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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Justin Brown - John Tavener: The Protecting Veil, Thrinos, Eternal Memory (2005) [SACD]

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Justin Brown - John Tavener: The Protecting Veil, Thrinos, Eternal Memory (2005) [SACD]
  • Title: John Tavener: The Protecting Veil, Thrinos, Eternal Memory
  • Year Of Release: 2005
  • Label: Membran Music
  • Genre: Classical, Orchestral
  • Quality: DSD64 image (*.iso) / 2.0, 5.1 (2,8 MHz/1 Bit)
  • Total Time: 00:56:56
  • Total Size: 3.07 GB
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Tracklist:

01.The Protecting Veil for Cello and String Orchestra 42:18
02.Thrinos for Solo Cello 05:24
03.Eternal Memory for Cello and String Orchestra 09:14

Tavener (1944) is now well represented on sacd by comparison with greater composers. This bargain priced Veil is different from my other version with Yo Yo Ma & I prefer this sacd version both on sonics which it wins easily, allowing greater depth & inner orchestral detail, superior cello tone & also overall performance. Compare 42 minutes to Ma 49 & a bigger acoustic & more intense recording by the seemingly larger RPO & a better more interesting filler in “Eternal Memory” plus a bonus solo cello work add this to the bargain price, then this is a No Brainer. Average notes & usual boring cover. As its an original PCM it gets 4.5 stars. ~ Dave
Thrinos (Lament) for solo cello was composed late in 1990, for Stephen Isserlis. The title, Tavener writes, has both liturgical & folk significance in Greece – the Thrinos of the Mother of God sung at the Epitaphios on Good Friday & the Thrinos of mourning which is chanted over a dead body. In his piece entitled The Protecting Veil for cello & strings, Tavener explains I have tried to capture some of the almost cosmic power of the Mother of God. The cello represents The Mother of God & never stops singing throughout. One can think of the strings as a gigantic extension of her unending song. Eternal Memory is a meditation on the remembrance of death & also remembrance of paradise lost.


The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Justin Brown - John Tavener: The Protecting Veil, Thrinos, Eternal Memory (2005) [SACD]



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  • jojo5
  •  wrote in 06:18
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Many thanks