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  Michael Hartnett Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Originally featured on Britten: A Boy was Born, Op. 3 (Decca/Eclipse ECS 628, LP) 1958
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Other Recordings Compact | Full
Michael Hartnett - Britten: A Ceremony of Carols/A Boy was Born/etc.
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols/A Boy was Born/etc. (London 4363942, CD) July 1993
Featuring The Choir of All Saints Margaret Street   Downside School Boys' Choir, Purley   Michael Hartnett   Københavns Drengekor  
1. A Ceremony of Carols. Copenhagen Boys' Choir with Enid Simon. Conducted by Benjamin Britten
2. A Boy is Born. Purcell Singers / All Saints Margaret Street Church Choir with Michael Hartnett. Conducted by Benjamin Britten
3. Friday Afternoons. Downside School Boys' Choir (Lodge Downside School). with Viola Tunnard. Conducted by Benjamin Britten.
4. Psalm 150. Downside School Boys' Choir (Lodge Downside School). Conducted by Benjamin Britten
  1.   Procession (L)   tracks 1-12: A Ceremony of Carols
  2.   Wolcum Yole ! (L)  
  3.   There is no rose (L)  
  4.   That yongë child (L)  
  5.   Balulalow (L)  
  6.   As dew in Aprile (L)  
  7.   This little Babe (L)  
  8.   Interlude   Enid Simon, harp
  9.   In freezing winter night (L)  
10.   Spring Carol (L)  
11.   Deo gracias - Adam lay ibouden (L)  
12.   Recession (L)  
13.   A Boy was Born (theme) (L)   tracks 13-19: A Boy was Born, Michael Hartnett, treble
14.   Variation I : Lullay, Jesu (L)  
15.   Variation II : Herod (L)  
16.   Variation III : Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour (L)  
17.   Variation IV : The Three Kings (L)  
18.   Variation V : In the bleak mid-winter (L)  
19.   Variation VI : Finale - Noel ! (L)  
20.   Begone, dull care! (L)   tracks 20-30 : Songs from 'Friday Afternoons'
21.   A tragic story (L)  
22.   Cuckoo ! (L)  
23.   A New Year Carol (L)  
24.   I mun be married on Sunday (L)  
25.   There was a man of Newington (L)  
26.   Fishing Song (L)  
27.   The useful plough (L)  
28.   Jazz-Man (L)  
29.   There was a monkey (L)  
30.   Old Abram Brown (L)  
31.   Psalm 150, op. 67 (L)  
Available at   Amazon DE with audio samples
Available at   Pascal Moré Musikvertrieb CD not listed on the website yet but available for purchase. Price: 10,- EUR (incl. 19% VAT).
Michael Hartnett - Britten: St Nicolas/Rejoice in the Lamb
Britten: St Nicolas/Rejoice in the Lamb (London 4257142, CD) July 1990
Featuring Michael Hartnett   David Hemmings  
1. St Nicolas Composed by Benjamin Britten Performed by Beccles Sir John Leman School Choir / Ipswich School Preparatory Department Choir / Aldeburgh Festival Choir / Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra with Sir Peter Pears, David Hemmings, Ralph Downes Conducted by Benjamin Britten

2. Rejoice in the Lamb Composed by Benjamin Britten Performed by Purcell Singers with Michael Hartnett, Jonathan Steele (boy alto), Philip Todd, Donald Francke, George Malcolm Conducted by Benjamin Britten
Available at   Amazon US
Books Compact | Full
Michael Hartnett - Better Land, The: In Search of the Lost Boy Sopranos
Better Land, The: In Search of the Lost Boy Sopranos (Rectory Press , Book) April 2005
Featuring The Better Land Series   Temple Church Choir   Clifford Adams   Derek Barsham   Denis Barthel   John Bonner   Richard Bonsall   Alan Bradbrook   Master John Brookman   Richard Brown   Master Gordon Carter   Master (Arthur) Iwan Davies   Master Leslie Day   Robin Fairhurst   Frederick (John) Firth   Michael Ginn   John Gwilym Griffith(s)   Robert Harris   Michael Hartnett   Aled Jones   Beverley Jones   Raymond Kinsey   Harold Langston   Ernest Lough   Robin Lough   Thomas Meddings   Brian Moody   Billy Neely   Graham Payn   Robert Duncan Peel   Kenneth Purves   The Choir of the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy   Steffani and his Silver Songsters   Thomas Tweedy   Denis Wright  
By Stephen Beet. Features much newly-discovered material, telling the often very human stories of the boys behind the voices, at the height of their singing careers and in their later lives. Copiously illustrated with many previously-unpublished photographs and manuscript samples, with a Foreword by Peter Purves.

As well as chapters on Iwan Davies, Derek Barsham, and Denis Wright, amongst others there are also chapters under the following headings: The Temple Boys, The Manchester Boys, The Music Hall Boys, The Fleeting Boys, and The Broadcast Boys.

This book is available directly from the author: Contact StephenRBeet@gmail.com Price £10 plus postage

This book is available for the cost of postage and packing only if the set of six The Better Land CD albums is ordered.
Email   Stephen Beet The book costs £10 plus postage. Cheque or PayPal.
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