Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Jane Manning, Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks - Nicholas Maw/ Richard Rodney Bennett: Ancora

Nicholas Maw/ Richard Rodney Bennett: Ancora

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Jane Manning, Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

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Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Jane Manning, Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks - Nicholas Maw/ Richard Rodney Bennett: Ancora

Life Studies, written for the virtuoso players of The Academy of St Martin-in-the Fields (the performers on this recording), is a series of vibrant character studies which range from the intensity of Penderecki and lyricism of Britten to a jazzy double bass solo (in Study V).

Richard Rodney Bennett's dramatic cantata Spells sets a sequence of haunting invocations by Kathleen Raine; it is performed by its dedicatee, soprano Jane Manning, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, Bach Choir and Sir David Willcocks.

Originally released on Continuum Records in 1992. Reissued with funding from Arts Council England.

Reviews

"Maw treads a completely resolved path in his Life Studies between Bergian reserve and Tippett-like buoyant ecstasy... This is sheerly brilliant writing and the Academy trounces the challenge. [Jane Manning in Spells] is in splendid voice - try the Spell of Safekeeping - where she is at her wonderful best. Two brilliant retrievals from the fearsome mid-1970s."
MusicWeb 2006

Tracklisting

CD Album (NMC D085)
  1. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 1
  2. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 2
  3. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 3
  4. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 4
  5. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 5
  6. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 6
  7. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 7
  8. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 8
  9. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell against sorrow
  10. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell of safekeeping
  11. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell to bring lost creatures home
  12. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell of sleep
  13. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Love spell
  14. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell of creation
Download Album (NMC D085)
  1. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 1
  2. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 2
  3. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 3
  4. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 4
  5. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 5
  6. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 6
  7. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 7
  8. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner, director - Life Studies: 8
  9. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell against sorrow
  10. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell of safekeeping
  11. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell to bring lost creatures home
  12. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell of sleep
  13. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Love spell
  14. Jane Manning, soprano/ Bach Choir/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks, conductor - Spells - Spell of creation