Peter Sculthorpe – Wildbird Music

Essential listening to compositions by Sculthorpe, as selected by John Peterson, author of The Music of Peter Sculthorpe, Volume 1 in Wildbird’s Australian Composers series.

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1	Kakadu	14:57	Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014).
2	Earth Cry	10:26	Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014).
3-7	Piano Concerto I. Grave II. Calmo III. Animato IV. Come notturno V. Estatico	6:08 5:51 3:31 2:46 4:26	Tamara Anna Cislowska (piano), Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014).
8-15	Requiem I. Introit II. Kyrie III. Gradual IV. Sequence V. Canticle VI. Sanctus VII. Agnus Dei VIII. Communion	3:01 7:01 3:35 7:08 9:21 2:43 2:37 6:42	Adelaide Chamber Singers, William Barton (didjeridu), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (conductor). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 2 (ABC Classics, 2014).
16	Sun Music I	10:51	Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins (conductor). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014).
17	Mangrove	15:16	William Barton (didjeridu), Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Michael Christie (conductor). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 2 (ABC Classics, 2014).
18-23	Requiem for ‘cello alone’ Introit Kyrie Qui Mariam Lacrimosa Libera me Lux aeterna	3:26 2:06 4:10 2:33 2:30 4:13	Pieter Wispelwey (cello). From Hindemith, Sessions, Ligeti (1995).
24	Irkanda IV	10:47	Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014).
25-30	Songs of Sea and Sky I. Prelude II. Saibai III. Interlude IV. Mission Hymn V. Dance Song VI. Lament	0:54 3:47 1:46 3:39 2:35 3:35	William Barton (didjeridu), Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Michael Christie (conductor). From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 2 (ABC Classics, 2014).
31-35	String Quartet No. 16 I. Loneliness II. Anger III. Yearning IV. Trauma V. Freedom	4:10 3:58 5:49 4:18 5:30	Stephen Kent (didjeridu), Del Sol String Quartet. From Sculthorpe: The Complete String Quartets with Didjeridu (2014).