VA — Britten — The Masterpieces (2013)

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The absolute essence of Britten, distilled into four generously-filled CDs. The objective is to give an insight into all the genres Britten\’s music covered, to enable a serious newcomer to the composer to discover the great works.
Most of these versions are regarded as \’reference\’ recordings against which subsequent interpreters are judged:
His orchestral masterpieces The Young Person\’s Guide to the Orchestra and the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge are presented in Britten\’s own revered interpretations.
The vocal masterpiece \’Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings\’ is offered in the unsurpassed Peter Pears recording with Barry Tuckwell.
The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge offers the essential choral masterpieces Ceremony of Carols and A Boy was Born, the early masterpiece from the 19-year-old prodigy.
Newer recordings include Janine Jansen\’s lauded and best-selling interpretation of the Violin Concerto.
01 London Symphony Orchestra — Theme — Allegro maestoso e largamente
02 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation A: Flutes & Piccolo — Presto
03 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation B: Oboes — Lento
04 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation C: Clarinets — Moderato
05 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation D: Bassoons — Allegro alla marcia
06 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation E: Violins — Brillante — alla polacca
07 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation F: Violas — Meno mosso
08 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation G: Cellos
09 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation H: Double Basses — Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando
10 Benjamin Britten — Variation I: Harp — Maestoso
11 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation J: Horns — L\’istesso tempo
12 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation K: Trumpets — Vivace
13 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation L: Trombones & Bass Tuba — Allegro pomposo
14 London Symphony Orchestra — Variation M: Percussion — Moderato
15 London Symphony Orchestra — Fugue — Allegro molto
16 English Chamber Orchestra — 1. Boisterous Bourrée
17 English Chamber Orchestra — \»Playful Pizzicato\» from Simple Symphony, Op. 4
18 English Chamber Orchestra — 3. Senntal Saraband
19 Benjamin Britten — 4. Frolicsome Finale
20 English Chamber Orchestra — 1. Introduction & Theme
21 English Chamber Orchestra — 2. Adagio
22 Benjamin Britten — 3. March
23 English Chamber Orchestra — 4. Romance
24 Benjamin Britten — 5. Aria Italiana
25 English Chamber Orchestra — 6. Bourrée Classique
26 English Chamber Orchestra — 7. Wiener Waltzer
27 English Chamber Orchestra — 8. Moto Perpetuo
28 English Chamber Orchestra — 9. Funeral March
29 Benjamin Britten — 10. Chant
30 English Chamber Orchestra — 11. Fugue & Finale
31 Royal Opera House Orchestra — Interlude I: On the beach (Dawn)
32 Royal Opera House Orchestra — Interlude II: The Storm
33 Royal Opera House Orchestra — Interlude III: Sunday Morning
34 Royal Opera House Orchestra — Interlude V: Evening
35 Rachel Masters — Procession
36 The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge — Wolcom Yule!
37 Rachel Masters — There Is No Rose
38 The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge — That Yonge Child
39 The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge — Balulalow
40 Rachel Masters — As Dew In Aprille
41 Rachel Masters — This Little Babe
42 Rachel Masters — Interlude
43 The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge — In Freezing Winter Night
44 The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge — Spring Carol
45 Rachel Masters — Deo Gracias
46 Rachel Masters — Recession
47 The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge — A Boy Was Born (Theme)
48 Ladies From Cambridge University Choir — Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu
49 Ladies From Cambridge University Choir — Variation 2: Herod
50 Ladies From Cambridge University Choir — Variation 3: Jesu As Thou Art Our Saviour
51 The Choir of King\’s College Cambridge — Variation 4: The Three Kings
52 Ladies From Cambridge University Choir — Variation 5: In The Bleak Mid-Winter
53 Ladies From Cambridge University Choir — Variation 6: Finale — Noel!
54 George Guest — Britten: A Hymn to the Vi
55 Choir Of St. John\’s College, Cambridge — Britten: Festival Te Deum, Op.32
56 Brian Runnett — Britten: Jubilate Deo in C
57 George Malcolm — In a Garden Shady
58 George Malcolm — I Cannot Grow
59 George Malcolm — O Ear Whose Creatures
60 Viola Tunnard — Begone, Dull Care
61 Viola Tunnard — A Tragic Story
62 Viola Tunnard — Songs From Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: \»Cuckoo!\»
63 Choir of Downside School, Purley — A New Year Carol
64 Viola Tunnard — I Mun Be Married On Sunday
65 Choir of Downside School, Purley — There Was a Man Of Newington
66 Choir of Downside School, Purley — Fishing Song
67 Viola Tunnard — The Useful Plough
68 Viola Tunnard — Jazz-Man
69 Choir of Downside School, Purley — There Was a Monkey
70 Viola Tunnard — Songs From Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: \»Old Abram Brown\»
71 The Congregation — \»Lord Jesus, Think On Me\»
72 Norman Del Mar — \»I God, That All This Worlde Hath Wroughte\»
73 Merlin Channon — \»Have Done, You Men and Wemen All\»
74 English Opera Group Orchestra — \»Now In the Name Of God I Will Begyne\»
75 Merlin Channon — \»Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company\»
76 Owen Brannigan — \»Wiffe, Come In! Why Standes Thou Their\»
77 The Congregation — \»Ha! Children, Me Thinkes My Botte Removes\»
78 English Opera Group Orchestra — \»Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone\»
79 English Opera Group Orchestra — \»Noye, Take Thy Wife Anone\»
80 English Opera Group Orchestra — \»Noye, Heare I Behette Thee a Heste\»
81 English Opera Group Orchestra — \»The Spacious Firmament On High\»
82 Sir Peter Pears — I. Fanfare
83 Sir Peter Pears — II. Villes
84 Benjamin Britten — IIIa. Phrase
85 English Chamber Orchestra — IIIb. Antique
86 Sir Peter Pears — IV. Royauté
87 Sir Peter Pears — V. Marine
88 English Chamber Orchestra — VI. Interlude
89 Sir Peter Pears — VII. Being beauteous
90 English Chamber Orchestra — VIII. Parade
91 Sir Peter Pears — IX. Départ
92 Barry Tuckwell — Prologue
93 Benjamin Britten — Pastoral — The Day\’s Grown Old
94 Sir Peter Pears — Nocturne — The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls
95 Benjamin Britten — Elegy — O Rose, Thou Art Sick
96 Sir Peter Pears — Dirge — This Ae Night
97 Sir Peter Pears — Hymn — Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair
98 Sir Peter Pears — Sonnet — O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
99 Barry Tuckwell — Epilogue
100 Janine Jansen — 1. Moderato con moto
101 London Symphony Orchestra — 2. Vivace
102 Janine Jansen — 3. Passacaglia; Andante lento