James Way & Natalie Burch - Benjamin Britten Canticles (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Benjamin Britten’s five Canticles, written for his lover and muse Peter Pears, stand as some of his most intimate and spiritually charged music. Composed across a period of nearly thirty years, they reflect Britten’s evolving response to poetry, religion and the human condition.

Tenor James Way and his duo partner and wife Natalie Burch lead an exceptional line-up of musicians in performances that capture the emotional depth and complexity of these unique pieces. The programme also features Priaulx Rainier’s unaccompanied Cycle for Declamation, written for Pears in 1955 – settings of Donne that, in their intensity and introspection, find common ground with Britten’s Canticles.

TRACKLIST

1. James Way & Natalie Burch - Britten: Canticle I, Op. 40: My beloved is mine and I am his
2. James Way & Natalie Burch - Britten: Canticle II, Op. 51: Abraham and Isaac
3. James Way & Natalie Burch - Britten: Canticle III, Op. 55: Still falls the Rain
4. James Way & Natalie Burch - Britten: Canticle IV, Op. 86: Journey of the Magi
5. James Way & Natalie Burch - Britten: Canticle V, Op. 89: The Death of Saint Narcissus
6. James Way & Natalie Burch - Rainier: Cycle for Declamation: I. Wee cannot bid the fruits
7. James Way & Natalie Burch - Rainier: Cycle for Declamation: II. In the wombe of the earth
8. James Way & Natalie Burch - Rainier: Cycle for Declamation: III. Nunc, lento sonitu



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