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Britten, Walton & Tippett

Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Ida Haendel (violin), Aléxander Barantschik (violin), John Alley (piano), Paul Silverthorne (viola), Moray Welsh (cello), John Lenehan (piano), Roy Carter (oboe), Janice Graham (violin), Israela Margalit (piano), Tom Kerstens...

Britten, Walton & Tippett

Britten, Walton & Tippett

Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Ida Haendel (violin), Aléxander Barantschik (violin), John Alley (piano), Paul Silverthorne (viola), Moray Welsh (cello), John Lenehan (piano), Roy Carter (oboe), Janice Graham (violin), Israela Margalit (piano), Tom Kerstens...

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A 5CD set containing titles from the acclaimed EMI British Composers series, based around the music of Benjamin Britten and his contemporaries; Sir William Walton and Sir Michael Tippett.

Artists

Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Ida Haendel (violin), Aléxander Barantschik (violin), John Alley (piano), Paul Silverthorne (viola), Moray Welsh (cello), John Lenehan (piano), Roy Carter (oboe), Janice Graham (violin), Israela Margalit (piano), Tom Kerstens (guitar), Michael Thompson Horn Quartet: Michael Thompson, Jeffrey Bryant, Richard Watkins, Hugh Seenan

St Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Richard Hickox, André Previn, Paavo Berglund, Sir Neville Marriner

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44
Work length44:38
Introduction: Shine out (Anon. 16th century)
Track length9:43
The merry Cuckoo (E Spencer)
Track length2:03
Spring, the sweet Spring (T Nashe)
Track length1:57
The Driving Boy (G Peele and J Clare)
Track length2:09
The Morning Star (J Milton)
Track length3:17
Welcome, Maids of Honour (R Herrick)
Track length2:38
Waters above! (H Vaughan)
Track length2:32
Out of the lawn lie in bad (W H Auden)
Track length6:30
When will my May come (Barnefield)
Track length2:24
Fair and Fair (G Peele)
Track length2:20
Sound the flute! (W Blake)
Track length1:21
Finale: London, to thee I do present (J Beaumont, J Fletcher & anon. 13th century)
Track length7:44
Britten: Four Sea Interludes Op. 33a (from Peter Grimes) (1976 Digital Remaster)
Work length16:19
I. Dawn (Lento e tranquillo)
Track length3:42
II. Sunday Morning (Allegro spiritoso)
Track length3:47
III. Moonlight (Andante comodo e rubato)
Track length4:24
IV. Storm (Presto con fuoco)
Track length4:26
Britten: Violin Concerto Op. 15 (revised version) (1992 Digital Remaster)
Work length31:18
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Moderato con moto
Track length8:33
II. Vivace - Cadenza -
Track length8:26
III. Passacaglia (Andante lento (un poco meno mosso) - Largamente (lento) - Lento e solenne)
Track length14:19
This track is only available as an album download.
Walton: Violin Concerto
Work length31:14
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Andante tranquillo
Track length11:30
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana - Trio (Canzonetta) - Tempo I
Track length6:44
III. Vivace
Track length13:00
This track is only available as an album download.
Britten: Suite Op. 6
Work length15:58
  • Alexander Barantschik (violin), John Alley (piano)
  • Recorded: 1994-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 14 December 1994, Conway Hall, London
I. Introduction (Andante maestoso)
Track length0:43
II. March (Allegro alla marcia)
Track length2:54
III. Moto perpetuo (Allegro molto e con fuoco)
Track length3:12
IV. Lullaby (Lento tranquillo)
Track length4:39
V. Waltz (Alla valse: vivace e rubato)
Track length4:30
Britten: Elegy for unaccompanied viola
Work length5:50
Britten: Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65
Work length22:21
I. Dialogo (Allegro)
Track length7:53
II. Scherzo-pizzicato (Allegretto)
Track length2:34
III. Elegia (Lento)
Track length6:46
IV. Marcia (Energico)
Track length2:18
V. Moto perpetuo (Presto)
Track length2:50
Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe, Op. 49
Work length14:20
  • Roy Carter (oboe)
  • Recorded: 1995-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 4 & 5 January 1995, All Saints', East Finchley
1. Pan (Senza misura)
Track length2:27
2. Phaeton (Vivace ritmico)
Track length1:24
3. Niobe (Andante)
Track length2:50
4. Bacchus (Allegro pesante)
Track length1:52
5. Narcissus (Lento piacevole)
Track length3:14
6. Arethusa (Largamente)
Track length2:33
Walton: Piano Quartet
Work length28:49
I. Allegramente
Track length6:34
II. Allegro scherzando
Track length5:07
III. Andante tranquillo
Track length8:45
IV. Allegro molto
Track length8:23
Walton: Violin Sonata
Work length25:59
This work is only available as an album download.
  • Janice Graham (violin), John Alley (piano)
  • Recorded: 1995-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 28 August 1995, Conway Hall, London
I. Allegro tranquillo
Track length11:56
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Variazioni
Track length14:03
This track is only available as an album download.
Walton: Five Bagatelles for solo guitar
Work length14:09
  • Tom Kerstens (guitar)
  • Recorded: 1994-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 16 September 1994, St John's, Downshire Hill, Hampstead
1. Allegro
Track length3:51
2. Lento
Track length3:18
3. Alla Cubana
Track length2:17
4. [Lento]
Track length2:13
5. Con slancio
Track length2:30
Tippett: Divertimento on Sellinger's Round
Work length18:25
I. Allegro
Track length2:55
II. A Lament (Andante espressivo)
Track length6:14
III. Presto
Track length1:50
IV. Adagio
Track length3:47
V. Allegro assai
Track length3:39
Tippett: Little Music
Work length10:39
I. Prelude (Maestoso)
Track length1:32
II. Fugue (Allegro moderato (a tempo doppio più mosso))
Track length3:30
III. Air (Andante espressivo)
Track length3:24
IV. Finale (Vivace)
Track length2:13
Tippett: Sonata for four horns
Work length13:46
  • Michael Thompson Horn Quartet (horn)
  • Recorded: 1995-05-14
  • Recording Venue: 12 & 14 May 1995, Henry Wood Hall, Southwark
I. Allegro molto moderato
Track length3:00
II. Allegro giocoso
Track length2:30
III. Lento cantabile tranquillo in stile notturno
Track length5:34
IV. Allegro molto e vigoroso
Track length2:42
Tippett: Concerto for double string orchestra
Work length23:13
I. Allegro con brio
Track length6:18
II. Adagio cantabile
Track length9:02
III. Allegro molto
Track length7:53
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