Britten Conducts Britten

Album by Benjamin Britten

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Salus Aeterna
    2:34
  2. 2.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Good People, in His Holy Name
    5:01
  3. 3.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: By the Royal Command
    4:43
  4. 4.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Adept in Magic
    4:00
  5. 5.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: The Waters of Babylon
    3:12
  6. 6.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Sirs, What Is This?
    7:01
  7. 7.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: We Do Not Lack Enemies
    5:07
  8. 8.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: By the Royal Decree
    4:09
  9. 9.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Procession
    3:08
  10. 10.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Merodak! Lord of Creation!
    4:56
  11. 11.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Bring Them Here Before My Majesty
    2:41
  12. 12.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: O King, Nebuchadnezzar
    2:09
  13. 13.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: O All Ye Works of the Lord
    3:01
  14. 14.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
    3:35
  15. 15.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: O Ye Winter and Summer
    3:41
  16. 16.
    The Burning Fiery Furnace: Good People, We Have Shown You
    4:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Te lucis ante terminum”
    7:19
  2. 3.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “I am the ferryman”
    3:08
  3. 4.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “I come from the Westland”
    4:36
  4. 5.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “But first may I ask you what is that strange noise?”
    2:41
  5. 6.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Clear as a sky without a cloud”
    2:22
  6. 7.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Near the Black Mountains there I dwelt”
    2:18
  7. 8.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “A thousand leagues may sunder a mother and her son”
    3:19
  8. 9.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Ignorant man! You refuse a passage to me …”
    2:10
  9. 10.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “I beg your pardon”
    4:52
  10. 11.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Curlew River, smoothly flowing …”
    2:14
  11. 12.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Today is an important day”
    5:32
  12. 13.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Look! While you were listening to my story …”
    2:44
  13. 14.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Ferryman, tell me, when did it happen?”
    6:24
  14. 15.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Hoping, I wandered on”
    3:30
  15. 16.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “He whose life was full of promise”
    2:21
  16. 17.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “The moon has risen”
    5:55
  17. 18.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Go your way in peace, mother”
    2:29
  18. 19.
    Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Good souls, we have shown you…”
    5:13

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    The Prodigal Son: Jam Lucis Orto Sidero (All Voices)
    2:49
  2. 4.
    The Prodigal Son: Ah - You People (Tempter)
    3:55
  3. 5.
    The Prodigal Son: The Ceremony
    2:14
  4. 6.
    The Prodigal Son: I Am Father to You All (Father)
    6:39
  5. 7.
    The Prodigal Son: Forgive My Asking You (Tempter)
    5:03
  6. 8.
    The Prodigal Son: Father, May I Speak to You? (Younger Son)
    4:22
  7. 9.
    The Prodigal Son: Take Your Due Portion (Father)
    4:15
  8. 10.
    The Prodigal Son: Go, If You Must Go (Servants)
    3:35
  9. 11.
    The Prodigal Son: Welcome, Welcome, Stranger! (Parasites)
    1:21
  10. 12.
    The Prodigal Son: You Are Tired From a Long Journey (Tempter)
    2:55
  11. 13.
    The Prodigal Son: Nights Are Days (Parasites)
    4:40
  12. 14.
    The Prodigal Son: You Have Gambled and Lost (Tempter)
    5:21
  13. 15.
    The Prodigal Son: Now - I Have Done What I Said (Tempter)
    1:25
  14. 16.
    The Prodigal Son: With Joy I Sowed (Younger Son)
    5:06
  15. 17.
    The Prodigal Son: My Son (Father)
    3:24
  16. 18.
    The Prodigal Son: O Sing Unto the Lord (Servants)
    6:08
  17. 19.
    The Prodigal Son: My Children, You Have Seen (Abbot)
    5:09

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: I. Lord Jesus, think on me
    3:09
  2. 5.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: II. I God, that all this worlde hath wroughte
    2:05
  3. 6.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: III. Have done, you men and wemen all
    2:39
  4. 7.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: IV. Now in the name of God I will begyne
    4:18
  5. 8.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: V. Noye, Noye, take thou thy company
    6:07
  6. 9.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: VI. Wiffe, come in! why standes thou their?
    5:09
  7. 10.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: VII. Ha! Children, me thinkes my botte removes
    8:18
  8. 11.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: VIII. Now forty dayes are fullie gone
    5:10
  9. 12.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: IX. Noye, take thy wife anone
    2:39
  10. 13.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: X. Noye, heare I behette thee a heste
    1:15
  11. 14.
    Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: XI. The spacious firmament on high
    7:17
  12. 15.
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: I. There was a ship came from the North Country
    6:21
  13. 16.
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: II. Then up spake the cabin-boy
    3:19
  14. 17.
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: III. Casting his clothes off, he dived into the sea
    4:39
  15. 18.
    The Golden Vanity, Op. 78: IV. They laid him on the deck
    3:18

