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- Original Release Date: 6 Jun 2003
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play | 1. Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op.51 | Norma Procter | 16:18 | £2.29 | ||
| Play | 2. Gemini Variations (Quartet for 2 players), Op.73 | Gabriel Jeney | 14:47 | £1.89 | ||
| Play | 3. A Birthday Hansel, Op.89 | Sir Peter Pears | 16:17 | £2.29 | ||
| Play | 4. Cantata Academica, Op.62 - I. Bonorum summun omnium II: Quae bene beateque | London Symphony Chorus | 2:56 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Cantata Academica, Op.62 - III. At huius caelestis...V: Tum vero Aeneas Sylvius virtus | Jennifer Vyvyan | 3:23 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Cantata Academica, Op.62 - VI: Et gubernacula. VII: Ut ad longaeva tempora | Jennifer Vyvyan | 3:41 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Cantata Academica, Op.62 - VIII: Docendi Ac Discendi | London Symphony Chorus | 3:30 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Cantata Academica, Op.62 - IX: Rhenana erga omnes. X: Ut instissime XI: O cives.. | Jennifer Vyvyan | 4:33 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Cantata Academica, Op.62 - XII. Nos Autem Cuncti. XIII. Vigeatque Academia Libera | Jennifer Vyvyan | 2:48 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Russian Funeral - march for brass and percussion (1936) | The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble | 7:01 | £0.79 | ||
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Cantata Misericordium, Op.69 | Sir Peter Pears | 19:45 | £2.59 | ||
| Play | 2. The Children's Crusade, Op.82 | Wandsworth School Boys Choir | 18:55 | £2.29 | ||
| Play | 3. The Poet's Echo, Op.76 - 1. Echo | Galina Vishnevskaya | 2:38 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. The Poet's Echo, Op.76 - 2. My heart | Galina Vishnevskaya | 1:40 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 5. The Poet's Echo, Op.76 - 3. Angel | Galina Vishnevskaya | 2:16 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. The Poet's Echo, Op.76 - 4. The nightingale & the rose | Galina Vishnevskaya | 4:31 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. The Poet's Echo, Op.76 - 5. Epigram | Galina Vishnevskaya | 0:45 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 8. The Poet's Echo, Op.76 - 6. Lines written during a sleepless night | Galina Vishnevskaya | 4:17 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op.61 - 1. Menschenbeifall | Sir Peter Pears | 1:21 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 10. Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op.61 - 2. Die Heimat | Sir Peter Pears | 1:56 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 11. Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op.61 - 3. Sokrates und Alcibiades | Sir Peter Pears | 2:18 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op.61 - 4. Die Jugend | Sir Peter Pears | 1:49 | £0.39 | ||
| Play | 13. Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op.61 - 5. Hälfte des Lebens | Sir Peter Pears | 2:02 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 14. Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op.61 - 6. Die Linien des Lebens | Sir Peter Pears | 2:23 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 15. 2 Insect Pieces - 1. The Grasshopper | Heinz Holliger | 3:27 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 16. 2 Insect Pieces - 2. The Wasp | Heinz Holliger | 2:04 | £0.39 | ||
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The real treasure on this 2CD collection is undoubtedly the first recorded performance of the canticle, Abraham & Isaac. The reason it was unpublished does not reflect too well on the composer. Having written the piece for Kathleen Ferrier (ah, now, if only she had recorded it!), her tragically early death meant that Britten and Pears had to search out an alternative. Their choice lighted on Norma Procter and she gives a truly inspired performance partnering Pears, scaling down her voice to suit the young boy, yet singing with heart-breaking intensity. Sadly Britten's eye then lighted on a delectable young choirboy with whom he and Pears subsequently recorded the piece, only informing Procter after the event. One can imagine her disappointment. As she said on rehearing it, "I never thought it possible to hear this forbidden recording after 44 years - this side the tomb - and as I listened unbelieving - it was too much emotionally - the tears streamed down my face." And not just hers.
The other recordings on the discs are less unfamiliar, though none is performed often. Why? The Cantata Academica is a charmer and great fun, despite a rather arch Latin text. Try Jennifer Vyvyan soaring a high descant over the male voices humming an old student song. The Russian, German and Scottish song cycles are all worthy of their poets and more. The Cantata Misericordium is another rarely performed piece with many an echo of its almost contemporaneous War Requiem. Special effects (e.g. the barking dog) actually enhance the seriousness of the much underrated Children's Crusade, the harrowing Brechtian tale of refugee children in wartime Poland. And none of the more incidental pieces outstay their welcome.
The other recordings on the discs are less unfamiliar, though none is performed often. Why? The Cantata Academica is a charmer and great fun, despite a rather arch Latin text. Try Jennifer Vyvyan soaring a high descant over the male voices humming an old student song. The Russian, German and Scottish song cycles are all worthy of their poets and more. The Cantata Misericordium is another rarely performed piece with many an echo of its almost contemporaneous War Requiem. Special effects (e.g. the barking dog) actually enhance the seriousness of the much underrated Children's Crusade, the harrowing Brechtian tale of refugee children in wartime Poland. And none of the more incidental pieces outstay their welcome.
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I have the two versions of Canticle II (the Procter and the Hahessy) and, in spite of the emotionally charged story of the unreleased Procter recording, I find the John Hahessy version far better. So I would not recommand these CD for the Canticle. The main interest are rather the Hölderlin Fragments performed by Pears and Britten, the very beautiful Cantata Academica, the Poet's Echo performed by the dedicatees and the Gemini Variations also by the dedicatees, but all these can be found on other CDs as well. It is regrettable that the words of the cantatas, Hölderlin, etc. are not in the booklet (only the words of the Canticle).
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