Daniel Taylor: The Tree of Life | Sony 88985387032

Daniel Taylor: The Tree of Life

Label: Sony

Cat No: 88985387032

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Christmas

Release Date: 25th November 2016

Contents

Artists

Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Jeremy Budd (treble)
Ellen McAteer (soprano)
David Clegg (alto)
Nicholas Pritchard (tenor)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Nicholas Pritchard (bass)
The Trinity Choir

Works

Anonymous

Puer natus est
Salvator mundi

Britten, Benjamin

A Hymn to the Virgin

Parsons, Robert

Ave Maria

Part, Arvo

Magnificat Antiphons (7)
The Deer's Cry

Poston, Elizabeth

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

Tavener, John

Hymns to the Mother of God (2)
» Hymn to the Mother of God
The Lamb

Artists

Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Jeremy Budd (treble)
Ellen McAteer (soprano)
David Clegg (alto)
Nicholas Pritchard (tenor)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Nicholas Pritchard (bass)
The Trinity Choir

About

Within this beautiful sequence of Christmas music ancient and modern we find a stillness that is central to the experience - an awakening. The Tree of Life takes the listener on a new journey drawing each of us through the notes and through the moments of silence between them. Here we remember and reflect, hope and give thanks.

These compositions span over two thousand years, from a sixth-century chant to the miraculous works of Parsons and Mouton to the remarkable compositions from today by Pärt, Britten and Tavener. Among the pieces we find the Seven Antiphons by Arvo Pärt, disarmingly impassioned, otherworldly; the extraordinary Hymn to the Mother of God by John Tavener, and Benjamin Britten’s transformative Hymn to the Virgin. In close kinship with these profound offerings, the restrained ecstasy of Nesciens Mater by Jean Mouton, the Ave Maria of Robert Parsons and the moving Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Elizabeth Poston, bring forth a sense of serene wonder.

Recorded in London with esteemed producer Nicholas Parker and bathed in the acoustics of Saint Augustine, The Tree of Life features the Trinity Choir including choristers from across Canada and members of the Tallis Scholars, the Gabrieli Consort and the Monteverdi Choir. These are magnificent interpretations that Daniel Taylor directs with passion and dedication.

The pure voices of the Trinity Choir include the best of today’s soloists from England’s choral and vocal stars: Jeremy Budd, tenor; Ellen McAteer, soprano; David Clegg, alto; Nicholas Pritchard, tenor; Alexander Dobson, bass; Charles Daniels, tenor. The album was recorded in London, England with esteemed producer Nick Parker and engineer Andrew Mellor.

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