Author: Neary; Westminster Abbey Choir

Format: Import

Release Date: 31-10-1995

Details: Amazon.ca Innocence, the longest work here, is the least successful. The bulk of the piece is a catalog of cruelties inflicted by humankind on innocents--mostly children--set to harsh but generally monotonous music. But Patricia Rozario is spectacular in a three-octave solo part, and the ending, with an ethereal chorus and bells depicting the salvation awaiting suffering innocents, is magical. The shorter pieces are deservedly among Tavener's most famous. The gentle, beguiling The Lamb and the powerful Tyger, settings of poems by William Blake, make an ideal pair. (Where The Tyger's text alludes to The Lamb, Tavener quotes The Lamb's music to wonderful effect.) The two hymns to the Mother of God are models of reverent beauty; Song for Athens, made world-famous at Princess Diana's funeral, is spellbinding. --Matthew Westphal

UPC: 074646661321

EAN: 0074646661321

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood