Simon Rattle Edition: Benjamin Britten
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Label: EMI
Cat No: 2427432
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 5
Release Date: 9th February 2009
Contents
Works
An American OvertureBallad of Heroes, op.14
Canadian Carnival, op.19
Chansons francaises (4)
Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra, op.21
Les Illuminations, op.18
Nocturne, op.60
Occasional Overture, op.38
Praise we Great Men
Russian Funeral March
Scottish Ballad, op.26
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31
Sinfonia da Requiem, op.20
Suite on English Folk Tunes, op.90 'A time there was...'
The Building of the House
War Requiem, op.66
Young Apollo, op.16
Artists
Conductor
Sir Simon RattleWorks
An American OvertureBallad of Heroes, op.14
Canadian Carnival, op.19
Chansons francaises (4)
Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra, op.21
Les Illuminations, op.18
Nocturne, op.60
Occasional Overture, op.38
Praise we Great Men
Russian Funeral March
Scottish Ballad, op.26
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31
Sinfonia da Requiem, op.20
Suite on English Folk Tunes, op.90 'A time there was...'
The Building of the House
War Requiem, op.66
Young Apollo, op.16
Artists
Conductor
Sir Simon RattleAbout
The box of Stravinsky contains works from all parts of his musical life including six ballets; three major ones from his youth – The Firebird, showing the inspired palette for exotic colour learnt from his teacher, Rimsky-Korsakov, Petrushka (in its revised version of 1947) and The Rite of Spring; two in his Neo-Classical style – Apollo and Pulcinella and extracts from Agon which shows the influence of his studies of serial technique as expounded by Anton Webern. There are also a number of his works that were inspired by jazz.
The box of Britten contains, besides the three great song cycles (Les Illuminations, Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings and Nocturne), the War Requiem, Sinfonia da Requiem, the ever popular Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and the most remarkable set of songs written in French when he was 15, Quatre Chansons Françaises.
Contents:
CD1
- An American Overture, Op.27
- Ballad of Heroes, Op.14
Robert Tear (tenor)
- Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21
Peter Donohoe (piano)
- The Building of the House - Overture, Op.79
- Praise We Great Men (Edited and orchestrated by Colin Matthews)
Alison Hargan (soprano) ● Mary King (contralto) ● Robert Tear (tenor) ● Willard White (bass)
- Suite on English Folk Tunes: ‘A time there was…’, Op.90
CD2
- Canadian Carnival, Op.19
- Young Apollo, Op.16
Peter Donohoe (piano), Felix Kok & Jeremy Ballard (violins), Peter Cole (viola), Michal Kaznowski (cello)
- Quatre Chansons Françaises (1928)
Jill Gomez (soprano)
- Scottish Ballad, Op.26
Peter Donohoe & Philip Fowke (pianos)
- Occasional Overture, Op.38
- Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Chorus (chorus master Simon Halsey) conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 23 & 24.V.1984; Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Recorded: 15–17.VII.1990; Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Recorded: 22 & 23.IV.1982; Cheltenham Town Hall
CD3
- Les Illuminations, Op.18 (1939) for high voice and string orchestra
- Serenade, Op.31 for tenor, horn and strings
- Nocturne, Op.60 for tenor solo, seven obbligato instruments and string orchestra
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Radek Baborák (horn), Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 4, 9 & 10.IV.2005; Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin
CD4
- War Requiem, Op.66
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) ● Robert Tear (tenor) ● Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (directed by Francis Grier) CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly (chamber organ), conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 27.II and 1 & 4.III.1983; The Great Hall, University of Birmingham
CD5
- War Requiem, Op.66 (continued)
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) ● Robert Tear (tenor) ● Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (directed by Francis Grier) CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly (chamber organ), conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 27.II and 1 & 4.III.1983; The Great Hall, University of Birmingham
- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 28.I.1995; Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- Russian Funeral, for Brass and Percussion (1936)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 1.XII.1994; Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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