Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / The Sixteen

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Coro
Release Date
September 1, 2005
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
    • PERFORMER
      V2: Britten Choral Works
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2005
    • UPC
      828021603426
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16034
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Procession

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. II. Wolcum Yole!

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. III. There is no Rose

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. IV. That yonge child

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sally Dunkley, Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. V. Balulalow

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Libby Crabtree, Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. VI. As dew in Aprille

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. VII. This little Babe

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. VIII. Interlude

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sioned Williams

    9. IX. In freezing winter night

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sally Dunkley, Libby Crabtree, Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. X. Spring Carol

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sally Dunkley, Libby Crabtree, Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. XI. Deo Gracias!

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Sioned Williams

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. XII. Recession

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. A Shepherd's Carol

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Carys-Anne Lane, Neil MacKenzie, Simon Birchall, Deborah Miles-Johnson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. The Sycamore Tree

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    15. Christ's Nativity: II. Sweet was the Song

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    16. Kyrie

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Carys-Anne Lane, Rebecca Outram, Margaret Phillips, Deborah Miles-Johnson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    17. Gloria

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Carys-Anne Lane, Rebecca Outram, Margaret Phillips, Deborah Miles-Johnson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    18. Sanctus - Benedictus

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Carys-Anne Lane, Rebecca Outram, Margaret Phillips, Deborah Miles-Johnson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    19. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Carys-Anne Lane, Rebecca Outram, Margaret Phillips, Deborah Miles-Johnson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    20. Theme

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers

      Performer: Jamie Hopkins

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    21. Variation I: Lullay, Jesu

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers

      Performer: Jamie Hopkins

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    22. Variation II: Herod

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers

      Performer: Jamie Hopkins

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    23. Variation III: Jesu, as Thou art

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers

      Performer: Jamie Hopkins

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    24. Variation IV: The Three Kings

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers

      Performer: Jamie Hopkins

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    25. Variation V: In the Bleak Mid-Winter

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers

      Performer: Jamie Hopkins

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    26. Variation VI: Noel!

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers

      Performer: Jamie Hopkins

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' is a masterpiece composed on board ship as Britten returned to England from the U.S.A. in 1948, a touching evocation of boyhood lost but never forgotten. 'A Boy was Born' is a work that first made Britten famous, based on a theme and variations of astonishing ingenuity. The 'Missa Brevis', written for the boys of Westminster Cathedral, is a gem that is some ways looks forward to the 'War Requiem' which came two years later.