Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia - James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross (2005)
Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia - James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 253 Mb | Total time: 68:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67460 | Recorded: 2003, 2004
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 253 Mb | Total time: 68:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67460 | Recorded: 2003, 2004
Hyperion’s Record of the Month for August by Polyphony and the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton portrays the ultimate dramatic event in history—the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, expressed through the raw emotional power of one of Scotland’s most distinguished and vital composers, James MacMillan.
His Seven Last Words from the Cross, first commissioned and screened by the BBC in 1994, depicts the final seven short sentences Jesus uttered, from the mesmerizing opening cadences to the final disturbing hammer-blows of the nails being driven into Christ’s hands and feet, leaving the listener to wonder at one of the choral masterpieces of our time.
Many years ago the same choir recorded this work on the BMG Catalyst label—the recording was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. Now ten years later their interpretation has developed and proves that Polyphony has risen to rank amongst the world’s finest professional choirs.
Also presented on this disc are two premier recordings by the same composer. On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin for five-part choir and organ was written for the choir of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge in 1997 and is set to the stunning poetry about transformation by the seventeenth-century poet Jeremy Taylor; the Te Deum was written in 2001 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. In both works we have much of the essential MacMillan to savour making this issue indispensable for followers of both MacMillan and Polyphony.
Performer:
Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia (1-7)
James Vivian, organ (8, 9)
Stephen Layton, conductor
Tracklist:
James MacMillan (b.1959)
Seven Last Words from the Cross
01. I. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
02. II. Woman, Behold thy Son! … Behold, thy Mother!
03. III. Verily, I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in Paradise
04. IV. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
05. V. I thirst
06. VI. It is finished
07. VII. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit
08. On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
09. Te Deum
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Stephen Layton, Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia - James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross (2005)
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