Marc Mauillon, Pauline Haas, Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian & Vladimir Dubois - Britten: Canticles (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op. 31 Prologue
02. Canticle I My beloved is mine, Op. 40
03. Magi videntes stellam
04. Canticle IV Journey of the Magi, Op. 86
05. A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 Interlude
06. Canticle V The death of Saint Narcissus, Op. 89
07. Night piece
08. Canticle III Still falls the rain, Op. 55
09. Canticle II Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51


The five Canticles constitute a series of five musical works by composer Benjamin Britten. The pieces were written at various points in his career, with three of them written as memorials. Instrumentation differs on each piece, and several are based on non-sacred texts. A review in Opera Today notes, "Britten didn't draw upon the Scriptures for the texts of his canticles, which resemble cantatas more than church hymns in scale and structure, but an intense religious spirit pervades them all." Critic Peter Evans notes the works contain a "mood of spiritual elevation intense enough to demand realization in an ambitious musical structure."

Cyrille Dubois, tenor
Anne Le Bozec, piano
Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian, countertenor
Vladimir Dubois, horn
Pauline Haas, harp
Marc Mauillon, baritone

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