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AGP89 is the second of four featuring works by the British composer Harrison Birtwistle. Born in 1934, he came of age with Peter Maxwell Davies and Alexander Goehr, and like them studied in Manchester. Birtwistle's music belongs to no clearly identifiable school. It is characterized by a fine ear for both harmony and orchestration, and some rather unusual approaches to musical structure. AGP88-90 are transcribed from a number of CDs, and are provided through the generosity of the same AGP partisan that programmed AGP87. AGP91 comprises all of the out-of-print works by Birtwistle that I could find in my stacks. The installment includes a PDF file with scans of the CD and LP booklet notes describing the works featured in all four Birtwistle installments.

NOTE: The transcription of Birtwistle's Clarinet Quintet originally included in this installment has been removed because I have since realized it is still in print, and can be purchased here.

To download AGP89 files, right-click on each of the following links and select SAVE LINK AS.

04 - Carmen Arcadia, 1977 [9:28]

05 - Silbury Air, 1977 [16:18]

06 - Clarinet Quintet, 1980 [21:17]

07 - Endless Parade, 1987 [19:29] (from ArkivMusic)


Liner notes from CDs and LPs

AGP89 description

FLAC fingerprints