The Protecting Veil

by John Tavener

The Protecting Veil cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 March 1992
  • Label: Virgin Classics
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:07
  • Community rating: 4.36/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Steven Isserlis, who premiered the work at the Proms, is the cello soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. The disc pairs the concerto with Tavener's 'Thrinos' and Britten's Third Cello Suite, and it became one of the best selling classical releases of its era.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, minimal, spirituality, delicate, long-form

Tracklist

  1. The Protecting Veil: I. The Protecting Veil (7:51)
  2. The Protecting Veil: II. The Nativity of the Mother of God (5:03)
  3. The Protecting Veil: III. Annunciation (2:45)
  4. The Protecting Veil: IV. The Incarnation (3:48)
  5. The Protecting Veil: V. Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross (8:18)
  6. The Protecting Veil: VI. The Resurrection (2:15)
  7. The Protecting Veil: VII. The Dormition of the Mother of God (5:02)
  8. The Protecting Veil: VIII. The Protecting Veil (2:44)
  9. The Last Sleep of the Virgin (22:19)

Credits

  • John Tavener - primary artist, composed by
  • Steven Isserlis - primary artist, cello
  • Gennadi Rozhdestvensky - primary artist, conductor
  • Benjamin Britten - composed by

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