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Purves/WNO Orchestra and Chorus/Negus: MacMillan: The Sacrifice | CD review

(Chandos, 2CDs)The jury is still out on James ­MacMillan's emotive 2007 opera, which controversially projects a tale from the Mabinogion on to a futuristic ­vision of Britain as a paramilitary tribal ­dystopia. Considered overwhelming by some in the theatre, it comes over as ­intermittent at best on disc. MacMillan has acknowledged that Elektra was on his mind at the time of composition, and like Strauss's masterpiece, The Sacrifice deals with the self-perpetuating nature of uncheck...

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23:45 on February 11 2010

Purves/WNO Orchestra and Chorus/Negus: MacMillan: The Sacrifice | CD review

Guardian Music — (Chandos, 2CDs)The jury is still out on James ­MacMillan's emotive 2007 opera, which controversially projects a tale from the Mabinogion on to a futuristic ­vision ... more info
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