Tavener, John > Akhmatova Songs

Shelter: Songs for Soprano & Cello with Piano Accompaniment / Mela Dailey, soprano; Scott Kluksdahl, cello; Rick Rowley, piano

1 CD / Pierian / 2012-02-28

Works: André Previn: Vocalise; Songs (4) after poems by Toni Morrison, for soprano, cello & piano; John Tavener: Akhmatova Songs, for soprano & cello (or string quartet); Robert Honstein: We Choose to ...
Performers: Dailey, Mela; Kluksdahl, Scott; Rowley, Rick

Mela Dailey and Scott Kluksdahl explore the sonic world of the human voice coupled with cello, through a wide variety of works that traverse style...continue...
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Lemons Descending / Eileen Clark, Matt Haimovitz

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2006-04-04

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O ecclesia oculi tui; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; John Tavener: Akhmatova Songs, for soprano & cello (or string quartet); The Child Li...
Performers: Clark, Eileen; Haimovitz, Matt

"Lemons descending is meant to be looked at, to be touched and to be listened to - all at once. This cohesive multimedia collector's item...continue...

Svyati - Steven Isserlis plays the music of John Tavener

1 CD / RCA Records / 2005-02-22

Works: John Tavener: Svyati, for voices & cello; Eternal Memory, for cello & strings; Akhmatova Songs, for soprano & cello (or string quartet); The Hidden Treasure; Chant, for solo cello
Performers: Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Isserlis, Steven; Phillips, Daniel; Phillips, Todd; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Spivakov, Vladimir
Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

Tavener: Diodia, The World, etc / Rozario, Vanbrugh Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-02-01

Works: John Tavener: The World, for soprano & string quartet; Diódia, for string quartet; Many Years, for chorus; Akhmatova Songs, for soprano & cello (or string quartet)
Performers: Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]

This disc brings together a number of first recordings. According to the composer's performance note, "The World" 'should be performed at maximum intensity throughout. White...continue...
Nearly four years after the death of and funeral for Princess Diana, where composer John Tavener's "Song for Athene" was performed by Patricia Rozario, Tavener is a popular British celebrity and argua...continue...