Melinda Maxwell / Phoenix Pia - Philip Venables: Below The Belt [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.We can think of no better way to kickstart the second series of Debut Discs (NMC's acclaimed showcase for gifted early-career composers) than this explosive new album by Philip Venables. Venables is best known for his operatic and theatrical works, exploring themes of sexuality, violence and politics. His music has been described as 'brutally effective' (The Times), 'duly playful and occasionally disturbing' (The Guardian), and 'a dark and violent portrait of sexual desire' (SoSoGay.com). He made his Royal Opera debut with 4.48 Psychosis (dir. Ted Huffman) u2013 the first ever permitted adaptation of any of Sarah Kane's work u2013 which won a UK Theatre Award, a Royal Philharmonic Society Award and a British Composer Award. It was also nominated for both an Olivier Award and a Sky Arts Award.rr

This album includes The Revenge of Miguel Cotto, a performance piece inspired by two boxers, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, and scored for ensemble, voices, and two punchbags. Four miniatures, each inspired by one of Benjamin Britten's Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe (Melinda Maxwell) and Numbers, set to the poems of Simon Howard and mixing spoken text with chamber music. The brilliant, ferocious and funny Illusions, featuring David Hoyle's impassioned rant about everything from politics and gender to sodomy and revolution, is the perfect showstopping finale to this eclectic release.

Philip Venables: The Revenge of Miguel Cotto: I Love

Philip Venables: The Revenge of Miguel Cotto: II Fight

Philip Venables: The Revenge of Miguel Cotto: III Crushed Spanish

Philip Venables: The Revenge of Miguel Cotto: IV they are not like us

Philip Venables: The Revenge of Miguel Cotto: V Ban

Philip Venables: Metamorphoses after Britten: I A mountain

Philip Venables: Klaviertrio im Geiste: I [tacet] II Adagio

Philip Venables: Klaviertrio im Geiste: II Scherzo

Philip Venables: Klaviertrio im Geiste: III Rondo

Philip Venables: Metamorphoses after Britten: II Fixation

Philip Venables: Numbers 76u201380: tristan und isolde I

Philip Venables: Numbers 76u201380: tristan und isolde II

Philip Venables: Numbers 76u201380: tristan und isolde III

Philip Venables: Metamorphoses after Britten: III Flowers

Philip Venables: Numbers 91u201395

Philip Venables: Metamorphoses after Britten: IV Fountains

Philip Venables: Illusions

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