Coro
Blest Cecilia - Britten Choral Works I / The Sixteen
$18.99
Details
- Composer
- BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
- Artist
- V1: Britten Choral Works
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Coro
- Released
- Apr 01, 2002
- Catalog #
- COR16006
- UPC
- 828021600623
About
Fans of Benjamin Britten and of The Sixteen will rejoice at this reissue of material from the choir's acclaimed three-volume Britten series originally recorded for the now-defunct Collins label. (Presumably all of the music from the complete set eventually will appear under the Sixteen's new Coro emblem.) If you know the earlier recordings, you'll quickly notice that the program here is different from the original configurations: there are five selections from Collins' Vol. 3--Hymn to the Virgin, A Hymn of Saint Columba, Hymn to Saint Peter, Jubilate Deo, Festival Te Deum; three from Vol. 2--Rejoice in the Lamb; Antiphon; Te Deum in C; and the Hymn to Saint Cecilia from Vol. 1.
Recorded performances of Britten's choral music don't get any better than this. No one will argue that this choir was/is capable of singing anything, and singing it as well as or better than anyone--and these Britten pieces are made for exuberant, exultant, exacting singing that the Sixteen can do without a blip, a glitch, or the slightest faltering step. From the fawning, devotional A Hymn to the Virgin to the wild and glorious Rejoice in the Lamb, this is music most perfectly created and most grandly and emphatically presented. A first-class effort; a classic.
--David Vernier
Works:
Hymn to the Virgin
A Hymn of Saint Columba
Hymn to Saint Peter
Antiphon
Te Deum in C
Jubilate Deo
Hymn to Saint Cecilia
Festival Te Deum
Rejoice in the Lamb
Tracklist 14 tracks
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1 Hymn to the Virgin 03:46
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Hymn to the Virgin
- Duration
- 03:46
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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2 A Hymn of Saint Columba 02:00
- Track
- 2
- Title
- A Hymn of Saint Columba
- Duration
- 02:00
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Ensemble
- The Sixteen Choir
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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3 Hymn to Saint Peter, Op. 56a 06:07
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Hymn to Saint Peter, Op. 56a
- Duration
- 06:07
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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4 Antiphon, Op. 56b 05:27
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Antiphon, Op. 56b
- Duration
- 05:27
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
-
5 Te Deum in C Major 08:44
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Te Deum in C Major
- Duration
- 08:44
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
-
6 Jubilate Deo 02:37
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Jubilate Deo
- Duration
- 02:37
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Ensemble
- The Sixteen Choir
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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7 Hymn to Saint Cecilia, Op. 27 10:46
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Hymn to Saint Cecilia, Op. 27
- Duration
- 10:46
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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8 Festival Te Deum, Op. 32 06:20
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Festival Te Deum, Op. 32
- Duration
- 06:20
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
-
9 Rejoice in God, o ye Tongues 04:13
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Rejoice in God, o ye Tongues
- Duration
- 04:13
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
-
10 For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry 02:07
- Track
- 10
- Title
- For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry
- Duration
- 02:07
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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11 For the Mouse is a creature 00:55
- Track
- 11
- Title
- For the Mouse is a creature
- Duration
- 00:55
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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12 For the flowers are great blessing 01:57
- Track
- 12
- Title
- For the flowers are great blessing
- Duration
- 01:57
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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13 For I am under the same accusation 02:49
- Track
- 13
- Title
- For I am under the same accusation
- Duration
- 02:49
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers
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14 For H is a spirit 05:06
- Track
- 14
- Title
- For H is a spirit
- Duration
- 05:06
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Conductor
- Harry Christophers