Tavener, John > Thrinos

Around Britten - works for solo cello by Benjamin Britten, John Tavener and Matthew Barley / Matthew Barley, cello

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-02-07

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87; Greensleeves, folksong arrangement for high voice & piano; Folksongs (7), Volume 1; The Holy Sonnets; Gloriana; Oliver Cromwell, for voice & piano...
Performers: Barley, Matthew

John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Britten: Cello Suite No. 3 / Steven Isserlis, cello

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Thrinos, for cello solo; Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87
Performers: Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Described by the composer as 'an ikon in sound', The Protecting Veil exemplifies John Tavener's use of music to explore the spiritual and religious aspects...continue...

Royal Philharmonic Collection - Tavener / Wallfisch, Brown

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2008-11-11

Works: John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Thrinos, for cello solo; Eternal Memory, for cello & strings
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Brown, Justin
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

John Tavener achieved international recognition in 1968 with 'The Whale', which so impressed the Beatles that they issued it (and other Tavener compositions) on their...continue...

Taverner: The Protecting Veil, etc; Britten / Isserlis

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2006-09-12

Works: John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Thrinos, for cello solo; Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87
Performers: Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Out of the Night - Pärt: Magnificat; Tavener: Threnos, etc

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-01-11

Works: Arvo Pärt: Magnificat; Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Fratres; John Tavener: Out of the Night (Alleluia), for viola; Canticle of the Mother of God, for soprano & chorus; Thrinos, for cell...
Performers: Atkins, Jane; Blayden, Alastair; McFadden, Claron; Nixon, Leigh; Stirling, Michael; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir

"Tavener and Part are so often grouped together that one would assume their music was interchangeable. This disc pits two extremes of the composers' styles...continue...