Out Of The Night - Part: Magnificat; Tavener: Threnos, Etc

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
January 11, 2000
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TAVENER, JOHN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Tavener Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Parrott
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 11, 2000
    • UPC
      074646175323
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SK61753
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Magnificat

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    2. Out of the Night

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Performer: Leigh Nixon, Jane Atkins

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    3. No. 1. O Weisheit

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    4. No. 2. O Adonai

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    5. No. 3. O Spross aus Isais Wurzel

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    6. No. 4. O Schlussel Davids

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    7. No. 5. O Morgenstern

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    8. No. 6. O Konig aller Volker

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    9. No. 7. O Immanuel

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    10. Out of the Night

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Performer: Leigh Nixon, Jane Atkins

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    11. Fratres (version for cello ensemble)

      Composer: Arvo Pärt

      Performer: Michael Stirling, Alastair Blayden, Moray Welsh

    12. Canticle of the Mother of the God

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Performer: Claron McFadden

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    13. Out of the Night

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Performer: Leigh Nixon, Jane Atkins

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    14. Thrinos

      Composer: John Tavener

      Performer: Moray Welsh

    15. Out of the Night

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Performer: Leigh Nixon, Jane Atkins

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    16. Ikon of the Nativity

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott


This beautiful disc juxtaposes the work of two composers whose names are frequently placed together for their combination of minimalist and early music elements as well as their Orthodox spirituality. Estonian Arvo Pärt has the sparer style, elements pared down to the most basic chords, notes alternated like bells against a quiet, static background, while Englishman Tavener is the more outwardly ecstatic, using winding, chant-influenced melodies to achieve a kind of rapture.
Andrew Parrott's Taverner Choir, famed for their performances of early music, gives oustanding performances of these modern works with ancient roots, providing the perfect, clear, non-vibrato sound for the Pärt, while also delivering the more tremulous expression needed for the Tavener. A highlight of the program is the seldom-heard 'Canticle of the Mother of God' by Tavener, an early piece that actually employs serial methods yet clearly points in the direction of his later music.