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Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children

Robert Tear (tenor, vocals), Thomas Allen (baritone), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Richard Cross, Julian Godlee (vocals), James Clark (treble vocals), Osian Ellis (harp), James Clarke (vocals), Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony...

Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children

Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children

Robert Tear (tenor, vocals), Thomas Allen (baritone), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Richard Cross, Julian Godlee (vocals), James Clark (treble vocals), Osian Ellis (harp), James Clarke (vocals), Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony...

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This special collection of his works showcases the way in which the composer’s love of poetry formed a crucial basis for much of his choral and operatic music; inspired by poets such as Auden, Smart and Hopkins, Britten crafted their works into compelling narratives. His imaginative text setting and the artful melodies of works such as Rejoice in the Lamb, A Ceremony of Carols and the iconic War Requiem have captivated listeners throughout the 20th century and beyond. Among the world-class performers featured in the collection are Robert Tear, Janet Baker, Elisabeth Söderström and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.

This box set is part of our series of Britten releases to mark the composer’s centenary.

Artists

Robert Tear (tenor, vocals), Thomas Allen (baritone), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Richard Cross, Julian Godlee (vocals), James Clark (treble vocals), Osian Ellis (harp), James Clarke (vocals), Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony Sackville, Ian Hare (organ, piano), James Lancelot (organ), Simon Channing (boy soprano vocals), David Corkhill (percussion), James Bowman (countertenor), Richard Morton (tenor), Marcus Creed (bass), Rory Phillips (boy soprano vocals), Francis Pott (bass), Hugh Hudleston (boy soprano vocals), Stephen Barton (boy soprano vocals), Warren Trevelyan-Jones (tenor), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Mark Emney (boy soprano vocals), Peter Rowe (boy soprano vocals), Timothy Farrell (organ), Christopher Hughes (organ), Robert Lloyd/Robert Tear/Sam Monck/Dame Heather Begg/Catherine Benson/Cato Fordham/Catherine Wearing/Mary Wells/David Glick/Colin Huehns/Katherine Willis/Finchley Children's Music Group/Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge/John Cons, Catherine Benson (soprano), Catherine Wearing (soprano), Cato Fordham (soprano), Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge (vocals), Colin Huehns (vocals), Dame Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), David Glick (vocals), Finchley Children’s Music Group (vocals), Francis Grier (piano), Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), John Constable (piano), Katherine Willis (soprano), Mary Wells (soprano), Medici String Quartet (vocals), Robert Lloyd (bass), Sam Monck (vocals), Tristan Fry (percussion), Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Alexander Gallifant (vocals), Camelia Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Camellia Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Coull Quartet (lead vocals), Donald Maxwell (bass-baritone), Joanna Brown (soprano), Linda Ormiston (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Berry (vocals), Orchestra Of Schoolchildren From Salisbury & Chester (lead vocals), Polly Hewetson (soprano), Richard Pasco (vocals), Schoolchildren From Salisbury & Chester (lead vocals), Timothy Lamb (vocals), Jennifer Partridge (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), Cathryn Pope/Dan Dressen/Peter Barkworth/Sheila Allen/Christopher Herrick/London Philharmonic Choir/English Chamber Orchestra/Philip Brunelle, Christopher Herrick (organ), Peter Barkworth (narrator), Sheila Allen (narrator), Cathryn Pope (soprano), Dan Dressen (tenor), Alison Hargan (soprano), Mary King (contralto), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, St Clement Danes School Boys' Choir, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, Vasari Singers, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, London Sinfonietta Chorus, Endymion Ensemble, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Simon Rattle, André Previn, Sir David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, David Hill, Russell Burgess, Stephen Cleobury, Jeremy Backhouse, Terry Edwards, Richard Hickox, Philip Brunelle

