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- Original Release Date: 28 Nov 2005
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. An American Overture, Op.27 | Sir Simon Rattle/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 10:31 | £2.99 | ||
| Play | 2. Ballad of Heroes, Op.14: 1. Funeral March - | Sir Simon Rattle/Cbso Chorus/Simon Halsey/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Robert Tear | 5:47 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Ballad of Heroes, Op.14: 2. Scherzo (Dance of Death) | Sir Simon Rattle/Cbso Chorus/Simon Halsey/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Robert Tear | 4:23 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Ballad of Heroes, Op.14: 3. Recitative and Choral - Epilogue (Funeral March) | Sir Simon Rattle/Cbso Chorus/Simon Halsey/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Robert Tear | 6:23 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Theme - | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:19 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.I Recitative - | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:38 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.II Romance - | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:20 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.III March - | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:14 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.IV Arabesque | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:50 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.V Chant - | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:48 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.VI Nocturne - | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:59 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.VII Badinerie | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:20 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra, Op.21: Var.VIII Burlesque | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 1:36 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 14. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.IX Toccata I - Toccata II - | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 2:49 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 15. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.X Adagio | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 4:00 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 16. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op.21: Var.XI Tarantella | Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 2:41 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 17. The Building of the House - Overture, Op.79 | Sir Simon Rattle/Cbso Chorus/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Halsey | 5:08 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 18. Praise We Great Men (1976): 'Praise we great men' - | Robert Tear/Simon Halsey/Sir Simon Rattle/Alison Hargan/Mary King/Sir Willard White/Cbso Chorus/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 3:29 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 19. Praise We Great Men (1976): 'Praise we the just' | Simon Halsey/Robert Tear/Sir Simon Rattle/Alison Hargan/Mary King/Sir Willard White/Cbso Chorus/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 2:21 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 20. Praise We Great Men (1976): [Coda] | Robert Tear/Simon Halsey/Sir Simon Rattle/Alison Hargan/Mary King/Sir Willard White/Cbso Chorus/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 1:35 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 21. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op.90: I. Cakes and Ale | Sir Simon Rattle | 2:33 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 22. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op.90: II. The Bitter Withy | Sir Simon Rattle | 2:56 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 23. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op.90: III. Hankin Booby | Sir Simon Rattle | 2:30 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 24. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op.90: IV. Hunt the Squirrel | Sir Simon Rattle | 1:18 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 25. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op.90: V. Lord Melbourne | Sir Simon Rattle | 5:25 | £0.89 | ||
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Canadian Carnival, Op.19 | City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle/Wesley Warren | 14:02 | £2.99 | ||
| Play | 2. Young Apollo, Op.16 | Sir Simon Rattle/Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Felix Kok/Jeremy Ballard/Peter Cole/Michal Kaznowski | 7:41 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 1. Nuits de juin (wds. Victor Hugo) | Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez | 2:49 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 2. Sagesse (wds. Paul Verlaine) | Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez | 2:49 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 3. L'Enfance (wds. Victor Hugo) | Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez | 4:31 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 4. Chanson d'automne (wds. Paul Verlaine) | Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez | 2:30 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Scottish Ballad, Op.26 | Sir Simon Rattle/Peter Donohoe/Philip Fowke/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 15:22 | £2.99 | ||
| Play | 8. Occasional Overture, Op.38 | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 7:16 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20: I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) - | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 8:39 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20: II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) - | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 5:22 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20: III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo) | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle | 6:27 | £0.89 | ||
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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This 2 CD set contains a pretty diffuse lot of early and late (and generally unrelated) pieces by Britten and that may at first sight seem offputting, but don't be deterred. This is as compelling a set at the price as you are likely to find, provided you are at all attuned to Britten's idiom. There are stunning performances of the Sinfonia da Requiem (which he wrote on commission for an anniversary of the Japanese empire, but which in truth is a work dedicated to his parents, who had recently died), the Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, and a quite amazing work that he wrote when only 14, the 4 Chansons Francaises, sung beautifully by Jill Gomez. Almost everything on the 2 CDs is worth repeated listening, even the pieces that were dug up from the early archives, such as the Canadian Carnival, with its strange reference to "Alouette" near the end. For anyone who hasn't heard the Suite on English Folk Tunes, the last section "Lord Melbourne" is an absolute must-listen, heart-breakingly beautiful, even if the other items in the Suite are not quite so forthcoming. Somehow that last piece, which is one of the last things he wrote, now sounds totally at one (and yet has Britten's own special overlay) with the best of all the earlier English composers of the century. On the basis of the current reissue, with 2 discs for less than the price of one newly released one, this is a terrific bargain and not to be missed by anyone with any sympathy for this repertoire (and if you don't have such sympathy, you should buy it anyway - it might change your mind!).
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So you think you have heard it all? That you are familiar with the work of Benjamin Britten? Well, listen to these to CDs giving you Sir Simon's personal version of works you have probably never heard performed before plus some you probably know by heart and let yourself be carried away by the Birmingham Sympony Orchestra in a series of peak performances. The music itself is like all of Britten: fun, heart rendering, tragic, melodious, dissonant, original. A great collection, part of EMI's seminal series of English composers.
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As a singer I've tended to focus on Britten's vocal music, so it's great to have some of the orchestral, and particularly earlier pieces. Rattle took over the CBSO from Louis Fremaux who had never hit the big time with them but had nevertheless moulded them into a first class orchestra; under Rattle they gained the international status exemplified here.
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Briiten conducted by a master interpreter. However there are certain sections that leave me cold. Nonetheless good value and fascinating work.
Published on 20 April 2010 by G. Callan
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it is my 1st introduction to brittan,it has blew me away .ive just cannot believe the variety of the music uplifting ,sad,beutiful and every other emotion you can think... Read more
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