Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Britten - The Collector’s Edition - Box Set 37CDs

 

Label : Warner
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes

This 37-CD set features all of his most beloved works, giving a comprehensive overview for beginners, as well as a fantastic value for seasoned collectors. Artists include Sir Simon Rattle, Paavo Järvi, Sir Neville Marriner, Daniel Harding, Steven Isserlis, Peter Pears, Britten himself on the piano, and more!

Benjamin Britten was without question one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, writer of such towering operas as Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, The Turn of the Screw and others; orchestral works such as the Cello Symphony (for Rostropovich), the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; his string quartets; and his transcendant vocal works, such as the deeply-moving War Requiem.

CD1
Sinfonia da Requiem op. 20
Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes op. 33
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra op. 34
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek. rec. 1989

CD2
Canadian Carnival op. 19
Wesley Warren, trumpet. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle.
rec. 1982
Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra op. 21
Peter Donohoe, piano. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec.
1990
Scottish Ballad op. 26
Peter Donohoe, Philip Fowke, pianos. City of Birmingham SO/Sir
Simon Rattle. rec. 1982
An American Overture op. 27
Occasional Overture op. 38
City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec. 1984
Building of the House op. 79
CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle
rec. 1990

CD3
Piano Concerto op. 13
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. City of Birmingham SO/Paavo Järvi. rec.
1997
Violin Concerto op. 15
Ida Haendel, violin. Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund. rec. 1977
Young Apollo op. 16
Peter Donohoe, piano. Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard, violins. Peter Cole,
viola. Michal Kaznowski, cello.
City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec. 1982

CD4
Simple Symphony op. 4 (rec. 1990)
Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge op. 10 (rec. 1988)
Prélude and Fugue op. 29
Lachrymae op. 48a
Lars Anders Tomter, viola. Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown.
rec. 1991

CD5
Symphonic Suite from ‘Gloriana’ op. 53a
Royal Liverpool PO/Takuo Yuasa. rec. 1994
Cello Symphony op. 68
Steven Isserlis, cello. City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward,
Richard Hickox. rec. 1987
Men of Goodwill (Variations on a Christmas Carol for orchestra)
Minnesota Orchestra/Sir Neville Marriner. rec. 1983

CD6
Sinfonietta op. 1
Pauline Lowbury, Julian Tear, violins. Britten Sinfonia/Daniel
Harding. rec. 1997
Russian Funeral
City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec. 1994
Suite on English Folk Tunes ‘A time there was…’ op. 90
Peter Walden, cor anglais. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle
rec. 1984
Matinees Musicales op. 24
Soirees Musicales op. 9
English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson. rec. 1982
Rossini Suite original version of Soirees Musicales
Boys of the Choir of Paisley Abbey chorus/George McPhee
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. rec. 1998

CD7
The Prince of Pagodas op. 57 Acts I and II

CD8
The Prince of Pagodas op. 57 Act III
London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen. rec. 1989

CD9
Rhapsody for String Quartet
Elegy for Solo Viola - Garfield Jackson, viola
String Quartet in D - Nicholas Logie, viola

CD10
Phantasy for Oboe and String Trio op. 2
Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 in D op. 25

CD11
String Quartet No. 2 in C op. 36
String Quartet No. 3 op. 94
Endellion String Quartet. rec. 1986

CD12
Cello Suite No. 1 in G op. 72
Cello Suite No. 2 in D op. 80
Cello Suite No. 3 op. 87
Truls Mørk, cello. rec. 1998 & 2000

CD13
The Music For Solo Piano:
Holiday Diary op. 5
Three Character Pieces
From Sonatina Romantica
Five Waltzes – Stephen Hough, piano
Two Lullabies for Two Pianos
Introduction & Rondo alla burlesca op. 23 No. 1
Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara, pianos. rec. 1990

CD14
Suite for Violin and Piano op. 6
Alexander Barantschik, violin. John Adey, piano. rec. 1994
Cello Sonata in C op. 65
Moray Welsh, cello. John Lenehan, piano. rec. 1994
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for Solo Oboe op. 49
Roy Carter, oboe. rec. 1995
Nocturnal after John Dowland op. 70
Julian Bream, guitar. rec. 1992

