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Benjamin Britten.

Title
Benjamin Britten.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
United Kingdom : EMI Classics, [2009], ℗2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Rattle, Simon, 1955-
  • Bostridge, Ian.
  • Söderström, Elisabeth, 1927-2009.
  • Tear, Robert.
  • Allen, Thomas, 1944-
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Berliner Philharmoniker, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chorus, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
5 audio discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Alternative Title
Works.
Subject
  • Overtures
  • Orchestral music
  • Suites (Orchestra)
  • Songs (High voice) with orchestra
  • Requiems
Note
  • EMI Classics: 50999 2 42744 2 5 (disc 1) ; 50999 2 42746 2 3 (disc 2) ; 50999 2 42748 2 1 (disc 3) ; 50999 2 42750 2 6 (disc 4) ; 50999 2 42752 2 4 (disc 5) ; 50999 2 42743 2 6 (set).
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes by Arnold Whittall in English with German and French translations (22 p.) laid in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded 1982-2005 in various locations.
Language (note)
  • Sung in French, English and Latin.
Contents
An American overture (10:27) ; Ballad of heroes (16:31) ; Diversions (23:29) ; The building of the house (5:05) ; Praise we great men (7:22) ; Suite on English Folk tunes "A time there was-- " (14:44) ; Canadian carnival (14:02) ; Young Apollo (7:37) ; Quatre chansons françaises (12:36) ; Scottish ballad (15:15) ; Ocasional overture (7:12) ; Sinfonia da requiem (20:29) (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) -- Illuminations (22:44) ; Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (24:02) ; Nocturne (28:07) (Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Berliner Philharmoniker) -- War requiem beginning (83:27) (Elisabeth Söderström, soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Sir Thomas Allen, baritone ; City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor -- The young person's guide to the orchestra (16:53) ; Russian funeral (5:40) (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra).
LCCN
5099924274326
OCLC
  • ocn415190260
  • 415190260
  • SCSB-13989494
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries