{"id":7295,"date":"2021-11-12T09:31:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=160393"},"modified":"2021-11-12T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:45:12","slug":"harrison-birtwistle-the-best-recordings","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/harrison-birtwistle-the-best-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Birtwistle: the best recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Punch and Judy<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
London Sinfonietta\/David Atherton<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
NMC D138\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Birtwistle\u2019s violently ritualistic first opera, vividly delivered.<\/span><\/p>\n
Buy from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\""p1"\">Melencolia 1, Ritual Fragment, Meridian<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\nLondon Sinfonietta\/Oliver Knussen<\/b><\/span><\/p>\nNMC D009 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nExemplary readings of three contrasting representative scores.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Birtwistle-Melencolia-Ritual-Fragment-Meridian\/dp\/B000027J0Q\/?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" harrison=\"\" birtwistle:=\"\" melencolia=\"\" i=\"\" ritual=\"\" fragment=\"\" meridian=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0bcA8GlF3a6O4aS0PKvCpi?si=tCjeKCQUSDaA-GGZGCTP3A&utm_source=oembed"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\""p1"\">The Mask of Orpheus<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\nBBC Symphony Orchestra\/Andrew Davis & Martyn Brabbins<\/b><\/span><\/p>\nNMC D050 (3 discs) \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nSuperb realisation of Birtwistle\u2019s most awesome work for the musical stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Mask-Orpheus-Act-II-Scene\/dp\/B01KXR7CO6\/?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" birtwistle:=\"\" the=\"\" mask=\"\" of=\"\" orpheus=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0IOzHMJwcPlNU7d7TdmucK?si=DgPiBAW3QvSLppXUYywS4w&utm_source=oembed"\"\/>\n<h2><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/chamber\/birtwistle-chamber-jul-14\/"\">Birtwistle: Chamber Music<\/a><\/h2>\nLisa Batiashvili (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello0, Till Fellner (piano), Amy Freston (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone)<\/p>\n<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/chamber\/birtwistle-chamber-jul-14\/"\">ECM 476 5050<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\u2018The performances are definitive, they certainly sound confident.\u2019<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Harrison-Birtwistle-Chamber-Music\/dp\/B00IKVTFN4\/?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" harrison=\"\" birtwistle:=\"\" chamber=\"\" music=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0hUQn8Hw9GuGBkh0Tbd5po?si=s_Z1Z0N7R16mlYY37yMEMA&utm_source=oembed"\"\/>\n<h2><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/birtwistle-15\/"\">Angel Fighter<\/a><\/h2>\nAndrew Watts (countertenor), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor); BBC Singers; London Sinfonietta\/David Atherton<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/reviews\/birtwistle-15\/"\">NMC D211<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nPungent pizzicato rhythms, visceral trumpets, groaning lower brass and winds shrilling overhead drive the three-way confrontation between taunting chorus, Jacob himself (a committed but occasionally strained Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts) and the Angel (a charismatic Andrew Watts).<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Birtwistle-Angel-Fighter-Andrew-Watts\/dp\/B00VRLJY1C\/?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" birtwistle:=\"\" angel=\"\" fighter=\"\" in=\"\" broken=\"\" images=\"\" virelai=\"\" une=\"\" fontayne=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/53tHcm1rxzXPGKsh6aTIaA?si=A2hhQHhCS3urkFB0eQ2fEg&utm_source=oembed"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\""p1"\">Orpheus Elegies<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\nMelinda Maxwell, Helen Tunstall, Andrew Watts<\/b><\/span><\/p>\nOboe Classics CC2020 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nAustere lyricism exquisitely played and sung.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Orpheus-Elegies-26\/dp\/B002HUFEY8\/?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><iframe title=\""Spotify\" embed:=\"\" orpheus=\"\" elegies=\"\" width=\""100%"\" height=\""380"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\""autoplay;\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" src=\""https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4LYaTV9dxuKdULLFgpnJhy?si=CFup3x1UQwGWe79Cov7jAw&utm_source=oembed"\"\/><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Friday, 12 November 2021 at 12:00 am Punch and Judy London Sinfonietta\/David Atherton NMC D138\u00a0 Birtwistle\u2019s violently ritualistic first opera, vividly delivered. 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