Caractacus
Edward Elgar
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Reviews (4)
MusicWeb international
2019 July
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Stephen Barber (musikanmelder)
2019 July
"I have always felt that the heart of Tavener's work has been in his shorter choral works intended for church choirs. Here we have a generous selection, performed by the choir of Winchester Cathedral, for which Tavener had a special feeling ... They all show his intense spirituality, his fluency in writing for voices and a range of influences from orthodox chant to Stravinsky and Messiaen ... The Winchester team is an experienced one and they do this music proud ... Even if you already have discs of Tavener's choral music you should consider this".
BBC music magazine
2019 June
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Anthony Burton
2019 June
"Sir John Tavener's long association with Winchester Cathedral and its choir is reflected in several items on this disc written for Winchester occasions ... But the programme ranges well beyond Winchester ... Excellent performances by Andrew Lumsden's forces, an atmospheric recording, with a fine sense of perspective in the Cathedral acoustic ... together make this a highly recommedable single-disc survey of Tavener's church music".
Diapason
2019 juin
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Maximilien Hondermarck
2019 juin
The gramophone
2019 May
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Ivan Moody (f. 1964)
2019 May
"Editor's choice: I am finishing this review precisely on what would have been John Tavener's 75th birthday ... [Annunciation] is followed by a superb rendition of As one who has slept, once again brought alive by the impeccable pacing and by the fantastic blend of the choir (do they ever breathe?). This is a showroom demonstration of just what boy and girl choristers singing together can achieve. A truly magnificent birthday present".