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John Tavener: Song For Athene, Svyati, Etc / Robinson, Et Al

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Composer
TAVENER
Artist
Cambridge, Christopher, Tim, Robinson, Hugh
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 01, 2001
Catalog #
8555256
UPC
747313525621

About

John Tavener studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Sir Lennox Berkeley and David Lumsdaine. In 1968 his dramatic cantata The Whale took it's audience by storm and led to his music being recorded on The Beatles' Apple label. Since that time Tavener has continued to show an originality of concept and an intensely personal idiom, making his a voice quite separate from those of his contemporaries. Over the years, the contemplative side of his nature has led him in more spiritual directions and his commitment to the Russian Orthodox Church, which he joined in 1977, is now evident in all his work. In an interview published in his recent book The Music of Silence, Sir John Tavener wrote. "If you listen to the music of the East, somehow the divine is already there. It is - which is a parallel with the eternal 'I am."' What this means in practical terms is that Tavener, in aiming at writing music suitable to convey the theology and the spirituality of the Orthodox Church, to participate in some way in that "eternal 'I am"', creates music of what one might call "dynamic stasis". In other words, the long phrases of eastern chant (of various traditions), the harmonic transparency and the stillness of his work runs counter to what the composer sees as the more "active" spirit of western sacred music; nevertheless, Tavener's western background inevitably and naturally plays it's part, and the unique sound of the fusion of these two is characteristic of all of the works on this disc.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 God is with Us: Christmas Proclamation 05:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    God is with Us: Christmas Proclamation
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  2. 2 Song for Athene 05:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    Song for Athene
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  3. 3 The Lamb 03:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Lamb
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  4. 4 The Tiger 05:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Tiger
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  5. 5 Magnificat 07:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    Magnificat
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  6. 6 Nunc Dimittis 02:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nunc Dimittis
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  7. 7 Funeral Ikos 07:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Funeral Ikos
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  8. 8 Hymn to the Mother of God 02:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    Hymn to the Mother of God
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  9. 9 Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God 03:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  10. 10 Love bade me welcome 04:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    Love bade me welcome
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  11. 11 As one who has slept 04:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    As one who has slept
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  12. 12 The Lord's Prayer 03:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    The Lord's Prayer
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  13. 13 Svyati, 'O Holy One' 13:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    Svyati, 'O Holy One'
    Duration
    13:18
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Performer
    Tim Hugh
    Ensemble
    Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
    Conductor
    Christopher Robinson