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Choral works

Title: Choral works [sound recording] / Britten, Messiaen.
Author: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication: [England] : Virgin Classics, [2001]

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Description

2 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Choral music. Selections

Alternative Title

Choral music.

Subject

Note

Title from container.
Compact discs.
Previously issued separetely in 1988 and 1991.
Program notes in English, French and German (7 p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

Disc 1 recorded in Oct. 1987 and Apr. 1988, at St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; Disc 2 recorded in Oct. 1990, at St. Silas' Church, London.

Language (note)

Sung in English, French, or Latin.

Contents

Disc 1. A boy was born : op. 3 (1932), choral variations for men's, women's and boy's voices ; Hymn to St. Cecilia : op. 27 (1942), for unaccompanied chorus (words by W.H. Auden) ; A.M.D.G. : (1939), for unaccompanied chorus (words by Gerard Manley Hopkins) ; A shepherd's carol : (1944), for unaccompanied chorus (words by W.H. Auden) / Benjamin Britten.
Disc 2. Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine : (1944), for piano solo, ondes Martenot solo, string orchestra, celeste, vibraphone, percussion and unison women's chorus ; Cinq rechants : for 12 voices a cappella ; O sacrum convivium! : motet for mixed chorus a cappella / Olivier Messiaen.

Call Number

*LDC 37857

OCLC

48615874

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Choral works [sound recording] / Britten, Messiaen.

Imprint

[England] : Virgin Classics, [2001]

Performer

Rolf Hind, piano (5th work) ; Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot (5th work) ; Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral (1st work) ; London Sinfonietta Voices (2nd work) ; London Sinfonietta Chorus (remainder) ; London Sinfonietta (5th work) ; Terry Edwards, conductor.

Event

Disc 1 recorded in Oct. 1987 and Apr. 1988, at St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; Disc 2 recorded in Oct. 1990, at St. Silas' Church, London.

Language

Sung in English, French, or Latin.

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Hind, Rolf. Performer

Millar, Cynthia (Ondes Martenot player) Performer

Edwards, Terry, 1939- Conductor

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Boy was born.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Hymn to St. Cecilia.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. A.M.D.G.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Shepherd's carol.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Petites liturgies de la présence divine.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Rechants.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. O sacrum convivium!

London Sinfonietta. Chorus. Performer

St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England). Choristers. Performer

London Sinfonietta. Voices. Performer

London Sinfonietta. Performer

Publisher No.

7243 5 61916 2 4 Virgin Classics

VC 7 90728-2 Virgin Classics

Research Call Number

*LDC 37857 Notes on file

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