John Tavener - Ex Maria Virgine
The Choir of Clare College: Recordings
John Tavener: Ex Maria Virgine
NAXOS 8.572168 compact disc (£6)
Ex Maria Virgine
- 1 Verbum Caro
- 2 Nowell! Nowell! Out of Your Sleep
- 3 Remember O Thou Man
- 4 Sweet was the Song
- 5 Ave Rex Angelorum
- 6 There is no Rose
- 7 Ding! Dong! Merrily on high
- 8 Rocking
- 9 Unto us is born a Son
- 10 Verbum Caro
- 11. Birthday Sleep (Text: Vernon Watkins)
- 12. O, Do Not Move (Text: George Seferis)
- 13. A Nativity (Text: W.B. Yeats)
- 14. Marienhymne (Text: Frithjof Schuon)
- 15. O Thou Gentle Light (Text from the Orthodox Liturgy)
- 16. Angels (Text: Keith Walker)
'Clare showed their wonderful full range of sounds, from intimate piano passages to joyous proclomation of praise...' Varsity.