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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Resurrection [Opera] (D. Jones, C. Robson, M. Hill, N. Jenkins, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies)
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Resurrection [Opera] (D. Jones, C. Robson, M. Hill, N. Jenkins, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies)
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies began work on his parodic opera Resurrection whilst studying at Princeton in the early 1960s but it wasn’t until the 1980s that he resumed composition. It was finally staged in 1987. Its violent diversity—though any stylistic jolts are deliberate—takes aim at a series of targets (state, church, and media) and is expressed in a dazzling but masque-like succession of scenes, and through the blackly comic pastiche of hymn tunes, marching bands, saccharine waltzes, and banal TV advertisements.
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Maxwell Davies, Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter, lyricist(s)

Resurrection
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Prologue: Mam (Mam, Dad, Quartet, Cat)
00:05:59
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Prologue: Dad (Quartet, Dad, Cat)
00:04:01
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Prologue: Sister (Sister, Quartet)
00:03:23
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Prologue: Brother (Younger Brother, Quartet, Cat, Parents)
00:04:08
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Prologue: Headmaster (Headmaster, Cat)
00:03:02
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Prologue: Vicar (Vicar, Quartet, Cat)
00:04:43
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Prologue: Doctor (Doctor, Quartet, Cat)
00:02:48
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Prologue: Chorale (Mam, Dad, Sister, Younger Brother, Headmaster, Vicar, Doctor)
00:02:38
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Transition and Surgeons' Introduction to the Act (Quartet, 4 Surgeons)
00:04:25
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Act: Abbot, Minister, Croesus, Comrade Serbsky (4 Surgeons, White Abbot, Rev'd Minister, Sir Croesus Wright, Comrade Serbsky, Quartet)
00:05:26
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Act: Political Rally (4 Surgeons, Phoebus Apollo, Crowd, Pluto, Zeus/Hera, Quartet)
00:07:57
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Act: Revivalist Rally (4 Surgeons, Hot Gospeller, Crusaders, Quartet, Antichrist)
00:13:38
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Disc
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Maxwell Davies, Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter, lyricist(s)

Resurrection
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Act: Sex History (4 Surgeons, Quartet, Distraught Mam, Bishop, Policeman, Judge, Trade Union Leader)
00:13:47
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Act: Hymn of Satisfaction (Quartet, 4 Surgeons)
00:04:44
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Act: Song of the New Resurrection (Chorus, Rock Band, Rock Band's Vocalist, Antichrist, Hot Gospeller)
00:06:38
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Total Playing Time:
01:27:17
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Composer(s):
Maxwell Davies, Peter
Lyricist(s):
Maxwell Davies, Peter
Conductor(s):
Maxwell Davies, Peter
Orchestra(s):
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Ensemble(s):
Blaze
Artist(s):
Best, Jonathan; Bowley, John; Carewe, Mary; Finley, Gerald; Herford, Henry; Hill, Martyn; Jenkins, Neil; Jones, Della; Miles-Johnson, Deborah; Robson, Christopher; Rogers, Lesley-Jane; Rowlinson, Mark
Label: Naxos Series: Opera Classics Genre: Opera Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No:
8.660359-60
Barcode:
730099035972
Physical Release: 08/2014
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