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Britten: Works for voice & string orchestra

Barbara Hannigan (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Jasper de Waal (horn)

Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (artistic director)

Hannigan brings a fined-down intensity to the more hushed Rimbaud settings such as 'Being Beauteous', but elsewhere her tone tends to flutter under pressure...Gilchrist, by contrast, sounds at... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 25th Feb 2013
  • Catalogue No: CCSSA32213
  • Label: Channel
  • Length: 78 minutes

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Contents

Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18

Work length22:58
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  • Barbara Hannigan (soloist)
  • Amsterdam Sinfonietta
  • Candida Thompson

I. Fanfare, J'ai seul la clef

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II. Villes, Ce sont des villes! C'est un peuple

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IIIa. Phrase, J'ai tendu des cordes

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IIIb. Antique, Gracieux fils de Pan!

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IV. Royauté, Un beau matin, chez un peuple fort doux

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V. Marine, Les chars d'argent et de cuivre

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VI. Interlude, J'ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage

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VII. Being Beauteous, Devant une neige un être de beauté

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VIII. Parade, Des drôles très solides

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IX. Départ, Assez vu, la vision s'est rencontrée

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Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10

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  • Amsterdam Sinfonietta
  • Candida Thompson

I. Introduction and Theme

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II. Adagio

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III. March

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IV. Romance

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V. Aria italiana

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VI. Bourrée classique

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VII. Wiener Walzer

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VIII. Moto perpetuo

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IX. Funeral March

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X. Chant

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XI. Fugue and Finale

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Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

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  • Jasper de Waal, James Gilchrist (soloist)
  • Amsterdam Sinfonietta
  • Candida Thompson

I. Prologue

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II. Pastoral, The day’s grown old

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III. Nocturne, The splendour falls on castle walls

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IV. Elegy, O Rose, thou art sick!

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V. Dirge, This ae nighte

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VI. Hymn, Queen and huntress

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VII. Sonnet, O soft embalmer

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VIII. Epilogue

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Britten: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal for Tenor, Horn and Strings

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  • Jasper de Waal, James Gilchrist (soloist)
  • Amsterdam Sinfonietta
  • Candida Thompson

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