Part 26 of Britten & Contemporaries. Parts from the opera Gloriana by Benjamin Britten, written on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. And the most famous of his Canticles – no 2, Abraham & Isaac. From contemporary Igor Stravinsky a performance of the Requiem Canticles.
Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)
1. parts from Gloriana (1953)
Josephine Barstow and others,
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
2. Canticle II – Abraham & Isaac (1952)
Norma Procter, Sir Peter Pears
Benjamin Britten, piano
Igor Strawinsky (1882 – 1971)
3. Requiem Canticles (1966)
Stella Doufexis, Rudolf Rosen
Choir and orchestra of the Südwest-Funk Stuttgart conducted by Michaël Gielen
Finally: Roderick Williams, bn. Iain Burnside, p.
Britten, Folk songs
