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Rattle conducts Britten.
LIBRA EMI 5739832 CD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Series:
- British composers
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Subjects (All):
- Orchestral music.
- Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Variations (Piano, 1 hand, with orchestra).
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Folk songs, English--Instrumental settings.
- Folk songs, English.
- Piano quintet with string orchestra.
- Pianos (2) with orchestra.
- Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
- Genre:
- Orchestral music.
- Sound recordings.
- Instrumental settings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Hayes? Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, pc2000.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- Contents:
- Disc 1. 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)
- Building of the house, overture : op. 79
- Praise we great men (1976) (Alison Hargan, soprano ; Mary King, contralto ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Willard White, bass)
- Suite on English folk tunes : 'A time there was
- ' op. 90.
- Disc 2. Canadian carnival : op. 19
- Young Apollo : op. 16 (Peter Donohoe, piano ; Felix Kok and Jeremy Ballard, violins ; Peter Cole, viola ; Michal Kaznowski, cello)
- Quatre chansons francaises (Jill Gomez, soprano)
- Scottish Ballad : op. 26 (Peter Donohoe and Philip Fowke, pianos)
- Occasional overture : op. 38
- Sinfonia da requiem : op. 20.
- Participant:
- Various soloists ; CBSO Chorus ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
- Notes:
- EMI Classics: 7243 5 73983 29 (7243 5 73984 28--7243 5 73985 27)
- Includes works for orchestra; for solo, chorus and orchestra; variations for piano (1 hand) and orchestra; for chorus and orchestra; for soloists (SATB), chorus and orchestra; for piano quintet and string orchestra; for soprano and orchestra; for 2 pianos and orchestra.
- Vocal works sung in English and French.
- Title from container.
- Recorded at Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Center, University Warwick, May 23-24, 1984 (1st, 6th, 11th-12th works) and July 15-17, 1990, (2nd-5th works) and in Cheltenham Town Hall, Apr. 22-23, 1982 (7th-10th works).
- Compact discs (DDD)
- Most of the works previously recorded in 1986 and 1982.
- Program notes by Mervyn Cooke in English, French and German and texts with English translation (35 p. : ill.) laid in container.
- Contains:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. American overture.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Ballad of heroes.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Diversions.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Building of the house.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Praise we great men.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Suite on English folk tunes.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Canadian carnival.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Young Apollo.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Chansons françaises.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Scottish ballad.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Occasional overture.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sinfonia da requiem.
- OCLC:
- 46681493
- Publisher Number:
- 724357398329
- 7243 5 73983 29 EMI Classics
- 7243 5 73984 28 EMI Classics
- 7243 5 73985 27 EMI Classics
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