Browse: Davies, Peter Maxwell (composer), Opera
This page lists all recordings composed by Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016).
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Opera
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Opera, April 2010, Recording of the Month
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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Concerto Choice
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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... — More…
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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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Labyrinths Victoria Brawn, Guy Schalom, Trish Clowes (saxophone), Nicky Spence (tenor), Francesca Moore-Bridger, Jim Moray, David Le Page, David Gordon, Mark Ashford, Diane Clarke, Eleanor Turner, Sally Harrop
Orchestra of the Swan, Daniele Rosina
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. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Spatial Audio
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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... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Crown & Glory Trevor Pinnock (organ), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Jon Cohen (piano, keyboards, programmer), Central Band of the Royal Air Force (military band), SAC Louise Bonneywell (clarinet), Cpl Chris l'Anson (percussion), Cpl Neslihan Jordan (flute), Cpl George Martin (clarinet), Cpl Paul Meaden (horn), Cpl...
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Davies, Peter Maxwell: The Lighthouse Neil Mackie (tenor), Christopher Keyte (baritone) & Ian Comboy (bass)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic, Peter Maxwell Davies
Even without the visuals, the work's taut pacing and sharp-focus invention grip the imagination from start to finish. All three cast members excel, taking Maxwell Davies's liking for apssages... — More…
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As the baritone Kelvin Thomas played the ailing George III for Music Theatre Wales more than 100 times, working closely with Maxwell Davies to fine-tune his interpretation, what we hear accords... — More…
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Most characterful of these 11 variations are Anthony Payne's 'Loose Canon'...and Richard Rodney Bennett's touching and poignantly harmonised 'Little Elegy'. — More…
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