Contents and tracklist

Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Work length1:23:39
I. (a) Requiem aeternam. "Requiem aeternam"
Track length6:10
I. (b) Requiem aeternam. "What-Passing Bells"
Track length2:20
I. (c) Requiem aeternam. "Kyrie eleison"
Track length1:28
II. (a) Dies irae. "Dies irae"
Track length3:56
II. (b) Dies irae. "Bugles Sang"
Track length2:46
II. (c) Dies irae. "Liber scriptus profetur"
Track length2:50
II. (d) Dies irae. "Out There, We've Walked"
Track length1:45
II. (e) Dies irae. "Recordare Jesu" - "Confudatis maledictis"
Track length4:44
II. (f) Dies irae. "Be Slowly Lifted Up"
Track length1:52
II. (g) Dies irae. "Dies irae" (Reprise)
Track length1:17
II. (h) Dies irae. "Lacrimosa dies illa"
Track length2:04
II. (i) Dies irae. "Move Him into the Sun"
Track length5:55
III. (a) Offertorium. "Domine Jesu Christe" - "Quam olim Abrahae"
Track length3:33
III. (b) Offertorium. "So Abram Rose" - "Quam olim Abrahae" (Reprise)
Track length6:16
IV. (a) Sanctus. "Sanctus Dominus Deus"
Track length3:18
IV. (b) Sanctus. "Benedictus"
Track length2:52
IV. (c) Sanctus. "After the Blast of Lightning from the East"
Track length3:43
V. Agnus Dei. "One Ever Hangs"
Track length3:46
VI. (a) Libera me. "Libera me, Domine"
Track length7:35
VI. (b) Libera me. "It Seemed That out of Battle I Escaped" - "None Said the Other"
Track length9:47
VI. (c) Libera me. "Let Us Sleep Now"
Track length5:42
Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Pt. 1
Work length19:09
I. Introduction. Shine Out
Track length9:43
II. The Merry Cuckoo
Track length2:03
III. Spring, the Sweet Spring
Track length1:57
IV. The Driving Boy
Track length2:09
V. The Morning Star
Track length3:17
Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Pt. 2
Work length11:40
VI. Welcome, Maids of Honour
Track length2:38
VII. Waters Above
Track length2:32
VIII. Out on the Lawn I Lie in Bed
Track length6:30
Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Pt. 3
Work length6:05
IX. When Will My May Come
Track length2:24
X. Fair and Fair
Track length2:20
XI. Sound the Flute
Track length1:21
Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Pt. 4: XII. Finale. London, to Thee I Do Present
Work length7:44
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27
Work length11:28
I. In a Garden Shady
Track length2:57
II. I Cannot Grow
Track length2:10
III. O Ear Whose Creatures Cannot Wish to Fall
Track length6:21
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Work length18:39
I. Procession
Track length1:16
II. Wolcum Yole!
Track length1:23
III. There Is No Rose
Track length2:21
IV. (a) That Yongë Child
Track length1:53
IV. (b) Balulalow
Track length1:38
V. As Dew in Aprille
Track length0:58
VI. This Little Babe
Track length1:25
VII. Interlude. Andante pastorale
Track length3:34
VIII. In Freezing Winter Night
Track length4:11
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 (2004 Remaster): IX: Spring Carol
Work length1:12
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Work length2:32
X. Deo Gracias
Track length1:12
XI. Recession
Track length1:20
Britten: Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63
Work length10:04
I. Kyrie
Track length1:34
II. Gloria
Track length2:50
III. Sanctus
Track length1:23
IV. Benedictus
Track length1:44
V. Agnus Dei
Track length2:33
Britten: Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32
Work length6:27
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30
Work length16:27
I. Rejoice in God, O Ye Tongues
Track length3:55
III. For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry
Track length2:11
IV. For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour
Track length0:54
V. For the Flowers Are Great Blessings
Track length2:01
V. For I Am Under the Same Accusation with My Saviour
Track length2:25
VI. For H Is a Spirit and Therefore He Is God & VII. For the Instruments Are by Their Rhimes
Track length3:49
VIII. Hallelujah from the Heart of God
Track length1:12
Britten: Te Deum in C
Work length7:59
Britten: Jubilate Deo in C major (1961)
Work length2:28
Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Work length3:31
Britten: St Nicolas, Op. 42
Work length50:37
I. Introduction
Track length5:51
II. The Birth of Nicolas
Track length2:37
III. Nicolas Devotes Himself to God
Track length4:56
IV. He Journeys to Palestine
Track length7:49
V. Nicolas Comes to Myra and Is Chosen Bishop
Track length7:15
VI. Nicolas from Prison
Track length3:01
VII. Nicolas and the Pickled Boys
Track length6:41
VIII. His Piety and Marvellous Works
