Tavener: Ex Maria Virgine, Angels, Etc / Brown, Berkieta, Jacobs, Clare College Choir, Et Al

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 18, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TAVENER, JOHN
    • PERFORMER
      Brown, Clare College Cambridge
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2008
    • UPC
      747313216871
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572168
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Verbum caro

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    2. II. Nowell! Nowell! Out of Your sleep

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    3. III. Remember O Thou Man

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    4. IV. Sweet Was the Song

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    5. V. Ave Rex Angelorum

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    6. VI. There Is No Rose

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    7. VII. Ding! Dong! Merrily on High

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    8. VIII. Rocking

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    9. IX. Unto Us Is Born a Son

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    10. I. Verbum caro (da capo)

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: James McVinnie

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    11. Birthday Sleep

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    12. O, Do Not Move

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    13. A Nativity

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    14. Marienhymne

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    15. O Thou Gentle Light

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: Stefan Berkieta

      Conductor: Timothy Brown

    16. Angels

      Composer: John Tavener

      Ensemble: The Choir of Clare College Cambridge

      Performer: Simon Thomas Jacobs

      Conductor: Timothy Brown




TAVENER Ex Maria virgine. Birthday Sleep. O Do Not Move. A Nativity. Marienhymne. O Thou Gentle Light. Angels • Timothy Brown, dir; Clare College Cambridge Ch • NAXOS 8.572168 (63:46 Text and Translation)


Two of the selections are first recordings: Ex Maria virgine , the major work at 38 minutes, and Marienhymne . The other works are not widely available, for Birthday Sleep was recorded by Stephen Layton (28:4), A Nativity by Matthew Greenall (not issued over here), and Angels by David Hill (23: 2). I cannot find the first recordings of the other two pieces.


Marienhymne is sung in German, while O Thou Gentle Light is sung in Greek (the ancient hymn Phos hiláron , which Dom Lucien David also set as a neo-Gregorian chant). The earliest work on the program, Angels , dates from 1985.


The major work is a setting of nine age-old texts in Latin or English separated by a refrain, “Ex Maria virgine,” the first movement being repeated at the end. One movement has a Greek refrain, the original of “hail, Mary,” but the first word is pronounced “kay-ray” rather than “ky-ruh.” The composer has a devoted following, so these accomplished performances will delight them.


FANFARE: J. F. Weber