Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) • The five Canticles CD
Benjamin Britten - The Five Canticles 1 Canticle I „My beloved is mine and I am his“ op. 40 Ev'n like two little bank divided brooks [7'58] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Roger Vignoles (Klavier)
2 II. Canticle „Abraham and Isaac“ op. 51 Abraham, my servant, Abraham [16'32] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Roger Vignoles (Klavier)
3 III. Canticle „Still falls the Rain“ op. 55 [11'47] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Roger Vignoles (Klavier), Michael Thompson (Horn)
4 IV. Canticle „The Journey of the Magi“ op. 86 A cold coming we had of it [12'08] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Alan Opie (Bariton), Roger Vignoles (Klavier)
5 V. Canticle „The Death of Saint Narcissus“ op. 89 Come under the shadow of this gray rock [7'48] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Sioned Williams (Harfe)
Henry Purcell (realised by Benjamin Britten)6 Let the dreadful engines of eternal will (1. Teil, Song aus The Comical History of Don Quixote, Z578) [8'36] Alan Opie (Bariton), Roger Vignoles (Klavier)
7 In the black dismal dungeon of despair Z190 [4'32] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Roger Vignoles (Klavier)
8 Evening Hymn Z193 Now that the sun hath veiled his light [4'17] Michael Chance (Countertenor), Roger Vignoles (Klavier)
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