The Masterpieces

Album by Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears & Owen Brannigan & Janine Jansen & Benjamin Britten & George Guest & Stephen Cleobury & Norman Del Mar & Paavo Järvi & George Malcolm

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente
    1:57
  2. 2.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation A: Flutes & Piccolo: Presto
    0:32
  3. 3.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation B: Oboes: Lento
    1:04
  4. 4.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation C: Clarinets: Moderato
    0:37
  5. 5.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation D: Bassoons: Allegro alla marcia
    0:53
  6. 6.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation E: Violins: Brillante - alla polacca
    0:36
  7. 7.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation F: Violas: Meno mosso
    0:59
  8. 8.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation G: Cellos
    1:17
  9. 9.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation H: Double Basses: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando
    0:58
  10. 10.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation I: Harp: Maestoso
    0:49
  11. 11.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation J: Horns: L'istesso tempo
    0:44
  12. 12.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation K: Trumpets: Vivace
    0:33
  13. 13.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation L: Trombones & Bass Tuba: Allegro pomposo
    0:58
  14. 14.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation M: Percussion: Moderato
    1:47
  15. 15.
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Fugue: Allegro molto
    2:46
  16. 16.
    Simple Symphony, op. 4: I. Boisterous Bourrée
    3:25
  17. 17.
    Simple Symphony, op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato
    3:04
  18. 18.
    Simple Symphony, op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband
    7:54
  19. 19.
    Simple Symphony, op. 4: IV. Frolicsome Finale
    2:59
  20. 20.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: I. Introduction & Theme
    1:57
  21. 21.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: II. Adagio
    2:24
  22. 22.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: III. March
    1:07
  23. 23.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: IV. Romance
    1:37
  24. 24.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: V. Aria Italiana
    1:19
  25. 25.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: VI. Bourrée Classique
    1:17
  26. 26.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: VII. Wiener Waltzer
    2:41
  27. 27.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: VIII. Moto Perpetuo
    1:10
  28. 28.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: IX. Funeral March
    3:59
  29. 29.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: X. Chant
    1:39
  30. 30.
    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: 1I. Fugue & Finale
    7:35
  31. 31.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33, Prologue: Interlude I: On the beach
    3:34
  32. 32.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33, Act 1: Interlude II: The Storm
    4:19
  33. 33.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33, Act 2: Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach
    3:55
  34. 34.
    Peter Grimes, op. 33, Act 3: Interlude V: Evening
    4:28

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Procession
    1:31
  2. 3.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Wolcom Yule!
    1:27
  3. 4.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: There is no rose
    2:32
  4. 5.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: That yongë child
    1:54
  5. 6.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Balulalow
    1:19
  6. 7.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: As dew in Aprille
    1:08
  7. 8.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: This little Babe
    1:32
  8. 9.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Interlude
    4:03
  9. 10.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: In freezing winter night
    3:40
  10. 11.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Spring Carol
    1:16
  11. 12.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Deo Gracias
    1:16
  12. 13.
    Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Recession
    1:37
  13. 14.
    A boy was born, op. 3: A Boy Was Born (theme)
    2:02
  14. 15.
    A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu
    4:11
  15. 16.
    A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 2: Herod
    2:23
  16. 17.
    A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 3: Jesu As Thou Art Our Saviour
    2:53
  17. 18.
    A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 4: The Three Kings
    2:56
  18. 19.
    A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 5: in the Bleak Mid-Winter
    4:44
  19. 20.
    A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 6: Finale: Noel!
    8:57
  20. 21.
    A Hymn to the Virgin
    3:18
  21. 22.
    Festival Te Deum, op. 32 (1944)
    5:59
  22. 23.
    Jubilate Deo in C (1961)
    2:43
  23. 24.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: In a garden shady
    2:50
  24. 25.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: I cannot grow
    1:55
  25. 26.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: O ear whose creatures
    5:55

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Begone, dull care
    0:59
  2. 4.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: A tragic story
    1:37
  3. 5.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Cuckoo!
    1:39
  4. 6.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: A New Year carol
    2:04
  5. 7.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: I mun be married on Sunday
    1:13
  6. 8.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: There was a man of Newington
    0:34
  7. 9.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Fishing song
    2:10
  8. 10.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: The useful plough
    2:23
  9. 11.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Jazz-man
    0:48
  10. 12.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: There was a monkey
    1:31
  11. 13.
    Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Old Abram Brown
    3:31
  12. 14.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Lord Jesus, think on me
    3:06
  13. 15.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: I God, that all this worlde hath wroughte
    2:05
  14. 16.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Have done, you men and wemen all
    2:38
  15. 17.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Now in the name of God I will begyne
    4:18
  16. 18.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Noye, Noye, take thou thy company
    6:07
  17. 19.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Wiffe, come in! why standes thou their?
    5:09
  18. 20.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Ha! Children, me thinkes my botte removes
    8:18
  19. 21.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Now forty dayes are fullie gone
    5:10
  20. 22.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Noye, take thy wife anone
    2:39
  21. 23.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Noye, heare I behette thee a heste
    1:15
  22. 24.
    Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: The spacious firmament on high
    7:23

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: I. Fanfare
    1:52
  2. 5.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: II. Villes
    2:32
  3. 6.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIa. Phrase
    0:58
  4. 7.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIb. Antique
    2:10
  5. 8.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: IV. Royauté
    1:37
  6. 9.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: V. Marine
    1:02
  7. 10.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: VI. Interlude
    2:22
  8. 11.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: VII. Being beauteous
    4:05
  9. 12.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: VIII. Parade
    2:48
  10. 13.
    Les Illuminations, op. 18: IX. Départ
    2:40
  11. 14.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Prologue
    1:23
  12. 15.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Pastoral: The Day's Grown Old
    3:37
  13. 16.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Nocturne: The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls
    3:21
  14. 17.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Elegy: O Rose, Thou Art Sick
    4:03
  15. 18.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Dirge: This Ae Night
    3:45
  16. 19.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Hymn: Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair
    2:02
  17. 20.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Sonnet: O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
    4:09
  18. 21.
    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Epilogue
    1:33
  19. 22.
    Violin Concerto, op. 15: I. Moderato con moto
    9:32
  20. 23.
    Violin Concerto, op. 15: II. Vivace
    8:35
  21. 24.
    Violin Concerto, op. 15: III. Passacaglia; Andante lento
    14:29

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