{"product_id":"805595","title":"Nicholas Maw - Life Studies\/Spells [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNMC's Ancora series continues with a joint 70th birthday tribute to Nicholas Maw and Richard Rodney Bennett:\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eLife Studies, written for the virtuoso players of The Academy of St Martin-in-the Fields (the performers on this recording), is a series of vibrant character studies which range from the intensity of Penderecki and lyricism of Britten to a jazzy double bass solo (in Study V).\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eRichard Rodney Bennett's dramatic cantata Spells sets a sequence of haunting invocations by Kathleen Raine; it is performed by its dedicatee, soprano Jane Manning, with The Philharmonia Orchestra, Bach Choir and Sir David Willcocks.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e'Maw treads a completely resolved path in his Life Studies between Bergian reserve and Tippett-like buoyant ecstasy... This is sheerly brilliant writing and the Academy trounces the challenge. [Jane Manning in Spells] is in splendid voice - try the Spell of Safekeeping - where she is at her wonderful best. Two brilliant retrievals from the fearsome mid-1970s.' MusicWeb\u003cp\u003eStudy 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudy 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpell against sorrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpell of safekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpell to bring lost creatures home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpell of sleep\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove Spell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpell of creation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55143025213825,"sku":"805595","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5187fGB6XcL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767647602","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/805595","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}