The canticles

Author(s)

• Britten, Benjamin
• Pears, Peter, Sir
• Hahessy, John
• Bowman, James
• Shirley-Quirk, John
• Tuckwell, Barry
• Ellis, Osian

Bibliographic Information

The canticles

Britten

London, c1990

Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）

Note

Sung in English

Peter Pears, tenor (works 1-6) ; John Hahessy, alto (2nd work) ; James Bowman, counter-tenor (4th and 7th works) ; John Shirley-Quirk, baritone (4th work) ; Barry Tuckwell, horn (3rd work) ; Osian Ellis, harp (5th and 6th works) ; Benjamin Britten, piano (1st, 4th and 7th works)

Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London 1961 (works 1-3) ; The Maltings, Snape, November 1972 (4th work) and February 1976 (5th work)

Compact disc

Program notes in English with French, German and Italian translations, and texts in English

London: 425 716-2

Contents of Works

• Canticle I: My beloved is mine
• Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac
• Canticle III: Still falls the rain
• Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi
• Canticle V: The death of Saint Narcissus
• A birthday hansel
• Sweeter than roses

Details

• NCID: BB2434529X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 1 sound disc (72 min., 2 sec.)
• Size: 12 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 booklet (22 p. ; 12 cm.)