Benjamin Britten
Aled Jones makes his selection from the fascinating and diverse body of choral music by Benjamin Britten, a composer whose put singing at the very centre of his creative life.
Britten's earliest published pieces were for choir and his fascination with music for voices continued throughout his long career, to his very last project. Aled Jones makes his selection from this fascinating and diverse body of choral works, celebrating a composer who put singing at the very centre of his creative life.
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Benjamin Britten
Advance democracy
Conductor: Christopher GRAY Performer: Truro Cathedral Choir
- REGENT.
- REGCD-349.
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Benjamin Britten
Chorale after an old French carol (Our father, whose creative will)
Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Polyphony
- HYPERION.
- CDA-67140.
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Benjamin Britten
Gloriana - opera Op.53
Conductor: Hilary Davan WETTON Performer: HOLST SINGERS, Martyn HILL (tenor), Thelma OWEN (harp)
- HELIOS.
- CDH-55050.
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Pierre de Manchicourt
O Emanuel
Conductor: Hilary Campbell Performer: Blossom Street
- Naxos.
- 8572868.
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John Duggan
O babe, born bare
Conductor: Hilary Campbell Performer: Blossom Street
- Naxos.
- 8572868.
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Benjamin Britten
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Conductor: Harry CHRISTOPHERS Performer: The SIXTEEN
- COLLINS.
- 134-32.
- -11.
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Benjamin Britten
A.M.D.G. (7 settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Polyphony
- HYPERION.
- CDA-67140.
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