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Special offer. Britten, Berkeley & Rubbra

John Barbirolli & Reginald Goodall

Britten, Berkeley & Rubbra

Special offer. Britten, Berkeley & Rubbra

John Barbirolli & Reginald Goodall

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The opening of Peter Grimes in 1945 changed British music and international opera forever. Amongst a host of première recordings, this set collects for the first time the 1948 scenes from Grimes (with original cast and conductor), the 1947 Glyndebourne Lucretia (also under Goodall), and the early HMV recordings of the two sonnet cycles, Britten’s partner Pears capturing the creative moment in virile voice. Alongside those works and Britten’s two concertos are fascinatingly set contemporaneous recordings of Rubbra and Berkeley.

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 1, Scene 1: "Whatever You Say, Let Her Among You" (Ellen)
Work length3:01
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 1, Scene 2: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (Peter, Chorus, Nieces, Boles, Balstrode, Auntie)
Work length3:21
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 2: Interlude I. Sunday Morning
Work length2:20
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 2, Scene 1
Work length13:09
"Glitter of Waves and Glitter of Sunlight" (Ellen, Chorus, Rector)
Track length3:49
"Wherefore, I Pray and Beseech You" (Rector, Chorus, Ellen)
Track length3:30
"O All Ye Works of the Lord" (Chorus, Ellen, Peter)
Track length5:50
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 2, Scene 2: "In Dreams I've Built Myself" (Peter)
Work length2:54
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 3, Scene 1: "Embroidery in Childhood" (Ellen, Balstrode)
Work length4:15
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 3: Interlude II. Fog
Work length2:28
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 3, Scene 2: "Grimes! Grimes! Steady, There You Are" (Chorus, Peter, Ellen)
Work length6:07
Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22
Work length16:12
No. 1, Sì come nella penna e nell'inchiostro
Track length2:03
No. 2, A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia
Track length1:20
No. 3, Veggio co' be' vostri occhi un dolce lume
Track length3:10
No. 4, Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai
Track length1:46
No. 5, Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume
Track length1:50
No. 6, S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna
Track length1:15
No. 7, Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede
Track length4:48
Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35
Work length23:46
No. 1, O My Blacke Soule
Track length3:19
No. 2, Batter My Heart
Track length1:13
No. 3, O Might Those Sighes and Teares
Track length3:04
No. 4, Oh to Vex Me
Track length1:05
No. 5, What If This Present
Track length2:57
No. 6, Since She Whom I Loved
Track length3:48
No. 7, At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
Track length2:47
No. 8, Thou Hast Made Me
Track length1:24
No. 9, Death Be Not Proud
Track length4:09
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 1
Work length20:28
"Rome Is Now Ruled by the Etruscan Upstart" (Male Chorus)
Track length2:22
"It Is an Axiom Among Kings" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
Track length2:25
"Here the Thirsty Evening" (Male Chorus, Collatinus, Junius, Tarquinius)
Track length4:25
"Lucretia! Lucretia!" (Junius, Male Chorus, Collatinus)
Track length3:53
"With You Two Arm in Arm Again" (Collatinus, Tarquinius, Junius)
Track length4:33
Interlude. "Tarquinius Does Not Wait" (Male Chorus)
Track length2:50
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 1, Scene 2
Work length17:31
"Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds" (Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)
Track length5:27
"It Is Better to Desire" (Bianca, Lucretia, Lucia, Female Chorus)
Track length4:48
"The Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
Track length1:43
"None of the Women Move" (Female Chorus, Tarquinius, Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)
Track length5:33
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 1
Work length12:18
"She Sleeps as a Rose Upon the Night" (Female Chorus)
Track length3:01
"Lucretia! What Do You Want?" (Tarquinius, Lucretia, Male Chorus, Female Chorus)
Track length3:09
"Go, Tarquinius!" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus, Tarquinius, Lucretia)
