Simon Rattle conducts Britten

 

Label : EMI

Format : Flac track

Cover : Front

Tracklist :

CD 1

Britten: An American Overture

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14

Robert Tear

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21

Peter Donohoe (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: The Building of the House Overture

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: Praise We Great Men

Mary King, Robert Tear, Alison Hargan

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Simon Rattle

Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

CD 2

Britten: Canadian Carnival, Op.19

Wesley Warren (trumpet)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: Young Apollo, Op. 16

Peter Cole (viola), Peter Donohoe (piano), Michal Kaznowski (cello), Jeremy Ballard (violin), Felix Kok (violin)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: Quatre Chansons françaises (1928)

Jill Gomez (soprano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: Scottish Ballad, Op. 26

Philip Fowke (piano), Peter Donohoe (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Britten: Occasional Overture, Op. 38

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

CD 3

Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18

Ian Bostridge

Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle

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

Radek Baborák (horn), Ian Bostridge 

Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle

Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Stefan Schweigert (bassoon), Wieland Welzel (timpani), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Radek Baborák (horn), Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Dominik Wollenweber (cor anglais), Ian Bostridge (vocals), Andreas Blau (flute)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle

CD 4-5

Britten: War Requiem, Op.66

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Francis Grier (director), Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, Mark Blatchly (organ)

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

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

Britten: Russian Funeral

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle