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Britten - The Canticles
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Label: Signum
Cat No: SIGCD317
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 11th February 2013
Contents
Works
Canticle I: My beloved is mine, op.40Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, op.51
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, op.55
Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, op.86
Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus, op.89
Artists
Ben Johnson (tenor)James Baillieu (piano)
Christopher Ainslie (countertenor)
Benedict Nelson (baritone)
Martin Owen (horn)
Lucy Wakeford (harp)
Works
Canticle I: My beloved is mine, op.40Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, op.51
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, op.55
Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, op.86
Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus, op.89
Artists
Ben Johnson (tenor)James Baillieu (piano)
Christopher Ainslie (countertenor)
Benedict Nelson (baritone)
Martin Owen (horn)
Lucy Wakeford (harp)
About
Johnson describes his attraction to these works in his self-penned notes for the disc: "Each is deep with meaning or subversion, a trademark of Britten’s music to a modern audience. They are song, opera, cantata and chamber music, and so they correspond with the most delicate of intimacy and to the most effective of grand gesture … In his biography of Britten, Humphrey Carpenter points out the close links between the Canticles and Britten’s operas. This answers in part their difference from the ‘usual’ song repertoire: their religious flavour (a stronger taste in some than others) mixed with the circumstances of their composition make for a unique strand in Britten’s output."
Ben Johnson has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting tenors of his generation. Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards in 2008, he was also a prizewinner at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition and the Gerald Moore Awards (singer’s prize). Currently studying with Jeffrey Talbot, he is a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 2010-2012. Ben Johnson is currently an ENO Harewood Artist and a Wigmore Hall Emerging Talent.
In recital he works regularly with Graham Johnson. They have recorded songs by Poulenc for Hyperion records and Britten Songs for Onyx [Onyx4071]. He also works with Roger Vignoles, Malcolm Martineau and James Baillieu.
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