MacMillan, James > Layton, Stephen

Macmillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross / Polyphony

1 Super Audio CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross, cantata for choir and string orchestra; On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, for chorus; Te Deum
Performers: Davidson, Grace; Haworth, Amy; Peacock, Adrian; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Underwood, Giles; Vivian, James; Wall, Simon; Watson, Christopher
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross / Layton, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-09-13

Works: James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross, cantata for choir and string orchestra; On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, for chorus; Te Deum
Performers: Vivian, James
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia; Polyphony

"... 'On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin,' for choir and organ, is, by contrast, one of MacMillan's very finest works. Even the very unusual...continue...