MacMillan: Piano Concerto No. 2/ A Scotch Bestiary

Cat. No. CHAN 10377

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CHAN 10377 - MacMillan: Piano Concerto No. 2/ A Scotch Bestiary


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CD available From: 01 June 2006

James MacMillan (b. 1959)

premiere recordings

A Scotch Bestiary (2003-04)*

33:35

Enigmatic variations on a zoological carnival at a Caledonian exhibition

for organ and orchestra

Dedicated to Gillian Moore MBE

I. The menagerie, caged

21:01

The book is opened. Andante -

1:28

Ode to a cro-magnon hyena. Adagio -

2:33

A page is turned. Tempo I -

0:42

Reptiles and Big Fish (in a small pond). Largo-

1:57

Her Serene and Ubiquitous Majesty, Queen Bee. Senza misrua. Prestissimo possible, sempre legatissimo -

2:10

Another page is turned. Tempo I -

0:57

The red-handed, no-surrender, howler money. [ ] - Tempo di marcia -

1:36

Uncle Tom Cat and his Chickens. Adagio -

2:00

Yet another page is turned. Tempo I -

0:41

Scottish Patriots. [ ] - [ ] - Maestoso -

2:11

The Reverend Cuckoo and his Parroting Chorus. [ ] -

1:34

Jackass Hackass. Prestissimo possible (moto perpetuo) -

1:41

The book is closed. Tempo I -

1:29

II. The menagerie, uncaged

12:28

Andante - [ ] - Meno mosso - [ ] -

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1999; 2003)†

29:56

for piano and string orchestra

In memoriam Edwin Muir

cumnock fair. Fast

12:08

shambard. crotchet = c. 60

7:59

III

shamnation. Allegro (Tempo di Reel)

9:49

63:46

Wayne Marshall organ* and piano†

BBC Philharmonic

James MacMillan

Recorded in:

Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester

14 December 2004 (A Scotch Bestiary); 22 February 2005 (Piano Concerto No. 2)

Producer(s)

Brian Pidgeon (Executive)

Mike George (Recording)

Sound Engineer(s)

Stephen Rinker

Celia Hutchison (Assistant: A Scotch Bestiary)


			Awards
			grammy nomination>

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit / 44.1K

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