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MacMillan: Seven Last Words From The Cross

~ James MacMillan (Composer), Stephen Layton (Conductor), Britten Sinfonia (Orchestra), James Vivian (Organ)
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  • Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
  • Conductor: Stephen Layton
  • Composer: James MacMillan
  • Audio CD (1 Aug 2005)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B000A17GMY
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 67,761 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do
2. Woman, Behold Thy Son!...Behold Thy Mother!
3. Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Today Thou Shalt Be With Me In Paradise
4. Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?
5. I Thirst
6. It Is Finished
7. Father, Into Thy Hands I Commend My Spirit
8. On The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin - James Vivian
9. Te Deum - James Vivian

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply brilliant, 11 May 2008
By Aquinas "summa" (celestial heights, UK) - See all my reviews
MacMillan has a wonderful inner understanding of sacred music, informed (I assume) by his Catholic faith. The Seven Last Words from the Cross are stunning, a brilliant admixture of old and new.

Track 3 (Verily, I say unto thee, thous shall be with me in Paradise) derserves a particular mention. The "ecce lignum crucis" (proclaiming darkness) is stunningly interwoven with the thrice proclaimed acclamation of "venite adoremus". Its the "venite adoremus" with its wafting neo-romantic violin solo and Brittenesque strings (reminding me very much of the famous quartet in Peter Grimes: "do we cry or do we weep" and perhaps of Brahms)that grabs you: how can this be so, how can we have crucified the "Son of Man" - the shock of it all is ironically captured more decisively through the most delicate and gentle of music although the horror is also captured in other movements through the strings (echoing Bartok).Be warned: this is a real tear jerker!

The last movement captures the death of Christ beautifully with the life draining slowly from his body, depicted through intermittent glistening of strings.

The Te Deum (last track) strongly recalls Britten.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I simply cannot commend this enough., 19 Mar 2008
By richard.md.scott@hotmail.co.uk (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) - See all my reviews
MacMillan's Seven Last Words is one of the most truly brilliant pieces of modern music I have ever heard. Each movement is full of profoundly beautiful music and the way he combines modernist sounds with gorgeous tonal harmonies is very unique. The spirituality in this piece is very sincere and fantastically powerful, even to a non-believer like me.
The other two shorter pieces are not in quite the same league as the first, but I did love them too.
The performance here is impeccable. Polyphony are stunning in every recording I have heard of them, and the Britten Sinfonia too.

A musical and spiritual transubstantiation (MacMillan's words, not mine...) And, like I say, I cannot commend it enough! See for yourself...
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5.0 out of 5 stars once again..., 17 Oct 2005
The previous incarnation of this CD was the first I made for Poyphony. It was deleted from the catalogue and I was extremely happy to be part of its remake. The music is superb, and stands alone, but Sid and my colleagues bring out the best in it.
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