tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post472134873849363..comments2024-03-29T02:53:37.980-07:00Comments on Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review: Peter Maxwell Davies, Symphony No. 10, Andrzej Panufnik, Symphony No. 10, London Symphony OrchestraGrego Applegate Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post-34525453729942873602015-11-03T11:12:52.701-08:002015-11-03T11:12:52.701-08:00Ah, yes, in this case the "Queen's Music&...Ah, yes, in this case the "Queen's Music" covers quite a bit! Sounds like a good job to have. Mozart would have coveted such a slot, especially since he was relegated in the Vienna Court to write only the music for fetes involving dance, kind of like being a disco DJ only much more involved, haha, yet very unsatisfying to him. Chris, the Naxos download site may have the complete-w/-Panufnik version. I only say that because they are the distributors of the LSO physical CD release that includes both 10ths. I am not a subscriber of it so I could not check but the url is http://www.classicsonlinehd.com/<br /><br />As always thanks for chiming in!<br /><br />All best,<br />GregoGrego Applegate Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post-28228839264622215132015-10-30T09:53:04.702-07:002015-10-30T09:53:04.702-07:00For what it's worth, Max's official title ...For what it's worth, Max's official title during those 10 years was "Master of the Queen's Music", but "Composer Laureate" is essentially what it translates as, being a post that requires the writing of music for Royal and other State events. The current incumbent is Judith Weir.<br /><br />I looked at both the UK and US versions of Amazon and noticed the same discrepancy for each, so the to-include-Panufnik-or-not-to-include-Panufnik question seems to be tied to format rather than jurisdiction!Chris Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966794639194712056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post-67540057829563787882015-10-30T08:26:30.754-07:002015-10-30T08:26:30.754-07:00Hi Chris,
Yes that does seem odd. I am reposting m...Hi Chris,<br />Yes that does seem odd. I am reposting my response, because I found a typo in the original version. The Panifnik is equally essential and goes well with PMD's 10th. Yes the Maxwell Davies 10th is quite seminal to me. Interesting, a synthesis of his experimental forays and accessibility gained from his UK Laureate tenure? I would not argue against that. There IS a certain duality there, though all in a somber guise. But sure, it does have something of the traditional farewell sorts of symphonies...Mahler and others. The CD is sponsored in part by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the Polska Music project, so that might explain the discrepancy? Did you try the Naxos distribution site for the download? Perhaps the Panufnik is only licensed to the US and Canada? (Are you trying to order from the UK?) I cannot fathom why else? Good luck and let us know!<br />All best,<br />GregoGrego Applegate Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post-86607863383917192782015-10-30T08:23:33.275-07:002015-10-30T08:23:33.275-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Grego Applegate Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649153160602115554.post-60680099910180869942015-10-29T08:00:43.080-07:002015-10-29T08:00:43.080-07:00That's odd! The Panufnik is seemingly only ava...That's odd! The Panufnik is seemingly only available on the CD release, not the digital album. Since streaming/downloads are the principal means by which I encounter unfamiliar music these days, I might have to track it down via a different album.<br /><br />But "Max 10", which I first heard via the BBC iPlayer, is incredible, isn't it? I like to think of it as combining the best of his experiments in non-tonal symphonic thought with insights into "approachability" gained through his 10 years as the UK's "Composer Laureate", to very moving ends. It's made all the more poignant by what the composer went through in writing it, which, very sadly, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11925335/Sir-Peter-Maxwell-Davies-I-will-write-as-much-as-possible-as-I-battle-cancer-again.html" rel="nofollow">he now appears to be going through anew</a>.Chris Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00966794639194712056noreply@blogger.com