Signum Classics (distributed by Hyperion) SIGCD367 · January 2014
Tavener - The Veil of the Temple (Re-Issue)
English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Selections and Editors’ Choices
- Gramophone Editor’s Choice
Reviews
Gramophone Magazine2014Read the review 
Audiophile Audition2005Tavener's The Veil of the Temple is massive in scale and influence; the sheer number of singers (more than 200), in combination with orchestrations encompassing elements of mid-eastern, eastern Indian, Tibetan and traditional…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2005Read the review - Gramophone Magazine2005Read the review
Music Web International2005The Veil of the Temple is a huge conception. The full version plays for 480 minutes, according to the Chester Novello website www.chester-novello.com. I believe the full score consists of 850 pages! What we have here is a…Read the review 
The Philadelphia Inquirer2005Like most John Tavener works, this one presents itself with an immense sense of spiritual self-importance. Unlike most Tavener, this one lives up to its billing. Written as an all-night vigil, “The Veil of the Temple” draws on…Read the review 
Chicago Tribune2005You've never heard anything quite like Sir John Tavener's "The Veil of the Temple." The work originated as an all-night, seven-hour Easter "vigil," in which form it received its U.S. premiere in July at the Lincoln Center…Read the review
Recorded: July 2003
Produced by Adrian Peacock & Chris Hazell
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: January 2014
Total duration: 148 minutes 13 seconds
Track list
- Cycle 1 No 1: Mystical love song of the SufisSir John Tavener (1944-2013)5'06
- Cycle 1 No 2: Primordial callSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'42
- Cycle 2 No 1: Primordial callSir John Tavener (1944-2013)0'31
- Cycle 2 No 2: God's creationSir John Tavener (1944-2013)5'40
- Cycle 2 No 3: Outside the gates of paradiseSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'51
- Cycle 2 No 4: Our FatherSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'58
- Cycle 2 No 5: Holy MarySir John Tavener (1944-2013)3'00
- Cycle 2 No 6: Alleluia, Theos ErastosSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'44
- Cycle 2 No 7: Gospel of St JohnSir John Tavener (1944-2013)4'23
- Cycle 2 No 8: Thrice-Holy Hymn: ResurrectionSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'59
- Cycle 2 No 9: Beatitudes of St Isaac the SyrianSir John Tavener (1944-2013)4'37
- Cycle 3 No 1: Primordial callSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'18
- Cycle 3 No 2: Psalm of creationSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'49
- Cycle 3 No 3: O blessed paradise, pray for meSir John Tavener (1944-2013)3'13
- Cycle 4 No 1: Primordial callSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'55
- Cycle 4 No 2: Mystery of the nothingness of GodSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'15
- Cycle 5 No 1: Primordial callSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'51
- Cycle 5 No 2: You mantle yourself in lightSir John Tavener (1944-2013)3'42
- Cycle 5 No 3: Jesus prayerSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'14
- Cycle 5 No 4: The Lord's prayerSir John Tavener (1944-2013)6'58
- Cycle 6 No 1: Primordial callSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'08
- Cycle 6 No 2: What God is, we do not knowSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'34
- Cycle 6 No 3: God of strengthSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'45
- Cycle 6 No 4: Kyrie eleison: ChantSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'18
- Cycle 6 No 5: Te re rem: Ecstatic chantSir John Tavener (1944-2013)3'31
- Cycle 6 No 6: Jesus having risen from the tombSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'22
- Cycle 7 No 1: Apocalyptic primordial callSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'26
- Cycle 7 No 2: Absolved in the mirrorSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'05
- Cycle 7 No 3: Jesus prayerSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'37
- Cycle 7 No 4: Hesychast meditationSir John Tavener (1944-2013)4'17
- Cycle 7 No 5: Mary TheotokosSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'57
- Cycle 7 No 6: Hail, veil of the templeSir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'21
- Cycle 7 No 7: Mother of GodSir John Tavener (1944-2013)5'06
- Cycle 7 No 8: AlleluiaSir John Tavener (1944-2013)4'58
- Cycle 7 No 9: The gospel of St JohnSir John Tavener (1944-2013)13'47
- Cycle 8 No 1: MaranathaSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'51
- Cycle 8 No 2: Awake thou that sleepestSir John Tavener (1944-2013)2'12
- Cycle 8 No 3: Into beautySir John Tavener (1944-2013)1'11
- Cycle 8 No 4: Rending of the veil of the temple: Maya AtmaSir John Tavener (1944-2013)5'40
- Cycle 8 No 5: Knights Templar in the temple churchSir John Tavener (1944-2013)4'18
- Cycle 8 No 6: Light of ChristSir John Tavener (1944-2013)4'31
- Cycle 8 No 7: Cosmic risingSir John Tavener (1944-2013)4'13
- Cycle 8 No 8: New Jerusalem: Upanishad hymnSir John Tavener (1944-2013)5'55
- Cycle 8 No 9: ShántihSir John Tavener (1944-2013)3'24
Recording details from Hyperion Records.