Essential Britten / Over 2 hours of Britten's greatest masterworks

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Album Summary

Performers

• Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Barry Tuckwell (Horn)
• Neil Mackie (Tenor)
• Ida Haendel (Violin)
• Robert Tear (Tenor)
• Osian Ellis (Harp)
• James Clark (Treble)
• Julian Godlee (Treble)
• Melvyn Tan (Harpsichord)
• Jane Salmon (Cello)
• Felicity Palmer (Soprano)
• Roy Carter (Oboe)
• John Lenehan (Piano)
• Moray Welsh (Cello)
• Timothy Brown (Horn)
• Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
• Julius Drake (Piano)
• Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Christopher Maltman (Baritone)

Conductors

• Bedford, Steuart
• Berglund, Paavo
• Brown, Iona
• Hickox, Richard
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Pesek, Libor
• Previn, Andre
• Rattle, Simon, Sir
• Tate, Jeffrey
• Whitfield, John
• Willcocks, David

Ensembles

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• Endymion Ensemble

Composer

• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

Notes & Reviews:

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works by the great composers, this series showcases world celebrated performances of these timeless classics, performed by the world's leading artists. This latest batch of the series is composed of a selection of Benjamin Britten's most popular and successful works, 38 pieces from the finest films of all time, favorite encores for solo instruments, orchestra and voice, popular works by famous British composers, and a cornucopia of many of the best-known carols. The series provides a great introduction to classical music and will appeal to those who are seeking the most familiar classical pieces that have been heard in the popular media such as major films and TV commercials.

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works by the great composers, this series showcases world celebrated performances of these timeless classics, performed by the world's leading artists. This latest batch of the series is composed of a selection of Benjamin Britten's most popular and successful works, 38 pieces from the finest films of all time, favorite encores for solo instruments, orchestra and voice, popular works by famous British composers, and a cornucopia of many of the best-known carols. The series provides a great introduction to classical music and will appeal to those who are seeking the most familiar classical pieces that have been heard in the popular media such as major films and TV commercials.

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Works Details

Britten, Benjamin : Les Illuminations, Op. 18 :: 1. Fanfare

• Performer: Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939

Britten, Benjamin : Les Illuminations, Op. 18 :: 7. Being Beauteous

• Performer: Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939

Britten, Benjamin : Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4

• Conductor: Iona Brown
• Running Time: 17 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1934

Britten, Benjamin : Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 :: 1. Pastoral

• Performers: Barry Tuckwell (Horn); Neil Mackie (Tenor)
• Conductor: Steuart Bedford
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943

Britten, Benjamin : Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31 :: 2. Nocturne

• Performers: Barry Tuckwell (Horn); Neil Mackie (Tenor)
• Conductor: Steuart Bedford
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943

Britten, Benjamin : Concerto for Violin Op. 15 :: 3. Passacaglia. Andante lento - Un poco meno mosso

• Performer: Ida Haendel (Violin)
• Conductor: Paavo Berglund
• Running Time: 14 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939

Britten, Benjamin : Saint Nicolas, Op. 42 :: 3. Nicolas devotes himself to God

• Performer: Robert Tear (Tenor)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1948

Britten, Benjamin : A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28

• Performers: Osian Ellis (Harp); James Clark (Treble); Julian Godlee (Treble)
• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 20 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1942

Britten, Benjamin : The Young person's guide to the orchestra

• Conductor: Libor Pesek
• Running Time: 12 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1946

Britten, Benjamin : Phaedre, Op. 93 :: In May, in Brilliant Athens

• Performers: Melvyn Tan (Harpsichord); Jane Salmon (Cello); Felicity Palmer (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Whitfield
• Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble
• Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1975

Britten, Benjamin : Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 :: 2. Phaeton. Vivace ritmico

• Performer: Roy Carter (Oboe)
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951

Britten, Benjamin : Nocturne, Op. 60 :: When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

• Performer: Robert Tear (Tenor)
• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1958

Britten, Benjamin : Sonata for Cello in C, Op. 65 :: 2. Scherzo-Pizzicato

• Performers: John Lenehan (Piano); Moray Welsh (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1961

Britten, Benjamin : Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain" :: Still Falls the Rain, for tenor, horn & piano, Op. 55

• Performers: Timothy Brown (Horn); Ian Bostridge (Tenor); Julius Drake (Piano)
• Running Time: 11 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1954

Britten, Benjamin : Spring Symphony, Op. 44 :: Part 1. The Merry Cuckoo

• Performer: Robert Tear (Tenor)
• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1949

Britten, Benjamin : Folksongs (7), Volume 3

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Britten, Benjamin : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Act 1. You spotted snakes with double tongue

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1960

Britten, Benjamin : War Requiem, Op. 66 :: Agnus Dei

• Performer: Robert Tear (Tenor)
• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1961

Britten, Benjamin : Folksongs (7), Volume 1

• Performers: Julius Drake (Piano); Christopher Maltman (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: circa 1943

Britten, Benjamin : Peter Grimes

• Conductor: Libor Pesek
• Running Time: 15 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944