Maxwell Davies: Caroline Mathilde Concert Suites

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 13, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DAVIES, PETER MAXWELL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Davies
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 13, 2015
    • UPC
      747313235872
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572358
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. A Public Square

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    2. II. Inside the Castle

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    3. III. The Queen's Chamber

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    4. IV. The Royal Chambers

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    5. I. A Public Square

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    6. II. The Conspiracy

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    7. III. The Masked Ball - Court Dance

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    8. IV. The Masked Ball - Pas de deux

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    9. V. The Arrest

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    10. VI. The Execution

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    11. VII. The Exile of Caroline Mathilde

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    12. Chat Moss

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies

    13. Ojai Festival Overture

      Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies


Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ ballet Caroline Mathilde premièred in 1991 and has been highly acclaimed ever since. Its story concerns the tragic marriage of Caroline to Christian VII of Denmark and is cast in a musical language that embraces expressionism, drama, parody, and overt lyricism. The two concert suites chart the young queen’s fall from grace and her eventual banishment into exile. Chat Moss is a richly textured tone poem, while by contrast the Ojai Festival Overture is a lively and extrovert concert piece reflecting Maxwell Davies’ fondness for American landscape and culture. Recorded between 1991-95 and previously released by the now defunct Collins Classics, the Naxos label has been consistently lauded in the musical press for making available once again these and many other recordings by arguably the greatest British composer of the second half of the 20th c., that, in some cases, remain the only recordings of these works.