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Knussen: Autumnal / Booth, Josefowicz, Wood, Watkins, Wigglesworth

Knussen / Josefowicz / Bbc Sym Orch
Release Date: 11/13/2012 
Label:  Nmc   Catalog #: 178   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Oliver KnussenAlexandra WoodHuw WatkinsRyan Wigglesworth,   ... 
Conductor:  Oliver Knussen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony OrchestraBirmingham Contemporary Music Group
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 18 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. Choral, for band by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Oliver Knussen ()
Conductor:  Oliver Knussen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Modern 
Written: 1970-1972 
Date of Recording: 03/30/2012 
Venue:  Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale, London 
Length: 10 Minutes 0 Secs. 
2. Autumnal, for violin & piano (Triptych, Part 1) by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Alexandra Wood (Violin), Huw Watkins (Piano), Ryan Wigglesworth (Piano)
Period: Modern 
Written: 1977 
Venue:  CBSO Centre, Birmingham 
Length: 7 Minutes 43 Secs. 
3. Whitman Settings, for voice & piano, Op. 25 by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Claire Booth (), Ryan Wigglesworth (Piano), Huw Watkins (Piano)
Period: Modern 
Venue:  CBSO Centre, Birmingham 
Length: 11 Minutes 39 Secs. 
4. Secret Psalm, for violin by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Alexandra Wood (Violin)
Period: Modern 
Written: 1990 
Date of Recording: 03/14/2011 
Venue:  CBSO Centre, Birmingham 
Length: 4 Minutes 23 Secs. 
5. Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op.29 by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Ryan Wigglesworth (Piano), Huw Watkins (Piano)
Period: Modern 
Written: United Kingdom 
Venue:  CBSO Centre, Birmingham 
Length: 6 Minutes 57 Secs. 
6. Violin Concerto by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Leila Josefowicz (Violin)
Conductor:  Oliver Knussen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Symphony Orchestra
Written: 2002 
Date of Recording: 08/17/2007 
Venue:  Live  BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, En 
Length: 16 Minutes 15 Secs. 
7. Requiem - Songs for Sue, for voice & chamber ensemble by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Claire Booth ()
Conductor:  Oliver Knussen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Period: Modern 
Written: 2006 
Date of Recording: 03/14/2011 
Venue:  CBSO Centre, Birmingham 
Length: 10 Minutes 46 Secs. 
8. Ophelia's Last Dance, for piano, Op. 32 by Oliver Knussen
Performer:  Huw Watkins (Piano), Ryan Wigglesworth (Piano)
Period: Contemporary 
Written: 2010; England 
Venue:  CBSO Centre, Birmingham 
Length: 9 Minutes 20 Secs. 

Sound Samples

Choral, Op. 8
Autumnal, Op. 14: Nocturne
Autumnal, Op. 14: Serenade
Whitman Settings, Op. 25: I. When I heard the learn'd astronomer
Whitman Settings, Op. 25: II. A noiseless, patient spider
Whitman Settings, Op. 25: III. The Dalliance of the Eagles
Whitman Settings, Op. 25: IV. The Voice of the Rain
Secret Psalm
Prayer Bell Sketch, Op. 29
Violin Concerto, Op. 30: I. Recitative
Violin Concerto, Op. 30: II. Aria
Violin Concerto, Op. 30: III. Gigue
Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33: From Emily Dickinson
Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33: Antonio Machado
Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33: W.H. Auden
Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33: Rainer Maria Rilke
Ophelia's Last Dance, Op. 32

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