CD15
War Requiem op. 66
Requiem aeternam
Dies irae
Offertorium
Sanctus
Agnes Dei

CD16
Libera Me
Elisabeth Soderstrom, soprano. Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Thomas Allen,
baritone.
Mark Blatchly, chamber organ. Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/
Francis Grier
CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle.
rec. 1983
Spring Symphony op. 44 Parts I-IV
Sheila Armstrong, soprano. Dame Janet Baker, contralto. Robert Tear,
tenor.
St. Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir/Keith Walters. London Symphony
Chorus/Richard Hickox
LSO/Andre Previn. rec. 1978

CD17
Hymn to St. Cecilia op. 27
A Ceremony of Carols op. 28
James Clark, Julian Godlee, trebles. Osian Ellis, harp
Miss brevis in D op. 63
Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony Sackville, Rory Phillips &
James Clark, trebles. Ian Hare, organ.
Festival Te Deum op. 32
Simon Channing, treble. James Lancelot, organ
Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30
Simon Channing, treble. James Bowman, countertenor. Richard Morton,
tenor. Marcus Creed, bass.
James Lancelot, organ. David Corkhill, percussion.
Te Deum in C
Rory Phillips, treble. James Lancelot, organ
Jubilate Deo
James Lancelot, organ. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Sir David
Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger. rec. 1971, 72 & 74

CD18
A Hymn to the Virgin
Stephen Barton, Hugh Hudleston, treble. Warren Trevelyan-Jones, tenor
Francis Pott, bass
Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill. rec. 1996
Saint Nicolas op. 42
Robert Tear, tenor. Bruce Russell, treble. Andrew Davis & Ian Hare,
piano duet.
Cambridge Girl’s Choir, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner, Sir David
Willcocks. rec. 1970.
Hymn to St. Peter op. 56a
Mark Emney, Peter Rowe, trebles. Timothy Farrell, organ. Wandsworth
School Choir/Russell Burgess. rec. 1968
A Hymn of St. Columba – Regis regum rectissimi op. 56a
Mark Emney, Peter Rowe, trebles. Christopher Hughes, Timothy Farrell,
organ.
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Wandsworth School Choir/Russell
Burgess. rec. 1968
Sacred and Profane op. 91
Vasari Singers. Jeremy Backhouse. rec. 1992

CD19
The Little Sweep – A Children’s Opera in 3 Scenes op. 45 rec. 1977
A Boy was Born op. 3
London Sinfonietta Chorus. Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John
Scott, Terry Edwards
A Shepherd’s Carol for unaccompanied chorus, words by W. H. Auden
Sarah Leonard, soprano. Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano. Peter Hall,
tenor. Gordon Jones, baritone.
London Sinfonietta Chorus/Terry Edwards. rec. 1988

CD20
Noye’s Fludde op. 59 rec. 1898
AMDG words by Gerard Manley Hopkins
London Sinfonietta Chorus/Terry Edwards. rec. 1987 & 1988
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Baccholian Singers of London. Rogers Covey-Crump, Ian Partridge, Ian
Thompson, Paul Elliott, tenors
Ian Humphris, Stephen Varcoe, baritones. Michael George, Brian
Etheridge, bass. rec. 1976

CD21
The Company of Heaven Parts I, II & III
Peter Barkworth, Sheila Allen, narrators. Cathryn Pope, soprano. Dan
Dressen, tenor. Christopher Herrick, organ
London Philharmonic Chorus/Richard Cooke. English Chamber Orchestra/Philip Brunelle rec. 1989
Ballad of Heroes op. 14
Robert Tear, tenor. CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle
Praise We Great Men
Alison Hargan, soprano. Mary King, contralto. Robert Tear, tenor
Willard White, bass.
CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle
rec. 1990

