Tavener: Song for Athene / Svyati
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Composer: John TavenerConductor: Christopher Robinson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-02-20
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- God Is With Us: Christmas Proclamation
- Song For Athene
- The Lamb
- The Tiger
- Magnificat
- Nunc Dimittis
- Funeral Ikos
- Two Hymns To The Mother Of God: Hymn To The Mother Of God
- Two Hymns To The Mother Of God: Hymn For The Dormition Of The Mother Of God
- Love Bade Me Welcome
- As One Who Has Slept
- The Lord's Prayer
- Svyati 'O Holy One' - Chor Of St. John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson/Tim Hugh
Music reviews of Tavener: Song for Athene / Svyati
Music Review: Controversial Tavener
Rating: 3 Stars
Wander to over to Classicstoday.com and do a search for all the reviews of Tavener's works. You'll come to the inescapable conclusion: Tavener sucks. What's even more astounding is that this judgement seems to be shared by nearly all in Classicstoday's notoriously fractious stable of critics. Quite a feat.
So, is Tavener as bad as all that? I must confess that I haven't been exposed to what is apparently Tavener's worst stuff. Also, British critics hate self-promotion, and Tavener has practiced self-promotion (and pretension) to a nearly obscene degree. This may get in the way of a serious appraisal of his work.
I find this disk quite pleasant, although I can see how having to endure longer works of Tavener's would be difficult. His musical themes are very simple, and they are worked out in manner that can rather quickly become boring. In these short choral works, which are performed with expert precision, this thematic claustrophobia can actually produce a striking effect.
I have an inkling that there might be something of a Tavener revival 20 or 30 years from now. Make no mistake, he is fathoms below Part, Rautavaara, Hovhaness, Kancheli and Gubaidulina, among composers who write in a similar style. But on this disk, at least, he scores a moderate success.
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