Brittens original recordings of his most popular choral works,A Ceremony of Carols,A Boy was BornandRejoice in the Lamb, have long since fallen out of the catalogue and HeritageRecords has rectified this with this release in its Composer-Conductor series.

A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28 Copenhagen Boys’ Choir / Enid Simon (harp) Recorded in 1953

A Boy Was Born Op. 3 Purcell Singers / Boys’ Voices of the English Opera Group / Choristers of All Saints, Margaret Street / Michael Hartnett (treble) Recorded in 1957

Rejoice in the Lamb Op. 30 Michael Hartnett (treble) / Jonathan Steele (alto) / Philip Todd (tenor) / Donald Francke (bass) / George Malcolm (organ) / The Purcell Singers Recorded in 1957

HTGCD232 Released 2011