Cat No:
NMCD156
Release Date: 16 May 2011
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363015622
Genres: Classical
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Description
This collection of premiere recordings of Sir Harrison Birtwistle's orchestral works spans a period of ten years, from 1994-2004.
The works move away from the composer's forceful and monolithic grandeur, of which he has become associated, and have a more reflective, otherworldly and subtle sound, exploring the world of melancholy. The Shadow of Night is a slow nocturne, exploring the world of melancholy, inspired by the composer's life-long fascination with Dürer's engraving Melencolia I, and Night's Black Bird - commissioned by the Roche Foundation - continues with the same reflective musical imagery. The Cry of Anubis, part tuba concerto, part tone poem, grew out of Birtwistle's fascination with Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the necropolis in Egyptian mythology who played an important part in Birtwistle's surreal opera The Second Mrs Kong (1993-94).
This is the Hallé's first recording for NMC.
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Tracklisting
- 1. The Shadow of Night 28 25
- 2. Night's Black Bird 14 14
- 3. The Cry of Anubis 13 32
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arcing, stilling, bending, gathering
Lisa Illean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, GBSR Duo, Juliet Fraser, Explore Ensemble
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Visions and Journeys
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
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Michael Zev Gordon: The Impermanence of Things
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, London Sinfonietta, Ryan Wigglesworth, Huw Watkins
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Richard Baker: The Tyranny of Fun
Richard Baker
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Luke Bedford: In the Voices of the Living
Mark Padmore, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta
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Zubin Kanga: Cyborg Pianist
Zubin Kanga
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Thomas Simaku: SOLO
Thomas Simaku, soloists of Ensemble Intercontemporain
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The Sun is Free to Flow with the Sea
Onyx Brass
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Mask Of Orpheus
H. Birtwistle
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