Released May 2019 - hear it here
Released in November 2017, these two complementary masterpieces sit alongside one another: Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben (Anna Huntley and Adam Johnson) and Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata (Jamie Walton and Adam Johnson). Available online.
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For our first official recording we released the world premiere of Peter Maxwell Davies’ A Sea of Cold Flame, a work he wrote whilst Artist-in-residence at our North York Moors Chamber Music Festival which gave the first performance in 2015. Since his sad passing, our interpretation of this piece has manifested into a dedication to 'Max' himself and on this recording the Quartetto di Cremona are joined by bass-baritone John Savournin and cellist Jamie Walton. Coupled with Britten’s haunting Lachrymae (Philip Dukes), which seems to inhabit a similar musical language, these masterworks are complemented by the original John Dowland themes upon which Lachrymae is based. Here we have three generations of great British composers woven by a pure and unsentimental thread.
"We turn through an ebb salt . . "
"The wind yawing nor-east . . "
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
‘A SEA OF COLD FLAME’ (WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING)
TRACK LISTING:
John Dowland
1. Lachrimæ Pavan
Peter Maxwell Davies - A Sea of Cold Flame
2. Haddock Fishermen
3. Peat Cutting
4. A Warped Boat
Benjamin Britten - Lachrymae
5. Lento
6. Allegretto, andante molto
7. Animato
8. Tranquillo
9. Allegro, con moto
10. Largamente
11. Appassionato
12. Alla Valse moderato
13. Allegro marcia
14. Lento
15. L’istesso tempo
16. A tempo semplice
John Dowland
17. Piper’s Galliard
ARTISTS:
John Savournin - bass baritone
Jamie Walton - cello
Quartetto di Cremona
Philip Dukes - viola
Charlotte Scott - violin
Michael Gurevich - violin
Simon Tandree - viola
Jon Thorne - viola
Claude Frochaux - cello
Jamie Walton - cello
Frances Emery - double-bass
Matthew Wadsworth - lute
PERSONNEL:
Jennie Muskett - producer
Jamie Walton - co-producer
Paul Baily - engineer
Photography and design - Paul Ingram
Recorded at St Hilda’s Priory, Sneaton Castle (Whitby) June 7th-9th 2016
Introducing ‘A Sea of Cold Flame' – the official debut recording from Ayriel Classical featuring a world premiere by the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies set alongside haunting works from John Dowland and Benjamin Britten.
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"Two people walk on through the high, bright night . ."
STRAUSS - SCHOENBERG
‘TRANSFIGURED NIGHT’
TRACK LISTING:
Richard Strauss
1. Prelude to ‘Capriccio' Op.85
2. Metamorphosen (arr. string septet)
Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht Op.4
3. Sehr langsam
4. Breiter
5. Schwer betont
6. Sehr breit und langsam
7. Sehr ruhig
ARTISTS:
Karolina Weltrowska - violin
Rachel Roberts - viola
Meghan Cassidy - viola
Bjørg Lewis - cello
Jamie Walton - cello
Anthony Williams - double-bass
PERSONNEL:
Jennie Muskett - producer
Jamie Walton - co-producer
Paul Baily - engineer
Recorded at St Hilda’s Priory, Sneaton Castle (Whitby) September 15th and 16th 2015
These extraordinary compositions for strings, bound together through miraculously expressive writing, gave us the chance to explore a sound world which captures the narrative. The extreme dynamic and emotional range within these masterpieces span from visceral rawness to an ethereal fragility, expressing an intense and devastating beauty.
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