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Compilation by Benjamin Britten

Released 22 August 2005
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  • CD 1: The Burning Fiery Furnace, Op.77
  • 1
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Salus Aeterna
    2:34
  • 2
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Good People, In His Holy Name
    5:01
  • 3
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: By The Royal Command
    4:43
  • 4
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Adept In Magic
    4:00
  • 5
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: The Waters Of Babylon
    3:12
  • 6
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Sirs, What Is This?
    7:01
  • 7
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: We Do Not Lack Enemies
    5:07
  • 8
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: By The Royal Decree
    4:09
  • 9
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Procession
    3:08
  • 10
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Merodak! Lord Of Creation!
    4:56
  • 11
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Bring Them Here Before My Majesty
    2:41
  • 12
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: O King, Nebuchadnezzar
    2:09
  • 13
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: O All Ye Works Of The Lord
    3:01
  • 14
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
    3:35
  • 15
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: O Ye Winter And Summer
    3:41
  • 16
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Good People, We Have Shown You
    4:31
  • CD 2: Curlew River, Op.71
  • 1
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Te lucis ante terminum"
    7:19
  • 2
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "I am the ferryman"
    3:08
  • 3
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "I come from the Westland"
    4:36
  • 4
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "But first may I ask you what is that strange noise?"
    2:41
  • 5
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Clear as a sky without a cloud"
    2:22
  • 6
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Near the Black Mountains there I dwelt"
    2:18
  • 7
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "A thousand leagues may sunder a mother and her son"
    3:19
  • 8
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Ignorant man! You refuse a passage to me ..."
    2:10
  • 9
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "I beg your pardon"
    4:52
  • 10
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Curlew River, smoothly flowing ..."
    2:14
  • 11
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Today is an important day"
    5:32
  • 12
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Look! While you were listening to my story ..."
    2:44
  • 13
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Ferryman, tell me, when did it happen?"
    6:24
  • 14
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Hoping, I wandered on"
    3:30
  • 15
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "He whose life was full of promise"
    2:21
  • 16
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "The moon has risen"
    5:55
  • 17
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Go your way in peace, mother"
    2:29
  • 18
    Curlew River, church parable, Op. 71 "Good souls, we have shown you..."
    5:13
  • CD 3: The Prodigal Son, Op.81
  • 1
    The Prodigal Son: Jam Lucis Orto Sidero (All Voices)
    2:49
  • 2
    The Prodigal Son: Ah - You People (Tempter)
    3:55
  • 3
    The Prodigal Son: The Ceremony
    2:14
  • 4
    The Prodigal Son: I Am Father To You All (Father)
    6:39
  • 5
    The Prodigal Son: Forgive My Asking You (Tempter)
    5:03
  • 6
    The Prodigal Son: Father, May I Speak To You? (Younger Son)
    4:22
  • 7
    The Prodigal Son: Take Your Due Portion (Father)
    4:15
  • 8
    The Prodigal Son: Go, If You Must Go (Servants)
    3:35
  • 9
    The Prodigal Son: Welcome, Welcome, Stranger! (Parasites)
    1:21
  • 10
    The Prodigal Son: You Are Tired From A Long Journey (Tempter)
    2:55
  • 11
    The Prodigal Son: Nights Are Days (Parasites)
    4:40
  • 12
    The Prodigal Son: You Have Gambled And Lost (Tempter)
    5:21
  • 13
    The Prodigal Son: Now - I Have Done What I Said (Tempter)
    1:25
  • 14
    The Prodigal Son: With Joy I Sowed (Younger Son)
    5:06
  • 15
    The Prodigal Son: My Son (Father)
    3:24
  • 16
    The Prodigal Son: O Sing Unto The Lord (Servants)
    6:08
  • 17
    The Prodigal Son: My Children, You Have Seen (Abbot)
    5:09
  • CD 4: Noye's Fludd, Op.59 / The Golden Vanity, Op.78
  • 1
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: I. Lord Jesus, think on me
    3:09
  • 2
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: II. I God, that all this worlde hath wroughte
    2:05
  • 3
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: III. Have done, you men and wemen all
    2:39
  • 4
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: IV. Now in the name of God I will begyne
    4:18
  • 5
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: V. Noye, Noye, take thou thy company
    6:07
  • 6
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: VI. Wiffe, come in! why standes thou their?
