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Britten Conducts Britten: Vol. IV Benjamin Britten

Release: 06 Nov 2006 Europe, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 143, Length: 8:19:10, Barcode: 028947560517
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 Piano Concerto, op. 13: I. Toccata 12:00
2 Piano Concerto, op. 13: II. Waltz 5:06
3 Piano Concerto, op. 13: III. Impromptu 8:07
4 Piano Concerto, op. 13: IV. March 8:50
5 Violin Concerto, op. 15: I. Moderato con moto 9:17
6 Violin Concerto, op. 15: II. Vivace 9:18
7 Violin Concerto, op. 15: III. Passacaglia. Andante lento 13:45
CD #2
1 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: I. Allegro maestoso 12:30
2 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: II. Presto inquieto 3:38
3 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: III. Adagio – Cadenza 10:33
4 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: IV. Passacaglia. Andante allegro 7:22
5 Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: I. Lacrymosa 8:46
6 Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: II. Dies irae 5:04
7 Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam 6:38
8 Cantata misericordium, op. 69 19:48
CD #3
1 Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra, op. 29 9:16
2 Simple Symphony, op. 4: I. Boisterous Bourrée. Allegro maestoso 3:24
3 Simple Symphony, op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato. Presto possibile, pizzicato sempre 3:03
4 Simple Symphony, op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband. Poco lento e pesante 7:53
5 Simple Symphony, op. 4: IV. Frolicsome Finale. Prestissimo con fuoco 2:59
6 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Introduction and Theme. Lento maestoso – Allegretto poco lento 1:58
7 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Adagio 2:24
8 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: March. Presto alla marcia 1:07
9 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Romance. Allegretto grazioso 1:38
10 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Aria Italiana. Allegro brillante 1:19
11 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Bourrée Classique. Allegro e pesante 1:16
12 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Wierner Walzer. Vivace 2:41
13 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Moto perpetuo. Allegro molto 1:11
14 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Funeral March. Andante ritmico 3:59
15 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Chant. Lento 1:38
16 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: Fugue and Finale. Allegro molto vivace – Lento e solenne 7:35
17 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell 16:30
CD #4
1 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. Prelude 2:21
2 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The Fool and the Dwarf 1:20
3 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The Emperor – March 1:29
4 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. Gavotte 2:35
5 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The Four Kings 1:20
6 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The King of the North 1:17
7 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The King of the East 2:31
8 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The King of the West 1:07
9 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The King of the South 1:43
10 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. Belle Epine 2:26
11 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. Belle Rose 6:10
12 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The Kings and Belle Rose 1:25
13 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. Triumph of Belle Epine 1:52
14 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. Rage of the Kings 1:41
15 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 1. The Four Frogs 2:57
16 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 2, Scene 1. Air 5:35
17 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 2, Scene 1. Water 7:13
18 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 2, Scene 1. Fire 5:59
19 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 2, Scene 2. Belle Rose in Pagoda-Land 2:06
20 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 2, Scene 2. The Pagodas 3:02
21 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 2, Scene 2. The Salamander 3:02
22 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 2, Scene 2. The Prince and Belle Rose 5:55
CD #5
1 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 1. Belle Epine as Empress 2:47
2 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 1. The Old Emperor 2:51
3 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 1. Belle Rose and the Salamander 1:33
4 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 1. Transition 3:08
5 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. The Pagoda Palace 1:36
6 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Pas de six 2:03
7 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Variation 1 3:43
8 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Variation 2 1:06
9 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Variation 3 1:08
10 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Pas de trois 1:24
11 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Pas de deux 4:05
12 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Variation 4 1:10
13 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Variation 5 2:16
14 The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57: Act 3, Scene 2. Finale and Apotheosis 6:10
15 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Theme 1:06
