Saint Nicolas / A Ceremony of Carols

Album by Benjamin Britten & Crouch End Festival Chorus & BBC Concert Orchestra & Mark le Brocq & Sally Pryce & David Temple

This is a choral album by English composer Benjamin Britten comprising works first composed and premiered in the 1940s. Musically it juxtaposes liturgical and seasonal choral writing with modal harmonies, interplay between treble and adult voices and prominent harp and organ textures, reflecting Britten's engagement with English choral traditions and his development as a mid-20th-century choral composer.
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  1. 1.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: I. Introduction
    5:28
  2. 2.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: II. The Birth of Nicolas
    2:20
  3. 3.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: III. Nicolas Devotes Himself to God
    4:36
  4. 4.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: IV. He Journeys to Palestine
    7:51
  5. 5.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: V. Nicolas Comes to Myra and Is Chosen Bishop
    6:40
  6. 6.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: VI. Nicolas from Prison
    3:04
  7. 7.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: VII. Nicolas and the Pickled Boys
    6:12
  8. 8.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: VIII. His Piety and Marvellous Works
    4:56
  9. 9.
    Saint Nicolas, op. 42: IX. The Death of Nicolas
    6:50
  10. 10.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: I. Procession
    1:31
  11. 11.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: II. Wolcum Yole!
    1:19
  12. 12.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: III. There Is No Rose
    2:37
  13. 13.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: IV. That Yongë Child
    1:55
  14. 14.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: V. Balulalow
    1:21
  15. 15.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: VI. As Dew in Aprille
    0:59
  16. 16.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: VII. This Little Babe
    1:27
  17. 17.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: VIII. Interlude
    4:09
  18. 18.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: IX. In Freezing Winter Night
    3:42
  19. 19.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: X. Spring Carol
    1:09
  20. 20.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: XI. Deo Gracias
    1:11
  21. 21.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: XII. Recession
    1:43

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