Catalogue # OACD9007D

The Lamb, Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, A Hymn to the Mother of God, Song for Athene, Annunciation, A Parting Gift for Tam Farrow, As One Who Has Slept, The Tyger, The Hymn of the Unwaning Light, The Lord’s Prayer The Choir, James Whitbourn (conductor)

John Tavener describes his music as resembling ‘ikons in sound’ – a window on to the Divine world. The British conductor and composer James Whitbourn conducts the London-based ensemble The Choir in a programme of Tavener’s hauntingly beautiful unaccompanied choral music in performances described as “impressive and spiritual”.

‘The power of the performances is overwhelming and the credit goes to James Whitbourn and his vocal ensemble The Choir’ The Organ