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Oliver Davis

Beth & Flo | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Oliver Davis

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Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212074329
Catnr: SIGCD 743
Release date: 06 October 2023
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212074329
Catalogue number
SIGCD 743
Release date
06 October 2023
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Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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About the album

This is Oliver Davis’ first album dedicated to the piano, and specifically two pianists, Dutch piano duo Beth & Flo. The album features this dynamic duo playing four hands piano and also on two pianos with full orchestra. The song cycle 'Siren Songs' features sopranos Grace Davidson, Julia Doyle and Grace's son chorister Joshua Davidson. The theme of the album is water, in its many forms with songs depicting a river journey, Sea Dances for four hands and strings, Sea Waltzes in addition to the Water Variations. The opening piece, The Water Garden, will be one of three singles being released prior to the album's launch. The pianists and singers are accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paul Bateman

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Composer(s)

Oliver Davis (tenor)

Oliver Davis graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1994 and has since composed numerous concertos, ballet scores, albums, soundtracks and television scores working with many of the major London orchestras. Davis’ debut album Flight, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra with soloist Kerenza Peacock, was released in March 2015 and quickly rose to number 2 in the UK Specialist Classical Charts with 5 star reviews in both the UK and US. In addition it was chosen as Featured Album of the Week on Classic FM and was broadcast daily on the station. Several pieces from the album Flight have been used for a ballet choreographed by Ma Cong for the Tulsa Ballet Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After the release of Flight came Davis’ second album Seasons in October 2015. This album featured his work Anno,...
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Oliver Davis graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1994 and has since composed numerous concertos, ballet scores, albums, soundtracks and television scores working with many of the major London orchestras.
Davis’ debut album Flight, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra with soloist Kerenza Peacock, was released in March 2015 and quickly rose to number 2 in the UK Specialist Classical Charts with 5 star reviews in both the UK and US. In addition it was chosen as Featured Album of the Week on Classic FM and was broadcast daily on the station.
Several pieces from the album Flight have been used for a ballet choreographed by Ma Cong for the Tulsa Ballet Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
After the release of Flight came Davis’ second album Seasons in October 2015. This album featured his work Anno, a contemporary take on Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni. This album also charted in the UK top 10 and was Album of the Week on Classic FM and in the Mail on Sunday.
Following this release came Dance, recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road studios and released in September 2016. This too became Classic FM’s Album of the Week and featured in their ‘Best of 2016’ show. Various pieces from Dance and Flight were used to create the ballet Dance Odyssey, choreographed by Peter Walker and performed by New York City Ballet. Following the ballet’s premiere in January 2018, The New York Times described the music as ‘charming, lyrical, Arcadian’.
Davis’ fourth album, Liberty, was released in February 2018. This reached number 1 in the iTunes Classical Charts and was also Classic FM’s Album of the Week. Pieces from Liberty formed a new ballet Bacchus, choreographed by Matthew Neenan for Pacific Northwest Ballet and premiered in March 2019. Davis’ next album, Arcadia, featured a piano piece of the same name, which on its release achieved over a million streams on Apple Music. The album reached number 1 in the iTunes Classical Charts, number 4 in the UK Classical Charts and 15 in the US Billboard Charts. September 2019 saw the premiere of Edwaard Liang’s Lineage, set to music by Davis, at New York City Ballet’s prestigious Fall Fashion Gala. The ballet featured costumes designed by fashion icon Anna Sui.
Solace was released in 2021. It was a lockdown album which saw performers record remotely all around the world. It entered the US Billboard Charts at no.12 and was both Classic FM’s and Scala Radio’s Album of the Week. Interviews on both BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio followed, with the title piece being selected by Sidra Bell for her choreographic debut at New York City Ballet’s Fall Fashion Gala 2021. The following year saw the release of the seventh album, Air. Its multi genre style included songs performed by Grace Davidson and Jeremy Budd, in addition to violin concertos performed by Kerenza Peacock and Benjamin Baker. Both violinists performed on the ballet The Veil Between Worlds, which was written for Edwaard Liang and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Air was Classic FM’s Album of the Week and Scala Radio’s Album of the Weekend. Several pieces from the album have now formed new ballets that have premiered in the US.
In April 2023 Davis collaborated with Celine Gettins, Principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet, to create Jubilate, a new ballet celebrating the coronation of King Charles III.


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01.
Sea Dances
03:01
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo
02.
Sea Dances: The Puffer Fish
02:05
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
03.
Coral Suite: Graceful Giants
04:00
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
04.
Coral Suite: I
03:15
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Coral Suite: II
03:05
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
06.
The Water Garden: III
03:02
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Oliver Davis, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
07.
Water Variations: Variation 1
02:50
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
08.
Water Variations: Variation 2
02:19
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
09.
Water Variations: Variation 3
02:05
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
10.
Water Variations: Theme
02:35
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
11.
Tango
02:39
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo
12.
Dream Song: Daybreak
02:52
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Julia Doyle, Grace Davidson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
13.
Dream Song: Drift
02:12
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Julia Doyle, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
14.
Dream Song: Lost
02:55
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Julia Doyle, Joshua Davidson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
15.
Dream Song: Home
03:03
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Julia Doyle, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
16.
Shoals: I
02:01
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
17.
Shoals: II
02:37
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
18.
Shoals: III
02:59
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo, Grace Davidson, Oliver Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
19.
Blue
02:16
(Oliver Davis) Beth & Flo
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