MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie |
This page lists all recordings of The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, by James MacMillan (b.1959) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Marin Alsop conducts MacMillan, Adès and Higdon
Adès: | Chamber Symphony Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 30 January 2006. | Higdon: | Percussion Concerto This is the only current recording of this work. Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, 15 December 2007. Colin Currie (percussion) | MacMillan: | The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 30 January 2006. |
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop These live recordings of three modern classics reflect the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s strong commitment to contemporary composers. The first two are breakthrough works from 1990 by British composers Thomas Adès and James MacMillan, the third a spectacular concerto by Jennifer Higdon, one of America’s most successful composers. Marin Alsop and Colin Currie give impassioned performances revealing the full range of emotions contained in the music. Marin Alsop has made many previous recordings with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. These include the entire set of Brahms symphonies and a number of contemporary works by the orchestra’s Composer in Residence Mark-Anthony Turnage. “Whistles and whoops greeted this invigorating première.” Daily Telegraph, December 2007 (on the Higdon) “Exciting music, excitingly performed; from Alsop you expect nothing else.” The Times, February 2007 (on the MacMillan) | 
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Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis A high density DSD recording, live at the Barbican:
September 2003 (The World's Ransoming)
February 2007 (The Confession of Isobel Gowdie) "If Parsifal mixes religion and sex, MacMillan mixes Catholicism and anger. This work (The World's Ransoming) combines references to plainsong and a Bach chorale with the violence and dissonance of which its composer is a master ... the solo part was plangently played by Christine Pendrill" Sunday Telegraph concert review “Sir Colin Davis and the LSO bring out the mainstream qualities of James MacMillan's orchestral music. With such assured playing, you're more conscious than ever of the ways in which both these works offer new angles on that archetypal battle between good and evil in which rampant percussion and snarling wind and brass fail to prevail against aspiring strings.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Martin Fröst (clarinet) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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BBC Philharmonic, James MacMillan ‘The development of MacMillan’s art, which these two works personify, is one of the more exciting in British music in recent years, and this record joins the earlier Chandos releases of his music as an issue of major importance..' (International Record Review) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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