Hyperion Records | Britten: A Ceremony of Carols

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CDA66220

Recording details: June 1986
Westminster Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: December 1986
Total duration: 49 minutes 10 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'Not to be missed' (Gramophone)

'The ensemble is superb, the solo work amazingly mature, and the range of tonal coloring a delight. This is an outstanding collection, beautifully and atmospherically recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

A Ceremony of Carols

Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)

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		A Ceremony of Carols, Op 28
1		No 01: Procession [1'35] Sioned Williams (harp)
2		No 02: Wolcum Yole! [1'21] Sioned Williams (harp)
3		No 03: There is no rose [2'29] Sioned Williams (harp)
4		No 04: That yongë child [2'02] Sioned Williams (harp)
5		No 05: Balulalow [1'20] Sioned Williams (harp)
6		No 06: As dew in Aprille [1'05] Sioned Williams (harp)
7		No 07: This little babe [1'31] Sioned Williams (harp)
8		No 08: Interlude [4'13] Sioned Williams (harp)
9		No 09: In freezing winter night [3'56] Sioned Williams (harp)
10		No 10: Spring Carol [1'10] Sioned Williams (harp)
11		No 11: Adam lay i-bounden [1'11] Sioned Williams (harp)
12		No 12: Recession [1'58] Sioned Williams (harp)
		Missa Brevis, Op 63
13		Movement 1: Kyrie [2'05] James O'Donnell (organ)
14		Movement 2: Gloria [2'53] James O'Donnell (organ)
15		Movement 3: Sanctus and Benedictus [3'26] James O'Donnell (organ)
16		Movement 4: Agnus Dei [2'26] James O'Donnell (organ)
17		A Hymn to the Virgin 'Of one that is so fair and bright' [3'32]
18		A Hymn of St Columba 'Regis regum rectissimi' [2'07] Gordon Jones (baritone), James O'Donnell (organ)
19		Deus in adiutorium meum … [6'15]
20		Jubilate Deo in E flat [2'35] James O'Donnell (organ)