Stephen Layton: Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony - Lukaszewski: Via Crucis

Stephen Layton�s first disc of Lukaszewski�s choral works (with The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge) was widely praised by listeners entranced by the composer�s unique yet accessible musical language. For this new release Layton and Polyphony, together with the Britten Sinfonia and a team of world-class soloists, have taken on a major work which is destined to become a modern classic in the vein of Tavener�s The Veil of the Temple or Part�s St John Passion. Via Crucis is a dramatization of the Stations of the Cross, a musical reading of this most solemn journey that evolves through its 55-minutes in an arc of culminatory ritual power.