Britten Conducts Britten [Box Set]

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Titolo: Britten Conducts Britten [Box Set]

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Sviatoslav Richter (Piano); Mark Lubotsky; Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): English Chamber Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus

Data di Uscita: 13/11/2006

Numero Dischi: 7

Durata: 8 hours 20 minutes

Genre(s): Orchestral, Vocal and Choral, Chamber, Stage works

Produttore: John Culshaw

SPAR Code: ADD

EAN: 28947560517

Catalogue Number: 4756051

Work 1

Work Title: Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 13

Excerpt(s): 1. Toccata
2. Waltz
3. Impromptu
4. March

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1938

Data di Registrazione: 1970

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: English Chamber Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Sviatoslav Richter

Work 2

Work Title: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 15

Excerpt(s): 1. Moderato con moto
2. Vivace
3. Passacaglia

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1939

Data di Registrazione: 1970

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: English Chamber Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Mark Lubotsky

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Mark Lubotsky

Work 3

Work Title: Cello Symphony, for cello & orchestra, Op. 68

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro maestoso
2. Presto inquieto
3. Adagio
4. Passacaglia. Andante allegro

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1963

Data di Registrazione: 1964

Direttore D´Orchestra: Mstislav Rostropovich

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: English Chamber Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Mstislav Rostropovich

Work 4

Work Title: Sinfonia da Requiem, for orchestra, Op. 20

Excerpt(s): 1. Lacrymosa
2. Dies irae
3. Requiem aeternam

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1940

Data di Registrazione: 1964

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten

Work 5

Work Title: Cantata misericordium, for tenor, baritone, chorus, string quartet, strings, piano, harp & tympani,

Excerpt(s): 1. Cantata misericordium, for tenor, baritone, chorus, string quartet, strings, piano, harp & tympani,

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1963

Data di Registrazione: 1963

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra / Coro: London Symphony Chorus

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Peter Pears, Peter Pears (Tenor)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Pears, Peter Pears

Work 6

Work Title: Prelude & Fugue, for 18 strings, Op. 29

Excerpt(s): 1. Prelude & Fugue, for 18 strings, Op. 29

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Chamber

Date Written: 1943

Data di Registrazione: 1971

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: English Chamber Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten

Work 7

Work Title: Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, Op. 4

Excerpt(s): 1. Boisterous Bourrée
2. Playful Pizzicato
3. Sentimental Saraband
4. Frolicsome Finale

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1934

Data di Registrazione: 1968

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: English Chamber Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten

Work 8

Work Title: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10

Excerpt(s): 1. Introduction and Theme
2. Variation 1: Adagio
3. Variation 2: March
4. Variation 3: Romance
5. Variation 4: Aria Italiana
6. Variation 5: Bourrée classique
7. Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer
8. Variation 7: Moto perpetuo
9. Variation 8: Funeral March
10. Variation 9: Chant
11. Variation 10: Fugue and Finale

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1937

Data di Registrazione: 1966

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: English Chamber Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten

Work 9

Work Title: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad l

Excerpt(s): 1. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad l

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1946

Data di Registrazione: 1963

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: London Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten

Work 10

Work Title: The Prince of the Pagodas, ballet, Op. 57

Excerpt(s): 1. Prelude

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Stage works

Date Written: 1956

Data di Registrazione: 1957

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus and Orchest

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten

Work 11

Work Title: Diversions, for piano, left hand & orchestra, Op. 21

Excerpt(s): 1. Theme
2. Var. 1. Recitative
3. Var. 2. Romance
4. Var. 3. March
5. Var. 4. Arabesque
6. Var. 5. Chant
7. Var. 6. Nocturne
8. Var. 7. Badinerie
9. Var. 8. Burlesque
10. Var. 10. Adagio
11. Finale. Tarantella

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Orchestral

Date Written: 1940

Data di Registrazione: 1954

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: London Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Julius Katchen (Piano)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Julius Katchen

Work 12

Work Title: Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22

Excerpt(s): 1. Sì come nella penna e nell'inchiostro (16)
2. A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia (31)
3. Veggio co' be' bostri occhi un dolce lume (30)
4. Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai (50)
5. Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume (38)
6. S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna (32)
7. Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede (24)

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1940

Data di Registrazione: 1954

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Peter Pears, Peter Pears (Tenor)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Peter Pears

Work 13

Work Title: The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35

Excerpt(s): 1. O my blacke Soule
2. Batter my heart
3. O might those sighes and teares
4. Oh, to vex me
5. What if this present
6. Since she whom I loved
7. At the round earth's imagined corners
8. Thou hast made me
9. Death, be not proud

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1945

Data di Registrazione: 1967

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Peter Pears, Peter Pears (Tenor)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Peter Pears

Work 14

Work Title: Songs and Proverbs of W. Blake, song cycle for baritone & piano, Op. 74

Excerpt(s): 1. Proverb 1, London
2. Proverb 2, The Chimney-Sweeper
3. Proverb 3, A Poison Tree
4. Proverb 4, The Tyger
5. Proverb 5, The Fly
6. Proverb 6, Ah, Sun-flower!
7. Proverb 7, Every Night and Every Morn

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1965

Data di Registrazione: 1965

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Work 15

Work Title: Winter Words, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 52

Excerpt(s): 1. At day-close in November
2. Midnight on the Great Western
3. Wagtail and Baby
4. The little old table
5. The Choirmaster's Burial
6. Proud Songsters
7. At the Railway Station, Upway
8. Before Life and After

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1953

Data di Registrazione: 1954

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Peter Pears, Peter Pears (Tenor)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Peter Pears

Work 16

Work Title: Tit for Tat, song cycle for voice & piano

Excerpt(s): 1. A Song of Enchantment
2. Autumn
3. Silver
4. Vigil
5. Tit for Tat

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1931

Data di Registrazione: 1972

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), John Shirley-Quirk

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, John Shirley-Quirk

Work 17

Work Title: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31

Excerpt(s): 1. Prologue
2. 1. Pastoral (Cotton)
3. 2. Nocturne (Tennyson)
4. 3. Elegy (Blake)
5. 4. Dirge (Anon. 15th Century)
6. 5. Hymn (Jonson)
7. 6. Sonnet (Keats)
8. Epilogue

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1943

Data di Registrazione: 1963

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: London Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Barry Tuckwell (Horn), Benjamin Britten (Piano), Peter Pears, Peter Pears (Tenor)

Attore/i: Barry Tuckwell, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Peter Pears

Work 18

Work Title: Les illuminations, song cycle for high voice & strings, Op. 18

Excerpt(s): 1. Fanfare
2. Villes
3. Phrase
4. Antique
5. Royaute
6. Marine
7. Interlude
8. Being Beauteous
9. Parade
10. Depart

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1939

Data di Registrazione: 1966

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: English Chamber Orchestra

Main Performer: Benjamin Britten (Piano), Peter Pears, Peter Pears (Tenor)

Attore/i: Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Peter Pears

Work 19

Work Title: Nocturne, for tenor, 7 instruments & strings, Op. 60

Excerpt(s): 1. On a poet's lips I slept
2. Below the thunders of the upper deep
3. Encinctured with a twine of leaves
4. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting
5. But that night when on my bed I lay
6. She sleeps on soft, last breaths
7. What is more gentle than a wind in summer?
8. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see

Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Genere: Vocal and Choral

Date Written: 1958

Data di Registrazione: 1959

Direttore D´Orchestra: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra / Coro: London Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Alexander Murray, Barry Tuckwell (Horn), Benjamin Britten (Piano), Denis Blyth, Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet), Osian Ellis, Peter Pears, Peter Pears (Tenor), Roger Lord (Oboe), William Waterhouse

Attore/i: Alexander Murray, Barry Tuckwell, Benjamin Britten, Denis Blyth, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, Peter Pears, Peter Pears, Roger Lord, William Waterhouse

Attore/i: Alexander Murray, Barry Tuckwell, Benjamin Britten, Denis Blyth, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, Peter Pears, Roger Lord, William Waterhouse

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