16 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation I – Recitative 1:28
17 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation II – Romance 1:29
18 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation III – March 1:19
19 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation IV – Arabesque 1:36
20 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation V – Chant 1:47
21 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation VI – Nocturne 2:07
22 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation VII – Badinerie 1:25
23 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation VIII – Burlesque 1:52
24 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation IXa –Toccata I 0:48
25 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation IXb – Toccata II 2:01
26 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation X – Adagio 4:17
27 Diversions for Piano (Left Hand) & Orchestra, op. 21: Variation XI – Tarantella 2:41
28 Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22: Sonetto XVI 1:59
29 Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22: Sonetto XXXI 1:22
30 Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22: Sonetto XXX 3:16
31 Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22: Sonetto LV 1:47
32 Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22: Sonetto XXXVIII 1:54
33 Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22: Sonetto XXXII 1:20
34 Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22: Sonetto XXIV 4:55
CD #6
1 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 1. Oh, my blacke Soule! 3:20
2 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 2. Batter my heart 1:20
3 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 3. Oh might those sighes and teares 3:00
4 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 4. Oh, to vex me 1:08
5 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 5. What if this present 2:50
6 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 6. Since she whom I loved 3:27
7 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 7. At the round earth’s imagined corners 2:35
8 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 8. Thou hast made me 1:31
9 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 9. Death, be not proud 3:57
10 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: The Pride of the Peacock…London 3:07
11 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: Prisons are built…The Chimney Sweeper 2:50
12 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: The Bird anest…A Poison Tree 4:28
13 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: Think in the morning…The Tyger 2:34
14 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: The Tygers of wrath…The Fly 2:48
15 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: The hours of folly…Ah, Sun Flower 4:15
16 Songs & Proverbs of William Blake, op. 74: To see a world…Every night and every morn 3:28
17 Winter Words, op. 52: At day‐close in November 1:40
18 Winter Words, op. 52: Midnight on the Great Western 4:28
19 Winter Words, op. 52: Wagtail and baby 1:58
20 Winter Words, op. 52: The little old table 1:24
21 Winter Words, op. 52: The choirmaster’s burial 3:46
22 Winter Words, op. 52: Proud songsters 1:10
23 Winter Words, op. 52: At the railway station, Upway 2:42
24 Winter Words, op. 52: Before life and after 3:18
25 Tit for Tat: A song of enchantment 2:27
26 Tit for Tat: Autumn 1:13
27 Tit for Tat: Silver 1:45
28 Tit for Tat: Vigil 1:43
29 Tit for Tat: Tit for tat 1:34
CD #7
1 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Prologue 1:24
2 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Pastoral “The day’s grown old” 3:37
3 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Nocturne “The splendour falls on castle walls” 3:20
4 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Elegy “O Rose, thou art sick” 4:02
5 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Dirge “This ae nighte” 3:44
6 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Hymn “Queen and huntress, chaste and fair” 2:01
7 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Sonnet “O soft embalmer of the still midnight” 4:09
8 Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, op. 31: Epilogue 1:33
9 Les Illuminations, op. 18: I. Fanfare 1:51
10 Les Illuminations, op. 18: II. Villes 2:32
11 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIa. Phrase 0:57
12 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIb. Antique 2:10
13 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IV. Royauté 1:37
14 Les Illuminations, op. 18: V. Marine 1:02
15 Les Illuminations, op. 18: VI. Interlude 2:21
16 Les Illuminations, op. 18: VII. Being beauteous 4:04
17 Les Illuminations, op. 18: VIII. Parade 2:48
18 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IX. Départ 2:42
19 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “On a poet’s lips I slept” 3:22
20 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “Below the thunders of the upper deep” 3:18
21 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “Encintured with a twine of leaves” 2:12
22 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “Midnight’s bell goes ting, ting, ting” 2:30
23 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “But that night when on my bed I lay” 3:02
24 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “She sleeps on soft, last breaths” 4:30
25 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “What is more gentle than a wind in summer?” 3:27
26 Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obligato Instruments & Strings, op. 60: “When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see” 4:01

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