Maxwell Davies: The Beltane Fire, The Turn of the Tide & Sir Charles His Pavan - CD

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

The Beltane Fire (1995)

 

1. Scene 1: In the Barn of the Bu

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2. Interlude I

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3. Scene 2: A Field

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4. Interlude II

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5. Scene 3: The Kirk

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6. Scene 4: The Field

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7. Scene 5: The Beltane Fire

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The Turn of the Tide (1992)

 

8. Section I: I. The creation of underwater plants -

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9. Section I: II. The creation of plants on land -

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10. Section I: III. The creation of the first sea creatures -

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11. Section I: IV. The creation of birds -

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12. Section I: V. Mammals, and first people

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13. Section II: I. The underwater plants flourish -

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14. Section II: II. The trees flourish -

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15. Section II: III. The prosperity of fish -

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16. Section II: IV. Bird migration -

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17. Section II: V. Instinct and intellect in mammals and mankind

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18. Section V: I. The sea plants are poisoned -

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19. Section V: II. The trees are suffocated -

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20. Section V: III. The fish are deformed and cannot function -

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21. Section V: IV. The birds fall from the sky -

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22. Section V: V. Hubris triumphant -

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23. Section VI: The warning is heeded - Nature reborn - The decline is reversed

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24. Sunday Morning

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25. Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner

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26. Sir Charles his Pavan

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