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Offer,Britten: The Masterpieces

Rachel Masters (harp), Brian Runnett (organ), Viola Tunnard (piano), Trevor Anthony (speaker), Sheila Rex (mezzo-soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Gillian Saunders (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Kathleen Petch (soprano), Darian Angadi (boy soprano), Merlin Channon...

  • Release Date: 17th Jun 2013
  • Catalogue No: 4785723
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

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Contents

Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Work length16:23
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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1963-05-28
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Theme - Allegro maestoso e largamente

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Variation A: Flutes & Piccolo - Presto

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Variation B: Oboes - Lento

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Variation C: Clarinets - Moderato

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Variation D: Bassoons - Allegro alla marcia

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Variation E: Violins - Brillante - alla polacca

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Variation F: Violas - Meno mosso

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Variation G: Cellos

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Variation H: Double Basses - Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando

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Variation I: Harp - Maestoso

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Variation J: Horns - L'istesso tempo

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Variation K: Trumpets - Vivace

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Variation L: Trombones & Bass Tuba - Allegro pomposo

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Variation M: Percussion - Moderato

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Fugue - Allegro molto

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Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4

Work length17:18
$4.40
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  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1968-05-31
  • Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape

I. Boisterous Bourrée

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II. Playful Pizzicato

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III. Sentimental Saraband

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IV. Frolicsome Finale

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Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10

Work length26:39
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  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1966-12-20
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

I. Introduction & Theme

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II. Adagio

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III. March

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IV. Romance

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V. Aria italiana

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VI. Bourrée classique

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VII. Wiener Waltzer

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VIII. Moto perpetuo

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IX. Funeral March

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X. Chant

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XI. Fugue & Finale

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue

Work length3:33
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude I: On the beach (Dawn)

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1

Work length4:18
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude II: The Storm

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2

Work length3:55
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude III: Sunday Morning

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Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3

Work length4:28
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  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1958-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Interlude V: Evening

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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28

Work length23:07
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  • Rachel Masters (harp)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1990-12
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Procession

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Wolcom Yule!

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There Is No Rose

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That Yongë Child

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Balulalow

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As Dew In Aprille

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This Little Babe

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Interlude

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In Freezing Winter Night

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Spring Carol

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Deo Gracias

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Recession

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Britten: A Boy was Born, Op. 3

Work length28:02
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  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, Ladies From Cambridge University Choir
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1990-12
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

A Boy Was Born (Theme)

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Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu

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Variation 2: Herod

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Variation 3: Jesu As Thou Art Our Saviour

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Variation 4: The Three Kings

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Variation 5: In The Bleak Mid-Winter

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Variation 6: Finale - Noel!

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Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin

Work length3:18
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  • The Choir of St John’s Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1962-08-09
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

Britten: Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32

Work length5:58
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  • Brian Runnett (organ)
  • The Choir of St John’s Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1962-08-09
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

Britten: Jubilate Deo in C major (1961)

Work length2:43
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  • Brian Runnett (organ)
  • The Choir of St John’s Cambridge
  • George Guest
  • Recorded: 1962-08-09
  • Recording Venue: St. John's College, Cambridge

Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

Work length10:38
$3.30
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  • London Symphony Chorus
  • George Malcolm
  • Recorded: 1961-05-18
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

In a Garden Shady

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I Cannot Grow

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O Ear Whose Creatures

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Britten: Songs from "Friday Afternoons", Op. 7

Work length18:23
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  • Viola Tunnard (piano)
  • Choir of Downside School, Purley
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1966-07-15
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London

Begone, Dull Care

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A Tragic Story

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Songs From Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: "Cuckoo!"

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A New Year Carol

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I Mun Be Married On Sunday

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There Was a Man Of Newington

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Fishing Song

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The Useful Plough

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Jazz-Man

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There Was a Monkey

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Songs From Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: "Old Abram Brown"

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Britten: Noye's Fludde

Work length48:03
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  • Trevor Anthony (speaker), Owen Brannigan (bass (vocal)), David Pinto (boy soprano), Darian Angadi (boy soprano), Patricia Garrod (soprano), Stephen Alexander (boy soprano), Merlin Channon (assistant conductor), Margaret Hawes (soprano), Caroline Clack (soprano), Kathleen Petch (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Gillian Saunders (soprano), Sheila Rex (mezzo-soprano)
  • The Congregation, English Opera Group, Chorus Of Animals
  • Merlin Channon, Norman Del Mar
  • Recorded: 1961-07-04
  • Recording Venue: Orford Church, Suffolk

"Lord Jesus, Think On Me"

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"I God, That All This Worlde Hath Wroughte"

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"Have Done, You Men and Wemen All"

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"Now In the Name Of God I Will Begyne"

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"Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company"

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"Wiffe, Come In! Why Standes Thou Their?"

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"Ha! Children, Me Thinkes My Botte Removes"

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"Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone"

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"Noye, Take Thy Wife Anone"

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"Noye, Heare I Behette Thee a Heste"

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"The Spacious Firmament On High"

Track length7:22
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Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18

Work length22:03
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  • Peter Pears (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1966-12-20
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

I. Fanfare

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II. Villes

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IIIa. Phrase

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IIIb. Antique

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IV. Royauté

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V. Marine

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VI. Interlude

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VII. Being beauteous

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VIII. Parade

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IX. Départ

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Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Work length23:49
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  • Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1963-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Prologue

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Pastoral - The Day's Grown Old

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Nocturne - The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

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Elegy - O Rose, Thou Art Sick

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Dirge - This Ae Night

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Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair

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Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight

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Epilogue

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Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15

Work length32:35
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  • Janine Jansen (violin)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Paavo Järvi
  • Recorded: 2009-07-19
  • Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

1. Moderato con moto

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2. Vivace

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3. Passacaglia; Andante lento

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