    5:09
  • 7
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: VII. Ha! Children, me thinkes my botte removes
    8:18
  • 8
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: VIII. Now forty dayes are fullie gone
    5:10
  • 9
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: IX. Noye, take thy wife anone
    2:39
  • 10
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: X. Noye, heare I behette thee a heste
    1:15
  • 11
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: XI. The spacious firmament on high
    7:17
  • 12
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: I. There was a ship came from the North Country
    6:21
  • 13
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: II. Then up spake the cabin-boy
    3:19
  • 14
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: III. Casting his clothes off, he dived into the sea
    4:39
  • 15
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: IV. They laid him on the deck
    3:18
  • CD 5: The Little Sweep (Let's Make An Opera), Op.45 / Gemini Variations, Op.73 (Quartet For Two Players) & Children's Crusade, Op.82
  • 1
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Sweep! Sweep!
    2:00
  • 2
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Sweep this chimney
    1:59
  • 3
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Now, little white boy!
    4:03
  • 4
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Pull the rope gently until he is free!
    1:42
  • 5
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Is he wounded?
    1:29
  • 6
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Sooty tracks
    2:24
  • 7
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Run, poor sweep-boy
    4:18
  • 8
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: The kettles are singing
    2:45
  • 9
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: O why do you weep
    3:07
  • 10
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Ah!...Blackguards!
    4:16
  • 11
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Help! Help! She's collapsed!
    2:06
  • 12
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: The owl, wide-winging through the sky
    4:05
  • 13
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Soon the coach will carry you away
    2:28
  • 14
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Morning, Sammy! Lovely weather
    1:51
  • 15
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Ready, Alfred?
    2:51
  • 16
    The Little Sweep (Let's make an opera), op. 45: Coaching song: The horses are champing
    2:32
  • 17
    Gemini Variations, op. 73 (Quartet for Two Players)
    14:45
  • 18
    The Children's Crusade, op. 82
    19:01
  • CD 6: Saint Nicolas, Op.42 / Rejoice In The Lamb, Op.30
  • 1
    Saint Nicolas: Introduction
    5:18
  • 2
    Saint Nicolas: The birth of Nicolas
    2:25
  • 3
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas devotes himself to God
    4:21
  • 4
    Saint Nicolas: He journeys to Palestine
    7:36
  • 5
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop
    6:53
  • 6
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas from Prison
    3:03
  • 7
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas and the Pickled Boys
    6:27
  • 8
    Saint Nicolas: His Piety and Marvellous Works
    5:11
  • 9
    Saint Nicolas: The Death of Nicolas
    6:28
  • 10
    Rejoice in the Lamb: Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues
    3:53
  • 11
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For I will consider my Cat Jeoffrey
    2:05
  • 12
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour
    1:00
  • 13
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For the flowers are great blessings
    2:05
  • 14
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For I am under the same accusation
    2:27
  • 15
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For H is a spirit
    4:26
  • CD 7: A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28 / A Boy Was Born, Op.3 / Songs From "Friday Afternoon", Op.7 & Psalm 150, Op.67
  • 1
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Procession
    1:19
  • 2
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Wolcum Yole!
    1:22
  • 3
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: There Is No Rose
    2:11
  • 4
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: That Yonge Child
    1:39
  • 5
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Balulalow
    1:19
  • 6
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: As Dew in Aprille
    1:02
  • 7
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: This Little Babe
    1:25
  • 8
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Interlude
    3:10
  • 9
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: In the Freezing Winter Night
    3:58
  • 10
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Spring Carol
    1:04
  • 11
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Deo Gracias - Adam Lay Ibounden
    1:11
  • 12
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Recession
    1:14
  • 13
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Theme
    2:02
  • 14
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation I: Lullay, Jesu
    4:17
  • 15
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation II: Herod
    2:09
  • 16
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation III: Jesu, as Thou Art Our Saviour
    2:32
  • 17
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation IV: The Three Kings
    3:35
  • 18
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation V: In the Bleak Mid-Winter
    4:51
  • 19
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation VI: Finale - Noel!
    8:51
  • 20
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Begone Dull Care!
    0:56
  • 21
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: A Tragic Story
    1:35
  • 22
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Cuckoo!
    1:36
  • 23
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: A New Year Carol
    2:01
  • 24
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: I Mun Be Married on Sunday
    1:10
  • 25
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: There Was a Man of Newington
    0:31
  • 26
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Fishing Song
    2:08
  • 27
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: The Useful Plough
    2:22
  • 28
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Jazz-Man
    0:45
  • 29
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: There Was a Monkey
    1:29
  • 30
    Songs from "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Old Abram Brown
    3:28
  • 31
    Psalm 150
    5:11
  • CD 8: Spring Symphony, Op.44 / Cantata Academica (Carmen Basiliense), Op.62 / Hymn To St. Cecilia, Op.27
  • 1
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 1. Introduction: Shine out
    8:53
  • 2
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 2. The merry cuckoo
    1:57
  • 3
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 3. Spring: the sweet Spring
    1:49
  • 4
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 4. The driving boy
    2:04
  • 5
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 5. The morning star
    3:12
  • 6
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 6. Welcome Maids of Honour
    2:39
  • 7
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 7. Waters above!
    2:34
  • 8
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed
    6:07
  • 9
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 9. When will my May come
    2:27
  • 10
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 10. Fair and fair
    2:12
  • 11
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 11. Sound the flute!
    1:18
  • 12
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 12. Finale: London: to thee I do present
    7:38
  • 13
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: I. Bonorum summun omnium / II. Quae bene beateque
    2:56
  • 14
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: III. At huius caelestis... / V. Tum vero Aeneas Sylvius virtus
    3:24
  • 15
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: VI. Et gubernacula. / VII. Ut ad longaeva tempora
    3:39
  • 16
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: VIII. Docendi ac discendi
    3:31
  • 17
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: IX. Rhenana erga omnes. / X. Ut instissime / XI. O cives..
    4:33
  • 18
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: XII. Nos autem cuncti. / XIII. Vigeatque academia libera
    2:51
  • 19
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: In a garden shady
    2:48
  • 20
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: I cannot grow
    1:54
  • 21
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: O ear whose creatures
    5:54
  • CD 9: War Requiem, Op.66
  • 1
    War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: Requiem Aeternam
    5:56
  • 2
    War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: What Passing-Bells for These Who Die as Cattle?
    3:32
  • 3
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies Irae
    3:37
  • 4
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Bugles Sang
    2:34
  • 5
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Liber Scriptus Proferetur
    2:57
  • 6
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Out There
    1:57
  • 7
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Recordare Jesu Pie
    4:49
  • 8
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Be Slowly Lifted Up
    1:52
  • 9
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies Irae
    1:12
  • 10
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Lacrimosa Dies Illa
    1:54
  • 11
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Move Him Into the Sun
    4:47
  • 12
    War Requiem, op. 66: III. Domine Jesu Christe
    3:31
  • 13
    War Requiem, op. 66: III. So Abram Rose
    6:07
  • 14
    War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
    6:02
  • 15
    War Requiem, op. 66: IV. After the Blast of Lightning
    3:52
  • CD 10: War Requiem, Op.66 / Rehearsing "War Requiem"
  • 1
    War Requiem, op. 66: V. Agnus dei: One Ever Hangs
    3:44
  • 2
    War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: Libera Me, Domine
    7:37
  • 3
    War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: It Seemed That Out of Battle I Escaped
    9:34
  • 4
    War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: Let Us Sleep Now... In Paradisum
    5:37
  • 5
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Requiem Aeternam (rehearsal)
    7:19
  • 6
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Rehearsal of the opening section
    9:46
  • 7
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter), then between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnevskaya
    [dialogue]
    2:04
  • 8
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Rehearsal of end of movement
    4:37
  • 9
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Offertorium (rehearsal)
    8:22
  • 10
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus (rehearsal)
    6:15
  • 11
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus: Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter)
    [dialogue]
    0:18
  • 12
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Agnus Dei: Discussion in the control room between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw
    [dialogue]
    1:05
  • 13
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me: Discussion in the control room between Britten and John Culshaw
    [dialogue]
    1:11
  • 14
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me (rehearsal)
    5:20
  • 15
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me: Rehearsal of closing page
    3:17

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