CD22
Les Illuminations op. 18
Heather Harper, soprano. Northern Sinfonia Orchestra/Sir Neville
Marriner. rec. 1970
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings op. 31
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Tennyson)
Neil Mackie, tenor, Barry Tuckwell, horn. Scottish C.O./John Tunnell,
Steuart Bedford. rec. 1988
Nocturne op. 60
Robert Tear, tenor. English C.O./Jeffrey Tate. rec. 1987

CD23
Quatre Chansons Francaises
Jill Gomez, soprano. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec.
1982
Our Hunting Fathers op. 8
Folksong Arrangements
Elisabeth Soderstrom, soprano. Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/
Richard Armstrong. rec. 1982
Phaedra op. 93
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano. Jane Salmon, cello. Melvyn Tan,
harpsichord. Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield
Five French Folksong Arrangements
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano. Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield.
rec. 1986

CD24
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op. 22
Peter Pears, tenor, Benjamin Britten, piano. rec. 1942
Holy Sonnets of John Donne op. 35
Peter Pears, tenor, Benjamin Britten, piano. rec. 1947
On This Island op. 11
Winter Words op. 52
Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Philip Ledger, piano. rec. 1973

CD25
The Five Canticles
Folksong Arrangements
Ian Bostridge, tenor. David Daniels, counter-tenor. Christopher Maltman,
baritone
Timothy Brown, horn. Aline Brewer, harp. Julius Drake, piano

CD26
Two Songs by Thomas Hardy
Beware! Three Early Songs
Two Songs by W. H. Auden
Three Rhymes by William Soutar
Neil Mackie, tenor. Roger Vignoles, piano. rec. 1986
Tit for Tat (5 settings of poems by Walter de la Mare)
Jonathan Lemalu, bass baritone. Malcolm Martineau, piano. rec. 2005
Two Ballads for Two Voices and Piano
Felicity Lott, soprano. Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano. Graham Johnson,
piano. rec. 1991
Folksong Arrangements
Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Philip Ledger, piano. rec. 1974
Sarah Brightman, soprano. Geoffrey Parsons, piano. rec. 1986

CD27
Realisations of Henry Purcell – Odes and Elegies
The Queen’s Epicedium
Peter Pears, tenor. Benjamin Britten, piano. rec. 1947
Orpheus Britannicus
Felicity Lott, soprano. Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano. Graham Johnson,
piano. rec. 1991.
Neil Mackie, tenor. Roger Vignoles, piano. rec. 1986
Suite of Songs for High Voice and Orchestra
Neil Mackie, tenor. Scottish C.O./John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. rec.
1988
Orchestrations of Schubert & Schumann
Neil Mackie, tenor. Scottish C.O./John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. rec.
1988

CD28
Paul Bunyan – Operetta in 2 acts and prologue op. 17 – ACT I rec. 1987

CD29
Paul Bunyan – ACT II
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series / Philip Brunelle

CD30 + CD31
Peter Grimes rec. 1992
Anthony Rolfe Johnson; Felicity Lott; Thomas Allen; Patricia Payne; Maria Bovino; Gillian Webster; Stuart Kale; Stafford Dean; Sarah Walker; Neil Jenkins; Simon Keenlyside; David Wilson-Johnson
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Bernard Haitink

CD32 + CD33
The Turn of the Screw rec. 2002
Ian Bostridge; Joan Rodgers; Julian Leang; Caroline Wise; Jane Henschel; Vivian Tierney
Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding

CD34 + CD35
A Midsummer Night’s Dream rec. 1990
James Bowman; Lillian Watson; Dexter Fletcher; John Graham-Hall; Henry Herford; Della Jones; Jill Gomez; Norman Bailey; Penelope Walker
Trinity Boys’ Choir; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

CD36 + CD37
The Rape of Lucretia op. 37 Opera in 2 acts rec. 1947
Peter Pears; Joan Cross; Norman Lumsden; Denis Dowling; Frederick Sharp; Nancy Evans; Flora Nielsen; Margaret Ritchie
English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra/Reginald Goodall
Scenes from Peter Grimes op. 33. rec. 1948
Peter Pears, tenor; Joan Cross, Tom Culbert, Herbert Dawson, BBC Theatre Chorus, Orchestra of the ROH Covent Garden/Reginald Goodall

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