James MacMillan: St John Passion [Hybrid SACD]
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Canadian Music Store CD DetailsPerformer: Christopher MaltmanComposer: James [2] MacMillan Conductor: Colin Davis Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import CD Release Date: 2009-02-10 Music Label: Lso Live UK Soundtracks: Music CD 1
Music reviews of James MacMillan: St John Passion [Hybrid SACD]Music Review: Transcendental music, full of genuine beauty and adoration
I am listening to the St. John Passion by MacMillan as I type this. It has been a favorite of mine for the last year or so, and I am struck by its beauty, freshness, and power over and over again. MacMillan is one of the greatest composers of our time, a claim which I do not make lightly. He first came to my attention in his splendid if flashy concerto for percussion written for Evelyn Glennie about 20 years ago. Since then, i have heard him write piece after piece of genuinely wonderful music. He is not one of the new tonalists, bent on bringing back romanticism in all its squishy glory (not that I don't enjoy romantic music, but the world has moved on, I believe); nor is he a serialist stuck in the last century exploring overly trodden academic territory. He isn't an Arvo Part or John Tavener. He is himself--he incorporates chant, choral tradition, orchestral splendor, and moments of intense passion and beauty into his score. The score itself is one which asks to be analyzed critically as well as enjoyed emotionally--structure, structure, structure everywhere, but above all things, the music must serve the text for MacMillan, and he has poured all the power of St. John's account of the Passion of the Christ into his rendition.
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