Benjamin britten: song cycles, sinfonia da requiem, four sea interludes
(1987)
eMusic
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Warner Classics : Made available through hoopla, 1987
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 26 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
MWT11084319, 11084319
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Mode of access: World Wide Web
CONTENTS
Les Illuminations Op. 18: I. Fanfare
(2:04) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: II. Villes
(2:20) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIa. Phrase
(1:03) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: IIIb. Antique
(2:05) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: IV. Royaute
(1:41) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: V. Marine
(1:04) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: VI. Interlude
(2:50) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: VII. Being Beauteous
(3:47) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: VIII. Parade
(3:06) -- Les Illuminations Op. 18: IX. Depart
(2:36) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: Prologue (horn solo)
(1:20) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)
(3:28) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
(3:33) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)
(4:10) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)
(3:37) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)
(2:03) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats)
(3:43) -- Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: Epilogue (horn solo)
(1:30) -- Nocturne, Op.60: On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley)
(3:31) -- Nocturne, Op.60: Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson) (Robin O'Neill, bassoon)
(3:29) -- Nocturne, Op.60: Encinctured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) (Thelma Owen, harp)
(2:13) -- Nocturne, Op.60: Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting (Middleton) (Frank Lloyd, french horn)
(2:24) -- Nocturne, Op.60: But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) (David Corkhill, timpani)
(3:03) -- Nocturne, Op.60: She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen) (James Brown, cor anglais)
(4:38) -- Nocturne, Op.60: What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats) (William Bennett, flute; Thea King, clarinet)
(3:01) -- Nocturne, Op.60: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)
(5:10) -- Simple Symphony Op. 4: First movement: Boisterous Bourree
(2:27) -- Simple Symphony Op. 4: Second movement: Playful Pizzicato
(3:28) -- Simple Symphony Op. 4: Third movement: Sentimental Sarabande
(8:36) -- Simple Symphony Op. 4: Fourth movement: Frolicsome Finale
(2:59) -- Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -
(9:19) -- Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) -
(4:50) -- Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)
(7:26) -- 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Dawn
(3:44) -- 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Sunday Morning
(3:48) -- 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Moonlight
(4:35) -- 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Storm
(4:17) -- 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)
(1:57) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo)
(0:35) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation B: Lento (oboes)
(1:07) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation C: Moderato (clarinets)
(0:39) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation D: Allegro con marcia (bassoons)
(0:57) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation E: Brillante, alla polacca (violins)
(0:36) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation F: Meno mosso (violas)
(1:16) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation G: L'istesso tempo (cellos)
(0:59) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses)
(1:02) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation I: Maestoso (harp)
(0:49) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass: Variation J: L'istesso tempo (horns)
(0:52) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass: Variation K: Vivace (trumpets)
(0:30) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass: Variation L: Allegro pomposo (trombones & tuba)
(1:06) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34): Percussion - Variation M: Moderato (percussion)
(1:58) -- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34): Fugue: Allegro molto - Con slancio (L'istesso tempo) (full orchestra)
(2:47)