Tavener: Ypakoe
Label: Linn Records Catalog: CKD 492 Format: CD Scottish Ensemble; Canty; The Wallace Collection; RiuComposed by: Tavener, John This celebratory collection of music by the late John Tavener brings together performances by Canty, The Wallace Collection, Scottish Ensemble and Elena Riu. + Tavener wrote ...Depart in Peace… following his father’s passing. + Trisagion was premiered by John Wallace in 1985, and later recorded with his own ensemble, The Wallace Collection. + Written especially for them, Canty gave the world-premiere recording of Two Hadiths. + The title work Ypakoë, a series of meditations on the death of Jesus, premiered on Elena Riu’s ‘Piano Icons for the 21st Century’, a Gramophone ‘Critics’ Choice’ in 2000. Price: $28.98 |