CD 1. A ceremony of carols, op. 2 [that is, op. 28] / Benjamin Britten -- Motetten = Motets. Locus iste ; Virga Jesse floruit ; Os justi ; Christus factus est ; Ave Maria / Anton Bruckner -- CD 2. Missa ad imitationem Pater noster : 8 vocem / Jacobus Gallus [that is, Jacob Handl] -- Una hora ; O regem coeli / Tomás Ludovico da Victoria -- Hodie Christus natus est / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina -- Incipit lamentatio / Giovanni Nascus -- Missa Regina Coeli. Sanctus ; Hosanna ; Benedictus / Jacobus de Kerle.
Note
Sacred music, principally for unaccompanied boy choir; the Britten work with harp accompaniment; the Bruckner and Handl works also with men's voices.
Reissue compilation. The contents of each CD originally issued separately as analog discs: Bedford, Mass. : BASF, [1973]; issue no. BB 21232 (CD 1) and BB 21303 (CD 2).
Made from analog originals.
Language (note)
sung in English, Middle English, and Latin.
sung in Latin.
Title
Wiener Sängerknaben.
Publisher
[Hamburg] : Acanta, [2013]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Performer
Wiener Sängerknaben ; Elisabeth Bayer, harp (in the Britten) ; Chorus Viennensis (in the Bruckner and Handl) ; Anton Neyder (in the Britten), Hans Gillesberger (remainder), conductors.
Event
Recorded 1971 September, November and December, at Casino Zögemitz, Vienna,
Language
The Britten sung in English, Middle English, and Latin.
The Bruckner, Handl, Victoria, Palestrina, Nasco, and Kerle sung in Latin.