Peter Maxwell Davies: Suite from "The Boyfriend", Suite from "The Devils" & Other Works

Featuring

Nicholas Cleobury
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Aquarius

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Composition History

Farewell to Stromness and Yesnaby Ground are taken from The Yellow Cake Revue, a work Peter Maxwell Davies contributed to a successful anti-mining campaign in the Orkney Islands.

Performer Biography

Aquarius, the contemporary music group on this recording, was formed by Nicholas Cleobury in the 1980s and worked for over a decade bringing new music to many.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England, in October 1989.

Composer's Artistic Vision

All the works on this recording have connections with stage or theatre, indicating the significance of such music for Peter Maxwell Davies.

Composer Biography

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was knighted in 1987 and appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 2004, a role in which he seeks to raise the profile of music in Great Britain.

Composer Biography

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, one of the foremost composers of our time, lives in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, where he writes most of his music.

Composition History

The two suites on this album are derived from scores Peter Maxwell Davies wrote for films by Ken Russell, a collaboration that also enabled pioneering recordings of other works.