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Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op34; Sea Interludes Op33a
 
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Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op34; Sea Interludes Op33a

Benjamin Britten , Richard Hickox , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Audio CD

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme A: Allegro maestoso e largamente0:25£0.59
Listen  2. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme B: -0:23£0.59
Listen  3. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme C: -0:19£0.59
Listen  4. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme D: -0:16£0.59
Listen  5. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme E: -0:15£0.59
Listen  6. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Theme F: Presto0:25£0.59
Listen  7. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation A [The Flutes]0:28£0.59
Listen  8. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation B [The Oboes] 1:07£0.59
Listen  9. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation C [The Clarinets]0:38£0.59
Listen10. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation D [The Bassoons]0:53£0.59
Listen11. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation E [The Violins]0:38£0.59
Listen12. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation F [The Violas] - 1:05£0.59
Listen13. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation G [The Cellos] 1:25£0.59
Listen14. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation H [The Double Basses] 1:08£0.59
Listen15. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation I [The Harp]0:48£0.59
Listen16. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation J [The Horns]0:50£0.59
Listen17. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation K [The Trumpets]0:31£0.59
Listen18. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation L [The Trombones and Bass Tuba] 1:00£0.59
Listen19. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Variation M [Percussions] 1:48£0.59
Listen20. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell, Op. 34: Fugue: Allegro molto 2:56£0.59
Listen21. Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90, "A time there was ?": I. Cakes and Ale 2:29£0.59
Listen22. Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90, "A time there was ?": II. The Bitter Withy 2:53£0.59
Listen23. Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90, "A time there was ?": III. Hankin Booby 2:11£0.59
Listen24. Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90, "A time there was ?": IV. Hunt the Squirrel 1:24£0.59
Listen25. Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90, "A time there was ?": V. Lord Melbourne 6:42£0.59
Listen26. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): I. Overture: Andante maestoso 3:58£0.59
Listen27. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): II. Introduction and Incinerator's Dance: Lento 1:18£0.59
Listen28. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): II. Introduction and Incinerator's Dance: Single Clerk: Allegro -0:16£0.59
Listen29. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): II. Introduction and Incinerator's Dance: Incinerators' Ballet 2:49£0.59
Listen30. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): III. Spider Dance: Spider and the Fly 3:25£0.59
Listen31. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): IV. Approach of Death and Finale: Poco lento - 1:26£0.59
Listen32. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): IV. Approach of Death and Finale: Funeral Music - 1:15£0.59
Listen33. Suite from Johnson over Jordan (arr. P. Hindmarsh): IV. Approach of Death and Finale: End Music: Andante poco lento 2:37£0.59
Listen34. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 1. Dawn 3:41£0.59
Listen35. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 2. Sunday Morning 3:59£0.59
Listen36. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 3. Moonlight 4:36£0.59
Listen37. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: No. 4. Storm 4:28£0.59


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
... 11 Mar 2004
By David Brooks - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
"The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" is more than an educational piece, although it does the job of introducing the instruments extremely well without or without narration. There are so many recordings of this enormously popular work that it's quite difficult drawing an opinion on which is the best, it's usually coupled with Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" with most recordings going without narration. This disc in particular with Richard Hickox conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has some benefits over others because it does a extremely good job of introducing lesser known works of Britten, Hickox has always been a good interpreter of British music and this disc is no exception.

The premiere of the opera Peter Grimes was a landmark in Britten's career and 20th century British music, along side his opera Britten composed four vivid Sea Interludes which have become a concert piece in their own right. These evocative pieces paint the atmosphere of Suffolk and the region's coastal land and sea.

"The Suite on English Folk Tunes" was Britten's last orchestral work and is a masterwork of scoring. The two violins in "Hunt the Squirrel" that are alone and unacompanied are literally chasing one another. The highlight being "Lord Melbourne", it's a movement of haunting, poignant beauty.

"Johnson over Jordan" was an ambitious experimental play in which music, mime and dance were intregral to the drama. It's concept was influenced by the Tibetan Book of the Dead with Johnson the central figure, after he dies goes through a series of dreamlike episodies with people and incidents from his past.


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