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ID: NMCD067 (EAN: 5023363006729) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2001
- LABEL:
- NMC
- Collection:
- Orchestral Works
- Subcollection:
- Orchestra
- Composers:
- MATTHEWS, David
- Ensembles:
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductors:
- STEEN, Jac van
- Other info:
Two richly dramatic orchestral scores are presented on this disc. In the Dark Time takes its title from TS Eliot's Four Quartets and reflects the turning of the seasons from winter to spring; and Chaconne, inspired by the site of a medieval battlefield.
Disc 1
1 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: Introduction 2'58
2 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: Allegro 1 4'02
3 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: Allegro 2 2'59
4 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: String melody 4'20
5 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: Meditation 1 2'39
6 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: Meditation 2 2'29
7 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: Meditation 3 4'19
8 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor In the Dark Time: Coda 2'45
9 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Introduction 0'56
10 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Chaconne 1 3'01
11 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Interlude 1'27
12 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Development of Chaconne 1 2'52
13 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Interlude 2 3'03
14 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Chaconne 2 3'57
15 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Interlude 2'58
16 BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen, conductor Chaconne: Epilogue 2'22
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"Richly orchestrated, with a fine balance between ensemble textures and individual instrumental lines and colours, these vividly captured performances are played with sensitivity and considerable flair by the BBCSO."The Observer 2001
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