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World of Britten Benjamin Britten

Release: Feb 1993 Europe, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD, Tracks: 15, Length: 1:13:54, Barcode: 028943699020
Release type: Album - Compilation

Contents

CD #1
1 Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, op. 34 16:36
2 Spring Symphony, for soprano, alto, tenor, boys’ chorus, chorus & orchestra, op. 44: III Spring, the sweet spring 1:53
3 Noye’s Fludde, children’s opera, op. 59: 3 Noye, Noye, take thou thy company 6:12
4 Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Nocturne 3:28
5 Billy Budd, opera, op. 50: Interlude and Sea Shanties 7:49
6 A Ceremony of Carols, for treble voices (or chorus) & harp, op. 28: Deo Gracias 1:16
7 A Hymn to the Virgin, for double chorus 3:26
8 War Requiem, for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys’ voices, chorus, chamber orchestra, orchestra & organ, op. 66: Larcymosa 6:49
9 Peter Grimes, opera, op. 33 Sea Interlude: Dawn 3:39
10 Early one morning, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5) 3:04
11 The Plough Boy, folk song for high voice & orchestra 2:05
12 Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, op. 4: I. Boisterous Bourree 3:28
13 Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato 3:05
14 Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband 7:55
15 Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, op. 4: IV. Frolicsome Finale 3:03

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