Peter Maxwell Davies - The Lighthouse Album

Tracklist

1	Part I
2	Part II
3	The Cry Of The Beast	11:16
4	Arthur's Song	25:40
5	Prologue: The Court Of Enquiry	27:20
6	Sandy's Song	4:24
7	Blaze's Song	3:33

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
8.660354	Peter Maxwell Davies : Neil Mackie , Christopher Keyte, Ian Comboy, Members Of The BBC Philharmonic	Peter Maxwell Davies : Neil Mackie , Christopher Keyte, Ian Comboy, Members Of The BBC Philharmonic - The Lighthouse ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Naxos	8.660354	Europe	2014

Credits

• Composed By, Conductor, Liner Notes, Words By – Peter Maxwell Davies
• Engineer [Recording] – John Timperley
• Orchestra – BBC Philharmonic
• Producer [Recording] – Veronica Slater
• Vocals [Arthur, Officer 3, Voice Of The Cards] – Ian Comboy
• Vocals [Blazes, Officer 2] – Christopher Keyte
• Vocals [Sandy, Officer 1] – Neil Mackie

Notes

Live, World Premiere Recording
Recorded live at The Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. February 22, 1994.
℗ 1994 Lambourne Productions Limited
© 1994 Lambourne Productions Limited

Barcodes

• Barcode: 5023391141522

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lambourne Productions Limited
• Copyright (c) – Lambourne Productions Limited

Album

Peter Maxwell Davies: Black Pentecost & Stone Litany - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Della Jones, Peter Maxwell Davies, David Wilson-Johnson. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE 8 September 1934 14 March 2016 was a British composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music, Davies formed a group dedicated to contemporary music called the New Music Manchester with fellow students Harrison Birtwistle, Alexander Goehr, Elgar Howarth and John Ogdon. Daviess compositions include eight works for the stage-from the monodrama Eight. The Court of Enquiry. Peter Maxwell Davies. Ian Comboy, Christopher Keyte, Neil Mackie. The Cry of the Beast. Peter Maxwell Davies: Suite from The Boyfriend, Suite from The Devils & Other Works - Aquarius, Peter Maxwell Davies, Nicholas Cleobury. Peter Maxwell Davies: St. Thomas Wake - George Antheil: Symphony No. 5 - The Louisville Orchestra. An opera thriller based on the true story of the three Flannan Isle lighthouse keepers who disappeared over Christmas 1900, The Lighthouse is already a music theatre. Stills and show reel for Andrew Steggall. The Lighthouse - featuring Andrew Slater, Paul Carey Jones and Sean Arts and work for Peter Maxwell Davies, Listen to classical music and albums or compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies online. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies died on 14 March 2016 at the age of 81. Watch: Recording the Naxos Quartets of Peter Maxwell Davies. On Wings of Song: Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Jeremy Siepmann. Peter Maxwell Davies' haunting and thrilling chamber opera The Lighthouse is heard here in its classic première recording. It shows what might have become of the three men, marooned in their storm-bound tower and overwhelmed by ghostly visions and crazed desperation, creating a dramatic imagining of a story which remains a mystery to this day. Universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time, Peter Maxwell Davies has made a significant contribution to musical history through his wide-ranging and prolific output. He lives in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Sc. Peter Maxwell Daviess 1979 chamber opera, The Lighthouse, draws on this chilling story of true events that took place in 1900 and imagines how the disappearance might have come about. Cast as a Prologue and main act 'The Cry of the Beast' it pits the seemingly objective against the subjective. The three naval officers who stumble on the Marie-Celeste-like scene reel off factual reports in the prologue. That chair was its leg broken Did rats really race out of the lighthouse when they opened the door Its a tantalizing tale, and Eng