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
Artist details
Ballet, William - Lyricist
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Woodward, George Ratcliffe - Lyricist
Traditional - Lyricist
Dearmer, Percy - Lyricist
Ravenscroft, Thomas - Lyricist
Tavener, John
Ex Maria Virgine
1 I. Verbum caro 01:40
2 II. Nowell! Nowell! Out of Your sleep 03:28
3 III. Remember O Thou Man 06:28
4 IV. Sweet Was the Song 04:08
5 V. Ave Rex Angelorum 03:53
6 VI. There Is No Rose 04:16
7 VII. Ding! Dong! Merrily on High 02:39
8 VIII. Rocking 02:37
9 IX. Unto Us Is Born a Son 07:19
10 I. Verbum caro (da capo) 01:29
Watkins, Vernon - Lyricist
Tavener, John
Birthday Sleep
11 Birthday Sleep 05:27
Seferis, George - Lyricist
Tavener, John
O, Do Not Move
12 O, Do Not Move 02:00
Yeats, William Butler - Lyricist
Tavener, John
A Nativity
13 A Nativity 02:14
Schuon, Frithjof - Lyricist
Tavener, John
Marienhymne
14 Marienhymne 04:42
Tavener, John
O Thou Gentle Light
15 O Thou Gentle Light 04:41
Walker, Keith - Lyricist
Tavener, John
Angels
16 Angels 06:45
Total Playing Time: 01:03:46
