Benjamin britten: song cycles, sinfonia da requiem, four sea interludes
(1987)

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Provider: hoopla

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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
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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)

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