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Simon Rattle Edition: Benjamin Britten | EMI 2427432

Simon Rattle Edition: Benjamin Britten

Label: EMI

Cat No: 2427432

Barcode: 5099924274326

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 9th February 2009

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About

Both Igor Stravinsky and Benjamin Britten are high on Sir Simon Rattle’s list of favourite composers. In 2003 he and his Berlin Philharmonic gave workshops and a performance of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring to the city’s disadvantaged children and, as a past Artistic Director of Britten’s beloved Aldeburgh Festival, he has conducted many of his works, including a number of those that had been found after the death of the composer.

The box of Stravinsky contains works from all parts of his musical life including six ballets; three major ones from his youth – The Firebird, showing the inspired palette for exotic colour learnt from his teacher, Rimsky-Korsakov, Petrushka (in its revised version of 1947) and The Rite of Spring; two in his Neo-Classical style – Apollo and Pulcinella and extracts from Agon which shows the influence of his studies of serial technique as expounded by Anton Webern. There are also a number of his works that were inspired by jazz.

The box of Britten contains, besides the three great song cycles (Les Illuminations, Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings and Nocturne), the War Requiem, Sinfonia da Requiem, the ever popular Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and the most remarkable set of songs written in French when he was 15, Quatre Chansons Françaises.

Contents:
CD1
- An American Overture, Op.27
- Ballad of Heroes, Op.14
Robert Tear (tenor)

- Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21
Peter Donohoe (piano)

- The Building of the House - Overture, Op.79
- Praise We Great Men (Edited and orchestrated by Colin Matthews)
Alison Hargan (soprano) ● Mary King (contralto) ● Robert Tear (tenor) ● Willard White (bass)

- Suite on English Folk Tunes: ‘A time there was…’, Op.90

CD2
- Canadian Carnival, Op.19
- Young Apollo, Op.16
Peter Donohoe (piano), Felix Kok & Jeremy Ballard (violins), Peter Cole (viola), Michal Kaznowski (cello)

- Quatre Chansons Françaises (1928)
Jill Gomez (soprano)

- Scottish Ballad, Op.26
Peter Donohoe & Philip Fowke (pianos)

- Occasional Overture, Op.38
- Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Chorus (chorus master Simon Halsey) conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

Recorded: 23 & 24.V.1984; Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Recorded: 15–17.VII.1990; Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
Recorded: 22 & 23.IV.1982; Cheltenham Town Hall

CD3
- Les Illuminations, Op.18 (1939) for high voice and string orchestra
- Serenade, Op.31 for tenor, horn and strings
- Nocturne, Op.60 for tenor solo, seven obbligato instruments and string orchestra
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Radek Baborák (horn), Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 4, 9 & 10.IV.2005; Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin

CD4
- War Requiem, Op.66
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) ● Robert Tear (tenor) ● Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (directed by Francis Grier) CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly (chamber organ), conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 27.II and 1 & 4.III.1983; The Great Hall, University of Birmingham

CD5
- War Requiem, Op.66 (continued)
Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) ● Robert Tear (tenor) ● Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (directed by Francis Grier) CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly (chamber organ), conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 27.II and 1 & 4.III.1983; The Great Hall, University of Birmingham

- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 28.I.1995; Symphony Hall, Birmingham

- Russian Funeral, for Brass and Percussion (1936)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 1.XII.1994; Symphony Hall, Birmingham

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