Britten Conducts Britten, Vol. IV

Tracklist

• 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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Release credits

• Alexander Murray
  flute [25-26]
• Barry Tuckwell
  French horn [22, 26], horn [1-8], solo [1, 8]
• Benjamin Britten
  conductor [3.1-17, 2.1-8, 7.2-7, 7.9-26, 7.26, 1.1-7, 5.1-27, 4.1-22], piano [5.28-34, 6.1-29]
• David Harvey
  producer [2-5]
• Denis Blyth
  timpani [23, 26]
• Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau
  baritone vocals [6.10-16, 2.8]
• English Chamber Orchestra
  performing orchestra [3.1-16, 1.1-7, 7.9-18, 2.1-4]
• Erik Smith
  producer [7.1-8, 3.17]
• Gervase de Peyer
  clarinet [25-26]
• Gordon Parry
  engineer [2-17]
• Heinrich Keilholz
  balance [1-4]
• Helmut Najda
  executive [1-4]
• James Walker
  producer [6.17-24, 5.28-34, 7.19-26]
• John Culshaw
  producer [7.9-18, 4.1-22, 5.1-14, 6.10-16, 2.1-8, 3.6-16]
• John Mordler
  producer [1-9]
• John Shirley‐Quirk
  baritone vocals [25-29]
• Julius Katchen
  piano [15-27]
• Kenneth Wilkinson
  balance [2.5-8, 6.1-16], engineer [1.1-5, 3.2-5], recording [1-4]
• London Symphony Chorus
  choir vocals [8]
• London Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [3.17, 2.8, 5.15-27, 7.2-7, 7.19-26, 7.26]
• Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  performing orchestra [4.1-22, 5.1-14]
• Osian Ellis
  harp [21, 26]
• Peter Andry
  producer [15-27]
• Peter Pears
  tenor vocals [6.1-9, 6.17-19, 6.21-24, 5.28-34, 2.8, 7.2-7, 7.9-26, 7.26]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5-7]
• Ray Minshull
  producer [6.25-29, 3.1, 1.1-7]
• Roger Lord
  cor anglais [24, 26]
• William Waterhouse
  bassoon [20, 26]
• Wolfgang Lohse
  producer [1-4]
• Марк Давыдович Лубоцкий
  solo [5], violin [5, 5-7]
• Мстислав Ростропович
  cello [1-4]
• Святослав Рихтер
  piano [1-4]
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Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  B
  Britten Conducts Britten, Vol. IV

  7x CD
  6 November 2006
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  B
  Britten conducts Britten Vol. 4

  7x Digital Media
  2006