James MacMillan - MacMillan: The Birds of Rhiannon (2022) [Hi-Res]
Artist: BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James MacMillan, Jonathan Scott
Title: MacMillan: The Birds of Rhiannon
Year Of Release: 2002 / 2022
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks, booklet) [96kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 1:10:26
Total Size: 1.1 GB / 240 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: MacMillan: The Birds of Rhiannon
Year Of Release: 2002 / 2022
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks, booklet) [96kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 1:10:26
Total Size: 1.1 GB / 240 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James MacMillan & Jonathan Scott – Magnificat (13:20)
2. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James MacMillan & Jonathan Scott – Nunc dimittis (07:30)
3. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James MacMillan & Jonathan Scott – Exsultet (08:20)
4. BBC Singers & James MacMillan – Mairi (10:15)
5. James MacMillan & Margaret Feaviour – The Gallant Weaver (06:48)
6. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers & James MacMillan – The Birds of Rhiannon: I. Largo - Andante - Tempo Di Reel - Allegro - Presto — (07:18)
7. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers & James MacMillan – The Birds of Rhiannon: II. Quarter Note = C. 60-63 — (05:45)
8. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers & James MacMillan – The Birds of Rhiannon: III. Andante — (03:14)
9. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers & James MacMillan – The Birds of Rhiannon: IVa. Tempo I [Largo] — (01:27)
10. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers & James MacMillan – The Birds of Rhiannon: IVb. Hauls, Hauls of Fish (Chorus) (06:29)
MacMillan's colours can be garish, his gestures histrionic, but his is an art of passion and commitment: these are the effects of a composer seeking to make you feel and react strongly as well as think deeply. His admixture of Celtic cultural nationalism, leftist politics and Catholicism may be too rich for the blood of some 21st century connoisseurs, but it provides affecting and memorable listening experiences. This CD resolutely demonstrates the point.
The setting of Burns's Gallant Weaver (1997) is MacMillan at his gentlest and most intimate, but this only softens you up for Rhiannon (2001), inspired by a tale from the Mabinogion, an ancient Welsh collection. The Times described its Proms premiere as unwieldy and florid with overworked and impoverished motifs. Maybe the performance has since been refined: here it sounds polymorphous and full of incident. More importantly, there's a cogent musical argument, even if not of the most sophisticated or subtle kind.
The Magnificat, a BBC Millennium commission heard here in the version for choir and orchestra, still includes an organ part which powers the violent ensemble interjections in the closing minutes.
He's already handsomely represented on disc, but this is as good an introduction as you'll get. — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010
The setting of Burns's Gallant Weaver (1997) is MacMillan at his gentlest and most intimate, but this only softens you up for Rhiannon (2001), inspired by a tale from the Mabinogion, an ancient Welsh collection. The Times described its Proms premiere as unwieldy and florid with overworked and impoverished motifs. Maybe the performance has since been refined: here it sounds polymorphous and full of incident. More importantly, there's a cogent musical argument, even if not of the most sophisticated or subtle kind.
The Magnificat, a BBC Millennium commission heard here in the version for choir and orchestra, still includes an organ part which powers the violent ensemble interjections in the closing minutes.
He's already handsomely represented on disc, but this is as good an introduction as you'll get. — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010
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