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Label Signum Classics |
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Catalogue number SIGCD 709 |
Release date 05 August 2022 |
Signum Records are proud to present the seventh album from film and television composer Oliver Davis. Similarly to his previous album SOLACE, AIR was written during lockdown and draws on themes of nature, environment and the natural world. Davis’s previous albums with Signum have reached the top 10 on both iTunes Classical and UK Specialist Classical Charts multiple times, receiving numerous five-star reviews and well over a million streams on Apple Music.
British composer Oliver Davis has parlayed a long record as a composer of film and television scores into a successful career as a composer of orchestral music that in performance have attracted top-notch Lon- don orchestras and soloists. He has also been active as a composer of ballet – most recently premiering Lineage with choreographer Edwaard Liang at New York City Ballet’s prestigious Fall Fashion Gala.
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. 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.
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. 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. Blue was the
eighth release and was written for Dutch piano
duo Beth and Flo. It reached no.1 in the iTunes
Chart and was Album of the Week on Classic FM.
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. In 2024 Davis’
music was used in over 100 ballet performances
and on March 16th his music featured in five
ballets across the US and UK.
Grace Davidson is an English soprano who specialises in the performance and recording of Baroque music. Winner of the prestigious Early Music Prize whilst studying singing at London’s Royal Academy of Music, she has since carved a successful international career working with the leading Baroque vocal ensembles of our day under the batons of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Philippe Herreweghe and Harry Christophers. As a Baroque soloist Grace has appeared on many of the world’s most famous stages, from Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Art at London’s Barbican to his Ode to St Cecilia and Bach’s Magnificat at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw to Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Lincoln Centre, New York. Her discography includes a decade of CDs with The Sixteen, many of which feature her as a soloist: Handel’s Jephtha (as “Angel”) and Dixit Dominus, Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers and Pianto Della Madonna and the Lutheran Masses of Bach; she is also the soloist for a recording of Faure?’s Requiem by Tenebrae and the LSO: “Grace Davidson made Pie Jesu the simplest and most precious of gifts.” The Times.
Future solo performing engagements include a UK tour of Monteverdi’s Vespers with Harry Christophers, and performances of Purcell’s King Arthur in France and Germany for Paul McCreesh. Recording projects include Handel’s Silete Venti and Gloria for Signum Records plus a recording of Dowland lute songs.
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. 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.
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. 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. Blue was the
eighth release and was written for Dutch piano
duo Beth and Flo. It reached no.1 in the iTunes
Chart and was Album of the Week on Classic FM.
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. In 2024 Davis’
music was used in over 100 ballet performances
and on March 16th his music featured in five
ballets across the US and UK.