Track length5:24
IX. The Death of Nicolas
Track length7:03
Britten: Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a
Work length5:39
Britten: A Hymn of Saint Columba
Work length2:40
Britten: Sacred and Profane, Op. 91
Work length15:22
No. 1, St Godric's Hymn
Track length1:55
No. 2, I Mon Waxe Wod
Track length0:49
No. 3, Lenten Is Come
Track length2:29
No. 4, The Long Night
Track length1:33
No. 5, Yif Ic of Love Can
Track length2:31
No. 6, Carol
Track length1:26
No. 7, Ye That Pasen By
Track length1:38
No. 8, A Death
Track length3:01
Britten: The Little Sweep, Op. 45, Scene 1
Work length20:40
  • Robert Lloyd/Robert Tear/Sam Monck/Dame Heather Begg/Catherine Benson/Cato Fordham/Catherine Wearing/Mary Wells/David Glick/Colin Huehns/Katherine Willis/Finchley Children's Music Group/Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge/John Cons, Catherine Benson (soprano), Catherine Wearing (soprano), Cato Fordham (soprano), Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge (vocals), Colin Huehns (vocals), Dame Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), David Glick (vocals), Finchley Children’s Music Group (vocals), Francis Grier (piano), Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), John Constable (piano), Katherine Willis (soprano), Mary Wells (soprano), Medici String Quartet (vocals), Robert Lloyd (bass), Robert Tear (vocals), Sam Monck (vocals), Tristan Fry (percussion)
  • Philip Ledger
Audience Song I. The Sweep's Song. "Sweep! Sweep!" (Audience, Clem, Black Bob)
Track length1:51
Quartet. "Sweep the Chimney!" (Miss Baggott, Rowan, Clem, Black Bob)
Track length1:54
Duet. "Now, Little White Boy!" (Clem, Black Bob)
Track length2:38
Hide and Seek. "Juliet! Juliet!" (Children)
Track length1:20
Shanty. "Pull the Rope Gently" (Children)
Track length1:35
Ensemble. "Is He Wounded?" (Sam, Children)
Track length1:25
Marching Song. "Sooty Tracks Upon the Sheet" (Children, Miss Baggott, Black Bob,Clem)
Track length1:36
Trio. "Sam! Sam!" (Black Bob, Clem, Miss Baggott)
Track length1:02
Aria. "Run, Poor Sweepboy" (Rowan, Children)
Track length4:35
Audience Song II. Sammy's Bath. "The Kettles Are Singing" (Audience, Rowan, Sam)
Track length2:44
Britten: The Little Sweep, Op. 45, Scene 2
Work length12:50
  • Robert Lloyd/Robert Tear/Sam Monck/Dame Heather Begg/Catherine Benson/Cato Fordham/Catherine Wearing/Mary Wells/David Glick/Colin Huehns/Katherine Willis/Finchley Children's Music Group/Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge/John Cons, Catherine Benson (soprano), Catherine Wearing (soprano), Cato Fordham (soprano), Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge (vocals), Colin Huehns (vocals), Dame Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), David Glick (vocals), Finchley Children’s Music Group (vocals), Francis Grier (piano), Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), John Constable (piano), Katherine Willis (soprano), Mary Wells (soprano), Medici String Quartet (vocals), Robert Lloyd (bass), Robert Tear (vocals), Sam Monck (vocals), Tristan Fry (percussion)
  • Philip Ledger
Ensemble. "O Why Do You Weep" (Rowan, Sam, Children)
Track length2:51
Pantomime
Track length1:13
Scena. "Ah! Blackguards!" (Miss Baggott)
Track length3:03
Finale. "Help! Help! She's collapsed!" (Miss Baggott, Rowan, Children)
Track length1:54
Audience Song III. The Night Song. "The Owl, Wide-Winging" (Audience)
Track length3:49
Britten: The Little Sweep, Op. 45, Scene 3
Work length10:37
  • Robert Lloyd/Robert Tear/Sam Monck/Dame Heather Begg/Catherine Benson/Cato Fordham/Catherine Wearing/Mary Wells/David Glick/Colin Huehns/Katherine Willis/Finchley Children's Music Group/Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge/John Cons, Catherine Benson (soprano), Catherine Wearing (soprano), Cato Fordham (soprano), Choral Scholars of King's College, Cambridge (vocals), Colin Huehns (vocals), Dame Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), David Glick (vocals), Finchley Children’s Music Group (vocals), Francis Grier (piano), Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano), John Constable (piano), Katherine Willis (soprano), Mary Wells (soprano), Medici String Quartet (vocals), Robert Lloyd (bass), Robert Tear (vocals), Sam Monck (vocals), Tristan Fry (percussion)
  • Philip Ledger
Aria. "Soon the Coach Will Carry You Away" (Juliet)
Track length2:55
Ensemble. "Morning, Sammy" (Children, Sammy)
Track length1:59
Trio and Ensemble. "Ready, Alfred?" (Tom, Alfred, Miss Baggott, Rowan, Children)
