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 Macmillan: Piano Concerto No 2, A Scotch Bestiary
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

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 4 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording   Sound Samples   
 Notes & Reviews Back to Top 
'[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
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Concerto for Piano no 2 by James MacMillan
Performer:  Piano] Wayne [Organ Marshall (Piano)
Conductor:  James MacMillan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 2004; Scotland 
2.  A Scotch Bestiary by James MacMillan
Performer:  Piano] Wayne [Organ Marshall (Organ)
Conductor:  James MacMillan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Scotland 
 Sound Samples Back to Top 
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: The book is opened: Andante -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 1. Ode to a cro-magnon hyena: Adagio -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: A page is turned: Tempo I -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 2. Reptiles and Big Fish [in a small pond]: Largo - Andante - Largo - Andante - Tempo di valse [Allegro] - Andante - Largo -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 3. Her Serene and Ubiquitous Majesty, Queen Bee: Senza misura: Prestissimo possibile, sempre legatissimo - [ - ] - Adagio -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: Another page is turned: Tempo I -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 4. The red-handed, no-surrender, howler monkey: [ - ] - Tempo di marcia -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 5. Uncle Tom Cat and his Chickens: Adagio -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: Yet another page is turned: Tempo I -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 6. Scottish Patriots: [ - ] - [ - ] - Maestoso -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 7. The Reverend Cuckoo and his Parroting Chorus: [ - ] -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: No. 8. Jackass Hackass: Prestissimo possibile [moto perpetuo] -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, caged: The book is closed: Tempo I -
A Scotch Bestiary
The menagerie, uncaged
Piano Concerto No. 2
I. Cumnock fair: Fast
Piano Concerto No. 2
II. Shambards: quarter note = c. 60
Piano Concerto No. 2
III. Shamnation: Allegro [Tempo di reel]
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