Benjamin Britten: Rejoice the Lamb - Kantate op.30 on CD
Rejoice the Lamb - Kantate op.30
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
+Wedding Anthem op. 46; Festival Te Deum op. 32; A Boy was born op. 3
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In the catalogue of Britten’s compositions those involving a chorus, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, loom large. They stretch right across his working life, beginning in 1929 and ending with the Welcome Ode, Op 95, his last completed score finished a few months before his death. The four pieces recorded here belong to the first half of that period; the earliest of them dates from 1933, the latest from 1949. They are all modest in their demands, requiring at most an organ to support the choir and add a touch of colour to the music.
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'This beautifully made record deserves the widest circulation. The sound these choirs make is of great beauty, and is captured in a flawless recording full of atmosphere and warmth' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music)
'Reflects great credit on all concerned' (Gramophone)
'Excellent in every aspect. The presence is breathtaking, the singing of both soloists and choir are quite superb, and the accompaniment by the organist, Thomas Trotter, contributes so much although at times it is barely there, just the faintest rumble. Getting all this on to tape so artistically is most creditable. Britten would have loved it. I did.' (Gramophone)
Reviews
D.Johnson in Fanfare 7-8/86:"Eine wertvolle und edle Sammlung von einem der größten Chorkomponisten unserer Zeit. Im ganzen ist der Klang mehr als akzeptabel,die dynamische Spannweiter außergewöhnlich groß."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): Rejoice in God, o ye tongues
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2 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): For I will consider my cat Jeoffry
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3 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): For the mouse is a great creature of great personal valour
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4 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): For the flowers are great blessings
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5 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): For I am under the same accusation with my saviour
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6 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): For H is a spirit and therefor he is God
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7 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): For the instruments are ba their rhimes
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8 Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30 (Fest-Kantate): Hallelujah from the heart of God
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9 Amo ergo sum (A Wedding Anthem) op. 46
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10 Festival Te Deum op. 32
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11 A Boy was Born op. 3: Theme: A boy was born
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12 A Boy was Born op. 3: Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu
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13 A Boy was Born op. 3: Variation 2: Herod
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14 A Boy was Born op. 3: Variation 3: Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour
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15 A Boy was Born op. 3: Variation 4: The three kings
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16 A Boy was Born op. 3: Variation 5: In the bleak mid-winter - Lully, lulley, lully, lulley
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17 A Boy was Born op. 3: Variation 6: Finale. Noël!
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