Track length3:06
Audience Song IV. Coaching Song. "The Horses Are Champing" (Omnes, Audience)
Track length2:37
Britten: A Boy was Born, Op. 3
Work length29:21
  • Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, London Sinfonietta Chorus
  • Terry Edwards
Theme. "A Boy Was Born"
Track length2:15
Variation I. Lullaby, Jesu
Track length4:23
Variation II. Herod
Track length2:28
Variation III. Jesu, as Thou Art Our Saviour
Track length2:49
Variation IV. The Three Kings
Track length3:36
Variation V. In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Track length4:41
Variation VI. Noël!
Track length9:09
Britten: A Shepherd's Carol
Work length4:05
  • London Sinfonietta Chorus
  • Terry Edwards
Britten: Noye's Fludde
Work length47:24
  • Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Alexander Gallifant (vocals), Camelia Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Camellia Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Coull Quartet (lead vocals), Donald Maxwell (bass-baritone), Joanna Brown (soprano), Linda Ormiston (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Berry (vocals), Orchestra Of Schoolchildren From Salisbury & Chester (lead vocals), Polly Hewetson (soprano), Richard Pasco (vocals), Schoolchildren From Salisbury & Chester (lead vocals), Timothy Lamb (vocals)
  • Endymion Ensemble
  • Richard Hickox
"Lord Jesus, Think on Me" (Congregation)
Track length3:04
"I God, That All This Worlde Hath Wroughte" (God's Voice, Noye)
Track length1:46
"O, Lorde, I Thanke Thee Lowde and Still" (Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet, Mrs Sem, Mrs Ham, Mrs Jaffet, Mrs Noye, Gossips)
Track length2:44
"Now in the Name of God I Will Begyne" (Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet)
Track length3:24
"Wyffe, in This Vessell We Shall Be Kepte" (Noye, Mrs Noye)
Track length0:51
"Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company" (God's Voice, Noye)
Track length1:22
"Sir! Heare Are Lions, Lepardes, In" (God's Voice, Noye, Sem, Animals, Ham, Jaffet, Mrs Sem, Mrs Ham, Mrs Jaffet, Children)
Track length4:56
"Wiffe, Come in! Why Standes Thou Their?" (Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Gossips, Jaffet, Sem, Ham)
Track length4:57
"It Is Good for to Be Still" (Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet)
Track length3:36
"Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet, Animals, Congregation)
Track length4:29
"Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone" (Noye)
Track length5:13
"Noye, Take Thy Wife Anone" (God's Voice, animals, Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet)
Track length2:53
"Noye, Heare I Behette Thee a Heste" (God's Voice)
Track length1:37
"The Spacious Firmament on High" (Sem, Ham, Jaffet, Noye, Mrs Noye, Animals, Congregation, God's Voice)
Track length6:32
Britten: A.M.D.G. "Ad majorem Dei gloriam"
Work length20:00
  • London Sinfonietta Chorus
  • Terry Edwards
I. Heaven-Haven
Track length1:54
II. O Deus, ego amo te
Track length2:05
III. Rosa Mystica
Track length4:06
IV. The Soldier
Track length2:17
V. Prayer II
Track length4:36
VI. God's Grandeur
Track length2:52
VII. Prayer I
Track length2:10
Britten: Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Work length9:57
  • Jennifer Partridge (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble)
Britten: The Company of Heaven, Pt. 1
Work length9:39
I. Chaos
Track length6:58
II. The Morning Stars
Track length2:41
Britten: The Company of Heaven, Pt. 2
Work length12:30
III. Angels Appear to Jacob, Elisha and Mary
Track length5:24
IV. Christ, the Fair Glory
Track length3:52
V. War in Heaven
Track length3:14
Britten: The Company of Heaven, Pt. 3
Work length27:29
VI. Heaven Is Here
Track length6:17
VII. A Thousand, Thousand Gleaming Fires
Track length4:14
VIII. Funeral March for a Boy
Track length4:22
IX. Whoso Dwelleth Under the Defence of the Most High
Track length4:05
X. There Came out Also at This Time
Track length3:16
XI. Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Track length5:15
Britten: Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14
Work length16:18
I. Funeral March. Allegro moderato
Track length5:39
II. Scherzo. Dance of Death
Track length4:23
III. Recitative and Choral - Epilogue
Track length6:16
Britten: Praise We Great Men
Work length7:08
I. Praise We Great Men (Compl. Matthew)
Track length3:26
II. Praise We the Just (Compl. Matthew)
Track length2:22
III. Coda (Compl. Matthew)
Track length1:20
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