Choral Music

~ Release by Britten; Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Procession
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: I. Procession
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:26
2A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Wolcum yole!
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: II. Wolcum Yole!
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:25
3A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: There is no rose
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: III. There is no Rose
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten2:32
4A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: That yonge child
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: IV. (a) That yongë child
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:51
5A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Balulalow
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: IV. (b) Balulalow
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:19
6A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: As dew in Aprille
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: V. As dew in Aprille
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:00
7A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: This little Babe
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: VI. This little babe
lyricist:
Robert Southwell
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:27
8A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Interlude: Andante Pastorale
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: VII. Interlude. Andante pastorale
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942, from 1942-03 until 1943)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28 (German version)
Benjamin Britten3:45
9A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: In freezing winter night
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: VIII. In Freezing Winter Night
lyricist:
Robert Southwell
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten3:54
10A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Spring Carol
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: IX. Spring Carol
lyricist:
William Cornysh (the younger, 1465-1523)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:13
11A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Adam Lay I-Bounden (Deo Gracias)
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: X. Deo gracias!
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:12
12A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Recession
harp:
Caryl Thomas (harpist)
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: XI. Recession
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten1:31
13Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: I. In a Garden Shady
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: I. In a Garden Shady
lyricist:
W. H. Auden (from 1940 until 1942)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1940 until 1942)
part of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27
Benjamin Britten2:31
14Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: II. I Cannot Grow
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: II. I Cannot Grow
lyricist:
W. H. Auden (from 1940 until 1942)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1940 until 1942)
part of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27
Benjamin Britten2:05
15Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: III. O Ear Whose Creatures Cannot Wish to Fall
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: III. O Ear Whose Creatures Cannot Wish to Fall
lyricist:
W. H. Auden (from 1940 until 1942)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1940 until 1942)
part of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27
Benjamin Britten3:00
16Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: IV. O Cry Created as the Bow of Sin
choir vocals:
Cambridge Girls Choir and Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor) and Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
A Hymn of St Columba
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1962)
recording of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27: IV. O Cry Created as the Bow of Sin
lyricist:
W. H. Auden (from 1940 until 1942)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1940 until 1942)
part of:
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27
Benjamin Britten2:49
17Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 1. St. Godric's Hymn
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 1. St. Godric's Hymn
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten1:54
18Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 2. I mon waxe wod
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 2. I mon waxe wod
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten0:49
19Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 3. Lenten is come
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 3. Lenten is come
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten2:29
20Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 4. The long night
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 4. The long night
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten1:34
21Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 5. Yif ic of luve can
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 5. Yif ic of luve can
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten2:31
22Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 6. Carol
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 6. Carol
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten1:27
23Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 7. Ye that pasen by
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 7. Ye that pasen by
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten1:38
24Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 8. A death
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91: No. 8. A death
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1974 until 1975)
part of:
Sacred and Profane, op. 91
Benjamin Britten3:03
25Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: Rejoice in God, o ye Tongues
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
partial recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: I. “Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues” (chorus, (a) Rejoice in God / (b) Let Nimrod / (c) Hallelujah)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten1:31
26Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: Let Nimrod, the mighty hunter
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
partial recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: I. “Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues” (chorus, (a) Rejoice in God / (b) Let Nimrod / (c) Hallelujah)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten2:39
27Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: II. “For I will consider my Cat Jeoffrey” (treble/soprano)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten2:05
28Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: For the Mouse is a creature
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: III. “For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour” (alto)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten1:06
29Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: For the flowers are great blessing
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: IV. “For the flowers are great blessings” (tenor)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten2:12
30Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: For I am under the same accusation
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: V. “For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour” (chorus)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten2:28
31Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: For H is a spirit
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: VI. “For H is a spirit and therefore he is God” (bass)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten2:51
32Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: For at that Time Malignity Ceases
organ:
Ian Curror
choir vocals:
Vasari Singers (UK chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Backhouse (choral conductor)
recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: IX. “Hallelujah from the heart of God” (chorus)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
recording of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30: VIII. “For at that time malignity ceases” (chorus)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Christopher Smart (English poet and hymnwriter)
part of:
Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
Benjamin Britten2:44