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Offer,Britten: The Masterpieces

Rachel Masters (harp), Brian Runnett (organ), Viola Tunnard (piano), Trevor Anthony (speaker), Sheila Rex (mezzo-soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Gillian Saunders (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Kathleen Petch (soprano), Darian Angadi (boy soprano), Merlin Channon...

  • Release Date: 17th Jun 2013
  • Catalogue No: 4785723
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

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Contents

Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Work length16:23
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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1963-05-28
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Theme - Allegro maestoso e largamente

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Variation A: Flutes & Piccolo - Presto

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Variation B: Oboes - Lento

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Variation C: Clarinets - Moderato

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Variation D: Bassoons - Allegro alla marcia

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Variation E: Violins - Brillante - alla polacca

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Variation F: Violas - Meno mosso

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Variation G: Cellos

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Variation H: Double Basses - Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando

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Variation I: Harp - Maestoso

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Variation J: Horns - L'istesso tempo

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Variation K: Trumpets - Vivace

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Variation L: Trombones & Bass Tuba - Allegro pomposo

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Variation M: Percussion - Moderato

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Fugue - Allegro molto

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Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4

Work length17:18
$4.40
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  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1968-05-31
  • Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape

I. Boisterous Bourrée

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II. Playful Pizzicato

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III. Sentimental Saraband

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IV. Frolicsome Finale

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

Work length26:39
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  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1966-12-20
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

I. Introduction & 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 Waltzer

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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 & Finale

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue

Work length3:33
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude I: On the beach (Dawn)

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1

Work length4:18
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude II: The Storm

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2

Work length3:55
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude III: Sunday Morning

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3

Work length4:28
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude V: Evening

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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28

Work length23:07
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  • Rachel Masters (harp)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1990-12
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Procession

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Wolcom Yule!

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There Is No Rose

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That Yongë Child

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Balulalow

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As Dew In Aprille

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This Little Babe

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Interlude

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In Freezing Winter Night

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Spring Carol

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Deo Gracias

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Recession

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Britten: A Boy was Born, Op. 3

Work length28:02
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  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, Ladies From Cambridge University Choir
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1990-12
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

A Boy Was Born (Theme)

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Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu

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Variation 2: Herod

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Variation 3: Jesu As Thou Art Our Saviour

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Variation 4: The Three Kings

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Variation 5: In The Bleak Mid-Winter

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Variation 6: Finale - Noel!

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Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin

Work length3:18
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  • The Choir of St John’s Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1962-08-09
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

Britten: Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32

Work length5:58
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  • Brian Runnett (organ)
  • The Choir of St John’s Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1962-08-09
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

Britten: Jubilate Deo in C major (1961)

Work length2:43
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  • Brian Runnett (organ)
  • The Choir of St John’s Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1962-08-09
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

Work length10:38
$3.30
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  • London Symphony Chorus
  • George Malcolm
  • Recorded: 1961-05-18
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

In a Garden Shady

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I Cannot Grow

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O Ear Whose Creatures

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Britten: Songs from "Friday Afternoons", Op. 7

Work length18:23
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  • Viola Tunnard (piano)
  • Choir of Downside School, Purley
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1966-07-15
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London

Begone, Dull Care

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A Tragic Story

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Songs From Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: "Cuckoo!"

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A New Year Carol

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I Mun Be Married On Sunday

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There Was a Man Of Newington

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Fishing Song

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The Useful Plough

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Jazz-Man

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There Was a Monkey

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Songs From Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: "Old Abram Brown"

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Britten: Noye's Fludde

Work length48:03
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  • Trevor Anthony (speaker), Owen Brannigan (bass (vocal)), Sheila Rex (mezzo-soprano), David Pinto (boy soprano), Merlin Channon (assistant conductor), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Gillian Saunders (soprano), Kathleen Petch (soprano), Caroline Clack (soprano), Margaret Hawes (soprano), Stephen Alexander (boy soprano), Patricia Garrod (soprano), Darian Angadi (boy soprano)
  • The Congregation, English Opera Group, Chorus Of Animals
  • Merlin Channon, Norman Del Mar
  • Recorded: 1961-07-04
  • Recording Venue: Orford Church, Suffolk

"Lord Jesus, Think On Me"

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"I God, That All This Worlde Hath Wroughte"

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"Have Done, You Men and Wemen All"

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"Now In the Name Of God I Will Begyne"

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"Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company"

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"Wiffe, Come In! Why Standes Thou Their?"

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"Ha! Children, Me Thinkes My Botte Removes"

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"Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone"

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"Noye, Take Thy Wife Anone"

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"Noye, Heare I Behette Thee a Heste"

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"The Spacious Firmament On High"

Track length7:22
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Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18

Work length22:03
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  • Peter Pears (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1966-12-20
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

I. Fanfare

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II. Villes

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IIIa. Phrase

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IIIb. Antique

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IV. Royauté

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V. Marine

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VI. Interlude

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VII. Being beauteous

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VIII. Parade

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IX. Départ

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

Work length23:49
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  • Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1963-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Prologue

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Pastoral - The Day's Grown Old

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Nocturne - The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

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Elegy - O Rose, Thou Art Sick

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Dirge - This Ae Night

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Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair

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Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight

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Epilogue

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Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15

Work length32:35
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  • Janine Jansen (violin)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Paavo Järvi
  • Recorded: 2009-07-19
  • Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

1. Moderato con moto

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2. Vivace

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3. Passacaglia; Andante lento

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