton Parish Church in Edinburgh to record this collection, the boiler gave out! Anyway, I offered as much support to the ever-spirited Mike & his crew as I could from the Minister's office (things are quite plush in Colinton, and thankfully the heating system in the Minister's suite runs off a newer-fangled & more efficient boiler!). You would never know that these lush sounds were recorded in a sub-freezing environment!” Paul Baxter
Track listing
1 Dream Angus arr. John Powell
2-7 Scotland at Night - Tom Cunningham
8 My Heart’s in the Highlands - Arvo Pärt
9 So Deep - James MacMillan
10 Address to Edinburgh - Howard Skempton
11 The Gallant Weaver - James MacMillan
12-16 The Painter’s Eye - Tom Cunningham
17-19 A Medieval Scottish Triptych - Ronald Stevenson
20 Ye Banks and Braes arr. Mike Brewer
21 The Seagull - John Hearne
Total playing time [64:17]
premiere recordings except tracks 8, 9, 11, 21 |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: DCD34119
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: PianoTrack listing
Disc One
1-20 Passacaglia on DSCH
Disc Two
1 Passacaglia on DSCH (conclusion)
2 Promenade Pastorale*
3 Waltzes*
4-10 Fugue, Variations and Epilogue
on a Theme by Arnold Bax*
11 Nocturne (Homage to John Field)*
12-28 Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti*
29-30 Sonatina No 2 *
* premiere recordings
Total playing time (2 discs) [2:20:39]
Music of extraordinary range and power composed at the dawn of the Space Age, Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH was long claimed as the biggest single stretch of music ever written for piano. It is a veritable world tour of styles as well as a single-minded exploration of its generating motif, and rising star James Willshire -- who received five-star acclaim in 2011 for his Delphian debut disc of music by Rory Boyle - has the technique and vaulting ambition to match both the work's grandeur and its immense wealth of detail.
Willshire gave the 1955 Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti its belated concert premiere just this year, and now commits it to disc as one of a number of premiere recordings. The more recent, and equally substantial Fugue, Variations and Epilogue on a Theme by Arnold Bax crystallises Stevenson’s lifelong devotion to a Celtic aesthetic as well as foregrounding his innovative approach to variation technique. A clutch of shorter works completes the picture, bringing to light some of Stevenson’s less often remarked qualities - charm, exuberance, wit and grace.
In 2000, at the age of fifteen, James was awarded an Educational Scholarship in the London International Piano Competition, the youngest British pianist to be thus recognised. He has performed at festivals throughout the UK and abroad, including the Lichfield, Cheltenham, and Winchester Festivals and many more. |
| 20.00 eur Buy |
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ID: UP0052
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Voices and QuartetRecordet at the Domovina sturio in Prague in April and June 20020 and January 2003
Nigel Cliffe - baritone (1-3)
Maria Isabel Siewers - guitar (4-6)
Martinů Quartet - Lubomír Havlák - 1st violin, Petr Matěják - 2nd violin, Jan Jíša - viola, Jitka Vlašánková - cello
Music Director: Jaroslav Krček, Jaroslav Rybář, Jiří Štilec |
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