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Essential Britten

Heather Harper (soprano), Neil Mackie (vocals), John Tunnell (leader), Barry Tuckwell (french horn), John Tunnel (orchestra leader), Ida Haendel (lead vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Julian Godlee (vocals), James Clark (vocals), Osian...

  • Release Date: 24th Sep 2012
  • Catalogue No: 4402922
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: Essential
  • Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

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Contents

Britten: Les Illuminations for high voice and string orchestra Op. 18 (1971 Digital Remaster)

Work length6:06
$2.60
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  • Heather Harper (soprano)
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Sir Neville Marriner

I. Fanfare

Track length2:07
$1.30
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VII. Being Beauteous

Track length3:59
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Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4

Work length17:42
$5.20
$6.80
  • Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
  • Iona Brown

I. Boisterous Bourrée

Track length2:55
$1.30
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II. Playful Pizzicato

Track length3:22
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III. Sentimental Sarabande

Track length8:30
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IV. Frolicsome Finale

Track length2:55
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Excerpt, Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Work length7:01
$2.60
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  • Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tunnell, Neil Mackie (tenor)
  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford

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
$1.30
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Britten: Violin Concerto Op. 15 (revised version) (1992 Digital Remaster): III. Passacaglia (Andante lento (un poco meno mosso) - Largamente (lento) - Lento e solenne)

Work length14:19
Album only
Album only
  • Ida Haendel (violin)
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Paavo Berglund

Britten: Saint Nicolas, Op.42 (1995 - Remaster): Nicolas devotes himself to God

Work length4:56
$1.30
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  • Robert Tear (tenor)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir David Willcocks

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28

Work length22:26
$15.60
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  • Osian Ellis (harp)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Sir David Willcocks

1. Procession

Track length1:19
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2. Wolcum Yole!

Track length1:23
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3. There is no rose

Track length2:21
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4a. That yongë child

Track length1:52
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4b. Balulalow

Track length1:38
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5. As dew in Aprille

Track length0:58
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6. This little Babe

Track length1:25
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7. Interlude (Andante pastorale) [harp]

Track length3:35
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8. In freezing winter night

Track length4:11
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9. Spring Carol

Track length1:12
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10. Deo Gracias!

Track length1:12
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11. Recession

Track length1:20
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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
$1.30
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek

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

Work length3:18
$5.20
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek

Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo)

Track length0:35
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Variation B: Lento (oboes)

Track length1:07
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Variation C: Moderato (clarinets)

Track length0:39
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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
$6.50
$8.50
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek

Variation E: Brillante, alla polacca (violins)

Track length0:36
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Variation F: Meno mosso (violas)

Track length1:16
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Variation G: L'istesso tempo (cellos)

Track length0:59
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Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses)

Track length1:02
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Variation I: Maestoso (harp)

Track length0:49
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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
$3.90
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  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek

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

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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Britten: Phaedra, Op.93: In May, in brilliant Athens

Work length6:37
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  • Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
  • Endymion Ensemble
  • John Whitfield

Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid Op. 49: 2. Phaeton (Vivace ritmico)

Work length1:24
$1.30
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  • Roy Carter

Britten: Nocturne, Op.60: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)

Work length5:10
$1.30
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  • Jeffrey Tate, Robert Tear (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Robert Tear

Britten: Cello Sonata in C Op. 65: II. Scherzo-pizzicato (Allegretto)

Work length2:34
$1.30
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  • John Lenehan (piano), Moray Welsh (cello)

Britten: Canticle III - Still falls the rain Op. 55

Work length11:38
Album only
Album only
  • Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Timothy Brown (horn)

Britten: A Spring Symphony Op. 44: The merry Cuckoo (E Spencer)

Work length2:03
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  • Robert Tear (tenor)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • André Previn

Britten: O Waly, Waly

Work length4:38
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  • David Daniels (countertenor), Julius Drake (piano)

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 64, ACT ONE: You spotted snakes with double tongues (Fairies)

Work length2:23
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  • Trinity Boys' Choir, City of London Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66: V. Agnus Dei

Work length3:46
$1.30
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  • Robert Tear (tenor)
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
  • Sir Simon Rattle

trad.: Folksong Arrangements: The Salley Gardens

Work length2:40
$1.30
$1.70
  • Christopher Maltman (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)

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

Work length16:24
$5.20
$6.80
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Libor Pešek

Dawn

Track length3:44
$1.30
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Sunday Morning

Track length3:48
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Moonlight

Track length4:35
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Storm

Track length4:17
$1.30
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