The Britten Project

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"The Middle of Life"

The title is drawn from fourth song of Britten's cycle Sechs Holderlin Fragmenteand reflects the theme of the chosen works.As well as the Holderlin cycle, the recording contains Winter Words, Songs from the Chinese and Canticle III: Still falls the Rain, all works written between 1952 and 1958, Britten's middle years and a period of transition in his compositional style. 

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(August 2019)