Britten / Finzi / Holst: Requiem da camera / Deus in adjutorium meum / Psalm 86 & 148

Choral Works

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
premiere recording
Requiem de Camera (1923-25) 23:42
for Baritone, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra
Alison Barlow soprano
David Hoult baritone
1 I Prelude. Slow - Appassionata 5:55
2 II 'How still this quiet cornfield is tonight!' 9:22
Quasi senza misura
3 III 'Only a man harrowing clods'. 3:58
Con dignita
Stephen Varcoe baritone
4 IV 'We who are left, how shall we look again'. 4:25
Crotchet = about 66

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
5 Deus in adjutorium meum (1945) 5:17
for Unaccompanied Choir
from the incidental music to the play This Way to the Tomb (1945) by Ronald Duncan (1914-1982)

6 Chorale on an Old French Carol (1944) 5:00
for Unaccompanied Choir
Grave

Cantata misericordium, Op. 69 (1963) 19:38
for Tenor, Baritone, Chorus, String Quartet, and Small Orchestra
Nicolas Ward violin
Edward Roberts violin
Stephen Tees viola
Susan Dorey cello
7 Chorus: 'Beati misericordes' - 3:57
8 Chorus: 'Iesu parabola iam nobis fiat fabula' - 4:14
9 Chorus: 'Bono nunc animo es, viator' - 2:01
10 Chorus: 'En alter in conspectum venit' - 1:48
11 Chorus: 'Ecce, tertius apparet' 7:36
John Mark Ainsley tenor
Stephen Varcoe baritone

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Two Psalms, H 117 (1912) 13:29
for Chorus, String Orchestra, and Organ
Alison Barlow soprano
John Alley organ
12 Psalm 86. Andante mesto 8:23
13 Psalm 148. Allegro moderato 5:00
Stephen Varcoe baritone
67:37

Britten Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
Recorded in:
St Jude's Church, Central Square, London NW11
15 and 16 February 1991
Producer(s)
Tim Oldham
Sound Engineer(s)
Richard Lee
Peter Sheldon (Assistant)
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster