MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Lighthouse (The) [Chamber Opera] (Neil Mackie, Keyte, Comboy, Members of BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies)
On a routine tour of duty in December 1900 the supply ship Hesperus discovered the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides to be empty, the three keepers apparently having disappeared into thin air. Peter Maxwell Davies’ haunting and thrilling chamber opera The Lighthouse is heard here in its classic première recording. It shows what might have become of the three men, marooned in their storm-bound tower and overwhelmed by ghostly visions and crazed desperation, creating a dramatic imagining of a story which remains a mystery to this day.
Tracklist
Maxwell Davies, Peter - Lyricist
Keyte, Christopher (baritone)
Comboy, Ian (bass)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, members (Orchestra)
Maxwell Davies, Peter (Conductor)
Keyte, Christopher (baritone)
Comboy, Ian (bass)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, members (Orchestra)
Maxwell Davies, Peter (Conductor)
Keyte, Christopher (baritone)
Comboy, Ian (bass)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, members (Orchestra)
Maxwell Davies, Peter (Conductor)
Keyte, Christopher (baritone)
Comboy, Ian (bass)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, members (Orchestra)
Maxwell Davies, Peter (Conductor)
Keyte, Christopher (baritone)
Comboy, Ian (bass)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, members (Orchestra)
Maxwell Davies, Peter (Conductor)
Keyte, Christopher (baritone)
Comboy, Ian (bass)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, members (Orchestra)
Maxwell Davies, Peter (Conductor)





























