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Duration
68 Min
Britten: Christ's Nativity; A Boy Was Born & Other Choral Works
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton
Duration
68 Min
Benjamin Britten
1
A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Theme. A Boy Was Born
St Paul's Cathedral Choristers
02:34
2
A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 1. Lullay, Jesu
St Paul's Cathedral Choristers
05:02
3
A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 2. Herod
St Paul's Cathedral Choristers
02:26
4
A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 3. Jesu as Thou art Our Saviour
St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Connor Burrowes
03:31
5
A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 4. The Three Kings
St Paul's Cathedral Choristers
03:13
6
A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 5. In the Bleak Midwinter / Lully, Lulley
St Paul's Cathedral Choristers
06:02
7
A Boy Was Born, Op. 3: Var. 6. Finale. Noel!
St Paul's Cathedral Choristers
09:49
8
A Hymn to the Virgin
03:22
9
Christ's Nativity: I. Christ's Nativity
02:28
10
Christ's Nativity: II. Sweet Was the Song
Catherine Wyn Rogers
03:01
11
Christ's Nativity: III. Preparations
03:38
12
Christ's Nativity: IV. New Prince, New Pomp
Susan Gritton
05:34
13
Christ's Nativity: V. Carol of King Cnut
02:21
14
A Shepherd's Carol
Andrew Davies
04:24
15
Jubilate Deo in C
David Goode
02:34
16
Te Deum in C
David Goode, Louisa Keily
08:00
Artists
Stephen Layton
Conductor
Holst Singers
Choir
Composers
Benjamin Britten
Conductor, Composer
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