Philip Powers
Philip Powers | |
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Born | Philip Powers 1963 |
Occupation(s) | Record Producer, Composer and Author |
Years active | 1979-present |
Spouse |
Alison Robards (m. 2008) |
Children | 2 |
Philip Powers (born 1963) is a record producer - and author - specialising in
Career
Scores
After his graduation from
He produced his first CDs of
Other notable film scores which he produced for CD from classic Australian feature films include
He also wrote and produced the scores for a number of plays, documentaries, shorts and animated films. He has also written classical music for orchestra, synthesizers and piano as well as a trio for violin, cello and percussion.[9]
Ironbark Bill (1985) is a 5-episode TV short and a feature short animated film narrated by
In addition to these were films about accounting for a multicultural society, "The Investigation", the supernatural drama, "The Traveller's Tale", and a documentary produced by Anthony Buckley about the famous Gulflander train (narrated by Bill Peach) which ran from Croydon to Normanton.
Other classical productions
His work with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra began in 2008 as recording manager, the year before Vladimir Ashkenazy began his five-year tenure as chief conductor. Together they recorded eight CDs of music by Elgar and Prokofiev, with all the symphonies and piano concertos; and in the following three years they collaborated with the Japanese label Exton, and produced another 10 CDs of all of Mahler's symphonies.
In 2014, he accepted a new contract with the orchestra to produce concerts as live webstreams and for video-on-demand.
Other notable releases include contemporary classical music of Elision and a CD with Simon Walker, Guy Gross, Chris Neal and Mark Isaacs on the Music for Pianos, Percussion and Synthesizers CD, which also featured his own work, "Wired".[11]
In 2016, the recording he produced of "Josh Pyke with the SSO" received an ARIA Award.
In 2017, Powers produced two concerts for Foxtel for the SSO, directed a film of the performance of "In Paradisum" by the Sydney Youth Orchestra of a work by George Palmer, and produced four new recordings.[9]
Author
In 2020 Powers wrote “
Critical reception
Roger Covell, chief classical music critic for The Sydney Morning Herald, wrote in his 1990 review of the CD, "Simon Walker's Binary has a feeling of severity and power to it; Philip Powers, producer of the disc and its animating spirit, inevitably calls to mind a degree of filmic spookiness with his use of almost-human wails and sighs from electronic sources in his inventive Wired." The article finished with praise for the concept album, Covell writing, "[t]he disc is a useful message from composers who are in the process of working out their place in Australian music. More messages of a similar kind would be welcome."[13]
The Australian Recording Industry Association nominated Powers and the 1M1 label for five ARIA awards:[14] Bloodmoon, Wendy Cracked a Walnut, beDevil and the highly regarded Christ Church St Laurence Choir CD Victoria.
Classical Releases as Executive Producer / Producer[15]
Year | Composer | Work | Artists | Label | Sessions | CD Producer |
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2015 | Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons | James Ehnes / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Producer | |
2014 | Josh Pyke | Josh Pyke - Live with the SSO | Christopher Dragon / Josh Pyke / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | ABC Classics | Producer | |
2014 | Gustav Holst | The Planets | David Robertson / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Co-Prod | |
2013 | Igor Stravinsky | The Firebird (2008 Performance) | David Robertson / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2013 | Gustav Mahler | Das lied von de erde (ABC Archival Recording) | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2013 | Gustav Mahler | Kindertotenlieder (ABC Archival Recording) | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2013 | Gustav Mahler | Rückert-Lieder (ABC Archival Recording) | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2013 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, Op.44 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Garrick Ohlsson / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Producer | |
2013 | Nigel Westlake & Lior | Compassion | Nigel Westlake / Lior / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | ABC Classics | Exec. Producer | |
2012 | Ross Edwards | Saxophone Concerto (Full Moon Dances) | Miguel Harth-Bedoya / Amy Dickson / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | ABC Classics | Exec. Producer | |
2012 | Brett Dean | The Siduri Dances | Benjamin Northey / Amy Dickson / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | ABC Classics | Sup. Prod | |
2012 | Peter Sculthorpe | Island Songs | Benjamin Northey / Amy Dickson / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | ABC Classics | Sup. Prod | |
2011 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 6 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2011 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 7 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2011 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 9 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2011 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 10 (Barshai Edition) | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2011 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 2 in C minor Resurrection | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Matthews, DeYoung, Sydney Phil Choirs / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live / Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2011 | Brett Dean | Violin Concerto - The Lost Art of Letter Writing | Jonathn Nott / Frank Peter Zimmermann / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | BIS / SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2009-2011 | Sergei Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet ballet (complete) | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Co-Prod | |
