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Britten - The World of the Spirit

Cormac Rigby, Hannah Gordon (speakers), Martyn Hill (tenor), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Susan Chilcott (soprano)

BBC Philharmonic, Britten Singers, Richard Hickox

Hickox's performance of the Coplandesque AnAmerican Overture has exemplary polish, commitment and dash. The remaining items owe their revival to the efforts of Paul Hindmarsh.
Britten wrote... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…
  • Release Date: 1st Nov 1996
  • Catalogue No: CHAN9487
  • Label: Chandos
  • Length: 78 minutes

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Contents

Britten: An American Overture

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  • Richard Hickox, BBC Philharmonic

Britten: King Arthur Suite

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  • Richard Hickox, BBC Philharmonic

I. Overture. Fanfare - Introduction - The Lady of the Lake - Wedding March

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II. Scherzo. Doom - Wild Dance - Death Music - Wild Dance

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III. Variations. Galahad - Graal Music

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IV. Finale. Battle

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Britten: The World of the Spirit, Part I. Prologue

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  • Richard Hickox, BBC Philharmonic, Hannah Gordon, Britten Singers, Martyn Hill, Susan Chilcott, Simon Wright, Cormac Rigby, Pamela Helen Stephen

I. Prelude

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I. I will pour out my spirit on all flesh (Speaker 1)

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II. O Thou that movest all (Chorus)

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II. The Comforter, the Holy Spirit (Speaker 1, Speaker 2)

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III. The Sun, the Moon, the Stars (Tenor, Chorus)

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III. And, behold, the Lord passed by (Speaker 2)

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IVa. This is my commandment (Tenor, Chorus)

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IVb. With wide-embracing love (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)

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Britten: The World of the Spirit, Part II. The Fruits of the Spirit

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  • Richard Hickox, BBC Philharmonic, Hannah Gordon, Cormac Rigby, Susan Chilcott, Pamela Helen Stephen, Britten Singers, Simon Wright, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe

IVb. Lord make me see thy glory (Speaker 2)

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V. O Life, O Love, now undivided (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)

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V. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (Speaker 1)

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VIa. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass)

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VIb. The fruit of the Spirit is love (Alto)

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VIb. One day in November 1682 (Speaker 1, Speaker 2)

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VIc. The fruit of the Spirit is faith (Bass)

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VIc. And Jesus went away (Speaker 1)

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VId. The fruit of the Spirit is goodness, is meekness (Alto)

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VId. The Chief Rabbi Abraham Bloch (Speaker 2)

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VIe. The fruit of the Spirit is long-suffering (Alto)

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VIe. When James Connolly, the Irish rebel (Speaker 1, Speaker 2)

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VIf. The fruit of the Spirit is joy (Alto, Tenor, Bass)

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VIf. St Francis of Assisi (Speaker 1, Speaker 2)

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VII. The Spirit of the Lord (Speaker 1, Speaker 2)

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Britten: The World of the Spirit, Part III. Epilogue

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  • Richard Hickox, BBC Philharmonic, Hannah Gordon, Susan Chilcott, Cormac Rigby, Britten Singers, Simon Wright

VII. Spirit to whom my spirit would reply (Speaker 1, Speaker 2)

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VIII. O knowing, glorious Spirit! (Soprano)

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VIII. I went out one afternoon (Speaker 2)

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IX. The world is charged (Soprano, Chorus)

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IX. God is a Spirit (Speaker 1)

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X. Come, O Creator Spirit, Come (Chorus)

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