Special offer. Britten: Works for String Orchestra
Catherine Bullock (viola)
Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen
The Britten centenary can't have produced finer recorded performances than these, with wonderful dynamic shading, bombproof tuning, and real drama.
Special offer. Britten: Works for String Orchestra
Catherine Bullock (viola)
Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen
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The Britten centenary can't have produced finer recorded performances than these, with wonderful dynamic shading, bombproof tuning, and real drama.
About
This collection of works for string orchestra combines two of Britten’s first master-pieces, Simple Symphony and the Frank Bridge Variations, with the even earlier Elegy for Strings – recorded here for the first time – and Two Portraits, composed between the ages of 14-16.
Camerata Nordica performs this programme with an engaging directness and striking virtuosity – qualities which no doubt contributed to the team being entrusted by the Britten-Pears Foundation to make the world première recording of the Elegy, as well as giving its first public performance on the 31st August as part of the 2013 Proms.
Contents and tracklist
Work length1:59
Introduction and Theme
Track length1:59
Work length17:34
I. Boisterous Bouree
Track length2:51
II. Playful Pizzicato
Track length3:38
III. Sentimental Sarabande
Track length8:00
IV. Frolicsome Finale
Track length3:05
Work length14:15
- Catherine Bullock
- Camerata Nordica
- Terje Tønnesen
Work length13:44
- Catherine Bullock
- Camerata Nordica
- Terje Tønnesen
1. David Layton. Poco presto
Track length7:58
2. E.B.B.. Poco lento
Track length5:46
Work length8:10
Awards and reviews
December 2013
The Britten centenary can't have produced finer recorded performances than these, with wonderful dynamic shading, bombproof tuning, and real drama.
December 2013
the first recording of an Elegy for Strings, which is no lost masterpiece but worth getting to know...Camerata Nordica give it their all, as they do each work on the disc. The Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge are played with vitality and vivid contrasts.
