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Libor Pesek conducts Britten

Jill Gomez (soprano), Neil Mackie (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Robert Tear (tenor)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Endymion Ensemble, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Libor Pesek, John Whitfield, Steuart Bedford, Jeffrey Tate, Christopher...

Some of Britten's richest vocal chamber pieces, by splendidly idiomatic performers are followed on disc 2 by slightly less exceptional orchestral performances. Still, very good value. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars
  • Release Date: 6th Jul 2009
  • Catalogue No: 6955792
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: 20th Century Classics
  • Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

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Contents

Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18

Work length22:36
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  • Jill Gomez (soprano)
  • Endymion Ensemble
  • John Whitfield
  • Recorded: 1986-10-29
  • Recording Venue: 24 & 25 October 1986, St John-at-Hackney, London

I. Fanfare

Track length2:04
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II. Villes

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IIIa. Phrase

Track length1:03
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IIIb. Antique

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IV. Royauté

Track length1:41
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V. Marine

Track length1:04
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VI. Interlude

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VII. Being Beauteous

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VIII. Parade

Track length3:06
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IX. Départ

Track length2:36
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Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Work length23:24
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  • Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tunnell, Barry Tuckwell (french horn), Neil Mackie (tenor)
  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford
  • Recorded: 1988-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 May 1988, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Prologue (horn solo)

Track length1:20
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1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)

Track length3:28
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2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

Track length3:33
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3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)

Track length4:10
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4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)

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5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)

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6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats)

Track length3:43
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Epilogue (horn solo)

Track length1:30
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Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Work length27:29
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  • Robert Tear (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Jeffrey Tate, Robert Tear
  • Recorded: 1987-11-24
  • Recording Venue: 24 November 1987, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley)

Track length3:31
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Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson) (Robin O'Neill, bassoon)

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Encinctured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) (Thelma Owen, harp)

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Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting (Middleton) (Frank Lloyd, french horn)

Track length2:24
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But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) (David Corkhill, timpani)

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She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen) (James Brown, cor anglais)

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What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats) (William Bennett, flute; Thea King, clarinet)

Track length3:01
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When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)

Track length5:10
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Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4

Work length17:30
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  • London Chamber Orchestra
  • Christopher Warren-Green
  • Recorded: 1988-07-31
  • Recording Venue: July 1988, St.Paul's Church, Hammersmith, London

First movement: Boisterous Bourrée

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Second movement: Playful Pizzicato

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Third movement: Sentimental Sarabande

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Fourth movement: Frolicsome Finale

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Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

Work length21:35
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek
  • Recorded: 1989-01-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 January 1989 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -

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II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) -

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III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)

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Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a

Work length16:24
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek
  • Recorded: 1989-01-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 January 1989 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Dawn

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Sunday Morning

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Moonlight

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Storm

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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34): Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente (full orchestra - woodwind - brass - strings - percussion - full orchestra)

Work length1:57
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek
  • Recorded: 1989-01-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 January 1989 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind

Work length3:18
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek
  • Recorded: 1989-01-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 January 1989 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo)

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Variation B: Lento (oboes)

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Variation C: Moderato (clarinets)

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Variation D: Allegro con marcia (bassoons)

Track length0:57
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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings

Work length4:42
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek
  • Recorded: 1989-01-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 January 1989 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Variation E: Brillante, alla polacca (violins)

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Variation F: Meno mosso (violas)

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Variation G: L'istesso tempo (cellos)

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Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses)

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Variation I: Maestoso (harp)

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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass

Work length2:28
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek
  • Recorded: 1989-01-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 January 1989 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Variation J: L'istesso tempo (horns)

Track length0:52
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Variation K: Vivace (trumpets)

Track length0:30
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Variation L: Allegro pomposo (trombones & tuba)

Track length1:06
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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Work length4:45
$2.60
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek
  • Recorded: 1989-01-12
  • Recording Venue: 11-12 January 1989 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Percussion - Variation M: Moderato (percussion)

Track length1:58
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Fugue: Allegro molto - Con slancio (L'istesso tempo) (full orchestra)

Track length2:47
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