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Britten: Sacred Choral Works

The Choir of Norwich Cathedral, Ashley Grote

Britten: Sacred Choral Works
Grote and his choristers evidently relish everything that Britten throws at them, delivering the canonic numbers with great panache while finding the right tone colours for the more intimate...

Choir & Organ, March 20215 out of 5 stars

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Britten: Sacred Choral Works

The Choir of Norwich Cathedral, Ashley Grote

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Grote and his choristers evidently relish everything that Britten throws at them, delivering the canonic numbers with great panache while finding the right tone colours for the more intimate...

Choir & Organ, March 20215 out of 5 stars

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This programme features two main choral works of Benjamin Britten. From the lone middle C at the beginning of Rejoice in the Lamb to the fading 'Alleluias' at the end of A Ceremony of Carols there is little in this recital that springs directly from the traditions of English Church music as generally understood in the middle of the 20th century. Britten had many associations with Norwich, Aldeburgh being close by in Suffolk and it seems fitting that the cathedral choir should record a recital of many of his choral works.

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30
Work length15:29
  • David Dunnett (organ), David Neville (treble), Ashley Harries (countertenor), William Falconer (tenor), Dhilan Gnanadurai (bass)
  • Norwich Cathedral Choir
  • Ashley Grote
No. 1a, Rejoice in God, O Ye Tongues
Track length1:17
No. 1b, Let Nimrod the Mighty Hunter
Track length1:28
No. 1c, Hallelujah
Track length1:02
No. 2, For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffrey
Track length1:53
No. 3, For the Mouse Is a Creature of Great Personal Valour
Track length0:59
No. 4, For the Flowers Are Great Blessings
Track length1:50
No. 5, For I Am Under the Same Accusation with My Saviour
Track length2:06
No. 6, For H is a Spirit and Therefore He is God
Track length1:10
No. 7, For the Instruments Are by Their Rhimes
Track length2:31
No. 8, Hallelujah from the Heart of God
Track length1:13
Britten: Jubilate Deo in C Major
Work length2:51
Britten: Te Deum in C
Work length7:46
Britten: A Hymn of Saint Columba
Work length2:24
Britten: Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a
Work length5:28
Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Work length3:08
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27
Work length10:02
  • Frederica Davies (soprano), Rosemary Zhang (soprano), Beatrice Heywood (mezzo-soprano), Simon Carter (tenor), David Price (bass)
  • Norwich Cathedral Choir
  • Ashley Grote
Britten: Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32
Work length6:17
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Work length20:23
No. 1, Procession
Track length1:30
No. 2, Wolcum Yole
Track length1:23
No. 3, There Is No Rose
Track length2:07
No. 4, That Yongë Child
Track length1:32
No. 5, Balulalow
Track length1:03
No. 6, As Dew in Aprille
Track length0:56
No. 7, This Little Babe
Track length1:29
No. 8, Interlude
Track length3:04
No. 9, In Freezing Winter Night
Track length3:34
No. 10, Spring Carol
Track length1:03
No. 11, Deo gracias
Track length1:09
No. 12, Recession
Track length1:33

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March 2021

Grote and his choristers evidently relish everything that Britten throws at them, delivering the canonic numbers with great panache while finding the right tone colours for the more intimate carols. It was a nice gesture to have liner notes by Michael Nicholas, a distinguished previous organist and master of music at Norwich.
5 out of 5 stars
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