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Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem; Four Sea Interludes; The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Libor Pesek

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes; The Young person's guide to the orchestra
Conductors: Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Benjamin Britten was one of the few 20th century composers to create a musical universe with works in many different genres that enjoy great popularity....continue...
Recording information: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (01/1989)....continue...

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Les Illuminations, Sinfonia da Requiem, etc / Pesec, Gomez, Mackie, Tuckwell, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Nocturne, Op. 60; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes; The Young person's g...
Performers: Gomez, Jill; Mackie, Neil; Tear, Robert; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]
Conductors: Whitfield, John [Bass]; Bedford, Steuart; Tate, Jeffrey; Warren-Green, Christopher; Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; London Chamber Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Some of Britten's richest vocal chamber pieces, by splendidly idiomatic performers are followed on disc 2 by slightly less exceptional orchestral performances. Still,...continue...

The British Symphonic Collection Vol 12 - Elgar / Bostock

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 2003-02-06

Works: Edward Elgar: With Proud Thanksgiving; Frank Bridge: A Prayer; Herbert Howells: Sine nomine, Op. 37; George Dyson: The Blacksmiths; Havergal Brian: Psalm XXIII, Op. 9; Henry Purcell: Jehova, quam mul...
Performers: Alston, Pauline; Donovan, Elizabeth; Matthews, Kevin; Prideaux, William
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, etc / Pesek, Liverpool PO

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2000-05-16

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); The Young person's guide to the orchestra
Conductors: Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Three of Britten's greatest orchestral works are here, handily collected on one CD in great performances....continue...

Howells: Hymnus Paradisi, An English Mass / Handley, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1992-04-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; An English Mass for chorus
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Disley, Stephen; Kennard, Julie
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra