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The Essential Benjamin Britten

Daniel Hope (violin), Nicholas Bone (viola), William Butt (cello), Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson, Dame Janet Baker & Lorraine Hunt, Thomas Hampson & Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Darcey Bussell & Jonathan Cope

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, American...

The Essential Benjamin Britten

The Essential Benjamin Britten

Daniel Hope (violin), Nicholas Bone (viola), William Butt (cello), Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson, Dame Janet Baker & Lorraine Hunt, Thomas Hampson & Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Darcey Bussell & Jonathan Cope

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, American...

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Daniel Hope (violin), Nicholas Bone (viola), William Butt (cello), Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson, Dame Janet Baker & Lorraine Hunt, Thomas Hampson & Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Darcey Bussell & Jonathan Cope

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, American Boychoir, Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, The Royal Ballet, Andrew Davis, Paul Watkins, William Conway, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Bernard Haitink, Sir Colin Davis, Ashley Lawrence

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Young Apollo, Op. 16
Work length7:06
Britten: Double Concerto for Violin and Viola in B Minor
Work length21:39
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length6:10
II. Rhapsody
Track length7:27
III. Allegro scherzando - Allegro non troppo
Track length8:02
Britten: Two Portraits
Work length15:03
No. 1, David Layton
Track length9:18
No. 2, E. B. B.
Track length5:45
Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Work length14:43
I. Poco presto ed agitato
Track length4:23
II. Variations
Track length6:17
III. Tarantella
Track length4:03
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Work length17:05
Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
Work length27:49
Introduction and Theme
Track length1:56
Variation I. Adagio
Track length2:22
Variation II. March
Track length1:12
Variation III. Romance
Track length1:43
Variation IV. Aria italiana
Track length1:25
Variation V. Bourrée classique
Track length1:33
Variation VI. Wiener Walzer
Track length3:06
Variation VII. Moto perpetuo
Track length1:11
Variation VIII. Funeral March
Track length3:43
Variation IX. Chant
Track length1:38
Variation X. Fugue and Finale
Track length8:00
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Work length15:48
No. 1, Dawn
Track length3:12
No. 2, Sunday Morning
Track length3:39
No. 3, Moonlight
Track length4:18
No. 4, Storm
Track length4:39
Britten: Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op. 33b
Work length6:49
Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15
Work length35:44
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I. Moderato con moto
Track length10:44
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Vivace - Cadenza
Track length9:00
III. Passacaglia. Andante lento
Track length16:00
This track is only available as an album download.
Britten: Lachrymae for viola & strings, Op. 48a
Work length14:49
Britten: Suite No. 1 for cello solo, Op. 72
Work length28:33
  • William Butt (cello)
I. Canto primo
Track length2:35
II. Fuga
Track length4:27
III. Lamento
Track length3:26
IV. Canto secondo
Track length1:36
V. Serenata
Track length2:21
VI. Marcia
Track length3:58
VII. Canto terzo
Track length2:39
VIII. Bordone
Track length3:39
IX. Moto perpetuo e canto quatro
Track length3:52
Britten: Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80
Work length28:28
  • William Butt (cello)
I. Declamato
Track length4:12
II. Fuga
Track length5:46
III. Scherzo
Track length2:22
IV. Andante lento
Track length7:03
V. Ciaccona
Track length9:05
Britten: Suite No. 3 for cello solo, Op. 87
Work length27:29
  • William Butt (cello)
I. Introduzione
Track length2:59
II. Marcia
Track length2:10
III. Canto
Track length1:29
IV. Barcarolla
Track length1:48
V. Dialogo
Track length1:48
VI. Fuga
Track length3:30
VII. Recitativo
Track length1:38
VIII. Moto perpetuo
Track length1:00
IX. Passacaglia
Track length11:07
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Work length1:23:11
I. (a) Requiem aeternam. "Requiem aeternam"
Track length6:59
I. (b) Requiem aeternam. "What-Passing Bells" - "Kyrie eleison"
Track length4:03
II. (a) Dies irae. "Dies irae"
Track length3:41
II. (b) Dies irae. "Bugles Sang"
Track length2:37
II. (c) Dies irae. "Liber scriptus profetur"
Track length3:34
II. (d) Dies irae. "Out There, We've Walked"
Track length1:45
II. (e) Dies irae. "Recordare Jesu" - "Confudatis maledictis"
Track length4:45
II. (f) Dies irae. "Be Slowly Lifted Up"
Track length1:59
II. (g) Dies irae. "Dies irae" (Reprise)
Track length1:19
II. (h) Dies irae. "Lacrimosa dies illa"
Track length2:07
II. (i) Dies irae. "Move Him into the Sun"
Track length5:13
III. (a) Offertorium. "Domine Jesu Christe" - "Quam olim Abrahae"
