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1-9 The Martyrdom of St. Magnus
72.16
Peter Maxwell Davies: The Martyrdom of St. Magnus – Chamber Opera in Nine Scenes
£13.25
Music Theatre Wales, Scottish Opera Ensemble, Michael Rafferty (conductor)
DKPCD 9100 – 053068910026
The chamber opera, The Martyrdom of St. Magnus, is one of the finest of Maxwell Davies’ Orkney-inspired pieces. The Unicorn performance presented here is the only available recording.
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‘it grips from the very first moment, an unaccompanied vocal line emerging from silence and apparent darkness, and doesn’t let go for the whole of the opera’s 72-minute span… The performance is a fine one, splendidly paced and of powerful impetus; the recording is extremely clear, yet spacious and very atmospheric.’
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