Britten - Sacred and Profane, and other choral works
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Label: Hyperion - Helios
Cat No: CDH55438
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 3rd December 2012
Contents
Works
A Hymn to the VirginAMDG 'Ad majorem Dei gloriam'
Chorale after an old French carol
Flower Songs (5), op.47
Gloriana, op.53: Choral Dances (6)
Sacred and Profane, op.91
Artists
PolyphonyConductor
Stephen LaytonWorks
A Hymn to the VirginAMDG 'Ad majorem Dei gloriam'
Chorale after an old French carol
Flower Songs (5), op.47
Gloriana, op.53: Choral Dances (6)
Sacred and Profane, op.91
Artists
PolyphonyConductor
Stephen LaytonAbout
Included on this Gramophone Award-winning recording is the last choral work for professionals which Britten was to complete - Sacred and Profane, a collection of eight medieval lyrics for voices in five parts (SSATB). Also included is the Chorale after an old French Carol whose text is by W H Auden (a close friend of Britten’s). The Chorale’s text was part of an unachieved Christmas Oratorio on which Britten and Auden intended to collaborate.
The seven settings of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins entitled A.M.D.G. were never performed in the composer’s lifetime and indeed had to wait until 1984 for their first performance.
Gramophone Award Winner · Gramophone Critics’ Choice · Diapason d’Or · Diapason d’Or De L’Année
‘Musically impeccable, carefully wound and tuned, superbly balanced—a magnificent display of sheer beauty of choral sound’ - American Record Guide
‘After hearing their latest CD of choral works by Britten, nothing will dissuade me from the conclusion that Polyphony under Stephen Layton is the best chamber choir in the country’ - The Evening Standard
‘The programme is delightful and the choir excellent… this has to be one of the strongest winners of the choral award in recent years’ - Gramophone
‘Polyphony’s brand of singing, clean as a whistle, rhythmically wonderfully alive, impeccably tuned and voiced, polished yet always fervent, is justly renowned, and on this disc it serves Britten’s a capella choral music extremely well’ - BBC Music Magazine
[previously CDA67140]
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