Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13A Boy Was Born, op.3: A Boy Was Born (Theme)2:02Benjamin BrittenA Ceremony of Carols / A Boy Was Born / Friday Afternoons / Psalm 150Britten; The English Opera Group OrchestraAlbum
London Classics (“LONDON” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for US/CA releases only)436 394-2
7.13A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Theme2:02Benjamin BrittenBritten Conducts BrittenBenjamin BrittenAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2005-08-22
Decca Records475 6040
36.1A boy was born, op. 3: A Boy Was Born (theme)2:03Benjamin BrittenThe Complete WorksBrittenAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2013-06-17
  • -2013
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only), Decca Records00028947853640, 478 5364
1.177A Boy Was Born, op. 3: A Boy Was Born (Theme)2:01Benjamin BrittenClassical Christmas SongsLuciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Jessye NormanAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020-12-19
1.13A Boy was Born, op. 3: A Boy was Born (Theme)2:09Benjamin BrittenA Ceremony of Carols / A Boy Was Born / Psalm 150Benjamin Britten; English Opera Group, The Purcell Singers, The Copenhagen Boys' Choir, Choristers Of All Saints, Downside School ChoirAlbumLondon Classics (“LONDON” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for US/CA releases only)
1.17A Boy Was Born, op. 3: "A boy was born (theme)"2:01Benjamin BrittenThe Little Sweep / A Boy Was BornBenjamin BrittenAlbum
London Classics (“LONDON” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for US/CA releases only)430 367-2

Relationships

recording engineer:Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1957-11)
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-11)
choir vocals:Choir of All Saints Church, Margaret Street
Purcell Singers (founded 1952, Imogen Holst) (in 1957-11)
vocals:Boys' Voices of the English Opera Group
conductor:Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1957-11)
recorded at:Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-11)
recording of:A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Theme. A boy was born (in 1957-11)

A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Theme. A boy was born

composer:Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1932 until 1933)
part of:A Boy Was Born, op. 3 (order: 1)