2010 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / James Ehnes / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, Op. 42: I. Méditation II. Scherzo III. Mélodie | Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / James Ehnes (violin) | SSO Live / Onyx Classics | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / James Ehnes / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live / Onyx Classics | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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Valse-Scherzo for Violin and Orchestra in C, Op. 34 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / James Ehnes / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live / Onyx Classics | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Vaughan Williams
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Flos Campi | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Melba [Aust] | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Vaughan Williams
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The Lark Ascending | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Melba [Aust] | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Benjamin Britten | Sinfonia da Requiem | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Melba [Aust] | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn | Bugs Bunny at the Symphony | George Daugherty / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Watertower Music | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 1 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 3 in D minor | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live / Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 4 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 5 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton / SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major Symphony of a Thousand | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Adelaide Symphony Chorus Gondwana Voices Sydney Children's Choir Sydney Phil Choirs WASO Chorus / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton / SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2010 | Gustav Mahler | Das lied von de erde | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Stuart Skelton Lilli Paasikivi / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton / SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Rare Rachmaninoff | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Goldner String Quartet | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No. 1 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live / Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No. 2 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No. 3 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No. 4 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No. 5 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No. 6 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No. 7 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Lt. Kije Ugly Duckling Love of Three Oranges | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 1 In D-flat Major Op. 10 (1912) | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Alexander Gavrylyuk / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor Op. 16 (1913) | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Alexander Gavrylyuk / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Op.26 (1921) | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Alexander Gavrylyuk / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 4 In B-flat Major Op. 53 (1931) Left Hand | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Alexander Gavrylyuk / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major Op.55 (1932) | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Alexander Gavrylyuk / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2009 | Sergei Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf | Vladimir Ashkenazy / John Bell (narrator) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Vaughan Williams
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The Dream of Gerontius | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Universal | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 | Vladimir Ashkenazy (cond.) / Jian Wang (soloist) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Universal | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Gianluigi Gelmetti | Song of Life (Cantata della vita) | Gianluigi Gelmetti (cond.) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Benjamin Britten | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | Benjamin Northey / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | ABC Classics | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Maurice Ravel | Mother Goose suite | Benjamin Northey / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | ABC Classics | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor, Op. 39 No. 2 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39 No. 3 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C major, Op. 39 No. 5 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 in G minor (elab. Payne) | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Symphony No. 1 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Symphony No. 2 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 Enigma | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Edward Elgar | In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50 | Vladimir Ashkenazy / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Exton | Exec. Producer | |
2008 | Richard Strauss | Thus Sprach Zarathustra | Charles Mackerras / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2008 | Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 B141 | Charles Mackerras / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2008 | Bedřich Smetana | Vltava (The Moldau) | Charles Mackerras / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2008 | Leoš Janáček | Sinfonietta | Charles Mackerras / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live | ||
2008 | Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 1 | Gianluigi Gelmtti / Sydney Symphony Orchestra | SSO Live |
References
- ^ "IMDB Biography".
- "The Wild Duck CD notes". - ^ "The Coolangatta Gold 1984 - full cast and crew".
- ^ "1M1 Records website Biography".
- ^ Music for Pianos, Percussion and Synthesizers CD booklet notes
- ^ AFI Website: 1984 Best Original Music Score
- ^ 1M1CD1026 Annie's Coming Out back slick
- ^ "The Wild Duck CD - 1M1 website".
- ^ The Everlasting Secret Family CD back cover, top left corner
- ^ a b "Philip Powers biography". phillippowers.com.
- ^ IMDB
- ^ "Music for Pianos, Percussion and Synthesizers CD booklet notes".
- ^ "Black and White by Philip Powers".
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald review (1990)
- ^ "ARIA website".
- ^ "Recording And Webstreaming Credits".