Since you are interested in The Sacrifice (complete opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Quickening / Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice' Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Gordon Jones (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "The three interludes from MacMillan's opera The Sacrifice are more than an interesting filler. The same exuberant invention can be found here as in Quickening... The sound is stunning..." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 ***** |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: A Scotch Bestiary / Piano Concerto No. 2 Wayne Marshall (Organ & Piano) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] "In both works Wayne Marshall covers himself in glory, as, for that matter, does the BBC Philharmonic under the composer's direction. The sound is superlative to match." Gramophone |
JAMES MacMILLAN
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Symphony No. 3 'silence' BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] To everyone's amazement, MacMillan's work was greeted with a warmth and intensity rarely experienced in Britain after the death of Benjamin Britten. The work's success brought a new realisation: that it was possible for a modern composer to address... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
The Birds of Rhiannon; Magnificat; The Gallant Weaver; etc BBC Singers; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] premiere recordings of James MacMillan's music for chorus and orchestra |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Britannia / The Berserking / Into the Ferment Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'Energy and wit abound in music with plenty of stories to tell.' (Gramophone) |