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In the work of Peter Maxwell Davies, the traditions of the British pastoralists and of Sibelius (almost a British composer for the critical role that country played in putting his music into the canon) potentially seem reconciled to modernist trends. Whether you'll find the Symphony No. 3 a good example of that reconciliation is probably a matter of taste, but the reappearance of this recording will be welcome for Maxwell Davies fans. The album was originally issued in 1994 on the small Collins Classics label; Naxos reissued it in 2012. The Symphony No. 3 itself was written in 1984 and premiered by another conductor; the composer's decision to record it again, leading the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, was perhaps born of a decision to set the record straight, so to speak. The work's outer slow movements are massive and often lugubrious. They have long-range harmonic schemes, combined with a set of proportions supposedly derived from Renaissance architecture (good luck hearing these, and note that some of the Renaissance music thought to be based on architectural proportions has turned out not to be, after all). Midway through the work, Maxwell Davies says in his notes, he realized he was really writing about the seascapes that inhabit some of his other works, and those by so many other British composers besides. Does it work? It's heavy stuff, but it's both evocative in the small scale and absorbing in its larger design. The small folkish suite Cross Lane Fair, brand new at the time of the original recording, wraps up the album on a happier note, and you couldn't ask for performances that more competently reflect the composer's intentions.
© TiVo
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Symphony No. 3 (Peter Maxwell Davies)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Cross Lane Fair (Peter Maxwell Davies)
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Mark Jordan, Artist, MainArtist - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer, Conductor - Rob Lea, Artist
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
Album review
In the work of Peter Maxwell Davies, the traditions of the British pastoralists and of Sibelius (almost a British composer for the critical role that country played in putting his music into the canon) potentially seem reconciled to modernist trends. Whether you'll find the Symphony No. 3 a good example of that reconciliation is probably a matter of taste, but the reappearance of this recording will be welcome for Maxwell Davies fans. The album was originally issued in 1994 on the small Collins Classics label; Naxos reissued it in 2012. The Symphony No. 3 itself was written in 1984 and premiered by another conductor; the composer's decision to record it again, leading the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, was perhaps born of a decision to set the record straight, so to speak. The work's outer slow movements are massive and often lugubrious. They have long-range harmonic schemes, combined with a set of proportions supposedly derived from Renaissance architecture (good luck hearing these, and note that some of the Renaissance music thought to be based on architectural proportions has turned out not to be, after all). Midway through the work, Maxwell Davies says in his notes, he realized he was really writing about the seascapes that inhabit some of his other works, and those by so many other British composers besides. Does it work? It's heavy stuff, but it's both evocative in the small scale and absorbing in its larger design. The small folkish suite Cross Lane Fair, brand new at the time of the original recording, wraps up the album on a happier note, and you couldn't ask for performances that more competently reflect the composer's intentions.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:09
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Mark Jordan Peter Maxwell Davies Rob Lea
- Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies
- Label: Naxos
- Area: Angleterre
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Contemporary music
(C) 2012 Naxos (P) 2012 Naxos
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