$26.95 – Compact disc / Abc Classics / ISBN:0028947619215
Sculthorpe: Songs Of Sea And Sky
This CD revisits previously recorded Sculthorpe works, this time
featuring the didgeridoo of William Burton, exceptionally backed by
the QSO. On Mangrove and Earth Cry,. the dijeridoo becomes a primal
pulse- a cryfor the land and its traditional owners. The title
track (originally written for clarinet and piano) is now rearranged
especially for Barton and its final Lament leaves us steadfast
while sea and sky change and soar.Other favourites- Kakadu and From
Ubir - complete a moving tribute to our country. Sculthorpe writes
our landscape- its majestic beauty and harshness, its places of
sweetness and melancholy of emptiness. He orchestrates sweeps of
sound acrossour vastness and strings that make birds fly. The mans
a genius. An exceptional cd.
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