Peter Grims (scenes) / The Rape of Lucretia / Michelangelo & John Donne Sonnets / Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Berkeley / Rubbra

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I, Scene 1: "Whatever you say... Let her among you without fault" (Ellen)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:01
• 2
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act I, Scene 2: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (Peter)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:17
• 3
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II, Scene 1: Interlude III: Sunday Morning (orchestra)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:20
• 4
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II, Scene 1: "Glitter of waves" (Ellen, Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:49
• 5
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II, Scene 1: "Wherefore, I pray and beseech you" (Rector, Chorus, Ellen)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:30
• 6
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II, Scene 1: "O all ye works of the Lord" (Chorus, Peter, Ellen)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:50
• 7
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act II, Scene 2: "In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home" (Peter)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:54
• 8
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III, Scene 1: "Embroider in childhood" (Ellen)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:15
• 9
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III: Interlude VI

  Benjamin Britten
  2:28
• 10
  Peter Grimes, op. 33: Act III, Scene 2: "Grimes!... Steady. There you are" (Chorus, Peter, Ellen)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:59
• 11
  Seven Sonnets of Michealangelo, op. 22: 1. "Sì come nella penna"

  Benjamin Britten
  2:03
• 12
  Seven Sonnets of Michealangelo, op. 22: 2. "A che più debb'io mai"

  Benjamin Britten
  1:20
• 13
  Seven Sonnets of Michealangelo, op. 22: 3. "Veggio co' be' vostri occhi"

  Benjamin Britten
  3:10
• 14
  Seven Sonnets of Michealangelo, op. 22: 4. "Tu sa' ch'io so"

  Benjamin Britten
  1:46
• 15
  Seven Sonnets of Michealangelo, op. 22: 5. "Rendete a gli occhi miei"

  Benjamin Britten
  1:50
• 16
  Seven Sonnets of Michealangelo, op. 22: 6. "S'un casto amor"

  Benjamin Britten
  1:15
• 17
  Seven Sonnets of Michealangelo, op. 22: 7. "Spirto ben nato"

  Benjamin Britten
  4:42
• 18
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 1. "Oh my blacke Soule!"

  Benjamin Britten
  3:17
• 19
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 2. "Batter my heart"

  Benjamin Britten
  1:13
• 20
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 3. "Oh might those sighes and teares"

  Benjamin Britten
  3:01
• 21
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 4. "Oh, to vex me"

  Benjamin Britten
  1:02
• 22
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 5. "What if this present"

  Benjamin Britten
  2:54
• 23
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35: 6. "Since she whom I loved"

  Benjamin Britten
  3:45
• 24
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 7. "At the round earth's imagined corners"

  Benjamin Britten
  2:45
• 25
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 8. "Thou hast made me"

  Benjamin Britten
  1:21
• 26
  The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op. 35: 9. "Death, be not proud"

  Benjamin Britten
  4:09
• CD 2
• 1
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 1: "Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart" (Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:22
• 2
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 1: "It is an axiom among kings" (Female & Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:23
• 3
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 1: "Here the thirsty evening" (Male Chorus, Collatinus, Junius, Tarquinius)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:22
• 4
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 1: "Lucretia! Lucretia! (Junius, Male Chorus, Collatinus)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:51
• 5
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 1: "With you two arm in arm again" (Collatinus, Tarquinius, Junius)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:32
• 6
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 1: Interlude "Tarquinius does not wait" (Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:46
• 7
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 2: "Their spinning-wheel unwinds" (Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:25
• 8
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 2: "It is better to desire" (Bianca, Lucretia, Lucia, Female Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:48
• 9
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 2: "The oatmeal slippers of sleep" (Female & Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:43
• 10
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 1, Scene 2: "None of the women move" (Female Chorus, Tarquinius, Male Chorus, Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia)

  Benjamin Britten
  5:26
• 11
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 1: "She sleeps as a rose" (Female & Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:23
• 12
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 1: "Lucretia!... What do you want?" (Tarquinius, Lucretia)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:09
• 13
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 1: "Go, Tarquinius!" (Female & Male Chorus, Tarquinius, Lucretia)

  Benjamin Britten
  2:16
• 14
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 1: Interlude "Here in this scene you see" (Female & Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:47
• 15
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 2: "Oh! What a lovely day!" (Lucia, Bianca)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:26
• 16
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 2: "How hideous! Take them away!" (Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia)

  Benjamin Britten
  1:23
• 17
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 2: "Flowers bring to every year" (Lucretia, Bianca)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:15
• 18
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 2: "Too late, Junius" (Collatinus, Lucretia)

