from Tavener: The World & Diódia (CDA67217) 1 Dante [2'23] 14 minutes 52 seconds 6 tracks2 Pushkin and Lermontov [1'54] 3 Boris Pasternak [1'42] 4 Dvustishie 'Couplet' [2'09] 5 Muza 'The muse' [2'52] 6 Smert 'Death' [3'52] ‘The Vanbrugh Quartet’s intense and committed performance is of the highest calibre. An indispensable and thoroughly recommendable disc’ (Gramophone) ‘The music generates an intense, mesmerising background stillness. I can’t imagine [it] performed better. The recording balances clarity and atmosphere to near-perfection’ (BBC Music Magazine) ‘The Akhmatova Songs are among Tavener’s most impressive works of recent years. Performances are exemplary, as is the recording’ (International Record Review) |