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Macmillan: Piano Concerto No 2, A Scotch Bestiary
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Macmillan: Piano Concerto No 2, A Scotch Bestiary

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Composer
MACMILLAN, JAMES
Artist
Marshall
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Jun 01, 2006
Catalog #
CHAN 10377
UPC
095115137727

About

Grammy Award Nominee 2006 'Best Classical Contemporary Composition' Composed in 2005 as a specially commissioned ballet score fo New York City Ballet, 'Piano Concerto No.2' comprises three movements: cumnock fair, shabards and shamnation. The work here receives its world premiere recording. It is a highly energetic work - a frenzy of folksong and dance; the first movement, cumnock fair, is a whirling fantasy of eighteenth-century Scottish dance melodies; shambards makes use of Burnsian folksong with fragments of the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor drifting in and out of focus; shamnation is heavily influenced by Scottish folklore, often quite devilish. 'For sheer excitement...this half-romp, half tantrum of a work is hot stuff', wrote The Times. 'A Scotch Bestiary' was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the BBC Philharmonic to inaugurate the new organ in the Disney Hall in Los Angeles. This is a conertante work for organ (an instrument rarely used by contemporary composers) and orchestra, in two parts, and follows in a tradition of musical portraiture to which Elgar, Saint-Saëns and Mussorgsky have made significant contributions.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 The menagerie, caged: The book is opened: Andante — 01:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: The book is opened: Andante —
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  2. 2 The menagerie, caged: No. 1. Ode to a cro-magnon hyena: Adagio — 02:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 1. Ode to a cro-magnon hyena: Adagio —
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  3. 3 The menagerie, caged: A page is turned: Tempo I — 00:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: A page is turned: Tempo I —
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  4. 4 The menagerie, caged: No. 2. Reptiles and Big Fish [in a small pond]: Largo - Andante - Largo - Andante - Tempo di valse [Allegro] - Andante - Largo — 01:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 2. Reptiles and Big Fish [in a small pond]: Largo - Andante - Largo - Andante - Tempo di valse [Allegro] - Andante - Largo —
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  5. 5 The menagerie, caged: No. 3. Her Serene and Ubiquitous Majesty, Queen Bee: Senza misura: Prestissimo possibile, sempre legatissimo - [ - ] - Adagio — 02:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 3. Her Serene and Ubiquitous Majesty, Queen Bee: Senza misura: Prestissimo possibile, sempre legatissimo - [ - ] - Adagio —
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  6. 6 The menagerie, caged: Another page is turned: Tempo I — 00:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: Another page is turned: Tempo I —
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  7. 7 The menagerie, caged: No. 4. The red-handed, no-surrender, howler monkey: [ - ] - Tempo di marcia — 01:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 4. The red-handed, no-surrender, howler monkey: [ - ] - Tempo di marcia —
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  8. 8 The menagerie, caged: No. 5. Uncle Tom Cat and his Chickens: Adagio — 02:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 5. Uncle Tom Cat and his Chickens: Adagio —
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  9. 9 The menagerie, caged: Yet another page is turned: Tempo I — 00:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: Yet another page is turned: Tempo I —
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  10. 10 The menagerie, caged: No. 6. Scottish Patriots: [ - ] - [ - ] - Maestoso — 02:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 6. Scottish Patriots: [ - ] - [ - ] - Maestoso —
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  11. 11 The menagerie, caged: No. 7. The Reverend Cuckoo and his Parroting Chorus: [ - ] — 01:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 7. The Reverend Cuckoo and his Parroting Chorus: [ - ] —
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  12. 12 The menagerie, caged: No. 8. Jackass Hackass: Prestissimo possibile [moto perpetuo] — 01:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: No. 8. Jackass Hackass: Prestissimo possibile [moto perpetuo] —
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  13. 13 The menagerie, caged: The book is closed: Tempo I — 01:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    The menagerie, caged: The book is closed: Tempo I —
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  14. 14 The menagerie, uncaged 12:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    The menagerie, uncaged
    Duration
    12:28
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  15. 15 I. Cumnock fair: Fast 12:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Cumnock fair: Fast
    Duration
    12:08
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  16. 16 II. Shambards: quarter note = c. 60 07:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Shambards: quarter note = c. 60
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan
  17. 17 III. Shamnation: Allegro [Tempo di reel] 09:49
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Shamnation: Allegro [Tempo di reel]
    Duration
    09:49
    Composer
    James MacMillan
    Performer
    Wayne Marshall
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    James MacMillan