Britten: Canticles - The Heart of the Matter

1. 1.Canticle I, Op. 40, "My beloved is mine"7:34
2. 2.Canticle II, Op. 51, "Abraham and Isaac"15:55
3. 3.The Heart of the Matter: 1. Prologue. Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire2:43
4. 4.The Heart of the Matter: Reading. The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low - Fanfare1:56
5. 5.The Heart of the Matter: 2. Song. We are the darkness in the heat of the day1:28
6. 6.The Heart of the Matter: Reading. in such a heat of the earth3:18
7. 7.Canticle III, Op. 55, "Still Falls the Rain - the Raids, 1940, Night and Dawn"11:10
8. 8.The Heart of the Matter: Reading. I see Christ's wounds weep in the Rose on the wall2:29
9. 9.The Heart of the Matter: 3. Epilogue. So, out of the dark2:52
10. 10.Canticle IV, Op. 86, "The Journey of the Magi"11:15
11. 11.Canticle V, Op. 89, "The Death of Saint Narcissus"7:50