The Canticles

Album by Benjamin Britten

The Canticles are a set of five vocal compositions by English composer Benjamin Britten, written between 1947 and 1974. Scored for various solo voices with piano or small chamber ensemble, they blend Anglican-liturgical and poetic texts with Britten's modal-inflected tonal language and intimate chamber textures, occupying a distinctive place in his output as concentrated explorations of vocal and spiritual expression.
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  1. 1.
    Canticle I: My Beloved Is Mine
    7:05
  2. 2.
    Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac
    15:56
  3. 3.
    Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain
    11:10
  4. 4.
    Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi
    10:35
  5. 5.
    Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus
    7:20
  6. 6.
    A Birthday Hansel, op. 89
    16:22
  7. 7.
    Sweeter Than Roses
    3:30

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