Release Date: 16 March 2015
Label: Nmc Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363020329
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Various Composers
Description
Richard Watkins is one of the most sought-after horn players of his generation. He was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra for twelve years, and is currently a member of the Nash Ensemble and a founder member of London Winds. Closely associated with promoting contemporary music for the horn, Richard Watkins has given premieres of concertos by Maxwell-Davies, Osborne, Lindberg, Muldowney, LeFanu, and Colin and David Matthews.
The title work on this album is Peter Maxwell Davies' solo horn piece Sea Eagle (1982). It was initially considered by many to be impossible to play but is now regarded as an essential part of the horn repertoire and is even a set-piece for the prestigious Munich Horn Competition.
Richard is joined on this recording by a stellar line-up of chamber musicians, including Paul Watkins and Huw Watkins for an unusual combination of horn, cello and piano (C Matthews & Holloway), and tenor Mark Padmore to present the unmistakable soundworld of Gerald Barry. His setting of Lewis Carroll's famous poem Jabberwocky – which is first sung in French, with expressive legato phrases, and then repeated more forcefully in German – features some delightfully unconventional horn writing.
Tracklisting
BBC Philharmonic; Manchester Camerata; London Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Andrew Gourlay; Pekk
Exaudi; James Weeks
Vimbayi Kaziboni; Joseph Havlat; BBC Philharmonic; Piatti Quartet
Plus-Minus Ensemble
Decibel
Xenia Pestova-Bennett, Stephen Richardson, Claire Booth, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sian
Zoe Martlew, Ben Goldscheider, Lucy Schaufer, Huw Watkins, Mark Simpson, Alessandro Fisher, Lana Bo
Jorgen Pettersson, Paulina Sundin, Jens Hedman, Jonny Axelsson
Signe Asmussen; Jakob Davidsens Kammerat Orkester
Shira Patchornik; CHAARTS Chamber Artists; David Castro-Balbi
Jack Hancher
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle
Yorck Kronenberg; Christoph Seybold
Wendy Stern; Kathleen Nester; Amanda Harberg; Katie Lueng
Wang Huandong/Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria/Filippo Arlia
Vivum Singers; Francesca Massey; Tom Winpenny
