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  • The Britten Christmas Album: Winter Tales - 1
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Benjamin Britten

The Britten Christmas Album: Winter Tales

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Released: 16th October 2026. 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.

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    • Details

      Released:
      16th October 2026
      Category:
      Classical, Choral
      Format:
      CD Album
      Barcode:
      28948689521

    • Description

      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.

    • Track listing

      Disc 1

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Procession
      RIAS Kammerchor
      2.Wolcum Yole
      RIAS Kammerchor
      3.There Is No Rose
      RIAS Kammerchor
      4.That Yongë Child
      RIAS Kammerchor
      5.Balulalow
      RIAS Kammerchor
      6.As Dew in Aprille
      RIAS Kammerchor
      7.This Little Babe
      RIAS Kammerchor
      8.Interlude
      RIAS Kammerchor
      9.In Freezing Winter Night
      RIAS Kammerchor
      10.Spring Carol
      RIAS Kammerchor
      11.Deo Gracias
      RIAS Kammerchor
      12.Recession
      RIAS Kammerchor
      13.Theme. A Boy Was Born
      RIAS Kammerchor
      14.Lullay, Jesu
      RIAS Kammerchor
      15.Herod
      RIAS Kammerchor
      16.Jesu As Thou Art Our Savious
      RIAS Kammerchor
      17.The Three Kings
      RIAS Kammerchor
      18.In the Bleak Midwinter/Lully, Lulley
      RIAS Kammerchor
      19.Finale. Noel!
      RIAS Kammerchor
      20.I. Kyrie
      RIAS Kammerchor
      21.II. Gloria
      RIAS Kammerchor
      22.IIIa. Sanctus
      RIAS Kammerchor
      23.IIIb. Benedictus
      RIAS Kammerchor
      24.IV. Agnus Dei
      RIAS Kammerchor
      25.A Hymn of St. Columba
      RIAS Kammerchor
      26.The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
      RIAS Kammerchor

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