Tavener (1944-2013) - The Protecting Veil, Etc: Barley(Vc)Sinfonietta Riga - Import CD

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Tavener (1944-2013)

Description:

Matthew Burley's new recording! John Tavener's "Miracle Veil"! Matthew Burleigh has demonstrated his versatility as a cellist, improviser, arranger, and producer, supporting such Mullova crossover projects as "Peasant Girl" and "Alice in Mirrorland. His first album since Around Britain (SIGCD 318) is The Protecting Veil, a religious work for cello and string orchestra composed by John Tavener for Stephen Isserlis. Before and after, the program combines works by Irish poet William Butler Yeats and Swiss religious & philosopher Fritschhoff Schuon (read by such noted actors as Olwen Huelet and Julie Christe, respectively), Burley's arrangement of Tavener's work, and Indian music with tabla, This is a special program unique to Matthew Burley. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, poem by William Butler Yeats
2.The Protecting Veil
3.The Nativity of the Mother of God
4.The Annunciation
5.The Incarnation
6.The Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross
7.The Resurrection
8.The Dormition
9.The Protecting Veil
10.The Mother of God
11.Mother and Child, for chorus, organ & Hindu temple gong
12.I heard the gypsy's violin play, poem by Frithjof Schuon (from "World Wheel")
13.The Song of Separation and Waiting, for cello & tabla

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