  Benjamin Britten
  3:56
• 19
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 2: "This dead hand lets fall" (Collatinus, Junius, Lucia, Bianca, Female & Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:22
• 20
  The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37: Act 2, Scene 2: "Is all this suffering and pain" (Female & Male Chorus)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:43
• CD 3
• 1
  Loth to depart (Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby op. 50 no. 4)

  Edmund Rubbra
  4:10
• 2
  Violin Concerto, op. 15 (original version): I. Moderato con moto - Agitato

  Benjamin Britten
  9:14
• 3
  Violin Concerto, op. 15 (original version): II. Vivace - Cadenza -

  Benjamin Britten
  9:15
• 4
  Violin Concerto, op. 15 (original version): III. Passacaglia (Andante lento (un poco più mosso) - Largamente (lento) - Lento e solenne)

  Benjamin Britten
  12:44
• 5
  Threnody for a Soldier Killed in Action

  Michael Heming
  6:25
• 6
  Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 63: I. Adagio - Allegro energico

  Edmund Rubbra
  9:24
• 7
  Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 63: II. Allegro moderato

  Edmund Rubbra
  5:29
• 8
  Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 63: III. Grave

  Edmund Rubbra
  10:00
• 9
  Symphony no. 5 in B-flat, op. 63: IV. Allegro vivo - Adagio

  Edmund Rubbra
  4:08
• CD 4
• 1
  Piano Concerto in G, op. 55: I. Corymbus (Adagio: calmo e quasi improvvisatore - Allegretto)

  Edmund Rubbra
  9:40
• 2
  Piano Concerto in G, op. 55: II. Dialogue (Lento e solenne)

  Edmund Rubbra
  9:06
• 3
  Piano Concerto in G, op. 55: III. Danza alla rondo (Allegretto gioioso)

  Edmund Rubbra
  8:33
• 4
  Prelufe and Fugue for 18-Part String Orchestra: Prelude -

  Benjamin Britten
  3:10
• 5
  Prelufe and Fugue for 18-Part String Orchestra: Fugue

  Benjamin Britten
  5:55
• 6
  Piano Concerto, op. 13: I. Toccata (Allegro molto e con brio)

  Benjamin Britten
  12:04
• 7
  Piano Concerto, op. 13: II. Waltz (Allegretto)

  Benjamin Britten
  4:45
• 8
  Piano Concerto, op. 13: III. Impromptu (Andante lento) -

  Benjamin Britten
  6:45
• 9
  Piano Concerto, op. 13: IV. March (Allegro moderato, sempre alla marcia)

  Benjamin Britten
  7:49
• CD 5
• 1
  Horn Trio, op. 44: I. Allegro

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  5:27
• 2
  Horn Trio, op. 44: II. Lento

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  6:49
• 3
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Tema (Moderato)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  0:59
• 4
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 1 (Allegro vivace)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:06
• 5
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 2 (Allegretto)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  0:57
• 6
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 3 (Lento)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:29
• 7
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 4 (Vivace)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  0:46
• 8
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 5 (Andante)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:44
• 9
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 6 (Moderato)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  0:55
• 10
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 7 (Adagio)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:17
• 11
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 8 (Moderato)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  0:55
• 12
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 9 (Allegro vivo)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:08
• 13
  Horn Trio, op. 44: III. Theme and Variations: Var. 10 (Moderato)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  0:48
• 14
  Six Preludes, op. 23: 1. Allegro

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:43
• 15
  Six Preludes, op. 23: 2. Andante

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:30
• 16
  Six Preludes, op. 23: 3. Allegro moderato

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:18
• 17
  Six Preludes, op. 23: 4. Allegretto

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:21
• 18
  Six Preludes, op. 23: 5. Allegro

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:35
• 19
  Six Preludes, op. 23: 6. Andante

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:35
• 20
  Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, op. 27: 1. "If, Lord, thy love for me is strong"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  4:11
• 21
  Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, op. 27: 2. "Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:17
• 22
  Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, op. 27: 3. "Let mine eyes see thee"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  3:30
• 23
  Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, op. 27: 4. "Today a shepherd and our kin"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:57
• 24
  Three Greek Songs, op. 38: 1. Epitaph of Timas (Sappho)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:49
• 25
  Three Greek Songs, op. 38: 2. Spring Song (Antipater)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:26
• 26
  Three Greek Songs, op. 38: 3. To Aster (Plato)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:43
• 27
  Five Poems by W.H. Auden. op. 58: 1. "Among the leaves the small birds sing"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:17
• 28
  Five Poems by W.H. Auden. op. 58: 2. "O lurcher-loving collier, black as night"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:19
• 29
  Five Poems by W.H. Auden. op. 58: 3. "What's in your mind, my dove, my coney"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:33
• 30
  Five Poems by W.H. Auden. op. 58: 4. "Eyes look into the well"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:38
• 31
  Five Poems by W.H. Auden. op. 58: 5. "Carry her over the water"

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:28
• 32
  Polka, op. 5 no. 1 (arr. Norman Lane)

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  1:33
• 33
  I Sing of a Maiden

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  2:43
• 34
  The Lord Is My Shepherd, op. 91 no. 1

  Sir Lennox Berkeley
  4:42

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Release credits

• Alan G. Melville
  chorus master [4-6, 10]
• Alan Melville
  producer [1-13]
• Anthony Collins
  arranger [5]
• Arthur Clarke
  balance [1-5]
• Arthur S. Clarke
  balance [3.6-9, 1.11-17]
• BBC Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-3]
• BBC Theatre Chorus
  choir vocals [4-6, 10]
• Benjamin Britten
  piano [11-26]
• Brian Culverhouse
  producer [32]
• Bruce Flagg
  producer [6-9]
• Charles Anderson
  balance [18-26]
• Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [33-34]
• Christopher Hughes
  organ [34]
• Christopher Parker
  balance [1-3, 6-9], engineer [1-13]
• Colin Horsley
  piano [1-19]
• Collegium Musicum of London
  performing orchestra [20-23]
• Cyril Smith
  piano [32]
• David Bicknell
  producer [2.1-20, 3.1, 3.6-9]
• David Flower
  balance [34]
• Denis Dowling
  baritone vocals [3-5, 19]
• Denis Matthews
  piano [1-3]
• Dennis Brain
  French horn [1-13]
• Douglas Larter
  balance [2.1-20, 5.20-23]
• Edmund Rubbra
  producer [6-9]
• English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-20]
• Ernest Lush
  piano [24-31]
• Flora Nielsen
  mezzo-soprano vocals [7-8, 10, 15-17, 19]
• Frederick Sharp
  baritone vocals [3, 5, 10, 12-13]
• Geraint Jones
  producer [1-13]
• Hallé Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-9]
• Herbert Menges
  conductor [6-9]
• Jacques Abram
  piano [6-9]
• Joan Cross
  bass vocals [10], soprano vocals [1.1, 1.4-6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.2, 2.7-9, 2.11, 2.13-14, 2.19-20]
• John Clements
  chorus master [4-6, 10]
• John Minchinton
  conductor [20-23]
• Lawrance Collingwood
  producer [1.1-10, 1.18-26, 2.1-20, 3.1-4, 3.6-9, 4.6-9]
• Manoug Parikian
  violin [1-13]
• Margaret Ritchie
  soprano vocals [7-8, 10, 15-16, 19]
• Nancy Evans
  contralto vocals [7-8, 10, 12-13, 16-18]
• Neville Boyling
  balance [24-31, 33]
• Norman Del Mar
  conductor [4-5]
• Norman Lane
  arranger [32]
• Norman Lumsden
  bass vocals [3-5, 18-19]
• Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  performing orchestra [1-10]
• Pamela Bowden
  contralto vocals [20-23]
• Peter Albu
  producer [14-19]
• Peter Pears
  tenor vocals [2.1-4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13-14, 2.19-20, 1.2, 1.6-7, 1.10-11, 1.11-26]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6-9]
• Phyllis Sellick
  piano [32]
• Raymond Leppard
  producer [1-3]
• Reginald Goodall
  conductor [2.1-20, 1.1-10]
• Robert Beckett
  balance [14-19]
• Robert Gooch
  balance [1, 6-9]
• Ronald Kinloch Anderson
  producer [4.4-5, 5.33]
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4-5]
• Simon Woods
  producer [34]
• Sir Andrew Davis
  organ [33]
• Sir John Barbirolli
  conductor [1-9]
• Sir Malcolm Sargent
  conductor [1-3]
• Stephen Cleobury
  conductor [34]
• Stuart Eltham
  balance [32]
• Theo Olof
  violin [2-4]
• Thomas Hemsley
  baritone vocals [24-31]
• Thomas Rose
  treble vocals [34]
• Tom Culbert
  tenor vocals [5]
• Walter Jellinek
  producer [20-31]
• Walter Legge
  producer [1.11-17, 3.5]
• [unknown]
  balance [1-10]
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Issues

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  P
  (Combined release view)
• 

  B
  British Composers: Britten, Berkeley & Rubbra

  5x Digital Media
  1 July 2011
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  P
  Peter Grims (scenes) / The Rape of Lucretia / Michelangelo & John Donne Sonnets / Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Berkeley / Rubbra

  5x CD
  2011