Album Description
Despite the mystic beauty of his music, John Tavener's place in Western music is a controversial one. His desire to create musical ikons for a time in which he believes 'man has lost his belief not only in God, but also in himself' is provocative. Yet part of the attraction of his music must surely arise from its symbolic nature, a reflection of his deeply-held Orthodox faith.
This collection covers a wide range of Tavener's celebrated choral output and includes his immediately popular setting of William Blake's The Lamb, and the luminously spiritual, Ikon of Light.
Artists
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Members of The Duke Quartet
Track Listing
John Tavener (b. 1944)
1. A Hymn to the Mother of God
2. Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God
3. The Lamb
4. The Tyger
Ikon of Light:
5. Movement 1 - FOS I, DOXA
6. Movement 2 - PIU INTENSITA
7. Movement 3 - TRISAGION I
8. Movement 4a - MYSTIC PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
9. Movement 4b
10. Movement 4c
11. Movement 4d
12. Movement 4e
13. Movement 5 - TRISAGION II
14. Movement 6 - FOS II
15. Movement 7 - EPIPHANIA
16. Today the Virgin
17. Eonia
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 67.26
