Browse: Sculthorpe (composer)

Hill places the new work within an exceptionally well-crafted recital in which Messiaen's music is a recurrent thread in a span of resonances, influences and affinities...Whether in Dutilleux... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

While the colours change, it barely registers whether the music is most-Debussyan impressionism, serial, experimental...Sculthorpe's musical voice and sense of his own land and its cultures is... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…this outstanding issue celebrates 20 years of carols newly commissioned for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The two CDs are stuffed with memorable settings - Jonathan Dove's... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Australian Chamber Orchestra has consistently championed the music of its countryman Peter Sculthorpe. Cello Dreaming, premiered by Steven Isserlis and the BBC Philharmonic during the 1998... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The eagerly awaited Sculthorpe Requiem brings a further jewel to a wide audience, his first major choral work fascinatingly showing how his unique idiom translates into a traditional mould.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2007 More…

In every work it seems nothing less than total commitment is given, with a keen awareness of dynamic contrasts, phrase characterisation and mood — Classic CD, June 1998 More…