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The Essential Benjamin Britten
The Essential Benjamin Britten
2013
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Warner Classics International
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Kent Nagano
Daniel Hope
,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
,
William Butt
,
Kurt Masur
,
Sir Andrew Davis
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1
Britten: Young Apollo, Op. 16
7:06
2
Britten: Double Concerto for Violin and Viola in B Minor: I. Allegro ma non troppo
6:11
3
Double Concerto for Violin and Viola in B Minor: II. Rhapsody
7:28
4
Britten: Double Concerto for Violin and Viola in B Minor: III. Allegro scherzando - Allegro non troppo
8:03
5
Britten: 2 Portraits: No. 1, David Layton
9:19
6
Britten: 2 Portraits: No. 2, E. B. B.
5:46
7
Sinfonietta, Op. 1: I. Poco presto ed agitato
4:23
8
Sinfonietta, Op. 1: II. Variations
6:18
9
Sinfonietta, Op. 1: III. Tarantella
4:03
10
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
17:05
11
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Introduction and Theme
1:56
12
Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, Op. 10: II. Adagio
2:23
13
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation II. March
1:12
14
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation III. Romance
1:43
15
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation IV. Aria italiana
1:25
16
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation V. Bourrée classique
1:33
17
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation VI. Wiener Walzer
3:07
18
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation VII. Moto perpetuo
1:11
19
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation VIII. Funeral March
3:43
20
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation IX. Chant
1:39
21
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation X. Fugue and Finale
8:00
22
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 1, Dawn
3:12
23
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 2, Sunday Morning
3:40
24
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 3, Moonlight
4:18
25
Britten: 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: IV. Storm
4:39
26
Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op. 33b
6:50
27
Violin Concerto, Op. 15: I. Moderato con moto
10:44
28
Violin Concerto, Op. 15: II. Vivace - Cadenza
9:00
29
Britten: Violin Concerto, Op. 15: III. Passacaglia. Andante lento
16:01
30
Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Strings, Op. 48a
14:49
31
Britten: Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: I. Canto primo
2:36
32
Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: II. Fuga
4:28
33
Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: III. Lamento
3:27
34
Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: IV. Canto secondo
1:36
35
Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: V. Serenata
2:22
36
Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: VI. Marcia
3:58
37
Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: VII. Canto terzo
2:40
38
Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: VIII. Bordone
3:39
39
Britten: Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: IX. Moto perpetuo e canto quatro
3:53
40
Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: I. Declamato
4:13
41
Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: II. Fuga
5:47
42
Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: III. Scherzo
2:22
43
Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: IV. Andante lento
7:04
44
Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: V. Ciaccona
9:06
45
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: I. Introduzione (Lento)
2:59
46
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: II. Marcia (Allegro)
2:11
47
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: III. Canto (Con moto)
1:30
48
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IV. Barcarolla (Lento)
1:48
49
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: V. Dialogo (Allegretto)
1:48
50
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VI. Fuga (Andante espressivo)
3:31
51
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VII. Recitativo (Fantastico)
1:38
52
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: VIII. Moto perpetuo (Presto)
1:01
53
Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87: IX. Passacaglia (Lento solenne)
11:08
54
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: I. (a) Requiem aeternam. "Requiem aeternam"
6:59
55
War Requiem, Op. 66: I. (b) Requiem aeternam. "What-Passing Bells" - "Kyrie eleison"
4:03
56
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (a) Dies irae. "Dies irae"
3:41
57
War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (b) Dies irae. "Bugles Sang"
2:37
58
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (c) Dies irae. "Liber scriptus profetur"
3:34
59
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (d) Dies irae. "Out There, We've Walked"
1:45
60
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (e) Dies irae. "Recordare Jesu" - "Confudatis maledictis"
4:45
61
War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (f) Dies irae. "Be Slowly Lifted Up"
1:59
62
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies Irae - "Dies irae"
1:19
63
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (h) Dies irae. "Lacrimosa dies illa"
2:07
64
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: II. (i) Dies irae. "Move Him into the Sun"
5:13
65
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: III. (a) Offertorium. "Domine Jesu Christe" - "Quam olim Abrahae"
3:48
66
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: III. (b) Offertorium. "So Abram Rose" - "Quam olim Abrahae" (Reprise)
6:08
67
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. (a) Sanctus. "Sanctus Dominus Deus"
6:07
68
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. (b) Sanctus. "After the Blast of Lightning from the East"
3:41
69
War Requiem, Op. 66: V. Agnus Dei. "One Ever Hangs"
3:27
70
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. (a) Libera me. "Libera me, Domine"
7:20
71
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. (b) Libera me. "It Seemed That out of Battle I Escaped" - "None Said the Other"
8:34
72
War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. (c) Libera me. "Let Us Sleep Now"
6:04
73
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Eight Years Have Passed" (Athene)
1:25
74
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Yet Not All Reached Their Homes" (Athene)
0:55
75
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Worse Still, the Island" (Athene)
2:59
76
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Children Have Died of Want" (Athene)
2:30
77
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Yet Some Trust in an End" (Athene)
1:24
78
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Your Prayer Is Answered, Penelope" (Athene, Hermes)
3:17
79
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Long Suffering Odysseus" (Athene)
3:05
80
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 1: "Listen, the Voices of the Gods" (Athene, Artemis, Hermis, Apollo)
2:14
81
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "I, Athene, Rise to the Edge of Night" (Athene)
2:06
82
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "When I See the Sorrow of Mortal Odysseus" (Athene)
2:21
83
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "How Loud the Spring Sounds All of a Sudden" (Athene, Hermes)
1:30
84
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "Bold! Telemachus, Watch the Shadow on the Wall" (Hermes, Athene)
0:56
85
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "There It Is Before You" (Athene)
2:35
86
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "Listen, Lords of Ithaca" (Athene)
1:26
87
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "Telemachus, Be Swift!" (Athene)
2:13
88
Britten: The Rescue of Penelope, Pt. 2: "Now There Is Silence" (Athene, Hermes, Artemis, Apollo)
5:18
89
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: I. Prologue. "In May, in Brilliant Athens"
1:14
90
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: II. Recitative. "My Lost and Dazzled Eyes"
1:17
91
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: III. Presto. "You Monster!"
