A ceremony of carols

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, composer.

CD 2020

Graham Ross invites you to explore the highly individual conception of traditional carols offered by twentieth-century British composers, and notably the most eminent among them, Benjamin Britten. Arranged around his famous Ceremony of Carols is a selection of wonderful choral settings with and without organ, each of which in its own way testifies to the meticulous care Britten brought to these musical gems, most of them deriving from English fol...

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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ

Sacred music

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Carols Sound recordings

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1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet
4 3/4 in
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Notes:

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ; Tanya Houghton, harp ; Graham Ross, conductor
Sung in English and Latin

Contents:

Venite exultemus Domino (4:11) ; Te Deum in C (7:40) ; Jubilate Deo in C (2:30) ; Deus in adjutorium meum intende (4:37) ; A hymn to the Virgin (3:23) ; A hymn of St. Columba (2:01) ; Hymn to St. Peter, opus 56a (5:57) / Benjamin Britten
The Holy Boy / John Ireland (2:50)
Music, when soft voices die, H. 37 / Frank Bridge (3:26)
This have I done for my true love, opus 34 numbers 1, H. 128 / Gustav Holst (5:25)
The sycamore tree / Benjamin Britten (1:30)
The holly and the ivy / anonymous ; arranged Benjamin Britten (3:36)
Sweet was the song the Virgin sung (2:45) ; A ceremony of carols, opus 28 (21:53) ; A New Year carol (2:17) / Benjamin Britten

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3006631

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314902094196

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