Corydon Singers, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Matthew Best - Britten: A Boy Was Born; Rejoice in the Lamb; Festival Te Deum (1986)

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Title: Britten: A Boy Was Born; Rejoice in the Lamb; Festival Te Deum
Year Of Release: 1986
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 1:06:12
Total Size: 229 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: I. Rejoice in God, O Ye Tongues
02. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: II. For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffrey
03. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: III. For the Mouse Is a Creature of Great Personal Valour
04. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: IV. For the Flowers Are Great Blessings
05. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: V. For I am Under the Same Accusation with My Saviour
06. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: VI. For H Is a Spirit and Therefore He Is God
07. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: VII. For the Instruments Are by Their Rhimes
08. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: VIII. Hallelujah from the Heart of God
09. Britten: A Wedding Anthem "Amo ergo sum", Op. 46
10. Britten: Festival Te Deum, Op. 32
11. Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Theme. A Boy Was Born
12. Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 1. Lullay, Jesu
13. Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 2. Herod
14. Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 3. Jesu as Thou art our Saviour
15. Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 4. The Three Kings
16. Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 5. In the Bleak Midwinter / Lully, Lulley
17. Britten: A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 6. Finale. Noel!

In the catalogue of Britten’s compositions those involving a chorus, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, loom large. They stretch right across his working life, beginning in 1929 and ending with the Welcome Ode, Op 95, his last completed score finished a few months before his death. The four pieces recorded here belong to the first half of that period; the earliest of them dates from 1933, the latest from 1949. They are all modest in their demands, requiring at most an organ to support the choir and add a touch of colour to the music.