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Peter Maxwell Davies
Points And Dances From 'Taverner' / Second Fantasia On John Taverner's 'In Nomine'

Album UK 1973 on Argo label
Classical (Contemporary)

Gatefold cover. Includes a full-size 16-page booklet. ∘ Points and Dances from 'Taverner': - Act I Dances (alto flute, clarinet, viola, 'cello, harpsichord, guitar) - Act II Points and Dances (The dances are scored for piccolo, clarinet, double bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and a pair of small tuned drums; the Keyboard Points are played on the regal and the positive organ, and partly overlap the Dances.) 1. Intrada (ensemble); 2. Praeambulum (keyboard); 3. Pavan (ensemble); 4. Miserere (keyboard); 5. Galliard (ensemble); 6. Te per orbem Terrarum (keyboard); 7. Dumpe (ensemble); 8. Eterne Rex Altissime (keyboard); 9. Eterne Rex alias (keyboard); 10. Eterne Rerum Conditor (keyboard); 11. Coranto (ensemble); 12. Mask in Echo (keyboard); 13. Reprise (ensemble) ∘ Second Fantasia The work is scored for normal symphony orchestra, including double woodwind, four horns, four trumpets, two trombones, and two tubas, and a percussion section including handbells. Formally it comprises 13 sections. Sections 1 to 6 make roughly a sonata-form movement, with an introduction and coda; sections 8 to 10 make a scherzo and trio; and section 12 is a closing extended slow movement. Recorded: tracks A1.1 to A2.13 on 16-17 December 1971 at St John the Evangelist, Islington tracks A3 to B on 4-5 January 1972 at Barking Assembly Hall Cover laminated with 'Clarifoil' Cover printed in England by Robert Stace. Booklet printed in England by Senol Printing Limited The Decca Record Company Limited, Argo Division, 115 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6RR ℗ 1973, Argo Record Company

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	Peter Maxwell Davies , *1934 GB composed by, liner notes, directed by, album by
	Jennifer Ward Clarke vc, 1935-2015 GB cello
	Alan Hacker cl, 1938-2012 GB clarinet
	Kenneth Cooper b, GB contrabassoon
	Fires Of London , GB ensemble
	Judith Pearce fl, piccolo flute, flute, alto
	Timothy Walker g, *1943 ZA guitar
	Stephen Pruslin p, *1940 US harpsichord, regal, organ, positive
	Misha Donat , organ, regal
	Gary Kettel perc, tam, cng, GB percussion
	Roger Brenner tb, trombone, alto
	Elgar Howarth tr, *1935 GB trumpet
	Duncan Druce vl, vn, GB viola
	Sir Charles Groves hps, 1915-1992 GB conductor
	New Philharmonia Orchestra , GB orchestra

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