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    A 20th Century Opera Collection - Maxwell Davies - Taverner - Knussen

    Posted By: leverk
    A 20th Century Opera Collection - Maxwell Davies - Taverner - Knussen

    Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934): Taverner - Oliver Knussen - BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Opera | Contemporary | 2CD | EACRip | APE+CUE+LOG | Covers + Libretto ENG | RS.com | 522MB
    Label: NMC | Year of release: 2009 | DDD


    Taverner
    Opera in two Acts
    Libretto: Peter Maxwell Davies

    John Taverner: Martyn Hill
    Jester: David Wilson-Johnson
    White Abbot: Quentin Hayes
    King: Stephen Richardson
    Cardinal: Stuart Kale

    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Oliver Knussen

    Amazon Review:

    This is a wonderful work, Maxwell Davies's finest opera, and one of the great operas of the late twentieth century. The story is a remarkable one: the Tudor composer John Taverner became caught up in the Reformation, abandoned music, and became a persecutor. It turns out that the historical record does not quite bear this out, but it does not matter: the story becomes the basis of a profound exploration of the theme of betrayal. As the composer put it: "Taverner betrays what is best in himself, and for the highest possible motives." He wrote his own libretto, constructing it out of actual historical documents, passages from the Bible and his own invention. It is a remarkable and impressive piece of work in its own right, far superior to, say, that for John Adams's Doctor Atomic which was assembled in the same way. The two acts balance each other, the first with Taverner's rise from near condemnation to his conversion, represented in an amazing dream sequence which includes cameo appearance by Antochrist and God the Father. In the second half he ends up condeming his former persecutor to death by burning. In between comes scenes between a King, unnamed but clearly based on Henry VIII, and a Cardinal, based on Wolsey but changing into Cranmer in the second half.

    The music can be characterized as beginning like Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex rewritten by Schoenberg of the expressionist period. The two court scenes have 'background' music, superficially in a Renaissance idiom but in fact distorted like the pub piano in Berg's Wozzeck. The climax comes to a Mahlerian threnody. The music is haunting and many of the phrases have stayed in my mind for years (I attended the premiere in 1972).

    The performance is a studio one, carefully prepared and well balanced. We must hope that one day one of Edward Downes's Covent Garden performances will also be issued, but meanwhile there is no competition for this. Some of us have waited many years for this, and its appearance is a cause for rejoicing.

    Stephen J. Barber

    Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

    Archivo Log de extracciones desde 13. Abril 2010, 13:33

    Peter Maxwell Davies / Taverner

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    Modo de Lectura : Seguro
    Utilizar Corriente Exacta : Sí
    Descartar Audio caché : No
    Utilizar los punteros C2 : Sí

    Corrección de Desplazamiento de Lectura : 667
    Sobreleer tanto en Lead-In como en Lead-Out : No
    Rellenar las muestras faltantes con silencios : Sí
    Eliminar silencios inicial y final : No
    Se han usado muestras nulas en los cálculos CRC : No
    Interfaz usada : Interfaz propio de Win32 para Windowns NT y 2000

    Formato de Salida utilizado : Rutinas WAV Internas
    Formato de Muestreo : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Estéreo


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    2 | 19:18.15 | 1:30.68 | 86865 | 93682
    3 | 20:49.08 | 6:01.39 | 93683 | 120796
    4 | 26:50.47 | 3:16.53 | 120797 | 135549
    5 | 30:07.25 | 15:10.19 | 135550 | 203818
    6 | 45:17.44 | 6:58.08 | 203819 | 235176
    7 | 52:15.52 | 6:57.63 | 235177 | 266514
    8 | 59:13.40 | 5:48.33 | 266515 | 292647
    9 | 65:01.73 | 5:11.25 | 292648 | 315997


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    Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

    Archivo Log de extracciones desde 13. Abril 2010, 13:38

    Peter Maxwell Davies / Taverner

    Usar unidad : HL-DT-STDVD-RW_GSA-H11N Adapter: 5 ID: 0

    Modo de Lectura : Seguro
    Utilizar Corriente Exacta : Sí
    Descartar Audio caché : No
    Utilizar los punteros C2 : Sí

    Corrección de Desplazamiento de Lectura : 667
    Sobreleer tanto en Lead-In como en Lead-Out : No
    Rellenar las muestras faltantes con silencios : Sí
    Eliminar silencios inicial y final : No
    Se han usado muestras nulas en los cálculos CRC : No
    Interfaz usada : Interfaz propio de Win32 para Windowns NT y 2000

    Formato de Salida utilizado : Rutinas WAV Internas
    Formato de Muestreo : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Estéreo


    TOC del CD extraido

    Pista | Inicio | Duración | Sector inicial | Sector final
    ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
    1 | 0:00.00 | 6:36.01 | 0 | 29700
    2 | 6:36.01 | 3:03.55 | 29701 | 43480
    3 | 9:39.56 | 9:55.20 | 43481 | 88125
    4 | 19:35.01 | 1:01.23 | 88126 | 92723
    5 | 20:36.24 | 8:00.42 | 92724 | 128765
    6 | 28:36.66 | 1:18.74 | 128766 | 134689
    7 | 29:55.65 | 16:50.28 | 134690 | 210467


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    Resumen AccurateRip

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    Pista 2 no presente en la base de datos
    Pista 3 no presente en la base de datos
    Pista 4 no presente en la base de datos
    Pista 5 no presente en la base de datos
    Pista 6 no presente en la base de datos
    Pista 7 no presente en la base de datos

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    Tracklist:

    CD1
    1. Act 1 Scene I: Courtroom
    2. Transition
    3. Act 1 Scene II: The Chapel
    4. Transition
    5. Act 1 Scene III: The Throne Room
    6. Act 1 Scene IV: The Throne Room
    7. Act 1 Scene IV: The Throne Room (Bar 243)
    8. Act 1 Scene IV: The Throne Room (Bar 467)
    9. Act 1 Scene IV: The Throne Room (Bar 648)

    CD2
    1. Act 2 Scene I: The Courtroom
    2. Transition
    3. Act 2 Scene II: The Throne Room
    4. Transition
    5. Act 2 Scene III: The Chapel
    6. Transition
    7. Act 2 Scene IV: The Market-Place In Boston, Lincolnshire

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