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The Heart of the Matter by Benjamin Britten. 13 recordings in this catalogue.
Movements
I. Prologue: Fanfare: Song: "Where Are the Seeds of Universal Fire"
II. Reading: "The Earth of My Heart Was Broken", Fanfare
III. Reading: "In the Hour When the Sapphire of the Bone"
IV. Song: "We Are the Darkness"
V. Reading: "In Such a Heat of the Earth"
VI. Canticle III: "Still Falls the Rain"
VII. Reading: "I See Christ's Wounds Weep in the Rose on the Wall"
VIII. Epilogue: Fanfare: Song: "So, Out of the Dark"
Top Performers
Recordings (13)
Conductor
| Performers | Year | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees · view | - | Challenge Classics | 1:29 |
| Christoph Prégardien · view | - | Challenge Classics | 2:58 |
| Christoph Prégardien · view | - | Challenge Classics | 2:02 |
| Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees, Olivier Darbellay · view | - | Challenge Classics | 12:10 |
| Steuart Bedford, Philip Langridge · view | - | Collins Classics | 1:21 |
| Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees, Olivier Darbellay · view | - | Challenge Classics | 2:43 |
| Christoph Prégardien · view | - | Challenge Classics | 0:40 |
| Olivier Darbellay · view | - | Challenge Classics | 0:22 |
| Christoph Prégardien · view | - | Challenge Classics | 0:46 |
| Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees, Olivier Darbellay · view | - | Challenge Classics | 2:56 |
| Steuart Bedford, Frank Lloyd, Philip Langridge · view | - | Naxos | 2:50 |
| Frank Lloyd · view | - | Collins Classics | 1:02 |
| Steuart Bedford, Frank Lloyd, Philip Langridge · view | - | Naxos | 2:39 |