Publisher's Synopsis
Britten's sacred music is among the most engaging and original music of its kind composed in the middle years of the 20th century. New College Choir was among the first to recognise its quality, and continues to sing it with passion and panache. This new New College anthology (in 2 CDs), released to mark the centenary of Britten's birth, is an overarching view of his work in this domain, featuring favourites such as Rejoice in the Lamb and the Hymn to St Cecilia alongside settings more rarely heard, the Hymns to St Peter and of St Columba, and the wedding anthem Amo ergo sum. Overall, it offers a definitive panorama of Britten's sacred music from the 1930s to the 1960s in exemplary performances by one of the world's leading choirs.
CD 1
1 Hymn to St Cecilia
2 A Wedding Anthem
3 Whoso dwelleth
4 Te Deum in C
5 Jubilate Deo in E flat
6 Hymn to St Peter
7-18 A Ceremony of Carols
CD 2
1-3 Rejoice in the Lamb
4 Festival Te Deum
5 Venite exult emus
6 Jubilate Deo in C
7 A Hymn to the Virgin
8-11 Missa Brevis in D
12 Hymn of St Columba
13 Prayer I (A.M.D.G.)
14 Prayer II (A.M.D.G.)
15 Antiphon1-3 Rejoice in the Lamb
4 Festival Te Deum
5 Venite exult emus
6 Jubilate Deo in C
7 A Hymn to the Virgin
8-11 Missa Brevis in D
12 Hymn of St Columba
13 Prayer I (A.M.D.G.)
14 Prayer II (A.M.D.G.)
15 Antiphon
Total Playing time: 120'42''
Recorded in the Chapel of New College, Oxford, July 2011 & April 2012
Released January 2013
Novum: NCR 1386
