ORGAN and SYMPHONY: John Buckley: Organ Concerto - Symphony No.1 - Peter Sweeney - Colman Pearce - NSO of Ireland
Artist: Peter Sweeney - Colman Pearce - NSO of Ireland
Album: John Buckley: Organ Concerto - Symphony No.1
Released: 1999
Label: Marco Polo
Catalog N°: 8.223876
Genre: Classical
File Format: eac_wv_cue_log covers 271MB
Richard Leigh Harris
Birmingham Post, July 1999
"Peter Sweeney is the virtuosic soloist and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Colman Pearce, give sterling support."
On this CD:
01. Concerto for organ and Orchestra - Allegro con fuoco 05:09 02. Concerto for organ and Orchestra - Adagio Molto 18:43 03. Concerto for organ and Orchestra - Piu mosso 04:53 04. Symphony No.1 - 1st Movement 19:42 05. Symphony No.1 - 2nd Movement 17:09
Luca Sabbatini
ClassicsToday.com, June 2000
"This is highly spectacular music written in an accessible atonal idiom reminiscent of Dutilleux, Lutoslawski, Messiaen, and other mainstream contemporary composers. A student of Alun Hoddinott, John Buckley (born 1951) is one of Ireland's most prominent musicians. The Organ Concerto (1992) is a powerful piece, full of sound and fury, driven by the impetuous rhythms and violent dynamic onslaughts of the solo instrument, frequently opposed to a volcanic percussion section. The overall shape retains a traditional, three-movement structure, with an intensely lyrical Adagio molto framed by two impulsive, shorter counterweights. More innovative, the Symphony No. 1 (1988) offers thickly textured passages of great expressive variety, in which sudden flashes of light illuminate darkly colored orchestration. Charged with tension, the whole piece seems to be waiting for the long-delayed, brusque resolution. Well treated by the spacious-sounding recording, this is virtuoso music that requires virtuoso performers. As far as one can tell, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland plays with real commitment under Colman Pearce, and organist Peter Sweeney displays an impressive capacity to rise to the music's spectacular solo demands."
Album: John Buckley: Organ Concerto - Symphony No.1
Released: 1999
Label: Marco Polo
Catalog N°: 8.223876
Genre: Classical
File Format: eac_wv_cue_log covers 271MB
Richard Leigh Harris
Birmingham Post, July 1999
"Peter Sweeney is the virtuosic soloist and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Colman Pearce, give sterling support."
On this CD:
01. Concerto for organ and Orchestra - Allegro con fuoco 05:09 02. Concerto for organ and Orchestra - Adagio Molto 18:43 03. Concerto for organ and Orchestra - Piu mosso 04:53 04. Symphony No.1 - 1st Movement 19:42 05. Symphony No.1 - 2nd Movement 17:09
Luca Sabbatini
ClassicsToday.com, June 2000
"This is highly spectacular music written in an accessible atonal idiom reminiscent of Dutilleux, Lutoslawski, Messiaen, and other mainstream contemporary composers. A student of Alun Hoddinott, John Buckley (born 1951) is one of Ireland's most prominent musicians. The Organ Concerto (1992) is a powerful piece, full of sound and fury, driven by the impetuous rhythms and violent dynamic onslaughts of the solo instrument, frequently opposed to a volcanic percussion section. The overall shape retains a traditional, three-movement structure, with an intensely lyrical Adagio molto framed by two impulsive, shorter counterweights. More innovative, the Symphony No. 1 (1988) offers thickly textured passages of great expressive variety, in which sudden flashes of light illuminate darkly colored orchestration. Charged with tension, the whole piece seems to be waiting for the long-delayed, brusque resolution. Well treated by the spacious-sounding recording, this is virtuoso music that requires virtuoso performers. As far as one can tell, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland plays with real commitment under Colman Pearce, and organist Peter Sweeney displays an impressive capacity to rise to the music's spectacular solo demands."
