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Awards:

Building A Library, March 2022, Recommended Recording

Britten: Serenade & Les Illuminations

Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn)

New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eugene Goossens

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Awards:

Building A Library, March 2022, Recommended Recording

About

Recorded in 1953

Release date: 1st Jan 1957
Label: Naxos
Series: Classical Archives
Catalogue number: 980235
Length: 46 minutes
Genre:
- Songs

Contents and tracklist

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

Work length24:18

I. Prologue

Track length1:25

II. Pastoral

Track length3:34

III. Nocturne

Track length3:23

IV. Elegy

Track length4:37

V. Dirge

Track length3:56

VI. Hymn

Track length2:01

VII. Sonnet

Track length3:49

VIII. Epilogue

Track length1:33

Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18

Work length21:48

I. Fanfare

Track length1:54

II. Villes

Track length2:24

IIIa. Phrase

Track length1:00

IIIb. Antique

Track length2:30

IV. Royaute

Track length1:38

V. Marine

Track length0:59

VI. Interlude

Track length2:05

VII. Being Beauteous

Track length3:56

VIII. Parade

Track length2:40

IX. Depart

Track length2:42

Awards and reviews

Building A Library

March 2022

Recommended Recording

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