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~ Benjamin Britten (Composer), Sir Simon Rattle (Conductor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Orchestra), Robert Tear (Performer), et al.
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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. An American Overture Op. 27Sir Simon Rattle/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra10:31£1.89
Listen  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£0.69
Listen  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£0.69
Listen  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£0.69
Listen  5. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21: Theme -Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 1:19£0.69
Listen  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£0.69
Listen  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£0.69
Listen  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£0.69
Listen  9. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21: Var.IV ArabesquePeter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 1:50£0.69
Listen10. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21: Var.V Chant -Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 1:48£0.69
Listen11. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21: Var.VI Nocturne -Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 1:59£0.69
Listen12. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21: Var.VII BadineriePeter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 1:20£0.69
Listen13. Diversions For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra Op. 21: Var.VIII BurlesquePeter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 1:36£0.69
Listen14. 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£0.69
Listen15. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21: Var.X AdagioPeter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 4:00£0.69
Listen16. Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op. 21: Var.XI TarantellaPeter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 2:41£0.69
Listen17. The Building of the House - Overture Op. 79Sir Simon Rattle/Cbso Chorus/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Halsey 5:08£0.69
Listen18. 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£0.69
Listen19. 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£0.69
Listen20. 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£0.69
Listen21. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op. 90: I. Cakes and AleSir Simon Rattle 2:33£0.69
Listen22. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op. 90: II. The Bitter WithySir Simon Rattle 2:56£0.69
Listen23. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op. 90: III. Hankin BoobySir Simon Rattle 2:30£0.69
Listen24. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op. 90: IV. Hunt the SquirrelSir Simon Rattle 1:18£0.69
Listen25. Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...' Op. 90: V. Lord MelbourneSir Simon Rattle 5:25£0.69


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Canadian Carnival Op. 19City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle/Wesley Warren14:02£2.89
Listen  2. Young Apollo Op. 16Sir Simon Rattle/Peter Donohoe/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Felix Kok/Jeremy Ballard/Peter Cole/Michal Kaznowski 7:41£1.89
Listen  3. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 1. Nuits de juin (wds. Victor Hugo)Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez 2:49£0.69
Listen  4. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 2. Sagesse (wds. Paul Verlaine)Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez 2:49£0.69
Listen  5. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 3. L'Enfance (wds. Victor Hugo)Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez 4:31£0.69
Listen  6. Quatre Chansons françaises (1928): 4. Chanson d'automne (wds. Paul Verlaine)Sir Simon Rattle/Jill Gomez 2:30£0.69
Listen  7. Scottish Ballad Op. 26Sir Simon Rattle/Peter Donohoe/Philip Fowke/City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra15:22£2.89
Listen  8. Occasional Overture Op. 38City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 7:16£1.89
Listen  9. Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 8:39£1.89
Listen10. Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) -City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 5:22£0.69
Listen11. Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle 6:27£0.69

On this CD:
  1. (An) American Overture
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  2. Ballad of Heroes
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Robert Tear
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  3. Diversions
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Peter Donohoe
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  4. Praise we great men
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  5. Suite on English Folk Tunes, 'A time there was...'
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  6. Canadian Carnival
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  7. Young Apollo
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard, Peter Cole, Michal Kaznowski, Peter Donohoe
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  8. (4) Chansons françaises
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Jill Gomez
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  9. Scottish Ballad
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    with Peter Donohoe, Philip Fowke
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  10. Occasional Overture
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  11. Sinfonia da Requiem
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

  12. (The) Building of the House
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Simon Rattle

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A distinguished and consistently absorbing Britten anthology spanning his entire creative career, from the jaw-droppingly confident Quatre chansons francaises (the work, remember, of a 14-year-old schoolboy) to Colin Matthews' sensitive performing version of the sketches for Praise We Great Men (a setting of a poem by Edith Sitwell, upon which the composer was working at the time of his death in December 1976). The pacifist cantata Ballad of Heroes dates from March 1939 and, two months later, Britten embarked for North America, where, over the next three years, he produced a succession of giddily inventive scores, culminating in the brilliant Diversions for left-hand piano and orchestra (fabulously dispatched here by Peter Donohoe) and shattering Sinfonia da Requiem (of which Rattle and the CBSO give a belter of a performance). Jumping forward more than a quarter of a century brings us to the bustling overture The Building of the House (written to commemorate the 1967 opening of the Snape Maltings concert hall), and we also get Britten's very last orchestral offering, the wonderfully poignant 1974 Suite on English Folk Tunes: "A time there was...". Now retailing at lower mid-price, this set is more desirable than ever. So, if you hesitated first time round, you've no excuse now. --Andrew Achenbach

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great bargains of our time!, 27 Dec 2001
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars just buy it!!!!, 18 Feb 2009
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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 of.muscianship top notch !!! GO TREAT YOURSELF
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