Composer(s): Tavener, John
Conductor(s): Brown, Timothy
Label: Naxos
Genre: Choral - Sacred; Choral - Secular
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.572168
Barcode: 0747313216871
Release Date: 11/2008

TAVENER, J.: Ex Maria Virgine (Clare College Choir)

Admired for the sheer beauty of his meditative and mystical music, John Tavener writes of his Ex Maria Virgine, which was dedicated to HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall in joyful celebration of their marriage: “I have set both familiar and less well known texts, and linked them with an expanding and contracting phrase ‘Ex Maria Virgine’. This refers to Mary the Mother of God—‘The Eternal Feminine’—and should be sung with great radiance and femininity.” The other, mainly unaccompanied, works reveal Tavener’s response to various poetic texts that also praise the Virgin Mary.

Tracklist

Tavener, John
Woodward, George Ratcliffe - Lyricist
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Ravenscroft, Thomas - Lyricist
Dearmer, Percy - Lyricist
Ballet, William - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
1 I. Verbum caro 01:40
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
2 II. Nowell! Nowell! Out of Your sleep 03:28
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
3 III. Remember O Thou Man 06:28
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
4 IV. Sweet Was the Song 04:08
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
5 V. Ave Rex Angelorum 03:53
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
6 VI. There Is No Rose 04:16
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
7 VII. Ding! Dong! Merrily on High 02:39
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
8 VIII. Rocking 02:37
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
9 IX. Unto Us Is Born a Son 07:19
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
10 I. Verbum caro (da capo) 01:29
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
McVinnie, James (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Tavener, John
Watkins, Vernon - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
11 Birthday Sleep 05:27
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Tavener, John
Seferis, George - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
12 O, Do Not Move 02:00
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Tavener, John
Yeats, William Butler - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
13 A Nativity 02:14
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Tavener, John
Schuon, Frithjof - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
14 Marienhymne 04:42
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Tavener, John
Berkieta, Stefan (baritone)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
15 O Thou Gentle Light 04:41
Berkieta, Stefan (baritone)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Tavener, John
Walker, Keith - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Jacobs, Simon Thomas (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
16 Angels 06:45
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Jacobs, Simon Thomas (organ)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:03:46