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Cantos Sagrados: The Music of James MacMillan

 
Cantos Sagrados: The Music of James MacMillan-Choir-Choral Collection
ID: SIGCD507 (EAN: 635212050729)  | 1 CD | DDD
Publi: 2004
LABEL:
Signum Records
Collection:
Choral Collection
Subcollection:
Choir
Compositeurs:
MacMILLAN, James
Orchestre
The Elysian Singers
Chef d'orchestre:
AFANASIEV, Viktor
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The Elysian Singers perform choral works by composer, James MacMillan.

MacMillan characteristically draws inspiration for his vocal works from recurring themes such as the Catholic Church and Scottish traditional culture.

The most substantial work on this recording is Cantos Sagrados ("Sacred Songs"). MacMillan takes the poems of Latin American poets Ariel Dorfman and Ana Maria Mendosa, and combines their settings of political repression with traditional religious texts to create a powerful combination of liberation theology. The result is at times delicate, and then terrifying. The composer’s intentions were to create a work both sacred and secular, being timeless yet contemporary.

Of the other works on this disc, the majority are settings of Latin or English religious texts often written for particular occasions or places. A Child’s Prayer, for instance, was dedicated to the victims of the Dunblane tragedy of 1996, where one teacher and sixteen of her pupils were shot dead whilst in class. One of the two secular works on this recording, The Gallant Weaver is a setting of that most Scottish of poets, Robert Burns, to a nostalgic evocation of Celtic folk-music.

The Elysian Singers were founded in 1986. Since 1999 they have been directed by Sam Laughton and have established a national reputation as a young and lively chamber choir, winning awards for commissioning new music.
Tracklist
 
MacMILLAN, James (b. 1959) 
1. Divo Aloysio Sacrum (1991)5:24 
2. The Gallant Weaver (1997)5:37 
3. A Child's Prayer (1996)4:09 
4. Seinte Mari Moder Milde (1995)5:57 
5. Tremunt videntes angeli (2002)8:48 
Cantos Sagrados (1990) 
6. I Identit0:21 
7. II Virgin of Guadalupe8:14 
8. III Sun Ston0:29 
9. Christus Vincit (1994)7:21 
10. So Deep (1992)3:21 

Analyse:
 

This is an excellent disc ... The performances are exquisite, characterised by great restraint and sensitivity. The perfect blend between parts and ... perfect intonation are also impressive.
Simon Smith, Musicweb

"that superb choir"

- John Woolrich, Radio 3

Read what has been said about previous performances:
"Amongst chamber choirs, they're one of the best."

- Sir John Tavener


 

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