Peter Sculthorpe- The Abc Recordings

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CD | Classical | 28 Nov 2014

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Peter Sculthorpe, named Australia's greatest composer by Limelight Magazine shortly after his death in August 2014, had a long and fruitful relationship with ABC Classics. In this deluxe box set, 'Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings,' the ABC recordings of his music are brought together for the first time to form a remarkable tribute to one of the world's great composers.

Sculthorpe created an Australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of the land, the people and the spirit of this country. His music opened up new possibilities for Australian composers, and brought a distinctively Australian voice to the concert halls of the world.

This 10CD collection celebrates four decades of ABC recordings of Sculthorpe's orchestral music, including the acclaimed Sun Music, Earth Cry, Quamby and Requiem. The iconic performances feature an array of the finest Australian orchestras, conductors and soloists; and the newly-commissioned and extensive note from Dr Graeme Skinner provides a thorough introduction to the music of this revered composer.

Also included in this set is the first-ever release of the DVD Peter Sculthorpe – The Quartets, in which the composer surveys his life and career as seen through the prism of his string quartets – as performed by the Goldner String Quartet.

Born in Launceston in 1929, Peter Sculthorpe was proclaimed an Australian National Living Treasure in 1997. His work is regularly performed and recorded around the globe. The announcement of his death on 8 August 2014 inspired an outpouring of tributes throughout the musical world. Sculthorpe was educated at the University of Melbourne, and Wadham College, Oxford. He was an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney, a visiting fellow at Yale University, USA, and Sussex University, UK, and he taught at universities within and outside Australia. In 2002, he was elected to Foreign Honorary Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; he was an Officer of both the Order of Australia and of the British Empire.

Peter Sculthorpe's music relates closely to the social and physical climate of Australia and the cultures of the Pacific Basin, and in the last years of his life he became more deeply influenced by the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island music and culture. Sculthorpe had a deep love for his country and its landscape, which he regards as sacred. One of the most constant themes in his output is the protection of Australia's environment, as well as that of the whole planet.

Title: Peter Sculthorpe- The Abc Recordings

Format: CD

Release Date: 28 Nov 2014

Artist: Various Artists

Sku: 2288200

Catalogue No: 4811293

Category: Classical

Disc Count: 11

Transfer Format: Compact Disc

Video Format: Classical Music

Primary Audio: 4811293

Language: 0028948112937

Subtitles: Universal Music

DISC 1

Sun Music I - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Sun Music Ii - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Sun Music Iii - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Sun Music Iv - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Irkanda Iv - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto - Anthony Fogg/melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Small Town - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

DISC 2

Earth Cry - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Irkanda Iv - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Small Town - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Kakadu - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Mangrove - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

DISC 3

Port Essington - Australian Chamber Orchestra

First Sonata For Strings - Australian Chamber Orchestra

Lament - Australian Chamber Orchestra

Second Sonata For Strings - Australian Chamber Orchestra

Third Sonata For Strings - Australian Chamber Orchestra

Ikranda Iv - Australian Chamber Orchestra

DISC 4

Memento Mori - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Sun Song - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Sun Music I - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Sun Music Ii - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Sun Music Iii - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Sun Music Iv - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

From Uluru - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

DISC 5

Little Nourlangie - David Drury/sydney Symphony Orchestra

Music For Japan - Mark Atkins/sydney Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto - Tamara Anna Cislowska/sydney Symphony Orchestra

The Song Of Tailitnama - Kirsti Harms/sydney Symphony Orchestra

DISC 6

Port Arthur: In Memoriam - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Djilile - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The Fifth Continent - Peter Sculthorpe/mark Atkins/sydney Symphony Orchestra

Lament - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Little Suite - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Night Song - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Port Arthur: In Memoriam - Sydney Symphony Orchestra

DISC 7

My Country Childhood - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Earth Cry (abridged) - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Great Sandy Island - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

New Norcia - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Quamby (for Chamber Orchestra) - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

DISC 8

Cello Dreaming - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Quamby - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Nourlangie - Karin Schaupp/tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

From Tabu Tabuhan (music For Bali) - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

DISC 9

Earth Cry - William Barton/queensland Symphony Orchestra

Mangrove - William Barton/queensland Symphony Orchestra

Songs Of Sea And Sky - William Barton/queensland Symphony Orchestra

Kakadu - William Barton/queensland Symphony Orchestra

From Ubirr - William Barton/queensland Symphony Orchestra

DISC 10

Requiem - William Barton/adelaide Chamber Singers/ Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

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