MacMillan, James

James MacMillan Series Vol. 2: Magnificat / Netherland Radio PO & Chorus

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-06-11

Works: James MacMillan: O, antiphon for chorus & orchestra; Tryst, for orchestra; Magnificat, for chorus & orchestra; Nunc dimittis, for chorus & orchestra
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: ; Netherland Radio Choir

James MacMillan is one of today's most successful living composers, also internationally active as a conductor. His musical language is flooded with influences from his...continue...
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James MacMillan: A Deep but Dazzling Darkness; Veni, Veni, Emmanuel / Colin Currie: percussion, Gordan Nikolic: violin

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: James MacMillan: A Deep but Dazzling Darkness, for solo violin, ensemble & tape; I (A Meditation on Iona), for orchestra & percussion; Veni, Veni Emmanuel, concerto for percussion & orchestra
Performers: Currie, Colin; Nikolic, Gordan
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic

Financial Times, July 2012
Veni, Veni gives the lie to the argument that percussion concertos are dependent on visual impact. MacMillan's is an aural blockbuster, and...continue...
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Mendelssohn, Mozart, etc / Benedetti, MacMillan, ASMF

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-21

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261; Rondo for Flute and Strings in D major, K Anh. 184 (373); Franz Schubert...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]
Conductors: MacMillan, James

Young Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti caused a sensation in 2004 when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year and wowed the audience and...continue...

Macmillan: Piano Concerto no 2, A Scotch Bestiary

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: James MacMillan: A Scotch Bestiary, for organ & orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 2, for piano & string orchestra (In memoriam Edwin Muir)
Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Composed in 2004 as a specially commissioned ballet score for New York City Ballet, Piano Concerto No. 2 receives its world premiere recording with this...continue...

MacMillan: Symphony no 3, The Confession of Isobel Gowdie

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: James MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, for orchestra; Symphony no 3 ("Silence")
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the third disc in the BBC Philharmonic's acclaimed James MacMillan series. The works are conducted by the composer and thus can be considered...continue...

James Macmillan: Into the Ferment, etc / MacMillan, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: James MacMillan: Britannia, for orchestra; Concerto for piano and orchestra "The Berserking"; Into the Ferment, for ensemble & orchestra
Performers: Roscoe, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"'The Berserking', a piano concerto dating from 1989 is, according tothe composer, a study in 'misdirected energy' and the first movement is pervaded by 'something...continue...

James Macmillan: Birds of Rhiannon / Macmillan, BBC Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-24

Works: James MacMillan: Magnificat, for chorus & orchestra; Nunc dimittis, for chorus & orchestra; Exsultet, symphonic fanfare (2 versions); Màiri, for a cappella chorus; The Gallant Weaver, for a capp...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bourne, Richard; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davidson, Geoffrey; Feaviour, Margaret; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; MacKenzie, Neil; Meynell, Eleanor; Murgatroy...
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers

This new CD contains premiere recordings of James MacMillan's music for chorus and orchestra. The 'Birds of Rhiannon' defies easy classification. MacMillan calls it a...continue...

MacMillan: Symphony no 2, Cumnock Fair, Sinfonietta

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-11-21

Works: James MacMillan: Sinfonietta, for orchestra; Cumnock Fair; Symphony no 2, for chamber orchestra
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra