Britten: Orchestral Works
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Composer or Director: Benjamin Britten
Label: London
Magazine Review Date: 12/1990
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
ADD
Catalogue Number: 425 659-4LM
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (The) Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Benjamin Britten, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Dawn) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Conductor Benjamin Britten, Composer Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Storm) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Benjamin Britten, Conductor Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Sunday morning) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Benjamin Britten, Conductor Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Passacaglia |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Conductor Benjamin Britten, Composer Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Moonlight) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Benjamin Britten, Conductor Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Matinées musicales |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer National Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Bonynge, Conductor |
| Soirées musicales |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer National Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Bonynge, Conductor |
Composer or Director: Benjamin Britten
Label: London
Magazine Review Date: 12/1990
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 63
Mastering:
DDD
ADD
Catalogue Number: 425 659-2LM
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (The) Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Benjamin Britten, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Dawn) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Conductor Benjamin Britten, Composer Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Storm) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Conductor Benjamin Britten, Composer Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Sunday morning) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Conductor Benjamin Britten, Composer Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Passacaglia |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Benjamin Britten, Conductor Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Peter Grimes, Movement: Interlude (Moonlight) |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer Benjamin Britten, Conductor Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden |
| Matinées musicales |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer National Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Bonynge, Conductor |
| Soirées musicales |
Benjamin Britten, Composer
Benjamin Britten, Composer National Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Bonynge, Conductor |
Author: Christopher Headington
This is a successful compilation from previous Decca Britten issues. The performance of The Young Person's Guide under the composer's baton has an infectious boyish zest and a final fugue of thrilling pace and excitement; and Britten also evokes the very different moods of the Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes intensely and atmospherically. I remember being at his London home in the late 1940s and his arriving in haste with a newly issued recording of these pieces under his arm (conducted by Eduard van Beinum on Decca, I recall), anxious to play the Passacaglia on his then state-of-the-art EMG gramophone with its large horn, to reassure himself that the wild scale passages played near the end by high clarinets and trumpets came out effectively. Fortunately they did to his satisfaction, as they also do here with him in charge. Since this present recording is taken from the complete Peter Grimes with the Covent Garden orchestra, a little editing has had to be done both here and in the Storm Interlude, but it is neatly managed; and an unexpected bonus at the end of the Passacaglia is the brief appearance of Sir Peter Pears as Grimes singing ''Go there!'' to his apprentice.
The two witty and effervescent Rossini suites consist of music that the young composer arranged in 1936 and 1941 from various Rossini pieces—in the process cheekily turning a sacred chorus into a tarantella and a set of vocal exercises into a Moto perpetuo! They are stylishly and uninhibitedly played by yet another orchestra under Richard Bonynge. A very attractive mid-price disc if you want these particular Britten pieces together on Compact Disc.'
The two witty and effervescent Rossini suites consist of music that the young composer arranged in 1936 and 1941 from various Rossini pieces—in the process cheekily turning a sacred chorus into a tarantella and a set of vocal exercises into a Moto perpetuo! They are stylishly and uninhibitedly played by yet another orchestra under Richard Bonynge. A very attractive mid-price disc if you want these particular Britten pieces together on Compact Disc.'
Britten: Orchestral Works
Britten: Orchestral Works
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