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Rattle conducts Britten

EMI Classics, c2000, p1991

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Sung in English (disc 1: 2nd and 4th-5th works) and French (disc 2: 3rd)

Alison Hargan (disc 1: 5th work), Jill Gomez (disc 2: 3rd), sopranos ; Mary King, alto (disc 1: 5th) ; Robert Tear, tenor (disc 1: 2nd and 5th) ; Willard White, bass (disc 1: 5th) ; CBSO Chorus (disc 1: 2nd and 4th-5th) ; Peter Walden, English horn (disc 1: 6th) ; Wesley Warren, trumpet (disc 2: 1st) ; Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard , violins (disc 2: 2nd) ; Peter Cole, viola (disc 2: 2nd) ; Michal Kaznowski, violoncello (disc 2: 2nd) ; Peter Donohoe (disc 1: 3rd. disc 2: 2nd and 4th), Philip Fowke (disc 2: 4th), pianos ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Rattle, conductor

Recorded in the Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, 23 & 24 May 1984 (disc 1: 1st and 6th works. disc 2: 5th-6th); 15-17 July 1990 (disc 1: 2nd-5th); and in Cheltenham Town Hall, 22 & 23 April 1982 (disc 2: 1st-4th)

Compact discs

EMI Classics: 7243 5 73983 2 9--7243 5 73984 2 8--7243 5 73985 2 7

EMI Classics: CZS 5 73983

EMI Classics: ZDZB 73983

EMI Classics: PM 518

Contents of Works

  • disc 1. An American overture : op. 27
  • Ballad of heroes : op. 14
  • Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra : op. 21
  • The building of the house - Overture : op. 79
  • Praise we great men (1976) / edited and orchestrated by Colin Matthews
  • Suite on English folk tunes, 'A time there was--' : op. 90
  • disc 2. Canadian carnival : op. 19
  • Young Apollo : op. 16
  • Quatre chansons françaises (1928)
  • Scottish ballad : op. 26
  • Occasional overture, op. 38
  • Sinfonia da requiem : op. 20

Details

  • NCID
    BA6948826X
  • Country Code
    xx
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    engfre
  • Place of Publication
    [S.l.]
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 sound discs
  • Size
    4 3/4 in.
  • Attached Material
    1 pamphlet
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