Spring Symphony / Hymn to St. Cecilia / Five Flower Songs

Album by Benjamin Britten & Monteverdi Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Spring Symphony / Hymn to St. Cecilia / Five Flower Songs is a collection of choral works by English composer Benjamin Britten, composed between 1942 and 1950. These pieces showcase Britten's innovative choral writing, blending traditional forms with modern harmonies and texts to create evocative and diverse musical landscapes.
First released: 10th June 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Spring Symphony, Part 1: Introduction: "Shine out, fair sun"
    8:38
  2. 2.
    Spring Symphony, Part 1: The Merry Cuckoo
    1:55
  3. 3.
    Spring Symphony, Part 1: Spring, the Sweet Spring
    1:41
  4. 4.
    Spring Symphony, Part 1: The Driving Boy
    1:50
  5. 5.
    Spring Symphony, Part 1: The Morning Star
    2:59
  6. 6.
    Spring Symphony, Part II: Welcome Maids of Honour
    2:35
  7. 7.
    Spring Symphony, Part II: Waters above
    2:27
  8. 8.
    Spring Symphony, Part II: Out on the lawn I lie in bed
    5:50
  9. 9.
    Spring Symphony, Part III: When will my May come
    2:25
  10. 10.
    Spring Symphony, Part III: Fair and fair
    2:15
  11. 11.
    Spring Symphony, Part III: Sound the flute
    1:21
  12. 12.
    Spring Symphony, Part IV: Finale: "London, to thee I do present"
    7:42
  13. 13.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia, I: "In a garden shady"
    2:29
  14. 14.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia, II: "I cannot grow"
    1:55
  15. 15.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia, IIII: "O ear whose creatures"
    5:24
  16. 16.
    Five Flower Songs, I: To Daffodils
    1:55
  17. 17.
    Five Flower Songs, 2: The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
    1:49
  18. 18.
    Five Flower Songs, 3: Marsh Flowers
    2:15
  19. 19.
    Five Flower Songs, 4: The Evening Primrose
    2:42
  20. 20.
    Five Flower Songs, 5: Ballad of Green Broom
    1:52

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