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CDA66333
To be superseded by CDH55378

Recording details: October 1988
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: February 1989
Total duration: 60 minutes 27 seconds

'A very fine recording' (Gramophone)

'A fresh and atmospheric account of Britten's colourful cantata' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
St Nicolas & St Cecilia
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)
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Saint Nicolas, Op 42
1
Movement 1: Introduction 'Our eyes are blinded by the holiness your bear'  [5'28]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Catherine Edwards (piano), John Alley (piano), John Scott (organ)
2
Movement 2: The birth of Nicolas 'Nicolas was born in answer to prayer'  [3'34]
Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Choristers of St George's Chapel Choir, Windsor, Catherine Edwards (piano), John Alley (piano), Harry Briggs (treble), John Scott (organ), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
3
Movement 3: Nicolas devotes himself to God 'My parents died all to soon I left the tranquil beaurty of their home'  [4'50]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
4
Movement 4: He journeys to Palestine 'Nicolas sailed for Palestine across the sunlit seas'  [7'58]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Catherine Edwards (piano), John Alley (piano)
5
Movement 5: Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop 'Come, stranger sent from God!'  [6'55]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Choristers of St George's Chapel Choir, Windsor, Catherine Edwards (piano), John Alley (piano), John Scott (organ), Penshurst Choral Society, Choir of Christ Church, Southgate, Choir of Sevenoaks School, Choir of Tonbridge School
6
Movement 6: Nicolas from Prison 'Persecution sprang upon our church'  [2'50]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Catherine Edwards (piano), John Alley (piano)
7
Movement 7: Nicolas and the pickled boys 'Famine tracks us down the lanes'  [6'34]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Catherine Edwards (piano), John Alley (piano), Choristers of St George's Chapel Choir, Windsor, Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, John Scott (organ)
8
Movement 8: His piety and marvellous work 'For forty years our Nicolas'  [5'16]
John Alley (piano), Catherine Edwards (piano)
9
Movement 9: The death of Nicolas 'Death, I hear thy summons and I come in haste'  [7'06]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Choristers of St George's Chapel Choir, Windsor, Catherine Edwards (piano), John Alley (piano), John Scott (organ), Penshurst Choral Society, Choir of Christ Church, Southgate, Choir of Sevenoaks School, Choir of Tonbridge School
10
Hymn to Saint Cecilia, Op 27 'In a garden shady this holy lady'  [9'56]