ABC Classics -The Masterpieces Collection - Australian Classics (CD)

New music in an ancient land: Australian composers paint in sound their visions of the past, present and future of their country. Music by Percy Grainger, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Westlake, Elena Kats-Chernin and more. Art by Tom Roberts and Brett Whiteley. Timeless art and great music: ABC Classics and the Art Gallery of New South Wales present a new collection of albums bringing together culture from through the ages. From nineteenth-century visions of grandeur in Epic Classics to the sacred tradition in Divine Classics, and from Australia's own artistic heritage to the world of the Modernists, these albums provide rich insights by bringing art and music together. Tracklisting 1.ISAAC NATHAN Don John of Austria: Overture 2.MIRIAM HYDE Piano Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor: II. Andante tranquillo 3.PERCY GRAINGER Dreamery 4.PEGGY GLANVILLE-HICKS Gymnopédie No. 1 5.NIGEL BUTTERLEY Meditations of Thomas Traherne: Meditation No. 2 6.RICHARD MEALE Viridian: First movement 7.COLIN BRUMBY Scena for cor anglais and strings 8.PETER SCULTHORPE Djilile 9.NIGEL WESTLAKE Antarctica Ó Suite for guitar and orchestra: III. Penguin Ballet 10.CARL VINE Piano Concerto No. 1: Second movement 11.ROSS EDWARDS Veni Creator Spiritus: II. Ritmico 12.ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Wild Swans Concert Suite: II. Eliza Aria 13.GERARD BROPHY Mantra I 14.GRAEME KOEHNE The Voyage from Gallipoli Symphony