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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