New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Madeleine Pierard & Paul Gittins – Michael F. Williams: Symphony No. 1 “Letters from the Front” (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 29:43 minutes | 533 MB | Genre: Classical
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Commissioned and performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Northey, and based on letters from soldiers serving on the battlefields of Gallipoli, France, and Belgium. Soprano Madeleine Pierard, narrated by Paul Gittins.
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey – Blueback (Original Motion Picture Score) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:13 minutes | 418 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ABC Classic
ABC Classic is proud to be releasing the music from this magical cinema experience: Nigel Westlake’s evocative orchestral score to the feature film Blueback, based on the novel by Tim Winton. Performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Benjamin Northey, Westlake’s music captures in all its richness the vastness and mystery of the ocean, the intimate touch of water on skin, the unique colours of underwater light and a profound sense of love and wonder.
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Emma Matthews, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey – Copland: Appalachian Spring & Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 46:13 minutes | 448 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation
There’s nothing like hearing an orchestra live in concert – especially when it’s the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra! In this latest addition to the MSO Live series, ABC Classics presents music by Aaron Copland, one of the greatest of all American composers.
Copland’s Appalachian Spring defines the essence of America in music: the wide open skies, the pioneering spirit, and the values of simplicity and directness. Originally conceived as a ballet, it paints a tender, gentle picture of rural life: scenes from a traditional country wedding, and the everyday tasks of the young bride and her farmer husband, with the evergreen Shaker melody Simple Gifts at its heart.
The album also features the internationally acclaimed Australian soprano Emma Matthews, performing Copland’s Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson. A perfect marriage of poetry – “fresh, precise, utterly unique,” as Copland described Dickinson’s work – and bold, visionary music, these songs are the perfect vehicle for Matthews’ technical brilliance, expressive genius and, above all, her glorious voice.
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