Clarke: The Prophecies of Merlin / Skærved, Thomson, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 23, 2023
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Nigel Clarke
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Neil Thomson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 23, 2023
    • UPC
      747313912773
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8579127
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Tapestry I: Calidon Wood

      Composer: Nigel Clarke

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

      Conductor: Neil Thomson

    2. Tapestry II: Calaterium Forest

      Composer: Nigel Clarke

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

      Conductor: Neil Thomson

    3. Tapestry III: Severn Sea

      Composer: Nigel Clarke

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

      Conductor: Neil Thomson

    4. Tapestry IV: Canute's Wood

      Composer: Nigel Clarke

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Alexandru Cozma

      Conductor: Neil Thomson

    5. Tapestry V: Daneian Forest

      Composer: Nigel Clarke

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

      Conductor: Neil Thomson


This world premiere recording of British composer Nigel Clarke’s symphony for violin and orchestra The Prophecies of Merlin is inspired by the 12th-century text De gestis Britonum by Geoffrey of Monmouth, and it casts the soloist as the maddened Merlin, in a score brimming with rhythmic drive and bravura orchestration. Clarke's music can aso be heard on 8.570429 (Samurai • Black Fire • The Miraculous Violin) and 8.574097 (Mysteries of the Horizon).