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PETER MAXWELL DAVIES (1934 - 2016)
Universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies made a significant contribution to musical history through his wide-ranging and prolific output. He lived in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, where he wrote most of his music. In a work list spanning more than five decades, he wrote across a broad range of styles, yet his music always communicates directly and powerfully, whether in his profoundly argued symphonic works, his music-theatre works or witty light orchestral works. Maxwell Davies’ major dramatic works include two full-length ballets, music-theatre works Eight Songs for a Mad King and Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot, and operas including Resurrection, The Lighthouse, The Doctor of Myddfai, Taverner and Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!). His huge output of orchestral work comprises numerous symphonies and concerti, and light orchestral works such as An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise and Mavis in Las Vegas (8.572348). His substantial chamber and instrumental catalogue includes the landmark cycle of ten string quartets, the Naxos Quartets (8.505225), described in the Financial Times as “one of the most impressive musical statements of our time”. Maxwell Davies held the position of composer/conductor with both the Royal Philharmonic and BBC Philharmonic Orchestras. He guest-conducted orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestra. He retained close links with the St Magnus Festival, Orkney’s annual arts festival which he founded in 1977, was composer laureate of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and was Visiting Professor at London’s Royal Academy of Music and Christchurch University Canterbury. Maxwell Davies was knighted in 1987 and was appointed Master of the Queen’s Music from 2004–2014, in which rôle he sought to raise the profile of music in Great Britain, as well as writing many works for Her Majesty the Queen and for royal occasions. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies died on 14 March 2016 at the age of 81.
Watch: Recording the Naxos Quartets of Peter Maxwell Davies
On Wings of Song: Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Jeremy Siepmann
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Role: Classical Artist
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Album Title |
Catalogue No |
Work Category |
BRITISH GUITAR MUSIC |
Naxos 8.557040 |
Instrumental
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Children's Choir Music: New London Children's Choir - SKEMPTON, H. / CORP, R. / BENNETT, R.R. / CHILCOTT, B. / RUTTER, J. / MAW, N. (Pigs Could Fly) |
Naxos 8.572113 |
Choral - Sacred
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Choral Concert: Rilke Ensemble - PENDERECKI, K. / WHITE, R. / SVENSSON, H. / SIGURBJORNSSON, T. (Mysterium) |
Swedish Society SCD1058 |
Vocal Ensemble
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Choral Concert: South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble - HARVEY, J. / MACMILLAN, J. / TAVENER, J. / MAXWELL DAVIES, P. (Great Britain) |
SWR Classic CD93.342 |
Choral - Secular
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DISCOVER CHAMBER MUSIC |
Naxos Educational 8.558206-07 |
Chamber Music
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GOD JUL (EN) (A MERRY CHRISTMAS) |
Swedish Society SCD1119 |
Vocal Ensemble
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Beltane Fire (The) / The Turn of the Tide / Sir Charles his Pavan (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572362 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Black Pentecost / Stone Litany (D. Jones, Wilson-Johnson, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572359 |
Vocal
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Lighthouse (The) [Chamber Opera] (Neil Mackie, Keyte, Comboy, Members of BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.660354 |
Opera
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Linguae Ignis / Vesalii icones / Fantasia on a Ground and 2 Pavans (V. Ceccanti, Contempoartensemble, M. Ceccanti) |
Naxos 8.572712 |
Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Naxos Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (Maggini Quartet) |
Naxos 8.557396 |
Chamber Music
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Naxos Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 (Maggini Quartet) |
Naxos 8.557397 |
Chamber Music
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Naxos Quartets Nos. 5 and 6 (Maggini Quartet) |
Naxos 8.557398 |
Chamber Music
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Naxos Quartets Nos. 7 and 8 (Maggini Quartet) |
Naxos 8.557399 |
Chamber Music
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Naxos Quartets Nos. 9 and 10 (Maggini Quartet) |
Naxos 8.557400 |
Chamber Music
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Piano Concerto / Worldes Blis (Stott, Royal Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572357 |
Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Resurrection [Opera] (D. Jones, C. Robson, M. Hill, N. Jenkins, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.660359-60 |
Opera
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Sonata for Violin Alone / The Two Fiddlers: Dances / Violin Sonata / A Voyage to Fair Isle (D. and V. Ceccanti, Fossi, Canino) |
Naxos 8.573599 |
Instrumental, Chamber Music
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concerto No. 2 / Cello Sonata (Ceccanti, Canino, Italian Radio Symphony, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.573017 |
Instrumental, Concerto, Chamber Music, Concerto, Chamber Music
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 (R. Cook, Franks, Morrison, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572353 |
Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 5 and 6 (Clark, Marwood, Nicholson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572354 |
Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 7 and 8 / A Spell for Green Corn (McTier, Leveaux, Clark, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572355 |
Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 9 and 10 / Carolísima (Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572356 |
Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 (Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572351 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Mavis in Las Vegas (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572348 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 2 / St. Thomas Wake (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572349 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 3 / Cross Lane Fair (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572350 |
Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 6 / Time and the Raven / An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise (Royal Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572352 |
Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: The Boyfriend Suite / The Devils Suite / Seven In Nomine / The Yellow Cake Revue (Maxwell Davies, Aquarius, N. Cleobury) |
Naxos 8.572408 |
Choral - Secular, Instrumental, Choral - Secular, Instrumental, Choral - Secular
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Trumpet Concerto / Piccolo Concerto / 5 Klee Pictures (Wallace, McIlwham, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572363 |
Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral, Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES: Peter Maxwell Davies - A Portrait (DUNNETT) |
Naxos Educational 8.558191-92 |
Music Biographies
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MAXWELL DAVIS, P.: Caroline Mathilde Ballet Suites / Chat Moss / Ojai Festival Overture (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572358 |
Orchestral
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SCHWARZ, Gerard: Gerard Schwarz Collection (The) (30-CD Box Set) |
Naxos 8.503294 |
Chamber Music
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STORY OF BRITISH CLASSICAL MUSIC (THE) |
Naxos Educational 8.558193-94 |
Chamber Music
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Trumpet Recital: Morgan, Huw - ENESCU, G. / HINDEMITH, P. / HONEGGER, A. / LIGETI, G. / MARTINŮ, B. (The Art of the Modern Trumpet, Vol. 1) |
Naxos 8.573995 |
Chamber Music |
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Beltane Fire (The) / The Turn of the Tide / Sir Charles his Pavan (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572362 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Lighthouse (The) [Chamber Opera] (Neil Mackie, Keyte, Comboy, Members of BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.660354 |
Opera
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Resurrection [Opera] (D. Jones, C. Robson, M. Hill, N. Jenkins, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.660359-60 |
Opera |
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Beltane Fire (The) / The Turn of the Tide / Sir Charles his Pavan (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572362 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Black Pentecost / Stone Litany (D. Jones, Wilson-Johnson, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572359 |
Vocal
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Lighthouse (The) [Chamber Opera] (Neil Mackie, Keyte, Comboy, Members of BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.660354 |
Opera
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Piano Concerto / Worldes Blis (Stott, Royal Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572357 |
Orchestral, Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Resurrection [Opera] (D. Jones, C. Robson, M. Hill, N. Jenkins, BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.660359-60 |
Opera
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concerto No. 2 / Cello Sonata (Ceccanti, Canino, Italian Radio Symphony, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.573017 |
Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 (R. Cook, Franks, Morrison, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572353 |
Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 5 and 6 (Clark, Marwood, Nicholson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572354 |
Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 7 and 8 / A Spell for Green Corn (McTier, Leveaux, Clark, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572355 |
Concerto, Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 9 and 10 / Carolísima (Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572356 |
Concerto, Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 (Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572351 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Mavis in Las Vegas (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572348 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 2 / St. Thomas Wake (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572349 |
Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 3 / Cross Lane Fair (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572350 |
Orchestral, Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Symphony No. 6 / Time and the Raven / An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise (Royal Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572352 |
Orchestral, Concerto
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Trumpet Concerto / Piccolo Concerto / 5 Klee Pictures (Wallace, McIlwham, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572363 |
Orchestral, Concerto, Orchestral
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MAXWELL DAVIES: Peter Maxwell Davies - A Portrait (DUNNETT) |
Naxos Educational 8.558191-92 |
Music Biographies
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MAXWELL DAVIS, P.: Caroline Mathilde Ballet Suites / Chat Moss / Ojai Festival Overture (BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies) |
Naxos 8.572358 |
Orchestral |
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