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Britten on Film

Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Choir of King

Edwards’ Boys School, Birmingham, Martyn Brabbins

Britten on Film
Britten's short period with the GPO Film Unit and other similar organisations proved to be key training for his musico-dramatic skills. The performances, by the BCMG and assorted choirs and...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20074 out of 5 stars

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Britten on Film

Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Choir of King

Edwards’ Boys School, Birmingham, Martyn Brabbins

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Britten's short period with the GPO Film Unit and other similar organisations proved to be key training for his musico-dramatic skills. The performances, by the BCMG and assorted choirs and...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20074 out of 5 stars

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A comprehensive collection of premiere recordings of all the surviving music that Benjamin Britten wrote during the 1930s for the General Post Offi ce (GPO), Southern Railways and other organisations.

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Title Music (From "Night Mail")
Work length0:47
Britten: Percussion Sequence (From "Night Mail")
Work length0:55
Britten: This Is the Night Mail Crossing the Border (From "Night Mail")
Work length4:08
Britten: The Tocher Suite
Work length9:32
I. Allegro brilliante
Track length1:53
II. Allegretto
Track length2:20
III. Allegretto
Track length2:01
IV. Bolero. Allegro moderato
Track length2:00
V. Allergro con brio
Track length1:18
Britten: Allegro molto alla marcia (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length0:38
  • Malcolm Wilson, Clare Findlater, Chris Richards
Britten: Allegro. Opening Door (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length2:20
  • Malcolm Wilson, Clare Findlater, Chris Richards
Britten: Allegretto. Messenger Boy (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length0:40
  • Malcolm Wilson, Clare Findlater, Chris Richards
Britten: Lento ma non troppo. Entry to Lithograph Works (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length1:46
  • Malcolm Wilson
Britten: Allegro moderato. Stamp Factory - Machine Starts (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length2:48
  • Malcolm Wilson, Clare Findlater, Chris Richards
Britten: Minuet. Andante lento (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length0:56
  • Malcolm Wilson
Britten: Allegretto. Train Sequence (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length1:37
Britten: Allegretto. Parliament - The Stamp Bill (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length0:53
  • Malcolm Wilson, Clare Findlater, Chris Richards
Britten: Allegro (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length1:12
  • Malcolm Wilson, Clare Findlater
Britten: Allegro moderato alla marcia (From "The King's Stamp")
Work length1:17
Britten: Allegro appassionato. Title Music (From "Negroes")
Work length3:01
Britten: Allegro. In the Middle Ages (From "Negroes")
Work length1:04
Britten: Allegro. Then the Portuguese and Spaniards (From "Negroes")
Work length1:04
Britten: Allegro ritmico. At the Mouth of the Senegal (From "Negroes")
Work length1:08
Britten: Andante con moto. To Sail from Africa to Jamaica (From "Negroes")
Work length0:58
Britten: Andante lento. The More Advanced Thinkers in Europe (From "Negroes")
Work length1:32
Britten: Andante con molto moto. Still at Their Accustomed Hour (From "Negroes")
Work length3:26
Britten: Allegro ritmico. Coffee from the Blue Mountains (From "Negroes")
Work length0:50
Britten: Allegro. Introduction (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length0:33
Britten: Andante maestoso. Romans (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length0:39
Britten: Andante maestoso. Alfred (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length0:48
Britten: Moderato. There Is, at This point of the Haven (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length1:27
Britten: Allegro. The Eighteenth Century (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length1:19
Britten: Allegro con fuoco. Nelson Has Gone (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length0:56
Britten: Lento e pesante. 169 Trains a Week (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length0:41
Britten: The Line Waits (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length2:56
Britten: Più lento. Here Is a Harbour (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length3:00
Britten: Slow. We Seek a Spectacle (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length1:16
Britten: Allegro molto - Alla marcia (From "The Way to the Sea")
Work length1:54
Britten: Telegrams
Work length2:30
Britten: Peace of Britain
Work length1:30
Britten: Title Music (From "Men Behind the Meters")
Work length0:22
Britten: Andantino. I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls (From "Men Behind the Meters")
Work length1:33
Britten: Allegro moderato. 1935 Sequence (From "Men Behind the Meters")
Work length1:16
Britten: Andante (From "Coal Face") [1]
Work length0:39
Britten: A Sterile Landscape (From "Coal Face")
Work length1:10
Britten: Andante. Coal Mining Is the Basic Industry of Britain (From "Coal Face")
Work length0:42
Britten: Yorkshire and Landscape (From "Coal Face")
Work length1:01
Britten: Moderato. The Temperature Often Reaches (From "Coal Face")
Work length0:28
  • Simon Russell Beale, Malcolm Wilson
  • Martyn Brabbins
  • Recorded: 11-12 March 2006
  • Recording Venue: CBSO Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Britten: Andante. The Seven and a Half Hour Shift (From "Coal Face")
Work length0:47
Britten: Ad libitum sempre. One Thirty A.M. (From "Coal Face")
Work length0:50
Britten: Allegro ma non troppo. In Many Pits (From "Coal Face")
Work length1:04
Britten: Allegro molto. The Shift Is Finished (From "Coal Face")
Work length2:03
Britten: Making Up Coal Trains (From "Coal Face")
Work length2:26
Britten: Allegro. Coal Mining Is the Basic Industry of Britain (From "Coal Face")
Work length0:14
Britten: Andante (From "Coal Face") [2]
Work length0:23
Britten: When you're feeling like expressing your affection (Auden)
Work length0:53

Awards and reviews

April 2007

Britten's short period with the GPO Film Unit and other similar organisations proved to be key training for his musico-dramatic skills. The performances, by the BCMG and assorted choirs and soloists, are first-rate.
4 out of 5 stars

Writing film scores quickly, for strictly limited performance forces, was an inestimable professional training, as was collaboration with Auden. The results, as laid out in this 10-part sequence, are fascinating.
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