

8.558152-53
Download Size: 123 Mb
Running Time: 02:33:55
Originally recorded in 2004
John Tavener
Eileen Hulse
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa
Heidi Grant Murphy
Laura Gilbert
Mary Hammann
Stacey Shames
Aureole
Cambridge Choir of St. John's College
Christopher Robinson
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Duke Quartet
Harry Christophers
Duke Quartet
Kevin Bowyer
Jonathan Richards
Ian Shaw
James Lancelot
Durham Cathedral Choir
Maria Kliegel
Patricia Rozario
Stephen Varcoe
Lionel Friend
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
Vanbrugh Quartet
Thalia Myers
Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Brodsky Quartet
Jorja Fleezanis
Minnesota Orchestra
Paul Goodwin
Minnesota Chorale
Tenebrae
Nigel Short
na Not Applicable
Classical
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Sir John Tavener has been a unique, controversial and ever-evolving figure on the contemporary music scene since the late sixties. Although his music was strongly influenced by the Eastern Orthodox Church for twenty years, he has recently started to move in a new direction. These CDs encompass a representative cross-section of his music, including the world premiere of Prayer of the Heart, written for and sung by Björk, and part of his most popular work The Protecting Veil. The composer himself also speaks in detail for the first time about his new sources of inspiration, and reminisces about his early career, his passions, and his struggles with serious illness. Combined with a comprehensive essay, this portrait paints the definitive picture of one of the most charismatic and important composers working today.