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Britten, Finzi, Holst - Works For Chorus And Orchestra / John Mark Ainsley - tenor, Stephen Varcoe - baritone, The Britten Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox / The Hickox Legacy / Chandos Audio CD 2013 / CHAN 10783 X
UPC 095115178324
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).
Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata Dies natalis for solo voice and string orchestra, and his concertos for cello and clarinet.
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development. The subsequent inspiration of the English folksong revival of the early 20th century, and the example of such rising modern composers as Maurice Ravel, led Holst to develop and refine an individual style.
| Label: | Chandos – CHAN 10783 X |
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| Series: | The Hickox Legacy |
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
2013 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern, Romantic |
Tracklist:
| Requiem Da Camera For Baritone, Chorus, And Chamber Orchestra (23:42) |
| 1 | I Prelude. Slow - Appassionato | 5:55 | |
| 2 | II 'How Still This Quiet Cornfield Is Tonight!" Quasi Senza Misura | 9:22 | |
| 3 | III "Only A Man Harrowing Clods". Con Dignita | 3:58 | |
| 4 | IV "We Who Are Left, How Shall We Look Again" | 4:25 | |
| 5 | Deus In Adjutorium Meum: Motet - Andante |
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5:17
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| 6 | Chorale After An Old French Carol: Grave |
| 5:00 | ||
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Cantata Misericordium, Op. 69 (19:38) |
| 7 | Chorus: "Beati Misericordes" - | 3:57 | |
| 8 | Chrous: "Iesu Parabola Iam Nobis Fiat Fabula" - | 4:14 | |
| 9 | Chorus: "Bono Nunc Animo Es, Viator" - | 2:01 | |
| 10 | Chorus: "En Alter In Conspectum Venit" - | 1:48 | |
| 11 | Chorus: "Ecce, Tertius Apparet" - | 7:36 | |
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Two Psalms, H 117 (13:29) |
| 12 | Psalm 86: Andante Mesto | 8:23 | |
| 13 | Psalm 148: Allegro Moderato | 5:00 |
- Baritone Vocals – David Hoult (tracks: 1 to 4), Stephen Varcoe (tracks: 3, 7 to 11)
- Cello – Susan Dorey
- Choir – The Britten Singers
- Conductor – Richard Hickox
- Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Sheldon
- Engineer, Edited By – Richard Lee (3)
- Liner Notes – Lewis Foreman, Philip Thomas (6)
- Mastered By – Jonathan Cooper
- Orchestra – City Of London Sinfonia
- Organ – John Alley (tracks: 12 to 13)
- Producer – Tim Oldham
- Soprano Vocals – Alison Barlow (tracks: 1 to 4, 12 to 13)
- Tenor Vocals – John Mark Ainsley (tracks: 7 to 13)
- Viola – Stephen Tees
- Violin – Edward Roberts, Nicolas Ward
