Naxos
Peter Maxwell Davies: Black Pentecost & Stone Litany
$9.99
Details
- Composer
- MAXWELL DAVIES, PETER
- Artist
- Jones, Wilson-Johnson
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Sep 09, 2014
- Catalog #
- 8572359
- UPC
- 747313235971
About
Both Black Pentecost and Stone Litany share a symphonic scale and an Orkney setting. Premièred by Simon Rattle in 1982, Black Pentecost is an impassioned plea against environmental destruction, taking its words from Orcadian author George Mackay Brown’s novel Greenvoe, and cast in the form of a vocal symphony. Chamber-like restraint is matched by tense, dark writing that embraces threnody and cataclysm. Beautifully orchestrated and featuring elaborate melismas from the vocal soloist, Stone Litany, subtitled ‘Runes from a House of the Dead’, evokes the haunted landscape of a Neolithic burial mound plundered by Vikings.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 I. Adagio - Allegro molto 18:21
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Adagio - Allegro molto
- Duration
- 18:21
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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2 II. Black Star, Operation Black Star was how they described it 10:10
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Black Star, Operation Black Star was how they described it
- Duration
- 10:10
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Performer
- Della Jones, David Wilson-Johnson
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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3 III. Bella Budge presided over a diminishing republic of hens 07:37
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Bella Budge presided over a diminishing republic of hens
- Duration
- 07:37
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Performer
- Della Jones
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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4 IV. It is a pity that the whole life and economy of the island… 17:51
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. It is a pity that the whole life and economy of the island…
- Duration
- 17:51
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Performer
- Della Jones, David Wilson-Johnson
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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5 Molto lento - Andante - 04:26
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Molto lento - Andante -
- Duration
- 04:26
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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6 The Runic Alphabet: Recitativo lento - 01:23
- Track
- 6
- Title
- The Runic Alphabet: Recitativo lento -
- Duration
- 01:23
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Performer
- Della Jones
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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7 Allegretto - 02:32
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Allegretto -
- Duration
- 02:32
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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8 Ingibjorg the fair widow: Andante flessibile - 02:06
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Ingibjorg the fair widow: Andante flessibile -
- Duration
- 02:06
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Performer
- Della Jones
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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9 Allegro molto - 03:13
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Allegro molto -
- Duration
- 03:13
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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10 Lothbrokar's sons: Moderato - 06:59
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Lothbrokar's sons: Moderato -
- Duration
- 06:59
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Performer
- Della Jones
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies
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11 Max the Mighty: Recitativo lento molto flessibile 02:06
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Max the Mighty: Recitativo lento molto flessibile
- Duration
- 02:06
- Composer
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Performer
- Della Jones
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Peter Maxwell Davies