Summerly / Choir Of London -Lament For Jerusalem -Naxos CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. Peter Crawford "Lament for Jerusalem: I. Cycle I: Stanza I - By the waters of Babylon (Chorus)"

02. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: II. Cycle I: Cosmic Lament I - Listen to the reed-flute (Countertenor, Soprano, Chorus)"

03. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: III. Cycle II: Stanza II - For there, they that had taken us captive (Chorus)"

04. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: IV. Cycle II: Cosmic Lament II - 'Tis the fire of love (Countertenor, Soprano, Chorus)"

05. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: V. Cycle III: Stanza III - How shall we sing the Lord#s song in a strange land? (Chorus)"

06. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: VI. Cycle III: Cosmic Lament III - Hail to thee Divine love! (Countertenor, Soprano, Chorus)"

07. Peter Crawford "Lament for Jerusalem: VII. Cycle IV: Stanza IV - Let my tongue cleave to my throat (Chorus)"

08. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: VIII. Cycle IV: Cosmic Lament IV - If my Beloved touched me with His lips (Countertenor, Soprano,"

09. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: IX. Cycle V: Stanza V - Remember, O Lord, the sons of Edom (Chorus)"

10. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: X. Cycle V: Cosmic Lament V - The beloved is all (Countertenor, Soprano, Chorus)"

11. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: XI. Cycle VI: Stanza VI - O daughter of Babylon (Chorus)"

12. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: XII. Cycle VI: Cosmic Lament VI - Love desires this secret should be revealed (Countertenor, Sopra"

13. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: XIII. Cycle VII: Stanza VII - Since thou receivest the supplications of sinners (Chorus)"

14. Angharad Gruffydd Jones "Lament for Jerusalem: XIV. Cycle VII: Cosmic Lament VII - Dost thou know why the mirror does not reflect (Countertenor,"

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Sir John Tavener describes the Lament for Jerusalem as a mystical love song. The Lament brings together Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts and is sung in Greek and English. The musical structure is that of a lattice whose proportions are carefully designed so that the listener is invited to focus on key points of the text which are themselves supported by transcendental melodic, harmonic, and textural devices. The simplicity of the work's form and it's logical progression through a series of seven linked, self-referential tableaux allow the Lament to grow in power and beauty during it's course. The American composer Steve Reich has described some of his own music as purveying 'a kind of dynamic stasis' and that aptly sums up the effect of Tavener's Lament for Jerusalem. The Lament is rooted in grim tradition, yet it looks longingly into the future to a time when beatific vision is restored, and, as in much of the very greatest art, form and content are inseparable.

Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, UK, from 30th to 31st March, 2005 The Greek text is from Matthew 23, vv37-39, and Luke 19, v41. English translation from Matthew 23 is from the New Revised Standard Version. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. ? &© 2006 Naxos Rights International Ltd. Made in Canada Standard jewel case in an O-Card sleeve.

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8557826

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