Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle

• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20:
• 1 Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa. Andante ben misurato 08:01
• 2 Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: II. Dies irae. Allegro con fuoco - Alla marcia 05:18
• 3 Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam. Andante molto tranquillo 06:06
• Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I:
• 4 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: Introduction. Shine out (chorus) 08:33
• 5 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Merry Cuckoo (Tenor) 01:56
• 6 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: Spring, the Sweet Spring (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus) 01:45
• 7 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Driving Boy (soprano, children's chorus) 01:59
• 8 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Morning Star (Chorus) 03:18
• Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II:
• 9 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Welcome, Maids of Honour (alto) 02:43
• 10 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Waters Above (Tenor) 02:44
• 11 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Out on the Lawn I lie in Bed (alto, chorus) 05:59
• Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III:
• 12 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: When will my May come (Tenor) 02:37
• 13 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: Fair and Fair (Soprano, Tenor) 02:04
• 14 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: Sound the Flute (chorus, children's chorus) 01:19
• Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part IV:
• 15 Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part IV: Finale. London, to Thee I do Present (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus, children's chorus) 07:18
• The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34:
• 16 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: I. Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente 02:02
• 17 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: II. Variations A-D, Woodwinds. Presto - Lento - Moderato - Allegro alla marcia 03:10
• 18 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: III. Variations E-H, Strings. Brillante, alla polacca - Meno mosso - Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando 04:01
• 19 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: IV. Variation I, Harp. Maestoso 00:53
• 20 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: V. Variations J-L, Brass. L'istesso tempo - Vivace - Allegro pomposo 02:31
• 21 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: VI. Variation M, Percussion. Moderato 02:02
• 22 Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: VII. Fugue. Allegro molto - Animato 03:02
• Total Runtime 01:19:21

Info for Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Celebrating the work of Benjamin Britten, this album combines three of the composer’s enduringly popular, yet vastly distinctive works. Sir Simon Rattle leads us on an unexpected journey through this diverse collection of masterpieces.

Written shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Sinfonia da Requiem meditates in part on the political populism which had, for the second time in just a few decades, plunged the world in to an existential crisis. In this piece, Britten’s rich, yearning harmonies reveal a sombre and dramatic warning of the cost of conflict.

From the darkness of war, we move towards the light with Britten’s choral Spring Symphony. With its mysterious reimagining of traditional English folk song and verse, the work depicts the gradual reawakening of the natural world when winter ebbs away, and spring begins to triumph.

Britten let his imagination catch fire in The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. This brilliantly original showpiece is one of the composer’s best-known pieces, and draws the album to a close.

Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton, tenor
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
Tiffin Children’s Chorus
The Tiffin Girls’ School Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

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