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| Macmillan: Piano Concerto No 2, A Scotch Bestiary | ||||||
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Release Date: 07/25/2006 Label: Chandos Catalog #: 10377 Spars Code: DDD Composer: James MacMillan Performer: Piano] Wayne [Organ Marshall Conductor: James MacMillan Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
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'[James MasMillan's] "Enigmatic variations on a zoological carnival at a Caledonian exhibition for organ and orchestra" (as the work's subtitle reads) was obviously stimulated by Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. His satire targets not only animals but humans as well, and another inspiration for the work was the great American animators who represented human characters in animal form. The suite portrays human archetypes and personalities MacMillan found in Scottish life. As the subtitle might reveal, another stimulus to the composer was Elgar's Enigma Variations. He even pokes fun at Mussorgsky's oft-repeated theme from Pictures at an Exhibition which connects up the various musical depictions of the paintings. The work is divided into two major sections: the menagerie both caged and uncaged. Among the section titles: Her Serene and Ubiquitous Majesty: Queen Bee; Uncle Tom Cat and his Chickens; Scottish Patriots; Big Fish in a Small Pond. The three-movement piano concerto is based on various Scottish folk dances. The first and longest movement has a desperate-sounding jig as a central element, and the final movement uses a repeated reel theme akin to the finale of Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. Marshall shines in some spectacular solo passages and the entire concerto is in a more directly accessible tonal world than that of the Bestiary. Chandos' sonics are state-of-the-art for 44.1K CDs today.' - John Sunier, Audiophile Audition |
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Concerto for Piano no 2 by James MacMillan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piano] Wayne [Organ Marshall (Piano)
Conductor: James MacMillan Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 2004; Scotland |
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A Scotch Bestiary by James MacMillan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Piano] Wayne [Organ Marshall (Organ)
Conductor: James MacMillan Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: Scotland |
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