Offer,Britten: The Choral Edition
Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer
The bulk of Britten's choral output, repackaged at budget level from full-price originals. Wonderfully sympathetic performances, rich recording. A top bargain for the Britten centenary. —
3 CDs
$13.75Contents
Britten: Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a
- Julie Cooper (soprano), Andrew Lumsden (organ)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
Britten: A Hymn of Saint Columba
- Andrew Lumsden (organ)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
- Julie Cooper (soprano), Stephen Carter (countertenor), Mark Milhofer (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27
- Carys Lane (soprano), Belinda Yates (soprano), Kathryn Cook (alto), Andrew Carwood (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
I. In a Garden Shady
II. I Cannot Grow
III. O Ear Whose Creatures Cannot Wish to Fall
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30
- Carys Lane (soprano), Richard Wyn Roberts (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Simon Preece (bass), Andrew Lumsden (organ)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
Rejoice in God, o ye Tongues
Let Nimrod, the mighty hunter …
Hallelujah from the heart of God …
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53, Choral Dances
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
No. 1, Time
No. 2, Concord
No. 3, Time and Concord
No. 4, Country Girls
No. 5, Rustics and Fishermen
No. 6, Final Dance of Homage
Britten: A.M.D.G.
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
No. 1, Prayer I
No. 2, Rosa Mystica
No. 3, God's Grandeur
Britten: Jubilate Deo
- Andrew Lumsden (organ)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 7, 8 March 1996
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
Britten: Te Deum in C
- Carys Lane (soprano), Andrew Lumsden (organ)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 7, 8 March 1996
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK
Britten: Antiphon, Op. 56b
- Olive Simpson (soprano), Rachel Wheatley (soprano), Rachel Elliott (soprano), Andrew Lumsden (organ)
- Finzi Singers
- Paul Spicer
- Recorded: 7, 8 March 1996
- Recording Venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK