Cat No:
NMCD192
Release Date: 21 February 2014
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363019224
Genres: Classical Contemporary
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Description
Millennium Scenes was written in 1998-99: rather than an empty celebration of the turn of a century, the composer writes that 'I had in mind a series of fleeting images... - a TV commercial, perhaps, a couple arguing, laughter, a dead animal on the road, religious fervour, a child being hit - almost anything, in fact, but all of them real events taking pace around the turn of the millennium.'
By contrast with the massive orchestra of Millennium Scenes, Notturno explores the night landscapes evoked by poet Salvatore Quasimodo, while As Kingfishers Catch Fire exploits the colours of flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet. Chamber Symphony, which closes the album, juxtaposes ideas of the mechanical and natural, partly inspired by the composer's fascination with the writings of William Blake.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Feroce
- 2. Largo
- 3. Dance
- 4. Interrupted Dance
- 5. Chorale 1
- 6. Intimo
- 7. Berceuse 1
- 8. Grandioso
- 9. Brutale
- 10. Chorale 2
- 11. Berceuse 2
- 12. Coda
- 13. I.
- 14. II.
- 15. III.
- 16. As Kingfishers Catch Fire
- 17. The Persistence of Memory
- 18. I.
- 19. II.
Disc 1
Side 1
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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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Britten: Britten To America
Samuel West, Andrew Kennedy, Jean Rigby, Ex Cathedra, Halle, Mark Elder
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