Thea Musgrave: Turbulent Landscapes; Songs for a Winter's Evening; Two's Company

Thea Musgrave: Turbulent Landscapes; Songs for a Winter's Evening; Two's Company -
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Label: NM Classics Import
Catalog No: PID 955621
Format: CD
Release Date: 2009-06-16
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 9 min.
UPC Code: 5023363015325

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> Turbulent Landscapes - I. Sunrise with Sea Monsters
> Turbulent Landscapes - II. The Shipwreck
> Turbulent Landscapes - III. Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army crossing the Alps
> Turbulent Landscapes - IV. War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet
> Turbulent Landscapes - V. 16th October, 1834: The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1834
> Turbulent Landscapes - VI. Sunrise, with a Boat between Headlands
> Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 1. I am my mammy's ae bairn
> Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 2. Summer's a pleasant time
> Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 3. O, whistle an' I'll come to ye, my lad!
> Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 4. Ca' the yowes to the knowes
> Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 5. Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon
> Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 6. Jamie come try me
> Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 7. John Anderson my jo
> Two's Company - I. Desolate, lonely
> Two's Company - II. Frivolous, playful
> Two's Company - III. Dramatic: furious - expressive
> Two's Company - IV. Warm - passionate - exultant

Notes & Reviews:

BBC Music Magazine
A triptych of Thea Musgrave's works in wonderful performances from all concerned... Songs for a Winter's Evening is an endearing song cycle charting a woman's life and loves through text by Robert Burns. It draws on the tunes for Burns's verses, yet these are unmistakably, and beautifully contemporary reminiscences, sung exquisitely by Lisa Milne.

Gramophone Magazine
Musgrave's... response to a group of Turner's painting in Turbulent Landscapes is a triumph: cogently structure yet uninhibitedly pictorial encapsulations of these canvases which manage to be economical, witty and distinctively expressive all at the same time. All three live performances come across well in recordings that bring out Musgrave's myriad instrumental felicities.



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Works Details

>Musgrave, Thea : Turbulent Landscapes, for orchestra
  • Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
  • Running Time: 24 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Musgrave, Thea : Songs for a Winter's Evening, for voice & orchestra
  • Performers: Ewan Robertson [Piccolo] (Piccolo); Lisa Milne (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
  • Running Time: 22 min. 7 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Musgrave, Thea : Two's Company, for oboe, percussion & orchestra
  • Performers: Nicholas Daniel (Oboe); Evelyn Glennie (Percussion)
  • Conductor: Jirí Belohlávek
  • Running Time: 20 min. 9 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Studio/Live: Live