The Essential Benjamin Britten

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

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