Peter Sculthorpe

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). Get it on iTunes.
2 Earth Cry 10:26 Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor).

From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014). Get it on iTunes.
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). Get it on iTunes.
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). Get it on iTunes.
16 Sun Music I 10:51 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Hopkins (conductor).

From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014). Get it on iTunes.
17 Mangrove 15:16 William Barton (didjeridu), Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Michael Christie (conductor).

From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 2 (ABC Classics, 2014). Get it on iTunes.
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). Get it on iTunes.
24 Irkanda IV 10:47 Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director).

From Peter Sculthorpe – The ABC Recordings, Pt. 1 (ABC Classics, 2014). Get it on iTunes.
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). Get it on iTunes.
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). Get it on iTunes.