Composer: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Performer: Duncan McTier, Ursula Leveaux, James Clark
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572355
Release: 2013
Size: 212 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Strathclyde Concerto No. 7
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Lento – Allegro
Strathclyde Concerto No. 8
03. I. Presto – Lento recitando – Tempo adagio – Allegro moderato
04. II. Andante
05. III. Recitative – Allegro – Piu allegro – Adagio
A Spell for Green Corn
06. The MacDonald Dances
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 premièred 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 rôle for timpani. A Spell for Green Corn was written to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the SCO and Maxwell Davies’ 60th birthday.