*1934 GB
Composer / Conductor of Classical
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE (born 8 September 1934, Salford, Lancashire, England – died 14 March 2016, Hoy, Orkney Islands) was an English composer and conductor. In 2004 he was made Master of the Queen's Music.
Fires Of London |
The Pierrot Players |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Argo Organ Recordings: 20th Century Organ Music | Simon Preston, Paul Hindemith, Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir Edward Elgar, Kenneth Leighton, Frank Bridge, Herbert Howells, Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten | 2017 | Compil. |
An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise | Peter Maxwell Davies, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 2016 | Album |
Music For Brass | Peter Maxwell Davies | 2015 | Album |
Symphony No.1 | Peter Maxwell Davies | 2015 | Album |
Caroline Mathilde: Ballet Suites; Chat Moss; Ojai Festival Overture | Peter Maxwell Davies / BBC Philharmonic | 2015 | Album |
Great Britain | Benjamin Britten / Jonathan Harvey / James MacMillan / John Tavener / Peter Maxwell Davies - SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart | 2015 | Album |
Symphony No. 10 | Peter Maxwell Davies, Andrzej Panufnik - Antonio Pappano, Markus Butter, Simon Halsey, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra | 2015 | Album |
Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 9 and 10, Carolisima | Peter Maxwell Davies / David Nicholson, Elisabeth Dooner, Maurice Checker, Josef Pacewicz, Ruth Ellis, Alison Green, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 2014 | Album |
The Lighthouse | Peter Maxwell Davies : Neil Mackie, Christopher Keyte, Ian Comboy | 2014 | Album |
Macmillan; Maxwell Davies; Beamish | James MacMillan, Peter Maxwell Davies, Sally Beamish, Gould Piano Trio | 2014 | Album |
The British Music Collection | Sir Edward Elgar • Benjamin Britten • Frederick Delius • Sir William Walton • Ralph Vaughan Williams • Peter Maxwell Davies • Richard Arnell • Lord Berners | 2013 | Album |
Strathclyde Concerto No.2 / Cello Sonata 'Sequencia Serpentigena' | Peter Maxwell Davies, Vittorio Ceccanti, Bruno Canino, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI | 2013 | Album |
Trumpet Concerto / Piccolo Concerto / Five Klee Pictures | Peter Maxwell Davies, Stewart McIlwham, John Wallace, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra | 2013 | Compil. |
Piano Concerto / Worldes Blis | Peter Maxwell Davies, Kathryn Stott, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2013 | Compil. |
Symphony No. 6 | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2012 | Album |
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 1 • Mavis in Las Vegas | Peter Maxwell Davies | 2012 | Album |
Symphony No. 3 / Cross Lane Fair | Peter Maxwell Davies | 2012 | Album |
Naxos Quartets Nos. 9 And 10 | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Maggini Quartet | 2008 | Album |
Britannia | Sir Edward Elgar, Peter Maxwell Davies, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Benjamin Britten, James MacMillan, Donald Runnicles, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | 2007 | Album |
Naxos Quartets Nos. 7 And 8 | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Maggini Quartet | 2007 | Album |
A Portrait: His Works・His Life・His Words | Peter Maxwell Davies | 2006 | Album |
Naxos Quartets Nos. 5 And 6 | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Maggini Quartet | 2006 | Album |
Sacred Choral Works | Peter Maxwell Davies, St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens | 2006 | Album |
Beethoven + Maxwell Davies | Grieg Trio + Peter Maxwell Davies | 2006 | Album |
Naxos Quartets Nos. 3 And 4 | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Maggini Quartet | 2005 | Album |
Naxos Quartets Nos. 1 And 2 | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Maggini Quartet | 2004 | Album |
chamber works (1952 to 1987) | Peter Maxwell Davies | 2003 | Album |
Symphony No. 1, Points and Dances from Tavener | Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir Simon Rattle | 2003 | Compil. |
Mavis In Las Vegas | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1998 | Album |
Piano Concerto / Piccolo Concerto / Maxwell's Reel, With Northern Lights | Peter Maxwell Davies - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kathryn Stott • Stewart McIlwham | 1998 | Album |
Job: An Oratorio | Peter Maxwell Davies, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Vancouver Bach Choir | 1997 | Album |
The Beltane Fire / Caroline Mathilde (Concert Suite From Act II Of The Ballet) | Peter Maxwell Davies / BBC Philharmonic | 1996 | Album |
Symphony No. 6; Time and the Raven | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1996 | Album |
Westerlings / One Star, At Last / House Of Winter / Sea Runes / Apple-Basket: Apple-Blossom / A Hoy Calendar / Corpus Christi, With Cat And Mouse / Lullaby For Lucy | Peter Maxwell Davies / BBC Singers, Simon Joly | 1995 | Album |
Resurrection | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1995 | Album |
Violin Concertos | Isaac Stern, Samuel Barber, Peter Maxwell Davies | 1995 | Compil. |
Maximum Max: The Music Of Peter Maxwell Davies | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1994 | Compil. |
Symphony No. 2 | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1994 | Album |
Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 5 and 6 | Peter Maxwell Davies / James Clark, Cathy Marwood, David Nicholson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
Strathclyde Concertos, Concerto No. 7 for Double Bass & Orchestra, Concerto No. 8 for Bassoon and Orchestra, A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances | Peter Maxwell Davies / Duncan McTier, Ursula Leveaux, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
Symphony No.3 | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1994 | Album |
Worldes Blis - The Turn Of The Tide - Sir Charles His Pavan | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1993 | Album |
Music For A Dancer • Lied Anrede Hymnus Strophe / Sonata No. 1 / Farewell To Stromness • Yesnaby Ground • Piano Sonata No. 1 | Stefan Wolpe / Raoul Pleskow / Peter Maxwell Davies - David Holzman | 1993 | Album |
The Contemporary Trumpet | Graham Ashton, John Lenehan, Gregory Knowles / Michael Nyman, Hans Werner Henze, George Fenton, Luciano Berio, André Jolivet, Peter Maxwell Davies | 1993 | Album |
Strathclyde Concertos No. 3 & No. 4 | Peter Maxwell Davies, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1992 | Album |
Solstice Of Light | Peter Maxwell Davies - Neil Mackie, Christopher Hughes, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury | 1992 | Album |
The Music Of Peter Maxwell Davies | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1992 | Compil. |
Trivium | Arvo Pärt, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philip Glass – Christopher Bowers-Broadbent | 1992 | Album |
Trumpet Concerto / Symphony No.4 | Peter Maxwell Davies, John Wallace, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
Endless Parade (Trumpet Concertos) | Harrison Birtwistle • Michael Blake Watkins • Peter Maxwell Davies - Håkan Hardenberger | 1991 | Album |
The Devils - The Boyfriend - Seven In Nomine | Peter Maxwell Davies - Aquarius, Nicholas Cleobury | 1990 | Album |
Ave Maris Stella/Image, Reflection, Shadow • Runes From A Holy Island | Peter Maxwell Davies, Fires Of London | 1990 | Compil. |
Jolivet/Davies | Per Dybro Sørensen, André Jolivet / Peter Maxwell Davies | 1990 | Album |
The Martyrdom Of St. Magnus - A Chamber Opera In Nine Scenes | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1990 | Album |
A Celebration Of Scotland | Peter Maxwell Davies, The Choir Of St. Mary's Music School, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1988 | Album |
Violin Concertos • Stern | Isaac Stern -- Henri Dutilleux • Peter Maxwell Davies - Orchestre National De France / Lorin Maazel • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / André Previn | 1987 | Album |
Miss Donnithorne's Maggot / Eight Songs For A Mad King | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1987 | Album |
Sinfonia Concertante / Sinfonia | Peter Maxwell Davies, Scottish Chamber Orchestra | 1986 | Album |
Symphony No. 3 | Peter Maxwell Davies - BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes | 1985 | Album |
In Nativitate Domini / Plainsong And Motets For The Feast Of Christ's Nativity | The Choir Of Clare College, Timothy Brown, William Byrd, Tomás Luis De Victoria, Peter Maxwell Davies | 1985 | Album |
Into The Labyrinth / Sinfonietta Accademica | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1985 | Album |
Image, Reflection, Shadow • The Bairns Of Brugh • Runes From A Holy Island | Peter Maxwell Davies, Fires Of London | 1984 | Album |
Piano Sonata / Capriccio / Nonomiȳa | Peter Maxwell Davies / Alexander Goehr - Stephen Pruslin | 1983 | Album |
Music By British Composers | Peter Maxwell Davies / John Buller | 1982 | Album |
Renaissance & Baroque Realisations | Peter Maxwell Davies, Fires Of London | 1981 | Album |
Ave Maris Stella / Tenebrae Super Gesualdo | Peter Maxwell Davies, Fires Of London | 1981 | Album |
St. Thomas Wake / Symphony No. 5 | Peter Maxwell Davies, George Antheil, The Louisville Orchestra | 1980 | Album |
Symphony | Peter Maxwell Davies - Philharmonia Orchestra · Sir Simon Rattle | 1979 | Album |
Salome | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1978 | Album |
Dark Angels / Songs Of Remembrance | Peter Maxwell Davies / Richard Wernick | 1977 | Album |
Hymn To St. Magnus / Psalm 124 / Renaissance Scottish Dances | Peter Maxwell Davies - Fires Of London | 1976 | Album |
Music For Winds, Brass And Percussion | The Louisville Orchestra, Ernst Krenek, Peter Maxwell Davies | 1975 | Album |
Eight Songs For A Mad King | Peter Maxwell Davies, John d'Armand, University Of Massachusetts Group For New Music, Charles Fussell | 1974 | Album |
Points And Dances From 'Taverner' / Second Fantasia On John Taverner's 'In Nomine' | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1973 | Album |
Prison Song / Turris Campanarum Sonantium / Seasons | Stomu Yamash'ta - Hans Werner Henze / Peter Maxwell Davies / Toru Takemitsu | 1972 | Album |
The New Trumpet | Peter Maxwell Davies / Lucia Dlugoszewski / William Hellermann - Gerard Schwarz, Ursula Oppens | 1972 | Album |
Missa Super L'Homme Armé • From Stone To Thorn • Hymnos • Antechrist | Peter Maxwell Davies, Vanessa Redgrave, Mary Thomas, Alan Hacker, Stephen Pruslin, Fires Of London | 1972 | Album |
The Boyfriend (Original Soundtrack) | Peter Maxwell Davies And The Boy Friend Band Starring Twiggy | 1971 | Album |
Eight Songs For A Mad King | Peter Maxwell Davies, Fires Of London | 1971 | Album |
Vesalii Icones | Peter Maxwell Davies, Fires Of London | 1970 | Album |
New Music From London | Peter Maxwell Davies, Harrison Birtwistle, David Bedford, Richard Orton | 1970 | Album |
Collages (Symphony No. 3), Revelation And Fall | Roberto Gerhard, Peter Maxwell Davies | 1968 | Album |
Four British Composers | Peter Maxwell Davies, Alexander Goehr, Richard Rodney Bennett, Malcolm Williamson | 1965 | Album |
O Magnum Mysterium | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1963 | Album |