CD: The Best of Peter Sculthorpe. [2019] : Product : Australian Music Centre

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The Best of Peter Sculthorpe.

Published by ABC Classics — 2019 [4818197] — 2 CDs (150 min.)
Sales Availability: This item is out-of-print. We regret that it cannot be purchased from the Australian Music Centre.
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Featured Australian works

Work	Composer	Performers	Duration
Djilile (1991) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Jun 14.	Peter Sculthorpe	Tamara Anna Cislowska	5 mins, 5 sec.
Earth cry (1986) for full orchestra Recorded/performed at: Ferry Road Studio, ABC, Brisbane, on Sep 03.	Peter Sculthorpe	Queensland Symphony Orchestra, William Barton, Michael Christie	11 mins, 15 sec.
Evocation (1946) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Jun 14.	Peter Sculthorpe	Tamara Anna Cislowska	2 mins, 27 sec.
Irkanda IV (1961) for solo violin, strings & percussion Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo, Sydney, on Jan 96.	Peter Sculthorpe	Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra	10 mins, 41 sec.
Island songs (2012) for saxophone, strings and percussion Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Nov 13.	Peter Sculthorpe	Amy Dickson, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey	17 mins, 36 sec.
Kakadu (1988) for orchestra Recorded/performed at: Sydney Town Hall, on Jul 89.	Peter Sculthorpe	Sydney Symphony, Stuart Challender	14 mins, 57 sec.
Left Bank waltz (1970) for piano Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Jun 14.	Peter Sculthorpe	Tamara Anna Cislowska	1 mins, 44 sec.
Music for Bali (1968) for strings and percussion Recorded/performed at: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, on 3 Dec 03.	Peter Sculthorpe	Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Richard Mills	3 mins, 56 sec.
New Norcia (2000) for brass and percussion Recorded/performed at: Adelaide Town Hall, on Jun 00.	Peter Sculthorpe	Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, James Judd	5 mins, 8 sec.
Nourlangie (1989) for solo guitar strings and percussion Recorded/performed at: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, on Dec 03.	Peter Sculthorpe	Karin Schaupp, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Richard Mills	21 mins, 19 sec.
Small town (1976) for chamber orchestra Recorded/performed at: Sydney Town Hall, on Feb 89.	Peter Sculthorpe	Sydney Symphony, Guy Henderson, Stuart Challender	6 mins, 11 sec.
From Ubirr (2003) for string orchestra with optional didjeridu Recorded/performed at: ABC Studio 420, Ferry Road, Brisbane, on Sep 03.	Peter Sculthorpe	Queensland Orchestra, William Barton, Michael Christie	12 mins, 10 sec.
Quamby (2000) for orchestra — On High Hills Recorded/performed at: Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, on Dec 02.	Peter Sculthorpe	Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Richard Mills	5 mins, 1 sec.
String quartet No. 18 (2010) for string quartet	Peter Sculthorpe	Flinders Quartet	23 mins, 3 sec.
Sun music IV (1967) for orchestra Recorded/performed at: Adelaide Town Hall, on 1995.	Peter Sculthorpe	Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn	8 mins, 46 sec.

Product details

Peter Sculthorpe created an Australian classical music that for the first time spoke directly of the land, the people and the spirit of this country.

Released to coincide with what would have been his 90^th birthday, The Best of Peter Sculthorpe brings together more than two hours of his best-loved and most iconic works, from solo piano works played by Tamara-Anna Cislowska, to orchestral works and concertos performed by great soloists William Barton, Karin Schaupp and Amy Dickson, and his 18^th and final string quartet.

Born in Launceston on 29 April 1929, Sculthorpe rose to international recognition by creating a uniquely Australian style of music. From the wet season of the Northern Territory in Kakadu to the brutality of the southern summer in Sun Music IV, from the seaside war memorial that inspired Small Town to the timeless connection between Indigenous people and their land represented in Earth Cry, Sculthorpe captured the extremes of the country's natural landscape, and stirred the imagination of its people.

Sculthorpe was made an officer of the Order of Australia in 1990, and an Australian National Living Treasure in 1998. He died in 2014, at the age of 85.

Duration: 150 min.

Liner notes include program notes.