Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra & Simple Symphony
London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Awards:
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Building a Library, October 1999, First Choice
the warmth and vitality of the playing has striking presence in this 1969 recording. The strings at the opening sweep one into the fun spirit of [the Simple Symphony] immediately...The performance...
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra & Simple Symphony
London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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Awards:
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Building a Library, October 1999, First Choice
the warmth and vitality of the playing has striking presence in this 1969 recording. The strings at the opening sweep one into the fun spirit of [the Simple Symphony] immediately...The performance...
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Contents and tracklist
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-05-28
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-05-31
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1966-12-20
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
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Awards and reviews
2011 edition
the warmth and vitality of the playing has striking presence in this 1969 recording. The strings at the opening sweep one into the fun spirit of [the Simple Symphony] immediately...The performance [of the 'Guide'] is very fast...but the sheer adrenalin of the music-making is impossible to resist.
March 2014
Britten brings energy and warmth to his conducting – music-making that is really fun. The Young Person's Guide (recorded with the LSO in 1963) is performed without spoken narration, but the performance is so very characterful that Britten's direction and the players' vivid responses tell the whole story.
