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Track Listings
| 1. Protecting Veil (First Movement) - The London Symphony Orchestra, John Tavener |
| 2. God Is With Us (A Christmas Proclamation) - John Tavener, Winchester Cathedral Choir |
| 3. Lamb - John Tavener, Vasari Singers |
| 4. Hidden Treasure- Excerpt - John Tavener |
| 5. Funeral Ikos - Choir of King's College, John Tavener |
| 6. Annunciation - John Tavener, Winchester Cathedral Choir |
| 7. Last Sleep of the Virgin- Excerpt - John Tavener |
| 8. Angels - John Tavener, Winchester Cathedral Choir |
| 9. Song for Athene - John Tavener, Winchester Cathedral Choir |
On this CD:
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(The) Protecting Veil
Composed by John Tavener
with Steven Isserlis
Conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
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God is with us
Composed by John Tavener
Performed by Winchester Cathedral Choir
with William Kendall, David Dunnett
Conducted by David Hill
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(The) Lamb, 'Little Lamb, who made thee?'
Composed by John Tavener
Performed by Vasari Singers
Conducted by Jeremy Backhouse
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(The) Hidden Treasure
Composed by John Tavener
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet
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Funeral Ikos
Composed by John Tavener
Conducted by Stephen Cleobury
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(The) Annunciation
Composed by John Tavener
Performed by Winchester Cathedral Choir
Conducted by David Hill
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(The) Last Sleep of the Virgin
Composed by John Tavener
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet
with Iain Simcock
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Angels
Composed by John Tavener
Performed by Winchester Cathedral Choir
Conducted by David Hill
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Song for Athene
Composed by John Tavener
Performed by Winchester Cathedral Choir
Conducted by David Hill
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Amazon.co.uk Review
John Tavener gained large-scale renown when The Protecting Veil for cello and orchestra was featured at the 1989 BBC Proms; his music (if not his name) was heard by millions in 1997 when Song for Athene was sung at Princess Diana's funeral. This compilation from Virgin Classics makes an excellent introduction to the composer's work. Tavener is often lumped together with Arvo Pärt as "Holy Minimalists", but they're quite different: while Pärt's music is usually reflective and austere, Tavener's is often cheerful and joyous--occasionally almost giddy (as in the "Christmas Proclamation" God Is with Us). He often borrows features of Eastern Orthodox liturgical music, such as the ison (low drone), quarter-tone intervals and ornaments of Greek chant or the tightly wound dissonance of early Russian polyphony. (The thrilling Angels for chorus and organ has all of these.) Examples of Tavener's instrumental music include the rhapsodic first movement of The Protecting Veil and excerpts from the radiantly still string quartets The Hidden Treasure (which does sound a lot like Pärt's Fratres) and The Last Sleep of the Virgin (which uses handbells to mesmerizing effect); the most memorable pieces, though, are the wondrously simple The Lamb and Funeral Ikos for unaccompanied choir. --Matthew Westphal
John Tavener gained large-scale renown when The Protecting Veil for cello and orchestra was featured at the 1989 BBC Proms; his music (if not his name) was heard by millions in 1997 when Song for Athene was sung at Princess Diana's funeral. This compilation from Virgin Classics makes an excellent introduction to the composer's work. Tavener is often lumped together with Arvo Pärt as "Holy Minimalists", but they're quite different: while Pärt's music is usually reflective and austere, Tavener's is often cheerful and joyous--occasionally almost giddy (as in the "Christmas Proclamation" God Is with Us). He often borrows features of Eastern Orthodox liturgical music, such as the ison (low drone), quarter-tone intervals and ornaments of Greek chant or the tightly wound dissonance of early Russian polyphony. (The thrilling Angels for chorus and organ has all of these.) Examples of Tavener's instrumental music include the rhapsodic first movement of The Protecting Veil and excerpts from the radiantly still string quartets The Hidden Treasure (which does sound a lot like Pärt's Fratres) and The Last Sleep of the Virgin (which uses handbells to mesmerizing effect); the most memorable pieces, though, are the wondrously simple The Lamb and Funeral Ikos for unaccompanied choir. --Matthew Westphal
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