Composer: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Performer: Vittorio Ceccanti, Bruno Canino
Orchestra: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573017
Release: 2013
Size: 241 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Strathclyde Concerto No. 2
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Lento
03. III. Allegro moderato – Lento – Lentissimo
Cello Sonata, ‘Sequentia Serpentigena’
04. I. Traditor autem
05. II. Nequaquam morte moriemini
06. III. Rerum sapientia custos
07. IV. Amplexus placide tumulum
08. V. In immortalitatem litium
09. VI. Saevit in umbram
The Two Fiddlers
10. Dances (Arr. V. Ceccanti for cello and piano)
11. Little Tune for Vittorio in Maremma
This is the second disc of works focussing on Peter Maxwell Davies’ continuing artistic relationship with the Ceccanti family. The Second Strathclyde Concerto is notable for its eloquently expressive cello lines and the composer’s signature transparency of orchestration. The Sonata ‘Sequentia Serpentigena’, written for Vittorio, was inspired by early medieval stone carvings in Tuscany and uses Gregorian chant to bring the serpent’s symbolism of temptation and betrayal to life. The Little Tune for Vittorio is a song based on an original theme in a Scottish folk style. Vittorio and Mauro Ceccanti can be heard in Maxwell Davies’ Linguae Ignis and Vesalii Icones on Naxos 8572712.