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BRITTEN: Canticles Nos. 1-5 / The Heart of the Matter (English Song, Vol. 9) |
Britten’s five Canticles are marvellously vivid, intensely dramatic works. Although they were not designed to be performed together – they span virtually his whole career, from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s, and were composed for a variety of forces and singers – they form a remarkably effective sequence. Each is in some way inspired by religion and takes the form of an extended song, scena, miniature cantata or even, in the case of Abraham and Isaac, virtually a mini opera. All five were composed for the tenor voice of Peter Pears, and chart the personal and creative relationship between Britten and his most important muse.
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Britten, Benjamin
Quarles, Francis, lyricist(s)
Canticle I, Op. 40: My Beloved is mine
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Canticle I, Op. 40: My Beloved is mine
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Britten, Benjamin
Canticle II, Op. 51: Abraham and Isaac
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Canticle II, Op. 51: Abraham and Isaac
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Britten, Benjamin
Sitwell, Edith, lyricist(s)
Pears, Peter, arranger(s)
The Heart of the Matter (rev. P. Pears, 1983)
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Prologue - Fanfare: Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire
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Reading: The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low - Fanfare
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Reading: In the hour when the sapphire of the bone
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Song: We are the darkness in the heat of the day
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Reading: In such a heat of the earth
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Canticle III, Op. 55: Still Falls the Rain
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Reading: I see Christ's wounds weep in the Rose on the wall
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Epilogue - Fanfare: So, out of the dark
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Britten, Benjamin
Eliot, Thomas Stearns, lyricist(s)
Canticle IV, Op. 86: Journey of the Magi
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Canticle IV, Op. 86: Journey of the Magi
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Canticle V, Op. 89: The Death of Saint Narcissus
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Canticle V, Op. 89: The Death of Saint Narcissus
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Composer(s):
Britten, Benjamin
Lyricist(s):
Eliot, Thomas Stearns; Quarles, Francis; Sitwell, Edith
Arranger(s):
Pears, Peter
Artist(s):
Bedford, Steuart; Ellis, Osian; Finley, Gerald; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rigby, Jean
Reader(s):
Dench, Judi
Label: Naxos Series: English Song Series Genre: Vocal Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.557202
Barcode: 0747313220229
Physical Release: 11/2004
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