MacMillan: Cantos Sagrados, etc / Laughton, Elysian Singers

Notes & Reviews:

"Though the Elysian Singers under Sam Laughton give robust yet tonally refined performances, there is much in this collection that lapses too easily into the anonymous, vaguely Britten-tinged idiom which has dominated British devotional music of the last quartet-century. MacMillan is a better, more distinctive composer than that, and at his most convincing when he follows his own musical instincts rather than just delivering that he believes his audiences want to hear." ***** - BBC



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>MacMillan, James : Divo aloysio sacrum
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1991
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>MacMillan, James : The Gallant Weaver
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1997
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>MacMillan, James : A Child's Prayer
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1996
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>MacMillan, James : Seinte Mari moder milde
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1995
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>MacMillan, James : Tremunt videntes angeli
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 8 min. 48 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 2001
  • Language: Latin
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>MacMillan, James : Cantos sagrados
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 22 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1989
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>MacMillan, James : Christus vincit
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 7 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1994
  • Language: Latin
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>MacMillan, James : So Deep
  • Conductor: Sam Laughton
  • Ensemble: Elysian Singers of London
  • Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1992
  • Language: English
  • Studio/Live: Studio