Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Les Illuminations op.18

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+Serenade op. 31 für Tenor, Horn, Streicher;Nocturne op. 60;
Simple Symphony op. 4;Sinfonia da Requiem op. 20;4 Sea Inter-
ludes op. 33a;The young Persons's Guide to the Orchestra
op. 34

  • Artist: Jill Gomez, Neil Mackie, Barry Tuckwell, Robert Tear, Endymion Ensemble, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate u. a.
  • Label: EMI , DDD, 1986-1989
  • Order number: 6528981
  • Release date: 17.7.2009

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Les Illuminations op. 18

  1. 1 1. Fanfare Start
  2. 2 2. Viles Start
  3. 3 3a. Phrase Start
  4. 4 3b. Antique Start
  5. 5 4. Royauté Start
  6. 6 5. Marine Start
  7. 7 6. Interlude Start
  8. 8 7. Being beauteous Start
  9. 9 8. Parade Start
  10. 10 9. Départ Start

Serenade für Tenor, Horn und Streicher op. 31

  1. 11 Prologue Start
  2. 12 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old Start
  3. 13 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls Start
  4. 14 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick Start
  5. 15 4. Dirge: This ae nighte Start
  6. 16 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress Start
  7. 17 6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight Start
  8. 18 Epilogue Start

Nocturne op. 60

  1. 19 Prometheus anbound - On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley) Start
  2. 20 The Kraken - Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson) Start
  3. 21 The wanderings of Kane - Encintured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) Start
  4. 22 Blurt, Master Constable - Midnight bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting (Middleton) Start
  5. 23 The Prelude - But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) Start
  6. 24 The Kind Ghosts - She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen) Start
  7. 25 Sleep and Poetry - What is more gentle than a wind in summer (Keats) Start
  8. 26 Sonnet Nr. 43 - When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare) Start

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Simple Symphony op. 4

  1. 1 1. Boisterous Bourrée: Allegro ritmico Start
  2. 2 2. Playful Pizzicato: Presto possibile, pizzicato sempre - Molto pesante Start
  3. 3 3. Sentimental Saraband: Poco lento e pesante Start
  4. 4 4. Frolicsome Finale: Prestissimo con fuoco Start

Sinfonia da Requiem op. 20

  1. 5 1. Lacrymosa: Andante ben misurato Start
  2. 6 2. Dies Irae: Allegro con fuoco Start
  3. 7 3. Requiem aeternam: Andante molto tranquillo Start

Peter Grimes (Oper in 1 Prolog und 3 Akten): Four Sea Interludes op. 33a

  1. 8 Dawn Start
  2. 9 Sunday Morning Start
  3. 10 Moonlight Start
  4. 11 Storm Start

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra op. 34 (Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Purcell)

  1. 12 Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente Start
  2. 13 Variation 1: Flutes and piccolo (Presto) Start
  3. 14 Variation 2: Oboes (Lento) Start
  4. 15 Variation 3: Clarinets (Moderato) Start
  5. 16 Variation 4: Bassoons (Allegro alla marcia) Start
  6. 17 Variation 5: Vilins (Brillante: Alla polacca) Start
  7. 18 Variation 6: Violas (Meno mosso) Start
  8. 19 Variation 7: Cellos Start
  9. 20 Variation 8: Double basses (Comminciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando al allegro) Start
  10. 21 Variation 9: Harp (Maestoso) Start
  11. 22 Variation 10: Horns (L'istesso tempo) Start
  12. 23 Variation 11: Trumpets (Vivace) Start
  13. 24 Variation 12: Trombones and bass tuba (Allegro pomposo) Start
  14. 25 Variation 13: Percussion (Moderato) Start
  15. 26 Fugue: Allegro molto - Con slancio - L'istesso tempo Start

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