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MacMillan – St Luke Passion

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

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Following his sensational St John Passion (2007), the St Luke Passion is the second passion to be completed by the Scottish composer James MacMillan. MacMillan’s attachment to the story of the Passion stems directly from his deep-rooted Roman Catholic faith. The list of his works contains a range of vocal compositions that deal with the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ: from his music theatre work Visitatio Sepulchri for choir and chamber ensemble (1993) and the cantata Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993) to the Tenebrae Responsories (2006) for eight-part a cappella choir. He regularly draws inspiration from the story of the Passion, even in his purely instrumental works. In the Fourteen Little Pictures for piano trio (1997), the composer’s starting point is the fourteen Stations of the Cross of Jesus. And the first two parts of his orchestral triptych Triduum, The World’s Ransoming and the Cello Concerto (1996), contain melodic material derived from the Gregorian liturgy for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. This catalogue backs up MacMillan’s comment in The Times newspaper to the effect that he regards the Crucifixion and Resurrection as ‘the most important days in the history of the world’. This was part of an interview in 2009, with the telling headline ‘My art is shaped by my faith’. It was therefore always likely that, sooner or later, MacMillan would submit to the genre of Passion oratorio with an instrumental accompaniment.

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Prelude
08:27
2.
Chapter 22
32:45
3.
Chapter 23
25:30
4.
Postlude
06:17

Total time: 01:12:59

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CC72671

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Mastering Engineer

Bert van der Wolf

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Producer

Ron Ford

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Recording location

Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Holland

Recording Software

Merging

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD64

Release DateJanuary 22, 2016

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