Britten: The Choral Edition (3 CD)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

COMPACT DISC ONE

1 Hymn to St Peter, Op 56a 5:57
Julie Cooper soprano
Andrew Lumsden organ

2 A Hymn to St Columba 2:04
Andrew Lumsden organ

3 A Hymn to the Virgin 2:43
Julie Cooper soprano
Stephen Carter alto
Mark Milhofer tenor
Matthew Brook bass

Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 10:34
Carys Lane soprano
Belinda Yates soprano
Kathryn Cook alto
Andrew Carwood tenor
Matthew Brook bass
4 I 'In a garden shady this holy lady' - 2:44
5 II 'I cannot grow' - 2:06
6 III 'O ear whose creatures cannot wish to fall' 5:44

Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 17:02
Carys Lane soprano
Richard Wyn-Roberts alto
James Gilchrist tenor
Simon Preece bass
7 'Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues' - 1:29
8 'Let Nimrod, the mighty hunter' - 1:19
9 'Hallelujah from the heart of God' - 1:04
10 'For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry' - 2:20
11 'For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour' - 0:58
12 'For the flowers are great blessings' - 2:05
13 'For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour' - 2:49
14 'For H is a spirit and therefore he is God' - 1:07
15 'For the instruments are by their rhimes' - 2:29
16 'Hallelujah from the heart of God' 1:18
Andrew Lumsden organ

Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' 9:32
17 1 Time 1:26
18 2 Concord 2:17
19 3 Time and Concord 1:26
20 4 Country Girls - 0:58
21 5 Rustics and Fishermen - 1:00
22 6 Final Dance of Homage 2:16

A.M.D.G. 18:33
23 1 Prayer I 2:17
24 2 Rosa Mystica 4:44
25 3 God's Grandeur 3:30
26 4 Prayer II 2:36
27 5 O Deus, ego amo Te 1:34
28 6 The Soldier 2:09
29 7 Heaven-Haven 1:26
67:10

COMPACT DISC TWO

1 Jubilate Deo 2:40
in E flat major - in C-Dur - en mi bémol majeur
Andrew Lumsden organ

2 Te Deum 8:37
in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur
Carys Lane soprano
Andrew Lumsden organ

3 Antiphon, Op. 56b 6:05
Olive Simpson soprano
Rachel Wheatley soprano
Rachel Elliot soprano
Andrew Lumsden organ

Missa brevis, Op. 63 10:20
4 I Kyrie - 1:58
5 II Gloria - 2:40
Robert Burt intonation
Rachel Wheatley soprano
Carys Lane soprano
Lindsay Wagstaff soprano
6 III Sanctus - 1:35
7 IV Benedictus - 1:56
Carys Lane soprano
Lindsay Wagstaff soprano
8 V Agnus Dei 2:09
Andrew Lumsden organ

9 A Wedding Anthem, Op. 46 9:45
Carys Lane soprano
Mark Milhofer tenor
Andrew Lumsden organ

10 Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung 3:00
Susanna Spicer alto

A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 21:47
11 1 Procession - 1:29
12 2 Wolcum Yole! - 1:22
13 3 There is no Rose - 2:26
14 4A That yonge child 1:41
Olive Simpson soprano
15 4B Balulalow - 1:15
Carys Lane soprano
16 5 As dew in Aprile - 0:55
17 6 This little Babe - 1:25
18 7 Interlude - 3:51
19 8 In Freezing Winter Night - 3:30
Carys Lane soprano
Kathryn Cook alto
20 9 Spring Carol - 1:07
Rachel Wheatley soprano
Rachel Elliot soprano
21 10 Deo Gracias - 1:10
22 11 Recession 1:32
Susan Drake harp

23 Festival Te Deum, Op. 32 6:36
Lindsay Wagstaff soprano
Andrew Lumsden organ

24 Jubilate Deo 2:33
in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur
Andrew Lumsden organ
72:04

COMPACT DISC THREE

Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 11:16
1 1 To Daffodils 2:10
2 2 The Succession of the Four Sweet Months 1:47
3 3 Marsh Flowers 2:19
4 4 The Evening Primrose 2:39
5 5 Ballad of Green Broom 2:02

6 Advance Democracy 2:53

Sacred and Profane, Op. 91 15:45
7 1 St Godric's Hymn 1:34
8 2 I mon waxe wod 0:43
9 3 Lenten is come 2:11
10 4 The long night 1:21
11 5 Yif ic of luve can 2:59
12 6 Carol 1:20
13 7 Ye that pasen by 2:12
14 8 A death 2:54

A Boy Was Born, Op. 3 31:16
Jonathan Cannock treble
Semi-chorus:
Helen Groves - Mhairi Lawson soprano
Kathryn Cook - Elinor Carter alto
James Gilchrist - Andrew Carwood tenor
Michael McCarthy - Charles Gibbs bass
15 Theme. A Boy Was Born - 2:04
16 Variation I. Lullay, Jesu - 4:38
17 Variation II. Herod - 2:15
18 Variation III. Jesu, As Thou Art Our Saviour - 2:56
19 Variation IV. The Three Kings 4:13
20 Variation V. In the Bleak Mid-winter - 5:29
21 Variation VI (Finale). Noel! 9:37
Lichfield Cathedral Choir
61:42

Finzi Singers
Paul Spicer
Recorded in:
Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London
23 and 24 October 1995 (CD 1) & 7 and 8 March 1996 (CD 2)
Recorded in:
Church of St Augustine, Kilburn, London
28 and 29 April 1997 (CD 3)
Producer(s)
Richard Lee
Sound Engineer(s)
Ben Connellan
Richard Smoker (Assistant: CD 1)
Annabel Weeden (Assistant: CD 2)
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster