RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle - Britten: The Christmas Album [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 4868952
Barcode: 0028948689521 
Release Date: 16 Oct 2026
Genre: Classical

'With the album 'Winter Tales', the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and Justin Doyle celebrate Christmas with a programme centred on Benjamin Britten's choral masterpieces. At its heart is 'A Ceremony of Carols', complemented by the early masterpiece 'A Boy Was Born', the sonically captivating 'Missa brevis', and the rarely performed 'A Hymn of St Columba' and 'The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard'. Together, they place Britten's best-known masterpieces alongside rarely performed works, allowing listeners to experience his choral music in an unexpected context. Released to mark the 50th anniversary of Benjamin Britten's death, the album pays tribute to one of the defining composers of twentieth-century British music.

I. Procession [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Ii. Wolcom Yole! [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Iii. There is No Rose [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Iv. That Yonge Child [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
V. Balulalow [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Vi. As Dew in Aprille [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Vii. This Little Babe [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Viii. Interlude [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Ix. in Freezing Winter Night [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
X. Spring Carol [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Xi. Deo Gracias [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Xii. Recession [a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28]
Theme. a Boy Was Born [a Boy Was Born, Op. 3]
Var. 1. Lullay, Jesu [a Boy Was Born, Op. 3]
Var. 2. Herod [a Boy Was Born, Op. 3]
Var. 3. Jesu As Thou Art Our Saviour [a Boy Was Born, Op. 3]
Var. 4. the Three Kings [a Boy Was Born, Op. 3]
Var. 5. in the Bleak Midwinter / Lully, Lulley [a Boy Was Born, Op. 3]
Var. 6. Finale. Noel! [a Boy Was Born, Op. 3]
I. Kyrie [missa Brevis, Op. 63]
Ii. Gloria [missa Brevis, Op. 63]
Iiia. Sanctus [missa Brevis, Op. 63]
Iiib. Benedictus [missa Brevis, Op. 63]
Iv. Agnus Dei [missa Brevis, Op. 63]
A Hymn of St Columba
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard