Lionel Friend

Mary of Egypt

Featuring
Release date 1993

Tracklist

1
Mary of Egypt: Act I. Prologue "With unearthly stillness"
3:09
3:09
2
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "The ways to salvation" (The Voice)
7:22
7:22
3
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Here I sit and beat my brain" (Zossima)
1:28
1:28
4
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Grunt and groan" (Swine men and women) / "We bring our wres" (Swine men and women)
1:12
1:12
5
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Let me consider, yet once more" (Zossima)
2:16
2:16
6
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Grunt and groan" (Swine men and women) / "Come and buy" (Swine men and women)
1:21
1:21
7
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Never raised a thieving arm" (Zossima)
2:56
2:56
8
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "We see the cross before us" (Young Men)
2:34
2:34
9
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Take Me!" (Mary)
2:38
2:38
10
Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Zossima! The ways to salvation" (The Voice)
4:33
4:33
11
Mary of Egypt: Act II. Prologue "With Unearthly Stillness"
2:48
2:48
12
Mary of Egypt: Act II. "The ways to salvation" (The Voice)
1:56
1:56
13
Mary of Egypt: Act II. "We are the desert monks" (Monks)
0:58
0:58
14
Mary of Egypt: Act II. Aria "And I, the stranger" (Zossima)
2:29
2:29
15
Mary of Egypt: Act II. The Exaltation of the Cross
5:00
5:00
16
Mary of Egypt: Act II. The Prayer of Mary "O Virgin Lady" (Mary)
4:32
4:32
17
Mary of Egypt: Act II. "I will praise the Lord" (Monks)
5:02
5:02
18
Mary of Egypt: Act III. Prologue "With unearthly stillness"
1:02
1:02
19
Mary of Egypt: Act III. "Why run from me" (Zossima)
0:59
0:59
20
Mary of Egypt: Act III. "I pray you" (Mary)
1:08
1:08
21
Mary of Egypt: Act III. Duet "I beg you" (Zossima, Mary)
7:20
7:20
22
Mary of Egypt: Act III. "Monk-priest Zossima" (Mary)
2:36
2:36
23
Mary of Egypt: Act III. "Holy, Holy" (Angels)
1:22
1:22
24
Mary of Egypt: Act III. "In Egypt, I lived" (Mary)
0:57
0:57
25
Mary of Egypt: Act III. "But here, my Lady" (Zossima)
4:58
4:58
26
Mary of Egypt: Act IV. The Angels' song
0:38
0:38
27
Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode I. Zossima searches for Mary
1:43
1:43
28
Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode II. Mary walks on the water
1:41
1:41
29
Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode III. Communion
1:48
1:48
30
Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode IV. Mary returns on the water
1:44
1:44
31
Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode V. Zossima goes
2:17
2:17
32
Mary of Egypt: Act V. Threnody for Mary
3:19
3:19
33
Mary of Egypt: Act V. "Priest-monk Zossima" (Zossima)
3:12
3:12
34
Love's whirligig
1:40
1:40
35
Mary of Egypt: Act V. "Judge not!" (Chorus)
4:25
4:25
36
Mary of Egypt: Act V. "The ways to salvation" (The Voice)
4:03
4:03
37
John Tavener in conversation with Michael Stewart on Mary of Egypt
13:51
13:51