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Britten Canticle II, Op. 51; The Heart of the Matter (CD)
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Performer: Derek Lee Ragin, Osian Ellis, Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge, Gerald Finley
Re-released: January 18, 2005
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Naxos
ASIN: B000675OEO
Originally released: August 1, 1996
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Collins Classics
ASIN: B000003VZM
1. Canticle I, Op.40: My Beloved is Mine, for high voice & piano, Op. 40 - Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford
2. Canticle II, Op.51: Abraham and Issac, for alto, tenor & piano - Jean Rigby/Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford
3. The Heart Of the Matter: Prologue-Fanfare-Song: Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire...
4. The Heart Of the Matter: Reading-The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low... Fanfare
5. The Heart Of the Matter: Reading-In the hour when the sapphire of the bone...
6. The Heart Of the Matter: Song-We are the darkness in the heat of the day...
7. The Heart Of the Matter: Reading-In such a heat of the earth...
8. Canticle III, Op.55: Still Falls The Rain
9. Canticle III, Op.55: Reading-I see Christ's wounds weep in the Rose on the...
10. Canticle III, Op.55: Epilogue-Fanfare-So, out of the dark...
11. Canticle IV, Op.86: Journey of the Magi - Derek Lee Ragin/Philip Langridge/Gerald Finley/Steuart Bedford
12. Canticle V, Op.89: The Death of Saint Narcissus - Philip Langridge/Osian Ellis