Research Catalog

Title

Rattle conducts Britten [sound recording].

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, p1991.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Rattle, Simon, 1955-
• Tear, Robert.
• Donohoe, Peter.
• Gomez, Jill.
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Chorus. prf
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. prf

Description

2 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

British composers

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections
• British composers.

Alternative Title

Works.

Subjects

• Songs (High voice) with orchestra
• Pianos (2) with orchestra
• Piano quintet with string orchestra
• Folk songs, English > Instrumental settings
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
• Variations (Piano, 1 hand, with orchestra)
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
• Orchestral music

Note

• EMI Classics: CDC 7 54271--CDC 7 54272 2 (on container: CDS 7 54270 2).
• The 1st, 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th works for orchestra; 2nd work for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra; 3rd work variations for piano (1 hand) and orchestra; 4th work for chorus and orchestra; 5th work for soloists (SATB), chorus and orchestra; 8th work for piano quintet and string orchestra; 9th work for soprano and orchestra; 10th work for 2 pianos and orchestra.
• Vocal works sung in English and French.
• Title from container.
• Compact discs.
• Most of the works previously published in 1986 and 1982.
• Program notes by Mervyn Cooke in English, French and German and texts with English translation (35 p. : ill.) laid in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Center, University Warwick, May 23-24, 1984 (1st, 6th, 11th-12th works) and July 15-17, 1990, (2nd-5th works) and in Cheltenham Town Hall, Apr. 22-23, 1982 (7th-10th works).

Contents

An American overture : op. 27 -- Ballad of heroes : op. 14 (Robert Tear, tenor) -- Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra : op. 21 (Peter Donohoe, piano) -- Building of the house, overture : op. 79 -- Praise we great men (1976) (Alison Hargan, soprano ; Mary King, contralto ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Willard White, bass) -- Suite on English folk tunes : A time there was--, op. 90 -- Canadian carnival : op. 19 -- Young Apollo : op. 16 (Peter Donohoe, piano ; Felix Kok and Jeremy Ballard, violins ; Peter Cole, viola ; Michal Kaznowski, cello) -- Quatre chansons francaises (Jill Gomez, soprano) -- Scottish Ballad : op. 26 (Peter Donohoe and Philip Fowke, pianos) -- Occasional overture : op. 38 -- Sinfonia da requiem : op. 20.

OCLC

• 25333025
• ocm25333025
• SCSB-14297535

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries