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Compact Disc CDA66333

£13.99

Recorded in the Church of All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, on 7, 8 October 1988
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
TED PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXIX

Duration: 60'16
DDD
Front illustration: The Story of St Nicolas (c1333) by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (d1348)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Saint Nicolas
Hymn to Saint Cecilia

ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON tenor
HARRY BRIGGS treble
CORYDON SINGERS
GIRLS OF WARWICK UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR
CHORISTERS OF ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
MATTHEW BEST conductor
Contents:

    SAINT NICOLAS
    A cantata, op 42
  1. Introduction [5'28]
  2. The Birth of Nicolas [3'34]
  3. Nicolas devotes himself to God [4'50]
  4. He journeys to Palestine [7'58]
  5. Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop [6'55]
  6. Nicolas from Prison [2'50]
  7. Nicolas and the Pickled Boys [6'34]
  8. His Piety and Marvellous Works [5'16]
  9. The Death of Nicolas [7'06]

  10. HYMN TO SAINT CECILIA [9'56]
    for five-part unaccompanied chorus, op 27

'A very fine recording' (Gramophone)

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

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