DCD34370

Benjamin Britten: A Boy was Born / Ceremony of Carols

£19.99

GLOBAL RELEASE DATE: 06 NOVEMBER 2026

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Benjamin Nicholas and the Choir of Merton College, Oxford mark the fiftieth anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s death with a programme built round his celebrated Christmas masterpieces, A boy was born (in which they are joined by the college’s girls’ choir) and A Ceremony of Carols, and trace his remarkable development from the precocious schoolboy composer of A Hymn to the Virginto one of the defining musical voices of twentieth-century Britain.

Their performances illuminate Britten’s extraordinary gift for writing for young singers alongside his instinctive understanding of the English choral tradition, bringing out the qualities of a composer whose technical brilliance is matched by emotional immediacy in music that is enduringly rewarding for performers and listeners alike.

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Release Date: 6 November 2026
Recorded on 30 June, 1 July 2025 & 25 March 2026 in the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford
Producer/Engineer: Paul Baxter
24-bit digital editing: Jack Davis
24-bit digital mixing & mastering: Paul Baxter
Cover photography: Howard Coster, Benjamin Britten, 1930s. © National Portrait Gallery, London
Design: John Christ
Booklet editor: Henry Howard
Session photography: Will Coates-Gibson/ Foxbrush

Collections: All Releases, Choir of Merton College Oxford & Benjamin Nicholas, Choral, Forthcoming

Category: Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Nicholas, Choir, Choir of Merton College, Choral