Castle Classics Tavener, Sir John (British B.1944)

G Kancheli; Sir John Tavener: Styx. The Myrrh-Bearer - Maxim Rysanov, viola; Liepaja Symphony Orchestra; Chorus 'Kamer…'; Men of the State Choir Latvija; Rihards Zalupe, percussion; Maris Sirmais, conductor conductor

Label - Onyx

Cat. No. - ONYX4023

Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, November 2007

Including KANCHELI Styx, for solo viola, mixed choir and orchestra; TAVENER The Myrrh- Bearer (1993), for solo viola, chorus and percussion

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Sir John Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem - Angharad Gruffydd Jones, soprano; Peter Crawford, counter-tenor; Choir and Orchestra of London; Jeremy Summerly, conductor

Label - Naxos

Cat. No. - 8557826

Including Lament for Jerusalem

A thrilling prospect: the world première recording of the "Jerusalem version" of Tavener’s Lament for Jerusalem performed by The Choir of London. The reduced "Jerusalem version" of the piece was especially reworked by the composer for the Choir’s debut tour to Jerusalem and the West Bank in December 2004. The structure of Lament for Jerusalem reflects the simplicity of a love song. The Lament brings together Christian, Judaic and Islamic texts and is sung in Greek and English.

Available in special slipcase packaging, Lament for Jerusalem is a mesmerizing work, and is sure to strike a chord with many Tavener followers and contemporary classical listeners.
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Sir John Tavener: Schuon Lieder - The Schubert Ensemble

Label - Black Box

Cat. No. - BBM1101

Black Box presents a world-premiere recording of this fantastic new work for soprano, string quartet and tibetan mixing bowls by one of the most popular contemporary composers.

Featuring world-famous soprano Patricia Rozario, who's name has become synonymous with Tavener's vocal music, the piece was commissioned by long-term Sanctuary recording artists The Schubert Ensemble.

The piece sets texts by Swiss philosopher and poet Frithjof Schuon, with whom Tavener had a life-changing mystical encounter which shaped his attitude towards his own spirituality, and is dedicated to Schuon's widow, Catherine.

"...Rozario soars impressively as the Schubert Ensemble caress, scurry and chime. It's Tavener's most beguiling piece in years" The Times
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Sir John Tavener: The Veil of the Temple (Short Version) - Patricia Rozario, soprano; Simon Wall & Nathan Vale, tenors; Adrian Peacock & Jermy Birchall, basses; Temple Choir; Stephen Layton, conductor

Label - RCA Red Seal

Cat. No. - 82876661542

SACD Hybrid

2 SACD Set

Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Award, March 2005
Price: £16.63 (Including VAT at 15%)

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Sir John Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem - Patricia Rozario, soprano; The Australian Youth Orchestra; Thomas Woods, conductor

Label - ABC

Cat. No. - ABC4761605

World Premiere Recording
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Sir John Tavener: Schuon. Hymnen - Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ; Robert Millet, temple bowl

Label - Hyperion

Cat. No. - CDA67475

Including Birthday Sleep (1999) FIRST RECORDING; Butterfly Dreams (2003) FIRST RECORDING; The Second Coming (2001) FIRST RECORDING; Schuon Hymnen (2003) FIRST RECORDING; As one who has slept (1996); The Bridal Chamber (1999); Exhortation and Kohima (2003) FIRST RECORDING; Shûnya (2003) FIRST RECORDING
This recording is also available as a Super Audio Hybrid CD
Price: £12.72 (Including VAT at 15%)

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Sir John Tavener: Ikon of Light - The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, director; Members of the Duke Quartet

Label - Coro

Cat. No. - 16015

Including A Hymn to the Mother of God; Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God; The Lamb; The Tyger; Ikon of Light; Today the Virgin; Eonia
Price: £11.26 (Including VAT at 15%)

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I Moody; Sir John Tavener: Russian Orthodox Church Music - Kastalsky Chamber Choir; Ivan Moody & John Tavener, directors

