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Benjamin Britten - Canticles | Delphian DCD34340

Benjamin Britten - Canticles

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34340

Barcode: 0801918343407

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 28th February 2025

Contents

Artists

James Way (tenor)
Natalie Burch (piano)
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Hugh Cutting (countertenor)
Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
Annemarie Federle (horn)
Alis Huws (harp)

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Canticles I-V

Rainier, Ivy Priaulx

Cycle for Declamation

Artists

James Way (tenor)
Natalie Burch (piano)
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)
Hugh Cutting (countertenor)
Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
Annemarie Federle (horn)
Alis Huws (harp)

About

Benjamin Britten’s five Canticles, written for his lover and muse Peter Pears, stand as some of his most intimate and spiritually charged music. Composed across a period of nearly thirty years, they reflect Britten’s evolving response to poetry, religion and the human condition.

Tenor James Way and his duo partner and wife Natalie Burch lead an exceptional line-up of musicians in performances that capture the emotional depth and complexity of these unique pieces. The programme also features Priaulx Rainier’s unaccompanied Cycle for Declamation, written for Pears in 1955 – settings of Donne that, in their intensity and introspection, find common ground with Britten’s Canticles.

Reviews

Way sounds least like Pears when singing soberly and quietly; the resemblance is strongest when the pitch is high, the volume is increased and the notes are florid. He’s never less than eloquent, however, and blends wonderfully with the mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean as the voice of God in Abraham and Isaac. ... The most brilliant turn of all comes from Way alone, singing Priaulx Rainier’s starkly powerful Cycle for Declamation from 1954. A fascinating and rewarding release.  Geoff Brown
The Times

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