Help
Skip to main content
Basket 0 items, $0.00

Libor Pesek conducts Britten

Jill Gomez (soprano), Neil Mackie (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Robert Tear (tenor)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Endymion Ensemble, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Libor Pesek, John Whitfield, Steuart Bedford, Jeffrey Tate, Christopher...

Libor Pesek conducts Britten
Some of Britten's richest vocal chamber pieces, by splendidly idiomatic performers are followed on disc 2 by slightly less exceptional orchestral performances. Still, very good value.

BBC Music Magazine, November 20094 out of 5 stars

Libor Pesek conducts Britten

Jill Gomez (soprano), Neil Mackie (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Robert Tear (tenor)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Endymion Ensemble, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Libor Pesek, John Whitfield, Steuart Bedford, Jeffrey Tate, Christopher...

Purchase product

Download

Audio formats guide

44.1 kHz, 16 bit, FLAC/ALAC/WAV

$13.00

320 kbps, MP3

$10.00

No digital booklet included

Stream now lossless, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit
Free 30 day trial
Some of Britten's richest vocal chamber pieces, by splendidly idiomatic performers are followed on disc 2 by slightly less exceptional orchestral performances. Still, very good value.

BBC Music Magazine, November 20094 out of 5 stars

About

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18
Work length22:36
I. Fanfare
Track length2:04
II. Villes
Track length2:20
IIIa. Phrase
Track length1:03
IIIb. Antique
Track length2:05
IV. Royauté
Track length1:41
V. Marine
Track length1:04
VI. Interlude
Track length2:50
VII. Being Beauteous
Track length3:47
VIII. Parade
Track length3:06
IX. Départ
Track length2:36
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
Work length23:24
Prologue (horn solo)
Track length1:20
1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)
Track length3:28
2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Track length3:33
3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)
Track length4:10
4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)
Track length3:37
5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)
Track length2:03
6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats)
Track length3:43
Epilogue (horn solo)
Track length1:30
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings
Work length27:29
On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley)
Track length3:31
Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson) (Robin O'Neill, bassoon)
Track length3:29
Encinctured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) (Thelma Owen, harp)
Track length2:13
Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting (Middleton) (Frank Lloyd, french horn)
Track length2:24
But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) (David Corkhill, timpani)
Track length3:03
She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen) (James Brown, cor anglais)
Track length4:38
What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats) (William Bennett, flute; Thea King, clarinet)
Track length3:01
When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)
Track length5:10
Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Work length17:30
First movement: Boisterous Bourrée
Track length2:27
Second movement: Playful Pizzicato
Track length3:28
Third movement: Sentimental Sarabande
Track length8:36
Fourth movement: Frolicsome Finale
Track length2:59
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Work length21:35
I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -
Track length9:19
II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) -
Track length4:50
III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)
Track length7:26
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Work length16:24
Dawn
Track length3:44
Sunday Morning
Track length3:48
Moonlight
Track length4:35
Storm
Track length4:17
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)
Work length1:57
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind
Work length3:18
Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo)
Track length0:35
Variation B: Lento (oboes)
Track length1:07
Variation C: Moderato (clarinets)
Track length0:39
Variation D: Allegro con marcia (bassoons)
Track length0:57
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings
Work length4:42
Variation E: Brillante, alla polacca (violins)
Track length0:36
Variation F: Meno mosso (violas)
Track length1:16
Variation G: L'istesso tempo (cellos)
Track length0:59
Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses)
Track length1:02
Variation I: Maestoso (harp)
Track length0:49
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass
Work length2:28
Variation J: L'istesso tempo (horns)
Track length0:52
Variation K: Vivace (trumpets)
Track length0:30
Variation L: Allegro pomposo (trombones & tuba)
Track length1:06
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Work length4:45
Percussion - Variation M: Moderato (percussion)
Track length1:58
Fugue: Allegro molto - Con slancio (L'istesso tempo) (full orchestra)
Track length2:47

Awards and reviews

November 2009

Some of Britten's richest vocal chamber pieces, by splendidly idiomatic performers are followed on disc 2 by slightly less exceptional orchestral performances. Still, very good value.
4 out of 5 stars
View download progress

Download queue