Britten: Canticles - The Heart of the Matter by Benjamin MacLean.

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Release date

October 29, 2013

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Runtime

68m 25s

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Tracklist

01Canticle I, Op. 40, "My beloved is mine"7:34
02Canticle II, Op. 51, "Abraham and Isaac"15:55
03The Heart of the Matter: 1. Prologue. Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire2:43
04The Heart of the Matter: Reading. The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low - Fanfare1:56
05The Heart of the Matter: 2. Song. We are the darkness in the heat of the day1:28
06The Heart of the Matter: Reading. In such a heat of the earth3:17
07

Canticle III, Op. 55, "Still Falls the Rain - the Raids, 1940, Night and Dawn"

08The Heart of the Matter: Reading. I see Christ's wounds weep in the Rose on the wall2:29

09The Heart of the Matter: 3. Epilogue. So, out of the dark2:51

10Canticle IV, Op. 86, "The Journey of the Magi"11:14

11Canticle V, Op. 89, "The Death of Saint Narcissus"7:49