Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth - Harrison Birtwistle: Ancora

Harrison Birtwistle: Ancora

Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth

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Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth - Harrison Birtwistle: Ancora

The Triumph of Time is one of Birtwistle's most memorable images in sound: an immensely slow and baleful processional for vast orchestra, inspired by Breughel the Elder's engraving of the same name depicting Time as a remorseless destroyer.
Birtwistle's 1992 opera Gawain was another of his large-scale treatments of the passing of time, and his orchestral paraphrase Gawain's Journey draws together music from various parts of the opera round its turning point of Gawain's journey northward from the court of King Arthur to fulfil his wager with the mysterious Green Knight. These two works are joined by a reissue of the London Sinfonietta's recording of Ritual Fragment, also released on NMC D009.

Recordings originally released on Collins Classics. Reissued with funding from Arts Council England.

Reviews

"It is good to have [these] excellent recordings of two of the composer's major orchestral works resurrected from their Collins Classics grave by the ever-welcome new-music specialist label NMC."
The Daily Telegraph 2004

Tracklisting

CD Album (NMC D088)
  1. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Crotchet= c.40
  2. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 4, soprano sax
  3. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 10, muted horns
  4. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 14, senza tempo
  5. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 19, cor anglais/ flute dute
  6. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 21, central climax
  7. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 31, string chorale
  8. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 37, senza tempo
  9. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 39, cor anglais solo
  10. London Sinfonietta - Ritual Fragment
  11. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Introduction
  12. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Opening of the Door
  13. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Challenge
  14. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Court becomes Visible
  15. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: He strikes the blow
  16. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Lullaby
  17. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt I
  18. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Seduction Scene
  19. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt II
  20. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Journey
  21. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt III
  22. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Morgan goes through into the Blizzard
Download Album (NMC D088)
  1. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Crotchet= c.40
  2. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 4, soprano sax
  3. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 10, muted horns
  4. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 14, senza tempo
  5. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 19, cor anglais/ flute dute
  6. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 21, central climax
  7. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 31, string chorale
  8. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 37, senza tempo
  9. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - The Triumph of Time: Fig 39, cor anglais solo
  10. London Sinfonietta - Ritual Fragment
  11. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Introduction
  12. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Opening of the Door
  13. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Challenge
  14. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Court becomes Visible
  15. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: He strikes the blow
  16. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Lullaby
  17. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt I
  18. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Seduction Scene
  19. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt II
  20. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: The Journey
  21. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Vision of the Hunt III
  22. Philharmonia Orchestra/ Elgar Howarth, conductor - Gawain's Journey: Morgan goes through into the Blizzard