Matthew Barley – Tavener: The Protecting Veil (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Matthew Barley – Tavener: The Protecting Veil (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:29 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records

Above the opening notes of The Protecting Veil, John Tavener wrote Transcendent With Awesome Majesty, communicating the scale of this universal, timeless, structurally perfect and emotionally powerful work.

In the composer’s words, “the cello represents The Mother of God and never stops singing.” Indeed, the cello sings without stopping for the entire 46 minutes of the piece, requiring huge mental and physical stamina. Matthew Barley leads Sinfonietta Rīga in this exploration of Tavener’s musical works and inspirations, interspersing performances with readings of WB Yeats and Frithjof Schuon by renowned actors Julie Christieand Olwyn Fouéré. The influence Tavener drew from Indian music in The Protecting Veil is also explored further in Barley’s performance with tabla player Sukhvinder ‘Pinky’ Singh in The Song of Separation and Waiting by Pandit Sultan Khan.

Matthew Barley is known internationally as a cellist, improviser, arranger, music animateur, and as Artistic Director of Between The Notes. His musical world is focused on projects that connect people in different ways, blurring the boundaries that never really existed between genres and people.

Tracklist:
1. Olwyn Fouéré – He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (00:38)
2. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: I. The Protecting Veil (09:07)
3. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: II. The Nativity of the Mother of God (05:42)
4. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: III. Annunciation (03:22)
5. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: IV. The Incarnation (03:46)
6. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: V. The Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross (10:44)
7. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: VI. The Resurrection (02:42)
8. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: VII. The Dormition (06:56)
9. Matthew Barley – The Protecting Veil: VIII. The Protecting Veil (03:49)
10. Olwyn Fouéré – The Mother of God (01:04)
11. Matthew Barley – Mother and Child (07:06)
12. Julie Christie – World Wheel XXVII: ‘I heard the gypsy’s violin play’ (01:00)
13. Matthew Barley – The Song of Separation and Waiting (11:28)

Personnel:
Matthew Barley, cello
Sinfonietta Riga

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