Davies: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 7 & 8

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 19, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MAXWELL DAVIES
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      The Composer, James Clark, Ursula Leveaux, Duncan Mctier
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 19, 2013
    • UPC
      747313235575
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572355
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Moderato

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Duncan McTier

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    2. II. Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Duncan McTier

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    3. I. Presto - Lento recitando - Tempo adagio - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Ursula Leveaux

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    4. II. Andante

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Ursula Leveaux

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    5. III. Recitative - Allegro - Più allegro - Adagio

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Ursula Leveaux

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    6. A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: James Clark

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies


Some of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' most imposing and important music for solo instruments can be heard in his cycle of ten Strathclyde Concertos, composed for, and premiered by the soloists of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The ingeniously structured Seventh Concerto, for double bass, is both tense and haunting. The more conventionally laid out Eighth Concerto, for bassoon, is by turns playful and lyrical, and features an important role for timpani. A Spell for Green Corn was written to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the SCO and Maxwell Davies' 60th birthday.