3:38
92
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: IV. Recitative. "O Gods of Wrath"
2:45
93
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93: IV. Adagio. "My Time's Too Short"
6:03
94
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: Prelude - "I Am an Old Man" (Vere)
4:34
95
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: "Pull, My Bantams" (First Mate, Second Mate, Flint, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, maintop, Novice, Squeak, Redburn, Seamen)
7:12
96
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: "Send for John Claggart" (Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Jones, Billy)
6:15
97
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: "Billy Budd, King of the Birds!" (Billy, Flint, Redburn, Ratcliffe, Seamen)
2:16
98
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: "I Heard, Your Honour!" (Claggart, Squeak, Sailor)
3:22
99
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: "Come Along, Kid!" (Novice's Friend, Novice, Seamen)
3:18
100
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: "Christ, the Poor Chap" (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald, Claggart, First Mate, Second Mate, Bosun, Seamen)
3:15
101
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 1: "Vere! Vere! "Officers and Men of the Indomitable" (Seamen, Vere, Billy)
4:01
102
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "My Compliments" (Vere, Cabin Boy, Redburn, Flint)
4:46
103
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Don't Like the French!" (Flint, Redburn, Vere)
5:16
104
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Oh, That's Nothing" (Vere, First Leutenant, Flint, Ratcliffe, Seamen)
4:25
105
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: Interlude - "Blow Her Away" (Seamen)
3:09
106
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Here Lads!" (Donald, Red Whiskers, Billy, Dansker, Squeak, Seamen)
3:54
107
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Come out of That" (Billy, Squeak, Claggart, Dansker, Cabin Boy, Seamen)
3:59
108
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "O beauty, O Handsomeness" (Claggart)
4:41
109
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Come Here! Remember Your Promise" (Claggart, Novice)
4:33
110
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Billy! Hist, Billy Budd!" (Novice, Billy, Dansker)
3:46
111
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2: "Dansker, Old Friend" (Billy, Dansker)
4:19
112
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "I Don't Like the Look of the Mist" (Vere, Redburn, Claggart)
3:14
113
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "Deck Ahoy!" (Maintop, Bosun, Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe, Vere, Donald, Red Whiskers, Dansker, Billy, Seamen, Powder Monkeys)
4:57
114
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "All Guns Ready, Sir!" (Redburn, Vere, Flint, Maintop, Ratcliffe, Seamen)
4:56
115
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "There Are You Again, Master at Arms" (Vere, Claggart, Redburn)
3:23
116
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "Nay, Nay, You're Mistaken" (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy, Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe)
3:06
117
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: Interlude - "Claggart, John Claggart, Beware!" (Vere)
4:04
118
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "You Wanted to See Me" (Billy, Vere, Claggart)
5:24
119
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "God o' Mercy!" (Vere, Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe)
3:37
120
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: Interlude - "William Budd, You Are Accused" (Redburn, Vere, Billy)
5:36
121
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?" (Redburn, Flint, Ratcliffe, Vere)
3:47
122
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 3: "I Accept Their Verdict" (Vere)
4:44
123
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 4: "Look! Through the Port" (Billy, Dansker)
8:51
124
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 4: "And Farewell to Ye" (Billy)
4:27
125
Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 4: "According to the Articles of War" (Redburn, Billy)
4:51
126
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 4: "Starry Vere, God Bless You" (Chorus)
2:19
127
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 4: "We Commited His Body" (Vere)
4:30
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