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Heather Harper (soprano), Neil Mackie (vocals), John Tunnell (leader), Barry Tuckwell (french horn), John Tunnel (orchestra leader), Ida Haendel (lead vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Julian Godlee (vocals), James Clark (vocals), Osian...
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Britten: Les Illuminations for high voice and string orchestra Op. 18 (1971 Digital Remaster)
- Heather Harper (soprano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- Sir Neville Marriner
I. Fanfare
VII. Being Beauteous
Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4
- Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
- Iona Brown
I. Boisterous Bourrée
II. Playful Pizzicato
III. Sentimental Sarabande
IV. Frolicsome Finale
Excerpt,
- Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tunnell, Neil Mackie (tenor)
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Steuart Bedford
1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)
2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Britten: Violin Concerto Op. 15 (revised version) (1992 Digital Remaster): III. Passacaglia (Andante lento (un poco meno mosso) - Largamente (lento) - Lento e solenne)
- Ida Haendel (violin)
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Paavo Berglund
Britten: Saint Nicolas, Op.42 (1995 - Remaster): Nicolas devotes himself to God
- Robert Tear (tenor)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir David Willcocks
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
- Osian Ellis (harp)
- Choir of King's College Cambridge
- Sir David Willcocks
1. Procession
2. Wolcum Yole!
3. There is no rose
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34): Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente (full orchestra - woodwind - brass - strings - percussion - full orchestra)
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Libor Pešek
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Libor Pešek
Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo)
Variation B: Lento (oboes)
Variation C: Moderato (clarinets)
Variation D: Allegro con marcia (bassoons)
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Libor Pešek
Variation E: Brillante, alla polacca (violins)
Variation F: Meno mosso (violas)
Variation G: L'istesso tempo (cellos)
Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses)
Variation I: Maestoso (harp)
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Libor Pešek
Variation J: L'istesso tempo (horns)
Variation K: Vivace (trumpets)
Variation L: Allegro pomposo (trombones & tuba)