Label - Ikon

Cat. No. - IKO701E

Including TAVENER Panikhida; Ikon of St Cuthbert; Apolytikion; Funeral Ikos; MOODY Christmas Ikos
Price: £8.80 (Including VAT at 15%)

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Sir John Tavener: Diódia. The World - PATRICIA ROZARIO soprano; THE VANBRUGH QUARTET

Label - Hyperion

Cat. No. - CDA67217

Including The World for string quartet and soprano; Diódia for string quartet; Many Years for soprano and string quartet; Akhmatova Songs for soprano and string quartet

'A disc that I can recommend without reservation' (Fanfare)
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Sir John Tavener: Sacred Music - CHOIR OF ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR CASTLE; ROGER JUDD organ; CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON conductor

Label - Hyperion

Cat. No. - CDA66464

Including The Uncreated Eros; Magnificat; Nunc dimittis: The Lamb; Hymn to the Mother of God; Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God; Today the Virgin - A Christmas Carol: God is with us (A Christmas Proclamation); Ode of St Andrew of Crete: Love bade me welcome; The Tiger; Eonia

'Compelling' (Classic CD)
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Sir John Tavener: Fall & Resurrection - Patricia Rozario soprano; Michael Chance counter-tenor; Martyn Hill psaltis; Stephen Richardson bass; BBC Singers; St Paul's Cathedral Choir; City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox

Label - Chandos

Cat. No. - CHAN9800

Including Fall and Resurrection
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Sir John Tavener: Total Eclipse - Agraphon - The Academy of Ancient Music; Paul Goodwin - conductor; Patricia Rozario - soprano; John Harle - saxophone; Christopher Robson - countertenor; James Gilchrist - tenor; The Choir of New College, Oxford

Label - Harmonia Mundi

Cat. No. - HMU907271

Including Total Eclipse; Agraphon

Gramophone EDITOR'S CHOICE - "Stunning performances from John Harle and Patricia Rozario and an expert recording add further appeal to these very striking works. Paul Goodwin and his team have no problem coping with Tavener's demands, and John Harle's stunning account of the solo saxophone part, together with Christopher Robson's and James Gilchrist's vocal contributions, make this extraordinary work a must for all Tavener fans."
Also available as a Super Audio Hybrid CD
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Sir John Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise - The Academy of Ancient Music; Paul Goodwin - director; Andrew Manze - violin; Patricia Rozario - soprano; Julia Gooding - soprano; George Mosley - baritone

Label - Harmonia Mundi

Cat. No. - HMU907231

Including Eternity's Sunrise; Song of the Angel; Petra: A Ritual Dream; Sappho: Lyrical Fragments; Funeral Canticle

Gramophone - "Tavener's best work touches the heart like that of few composers. His music seems to bypass constructs of intellect to tap a well of unconscious emotion."
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Sir John Tavener: Ikon of Light - Tallis: Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, director

Label - Gimell

Cat. No. - CDGIM005

Including Ikon of Light; Funeral Ikos; The Lamb

`Superbly recorded in the Gimell tradition'

Michael Stewart - GRAMOPHONE
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Sir John Tavener: Tears of the Angel - BT Scottish Ensemble

Label - Linn

Cat. No. - CKD085

Including ...Depart In Peace; My Gaze Is Ever Upon You; Tears Of The Angels

"This new disc of music by John Tavener is, I'm sure destined to head straight to the top of the classical charts. If it does, the piece that will take it there will surely be the meditative, extremely beautiful...Depart In Peace, for soprano, violin, tampura and strings. Dedicated to the memory of his father it is a setting of the Song of Simeon (also known as the Nunc dimittis), interspersed with Alliuatic antiphons. The work follows a hypnotic sequence of repeating segments - an ecstatic string sequence with soprano (the first Alliuatic antiphon); the Song of Simeon (soprano, solo violin, tambura and cellos); an exquisitely beautiful, hymn-like sequence (the second antiphon)and finally an ecstatic Middle-Eastern sounding chant(the third antiphon). As the work progresses the antiphons lengthen on each repetition - the effect, over 25 minutes, is spellbinding and stunning.

Tavener describes My Gaze Is Ever Upon You as "a series of sixteen gazes, moments and ecstatic breaths, written in Trinitariun guise" for solo violin, with taped violin and string bass drone. Although less obviously immediate to the ear than...Depart In Peace, it nevertheless weaves a magical spell over the listener, as does Tears of the Angelsfor solo violin and strings, which Tavener asks at the head of the score, to be played "at the extreme breaking point of tenderness".The solo violin is often required to play pianissimo in the uppermost register, whilst the string ensemble accompany with a hushed, ethereal rendering of the Russian kontakion that Tavener also used in The Protecting Veil

Clio Gould and the BT Scottish Ensemble perform these remarkable pieces with great authority, conviction and beauty, and Patricia Rozario's singing in ...Depart in Peace is extraordinarily fine. An extremely moving and beautiful disc that should not be missed."

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Sir John Tavener: Darkness into Light: Medieval & Modern - a mystical journey - Anonymous 4; Chilingirian Quartet

Label - Harmonia Mundi

Cat. No. - HMU907274

Including O lux beata trinitas; Jube domine / In principio; Come and do Your will in me (John Tavener); Christie qui lux es; Lectio ysaye prophete / Surge illuminare; As one who has slept; Medie noctis tempus est; Vidi civitatem; The Lord's Prayer; Quinque prudentes virgines; The Bridegroom; Inventor rutili

The spiritual dichotomy of darkness and light, explored in music from the Middle Ages and of our time, including the world premiere recording of The Bridegroom, composed by John Tavener for Anonymous 4 and the Chilingirian String Quartet.

Gramophone Editor's Choice Award, June, 2003
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Sir John Tavener: The Protecting Veil - Maria Klielgel, cello; Eileen Hulse; Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor

Label - Naxos

Cat. No. - 8554388

Including The Protecting Veil; In Alium

Penguin Guide *** Award

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Sir John Tavener: Song for Athene & Other Choral Works, including "Svyati "O Holy One" - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge; Christopher Robinson, conductor

Label - Naxos

Cat. No. - 8555256

Including "The Lamb", as featured on the Orange Mobile television advertisement; God is with us - Christmas Proclamation; Song for Athene; The Tiger; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Funeral Ikos; Two Hymns to the Mother of God; Love Bade Me Welcome; As One Who Has Slept; The Lord's Prayer; Svyati, "O Holy One"

"Tavener's choral work God is with us, written in 1987, comes with the subtitle "A Christmas Proclamation". It celebrates the Incarnation using words from Old Testament prophecies and sets them to music of a typically transcendental nature until just near the end, when there is hair-raising surprise - an organ bursts in at full volume. Be prepared to rush to the controls and turn down the volume, or the neighbours will soon be banging at the door.

"The recording quality on this CD is as impressive as others twice the price. It was made earlier this year in the chapel of St John's College, Cambridge, and captures the ambience of the building very nicely, creating the sort of spacious acoustic that makes one's living room sound like a personal cathedral. - The Financial Times (Richard Fairman) Saturday December 9, 2000

Gramophone Good CD Guide Recommended Disc
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Sir John Tavener: His Works - His Life - His Words

Label - Naxos Educational

Cat. No. - 8558152-53

2 CD Set

Over 2 Hours of Music, including a detailed interview with Tavener himself
Price: £9.78 (Including VAT at 15%)

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Various: The Golden Section - The Wallace Collection

Label - Linn

Cat. No. - CKD092

Including TAVENER: Trisagion; Doggerel Machine; PARKER: The Golden Section: i The Bullfight (francisco de goya); NYMAN: Masque Arias; MATHIAS: Summer Dances: iMaestoso; MacMILLAN: Adam's Rib

"Diverting, well-played survey of contemporary brass music" - Classic CD
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