Track length2:16
Interlude. "Here in This Scene You See" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
Track length3:52
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act 2, Scene 2
Work length22:14
"Oh! What a Lovely Day!" (Lucia, Bianca)
Track length4:28
"How Hideous! Take Them Away!" (Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)
Track length1:23
"Flowers Bring to Every Year" (Lucretia, Bianca)
Track length3:19
"Too Late, Junius" (Collatinus, Lucretia)
Track length3:59
"This Dead Hand Lets Fall" (Collatinus, Junius, Lucia, Bianca, Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
Track length4:22
"Is All This Suffering and Pian" (Female Chorus, Male Chorus)
Track length4:43
Rubbra: Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op. 50: IV. Loth to Depart
Work length4:13
Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15
Work length31:16
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Moderato con moto - Agitato (1939 Version)
Track length9:14
II. Vivace - Cadenza (1939 Version)
Track length9:15
III. Passacaglia. Andante lento (1939 Version)
Track length12:47
This track is only available as an album download.
Heming: Threnody for a Soldier Killed in Action (Arr. Anthony Collins):
Work length6:29
Rubbra: Symphony No. 5 in B flat Op. 63 (1997 Remastered Version)
Work length29:01
I. Adagio - Allegro energico
Track length9:24
II. Allegro moderato
Track length5:29
III. Grave
Track length10:00
IV. Allegro vivo - Adagio
Track length4:08
Rubbra: Piano Concerto in G Op. 55 (2001 Remastered Version)
Work length27:26
I. Corymbus (Adagio: calmo e quasi improvvisatore - Allegretto)
Track length9:40
II. Dialogue (Lento e solenne)
Track length9:06
III. Danza alla rondo (Allegretto gioioso)
Track length8:40
Britten: Prelude & Fugue for 18 strings, Op. 29
Work length9:11
Prelude
Track length3:10
Fugue
Track length6:01
Britten: Piano Concerto, Op. 13
Work length31:23
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Toccata (1945 Version)
Track length12:04
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Waltz (1945 Version)
Track length4:45
III. Impromptu (1945 Version)
Track length6:45
IV. March (1945 Version)
Track length7:49
Berkeley, L: Horn Trio Op. 44
Work length26:20
I. Allegro
Track length5:26
II. Lento
Track length6:49
III. (a) Tema. Moderato
Track length0:59
III. (b) Variation I. Allegro vivace
Track length1:06
III. (c) Variation II. Allegretto
Track length0:57
III. (d) Variation III. Lento
Track length2:29
III. (e) Variation IV. Vivace
Track length0:46
III. (f) Variation V. Andante
Track length1:44
III. (g) Variation VI. Moderato
Track length0:55
III. (h) Variation VII. Adagio
Track length2:17
III. (i) Variation VIII. Moderato
Track length0:55
III. (j) Variation IX. Allegro vivo
Track length1:08
III. (k) Variation X. Moderato
Track length0:49
Berkeley, L: Six Preludes Op. 23
Work length9:07
  • Colin Horsley (piano)
1. Allegro
Track length1:43
2. Andante
Track length1:30
3. Allegro moderato
Track length1:18
4. Allegretto
Track length1:21
5. Allegro
Track length1:35
6. Andante
Track length1:40
Berkeley, L: Four poems of St. Teresa of Avila, Op. 27
Work length13:00
  • Collegium Musicum London (lead vocals), Pamela Bowden (vocals)
  • John Minchinton, John Minchington
1. If, Lord, thy love for me is strong
Track length4:11
2. Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!
Track length2:17
3. Let mine eyes see thee
Track length3:30
4. Today a shepherd and our kin
Track length3:02
Berkeley, L: Three Greek Songs Op. 38: 1. Epitaph of Timas (Sappho)
Work length1:49
Berkeley, L: 3 Greek Songs, Op. 38: No. 2, Spring Song
Work length1:26
Berkeley, L: Three Greek Songs Op. 38: 3. To Aster (Plato)
Work length1:43
Berkeley, L: 5 Poems, Op. 53: No. 1, Lauds. "Among the Leaves the Small Birds Sing"
Work length2:17
Berkeley, L: Five Poems by W. H. Auden Op. 58 (2003 Remastered Version)
Work length6:30
2. O lurcher-loving collier, black as night
Track length2:19
3. What's in your mind, my dove, my coney
Track length1:33
4. Eyes look into the well
Track length2:38
Berkeley, L: Five Poems by W. H. Auden Op. 58: 5. Carry her over the water (2003 - Remaster)
Work length1:28
Berkeley, L: Polka (No. 1 of [Three] Pieces Op. 5 for two pianos)
Work length1:41
  • Cyril Smith (piano), Phyllis Sellick (piano)
Berkeley, L: I sing of a maiden
Work length2:43
Berkeley, L: The Lord is my shepherd Op. 91 No. 1 (2003 Remastered Version)
Work length4:42
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