Research Catalog

Title

Choral works [sound recording] / Britten, Messiaen.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

[England] : Virgin Classics, [2001]

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Additional Authors

• Hind, Rolf.
• Millar, Cynthia (Ondes Martenot player)
• Edwards, Terry, 1939-
• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
• Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992.
• London Sinfonietta. Chorus. prf
• St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England). Choristers. prf
• London Sinfonietta. Voices. prf
• London Sinfonietta. prf

Description

2 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Choral music. Selections

Alternative Title

Choral music.

Subjects

• Motets
• Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889 > Musical settings
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
• Vocal quintets, Unaccompanied
• Auden, W. H (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 > Musical settings
• Vocal ensembles, Unaccompanied
• Choruses, Sacred (Unison) with orchestra
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Note

• Title from container.
• Compact discs.
• Previously issued separetely in 1988 and 1991.
• Program notes in English, French and German (7 p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Disc 1 recorded in Oct. 1987 and Apr. 1988, at St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; Disc 2 recorded in Oct. 1990, at St. Silas' Church, London.

Language (note)

• Sung in English, French, or Latin.

Contents

• Disc 1. A boy was born : op. 3 (1932), choral variations for men's, women's and boy's voices ; Hymn to St. Cecilia : op. 27 (1942), for unaccompanied chorus (words by W.H. Auden) ; A.M.D.G. : (1939), for unaccompanied chorus (words by Gerard Manley Hopkins) ; A shepherd's carol : (1944), for unaccompanied chorus (words by W.H. Auden) / Benjamin Britten.
• Disc 2. Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine : (1944), for piano solo, ondes Martenot solo, string orchestra, celeste, vibraphone, percussion and unison women's chorus ; Cinq rechants : for 12 voices a cappella ; O sacrum convivium! : motet for mixed chorus a cappella / Olivier Messiaen.

Call Number

*LDC 37857

OCLC

48615874

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Choral works [sound recording] / Britten, Messiaen.

Imprint

[England] : Virgin Classics, [2001]

Performer

Rolf Hind, piano (5th work) ; Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot (5th work) ; Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral (1st work) ; London Sinfonietta Voices (2nd work) ; London Sinfonietta Chorus (remainder) ; London Sinfonietta (5th work) ; Terry Edwards, conductor.

Event

Disc 1 recorded in Oct. 1987 and Apr. 1988, at St. Giles, Cripplegate, London; Disc 2 recorded in Oct. 1990, at St. Silas' Church, London.

Language

Sung in English, French, or Latin.

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Added Author

Hind, Rolf. Performer

Millar, Cynthia (Ondes Martenot player) Performer

Edwards, Terry, 1939- Conductor

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Boy was born.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Hymn to St. Cecilia.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. A.M.D.G.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Shepherd's carol.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Petites liturgies de la présence divine.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Rechants.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. O sacrum convivium!

London Sinfonietta. Chorus. Performer

St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England). Choristers. Performer

London Sinfonietta. Voices. Performer

London Sinfonietta. Performer

Publisher No.

7243 5 61916 2 4 Virgin Classics

VC 7 90728-2 Virgin Classics

Research Call Number

*LDC 37857 Notes on file