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"Five Stars ... in an extraordinarily perceptive and affecting manner it broaches enduring universal issues and, in this wonderfully committed recording, already feels like a modern masterpiece." - BBC Music Magazine "... a highly impressive work ... so imaginative and inventive is the writing, not least in the way the instruments are used, that often one is not conscious that so few performers are involved: the score is, in this respect, greater than the sum of its parts ... (the performance) must be regarded as definitive for here we have the artists who first performed the score, recorded in the presence of the composer ... the sound has presence, clarity and ambience ... should bring the work to the wider audience it deserves." - MusicWeb International In this "postscript" to his St. John Passion, Scottish composer James MacMillan explores the biggest mystery in the greatest story ever told: Christ’s resurrection. At times plaintive and lyrical, at others reaching into the far corners of tonality, this masterpiece finds a very human basis in something divine. With just five instrumentalists and five singers, MacMillan’s scoring is as intimate as the story itself, full of despair and sacrifice, but also ultimately a celebration. MacMillan has dedicated the work to William Conway, cellist and artistic director of the Hebrides Ensemble who led the commission. Joining the Hebrides musicians are the four members of the Synergy Vocals and bass soloist Brindley Sherratt.