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Label: NMC Recordings
Cat No: NMCD140
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 5th October 2009
Contents
Works
In Memoriam Dennis BrainLes Illuminations, op.18
Movements (3) for a Clarinet Concerto
Rondo Concertante
Untitled fragment (1930) for strings
Variations (12) for solo piano
Artists
Sandrine Piau (soprano)Michael Collins (clarinet)
Rolf Hind (piano)
Michael Thompson (horn)
Richard Watkins (horn)
Peter Francomb (horn)
Chris Griffiths (horn)
Northern Sinfonia
Conductor
Thomas ZehetmairWorks
In Memoriam Dennis BrainLes Illuminations, op.18
Movements (3) for a Clarinet Concerto
Rondo Concertante
Untitled fragment (1930) for strings
Variations (12) for solo piano
Artists
Sandrine Piau (soprano)Michael Collins (clarinet)
Rolf Hind (piano)
Michael Thompson (horn)
Richard Watkins (horn)
Peter Francomb (horn)
Chris Griffiths (horn)
Northern Sinfonia
Conductor
Thomas ZehetmairAbout
Britten intended the additional three songs recorded here also setting Rimbaud to be part of Les Illuminations. Sandrine Piau’s love affair with the music of Benjamin Britten blossomed when she was chosen to sing the role of Flora in Britten’s Turn of the Screw at Radio France.
In memoriam Dennis Brain for 4 horns, strings and tubular bells commemorates the great horn player for whom Britten wrote his Serenade for tenor, horn and strings. He died in a car crash in 1957.
Contents:
Les Illuminations Op.18 (1939) for high voice and string orchestra (Orchestrated by Colin Matthews)
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Northern Sinfonia / Thomas Zehetmair
Rondo Concertante (1930) for piano and strings
Rolf Hind, piano
In memoriam Dennis Brain (c.1958) for 4 horns and strings
Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb & Chris Griffiths, horns • Northern Sinfonia / Thomas Zehetmair
Untitled Fragment (1930) for strings
Northern Sinfonia / Thomas Zehetmair
6 Variations (1965) for piano solo
Rolf Hind, piano
3 Movements for a Clarinet Concerto (c.1942) for clarinet and strings (Realized by Colin Matthews)
Michael Collins, clarinet • Northern Sinfonia / Thomas Zehetmair
The CD features eight premiere recordings:
• Three additional songs of Les Illuminations
• In memoriam Dennis Brain
• Rondo Concertante
• Elegy for Strings
• Variations for Solo Piano
• The completion of Movements for a Clarinet Concerto
Total timing 78’12
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