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Originally written for children, the Five Klee Pictures are anything but childish. Recorded by its dedicatee, Stewart McIlwham, the remarkable Piccolo Concerto displays both the lyrical and mercurial sides of the instrument. Also performed by its dedicatee, John Wallace, the powerful Trumpet Concerto here receives its definitive recording. Maxwell’s Reel, with Northern Lights inhabits worlds comparable with the popular An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise (8572352).
Peter Maxwell Davies: Piccolo Concerto
I. Andante - Allegro moderato molto - Poco meno mosso - Andante
II. Adagio
III. Lo stesso tempo - Allegro - Lento
Peter Maxwell Davies: Trumpet Concerto
I. Adagio - Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Presto
Peter Maxwell Davies: Maxwell's Reel, with Northern Lights
Maxwell's Reel, with Northern Lights
Peter Maxwell Davies: 5 Klee Pictures
No. 1. A Crusader
No. 2. Oriental Garden
No. 3. The Twittering Machine
No. 4. Stained-Glass Saint
No. 5. Ad Parnassum
10th February 2013
“This latest Naxos release of Davies recordings from the defunct Collin Classics catalogue is rich in concertos. The one for piccolo (1996) is itself diminutive: three little movements that capture the instrument’s spirit quite uncannily, particularly the pizzicato-haunted central adagio...Five Klee Pictures are among the most felicitous of Davies’s works for children”
23rd April 2013
“Conducting three excellent orchestras across an eight-year period, the Master of the Queen's Music makes sure his is done the right way for posterity.”
I. Andante - Allegro moderato molto - Poco meno mosso - Andante
