MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Orchestral Works (Incls Sinfonia da Requiem, Simple Symphony & Prince of the Pagodas)
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Orchestral Works (Incls Sinfonia da Requiem, Simple Symphony & Prince of the Pagodas)
Leif Ove Andsnes, Peter Donohoe, Simon Rattle, Paavo Berglund, Oliver Knussen, etc
[ EMI Classics / 8 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 4 February 2013
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With 23 page booklet
Current Out of Print
"As a whole this collection this is a valuable asset in its own right, containing as it does readings of many pieces that are otherwise unobtainable. And there are no duds and some real winners among these performances, which bid fair to rival Britten's own survey for Decca." MusicWeb
Tracks:
CD 1
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20 [21.29]
Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op.33 [24.16]
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 [17.43]
CD 2
Canadian Carnival, Op.19 [14.02]
Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21 [24.04] 1.
Scottish Ballad, Op.26 [15.14] 2.
An American Overture, Op.27 [10.26]
Occasional Overture, Op.38 [7.11]
The Building of the House, Op.79 [5.02]
Peter Donohoe(1) and Philip Fowke(2)
CD 3
Piano Concerto, Op.13 [35.30]
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Violin Concerto, Op.15 [31.03]
Ida Haendel (violin)
Young Apollo, Op.16 [7.37]
Peter Donohoe (piano)
CD 4
Simple Symphony, Op.4 [17.51]
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 [25.06]
Prelude and Fugue, Op.29 [8.55]
Lachrymae, Op.48a [16.20] 1
Lars Anders Tomter (viola) (1)
CD 5
Symphonic Suite from Gloriana, Op.53a [26.10]
Cello Symphony, Op.68 [37.37]
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Men of Goodwill (1947) [8.30]
CD 6
Sinfonietta, Op.1 [14.40]
Russian Funeral (1936) [5.36]
Suite on English folk tunes A time there was…, Op.90 [15.40]
Soirées musicales, Op.9 [10.52]
Matinées musicales, Op.24 [15.35]
Rossini Suite (1935) [9.35]
CDs 7-8
The Prince of the Pagodas, Op.57 [120.56]
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
