Rattle conducts Britten.

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoHayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, ℗1991.
Description2 audio discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorRattle, Simon, 1955- conductor.
Other author/creatorDonohoe, Peter, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorTear, Robert singer.
Other author/creatorHargan, Alison, singer.
Other author/creatorKing, Mary, 1934- singer.
Other author/creatorWhite, Willard singer.
Other author/creatorKok, Felix, singer.
Other author/creatorBallard, Jeremy, singer.
Other author/creatorCole, Peter instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorKaznowski, Michal, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorGomez, Jill, singer.
Other author/creatorFowke, Philip, 1950- instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorHalsey, Simon, 1958- conductor.
Other author/creatorWarren, Wesley, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorWalden, Peter, instrumentalist.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Ballad of heroes Funeral march.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Praise we great men. Praise we great men.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Praise we great men. Praise we the just.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Chansons françaises. Nuits de juin.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Chansons françaises Sagesse.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Chansons françaises. Enfance.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Chansons françaises Chanson d'automne.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Canadian carnival.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Sinfonia da requiem.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Occasional overture.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Suite on English folk tunes.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. American overture.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Diversions.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Building of the house.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Young Apollo.
Included WorkBritten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Scottish ballad.
Other author/creatorCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chorus performer.
Other author/creatorCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra performer.
Uniform titleWorks. Selections
SeriesBritish composers
British composers. ^A345919
Contents An American overture : op. 27 -- Ballad of heroes : op. 14 : Funeral march (5:47) ; Scherzo (4:24) ; Recitative and choral (6:20) (Robert Tear, tenor) -- Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra : op. 21 (Peter Donohoe, piano) -- Building of the house, overture : op. 79 (5:05) -- Praise we great men : "Praise we great men " (3:29) ; "Praise we the just" (2:22) ; Coda (1:30) (1976) (Alison Hargan, soprano ; Mary King, contralto ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Willard White, bass) -- Suite on English folk tunes : "A time there was..." op. 90 : Cakes and ale (2:34) ; The bitter Withy (2:56) ; Hankin booby (2:31) ; Hunt the squirrel (1:18) ; Lord Melbourne (5:25) -- Canadian carnival : op. 19 (Wesley Warren, trumpet) (14:02) -- Young Apollo : op. 16 (Peter Donohoe, piano ; Felix Kok and Jeremy Ballard, violins ; Peter Cole, viola ; Michal Kaznowski, cello) (7:37) -- Quatre chansons françaises : Les nuits de juin (2:49) ; Sagesse (2:49) ; L'Enfance (4:31) ; Chanson d'automne (2:26) (Jill Gomez, soprano) -- Scottish Ballad : op. 26 (Peter Donohoe and Philip Fowke, pianos) (7:12) -- Occasional overture : op. 38 (7:12) -- Sinfonia da requiem : op, 20 (20:29).
General noteVocal works sung in English and French.
General noteTitle from container.
General noteMost of the works previously issued in 1986 and 1982.
General noteProgram notes and texts in English, German and French (35 p. : port.) inserted in container.
General noteCompact discs.
Performer Various soloists ; CBSO Chorus (2nd, 5th works) ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, May 23-24, 1984 and July 15-17, 1990, and in Cheltenham Town Hall, Apr. 22-23, 1982.
UPC 7777542702
Publisher numberCDC 7 54271 2 EMI Classics