Track length3:48
III. (b) Offertorium. "So Abram Rose" - "Quam olim Abrahae" (Reprise)
Track length6:08
IV. (a) Sanctus. "Sanctus Dominus Deus"
Track length6:07
IV. (b) Sanctus. "After the Blast of Lightning from the East"
Track length3:41
V. Agnus Dei. "One Ever Hangs"
Track length3:27
VI. (a) Libera me. "Libera me, Domine"
Track length7:20
VI. (b) Libera me. "It Seemed That out of Battle I Escaped" - "None Said the Other"
Track length8:34
VI. (c) Libera me. "Let Us Sleep Now"
Track length6:04
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1
Work length17:47
"Eight Years Have Passed" (Athene)
Track length1:25
"Yet Not All Reached Their Homes" (Athene)
Track length0:54
"Worse Still, the Island" (Athene)
Track length2:59
"Children Have Died of Want" (Athene)
Track length2:29
"Yet Some Trust in an End" (Athene)
Track length1:24
"Your Prayer Is Answered, Penelope" (Athene, Hermes)
Track length3:17
"Long Suffering Odysseus" (Athene)
Track length3:05
"Listen, the Voices of the Gods" (Athene, Artemis, Hermis, Apollo)
Track length2:14
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2
Work length18:19
"I, Athene, Rise to the Edge of Night" (Athene)
Track length2:05
"When I See the Sorrow of Mortal Odysseus" (Athene)
Track length2:20
"How Loud the Spring Sounds All of a Sudden" (Athene, Hermes)
Track length1:29
"Bold! Telemachus, Watch the Shadow on the Wall" (Hermes, Athene)
Track length0:56
"There It Is Before You" (Athene)
Track length2:34
"Listen, Lords of Ithaca" (Athene)
Track length1:25
"Telemachus, Be Swift!" (Athene)
Track length2:12
"Now There Is Silence" (Athene, Hermes, Artemis, Apollo)
Track length5:18
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93
Work length14:54
I. Prologue. "In May, in Brilliant Athens"
Track length1:14
II. Recitative. "My Lost and Dazzled Eyes"
Track length1:16
III. Presto. "You Monster!"
Track length3:37
IV. Recitative. "O Gods of Wrath"
Track length2:45
IV. Adagio. "My Time's Too Short"
Track length6:02
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1
Work length34:10
Prelude - "I Am an Old Man" (Vere)
Track length4:34
"Pull, My Bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Flint, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, Redburn, Seamen)
Track length7:12
"Send for John Claggart" (Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
Track length6:14
"Billy Budd, King of the Birds!" (Billy, Flint, Redburn, Ratcliffe, Seamen)
Track length2:15
"I Heard, Your Honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
Track length3:22
"Come Along, Kid!" (Novice's Friend, Novice, Seamen)
Track length3:18
"Christ, the Poor Chap" (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, Seamen)
Track length3:15
"Vere! Vere! "Officers and Men of the Indomitable" (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
Track length4:00
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2
Work length42:41
"My Compliments" (Vere, Cabin Boy, Redburn, Flint)
Track length4:45
"Don't Like the French!" (Flint, Redburn, Vere)
Track length5:16
"Oh, That's Nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Flint, Ratcliffe, Seamen)
Track length4:25
Interlude - "Blow Her Away" (Seamen)
Track length3:08
"Here Lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, Seamen)
Track length3:53
"Come out of That" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, Seamen)
Track length3:59
"O beauty, O Handsomeness" (Claggart)
Track length4:40
"Come Here! Remember Your Promise" (Claggart, Novice)
Track length4:32
"Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
Track length3:45
"Dansker, Old Friend" (Billy, Dansker)
Track length4:18
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3
Work length46:41
"I Don't Like the Look of the Mist" (Vere, Redburn, Claggart)
Track length3:14
"Deck Ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, Seamen, Powder Monkeys)
Track length4:56
"All Guns Ready, Sir!" (Redburn, Vere, Flint, Maintop, Ratcliffe, Seamen)
Track length4:55
"There Are You Again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, Redburn)
Track length3:22
"Nay, Nay, You're Mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe)
Track length3:05
Interlude - "Claggart, John Claggart, Beware!" (Vere)
Track length4:04
"You Wanted to See Me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
Track length5:23
"God o' Mercy!" (Vere, Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe)
Track length3:36
Interlude - "William Budd, You Are Accused" (Redburn, Vere, Billy)
Track length5:36
"Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?" (Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe, Vere)
Track length3:47
"I Accept Their Verdict" (Vere)
Track length4:43
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 4
Work length24:54
"Look! Through the Port" (Billy, Dansker)
Track length8:50
"And Farewell to Ye" (Billy)
Track length4:27
"According to the Articles of War" (Redburn, Billy)
Track length4:50
"Starry Vere, God Bless You" (Chorus)
Track length2:18
"We Commited His Body" (Vere)
Track length4:29
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