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Sweep! Sweep!
    2:00
  2. 6.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Sweep this chimney
    1:59
  3. 7.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Now, little white boy!
    4:03
  4. 8.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Pull the rope gently until he is free!
    1:42
  5. 9.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Is he wounded?
    1:29
  6. 10.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Sooty tracks
    2:24
  7. 11.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Run, poor sweep-boy
    4:18
  8. 12.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: The kettles are singing
    2:45
  9. 13.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: O why do you weep
    3:07
  10. 14.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Ah!…Blackguards!
    4:16
  11. 15.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Help! Help! She’s collapsed!
    2:06
  12. 16.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: The owl, wide‐winging through the sky
    4:05
  13. 17.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Soon the coach will carry you away
    2:28
  14. 18.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Morning, Sammy! Lovely weather
    1:51
  15. 19.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Ready, Alfred?
    2:51
  16. 20.
    The Little Sweep (Let’s make an opera), op. 45: Coaching song: The horses are champing
    2:32
  17. 21.
    Gemini Variations, op. 73 (Quartet for Two Players)
    14:45
  18. 22.
    The Children’s Crusade, op. 82
    19:01

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Saint Nicolas: Introduction
    5:18
  2. 7.
    Saint Nicolas: The birth of Nicolas
    2:25
  3. 8.
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas devotes himself to God
    4:21
  4. 9.
    Saint Nicolas: He journeys to Palestine
    7:36
  5. 10.
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop
    6:53
  6. 11.
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas from Prison
    3:03
  7. 12.
    Saint Nicolas: Nicolas and the Pickled Boys
    6:27
  8. 13.
    Saint Nicolas: His Piety and Marvellous Works
    5:11
  9. 14.
    Saint Nicolas: The Death of Nicolas
    6:28
  10. 15.
    Rejoice in the Lamb: Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues
    3:53
  11. 16.
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For I will consider my Cat Jeoffrey
    2:05
  12. 17.
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour
    1:00
  13. 18.
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For the flowers are great blessings
    2:05
  14. 19.
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For I am under the same accusation
    2:27
  15. 20.
    Rejoice in the Lamb: For H is a spirit
    4:26

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Procession
    1:19
  2. 8.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Wolcum Yole!
    1:22
  3. 9.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: There Is No Rose
    2:11
  4. 10.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: That Yonge Child
    1:39
  5. 11.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Balulalow
    1:19
  6. 12.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: As Dew in Aprille
    1:02
  7. 13.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: This Little Babe
    1:25
  8. 14.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Interlude
    3:10
  9. 15.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: In the Freezing Winter Night
    3:58
  10. 16.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Spring Carol
    1:04
  11. 17.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Deo Gracias - Adam Lay Ibounden
    1:11
  12. 18.
    A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Recession
    1:14
  13. 19.
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Theme
    2:02
  14. 20.
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation I: Lullay, Jesu
    4:17
  15. 21.
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation II: Herod
    2:09
  16. 22.
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation III: Jesu, as Thou Art Our Saviour
    2:32
  17. 23.
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation IV: The Three Kings
    3:35
  18. 24.
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation V: In the Bleak Mid-Winter
    4:51
  19. 25.
    A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation VI: Finale - Noel!
    8:51
  20. 26.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: Begone Dull Care!
    0:56
  21. 27.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: A Tragic Story
    1:35
  22. 28.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: Cuckoo!
    1:36
  23. 29.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: A New Year Carol
    2:01
  24. 30.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: I Mun Be Married on Sunday
    1:10
  25. 31.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: There Was a Man of Newington
    0:31
  26. 32.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: Fishing Song
    2:08
  27. 33.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: The Useful Plough
    2:22
  28. 34.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: Jazz-Man
    0:45
  29. 35.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: There Was a Monkey
    1:29
  30. 36.
    Songs from “Friday Afternoons”, op. 7: Old Abram Brown
    3:28
  31. 37.
    Psalm 150
    5:11

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 1. Introduction: Shine out
    8:53
  2. 9.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 2. The merry cuckoo
    1:57
  3. 10.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 3. Spring: the sweet Spring
    1:49
  4. 11.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 4. The driving boy
    2:04
  5. 12.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 5. The morning star
    3:12
  6. 13.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 6. Welcome Maids of Honour
    2:39
  7. 14.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 7. Waters above!
    2:34
  8. 15.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed
    6:07
  9. 16.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 9. When will my May come
    2:27
  10. 17.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 10. Fair and fair
    2:12
  11. 18.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 11. Sound the flute!
    1:18
  12. 19.
    Spring Symphony, op. 44: 12. Finale: London: to thee I do present
    7:38
  13. 20.
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: I. Bonorum summun omnium / II. Quae bene beateque
    2:56
  14. 21.
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: III. At huius caelestis… / V. Tum vero Aeneas Sylvius virtus
    3:24
  15. 22.
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: VI. Et gubernacula. / VII. Ut ad longaeva tempora
    3:39
  16. 23.
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: VIII. Docendi ac discendi
    3:31
  17. 24.
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: IX. Rhenana erga omnes. / X. Ut instissime / XI. O cives..
    4:33
  18. 25.
    Cantata Academica: (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: XII. Nos autem cuncti. / XIII. Vigeatque academia libera
    2:51
  19. 26.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: In a garden shady
    2:48
  20. 27.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: I cannot grow
    1:54
  21. 28.
    Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: O ear whose creatures
    5:54

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: Requiem Aeternam
    5:56
  2. 10.
    War Requiem, op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam: What Passing-Bells for These Who Die as Cattle?
    3:32
  3. 11.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies Irae
    3:37
  4. 12.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Bugles Sang
    2:34
  5. 13.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Liber Scriptus Proferetur
    2:57
  6. 14.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Out There
    1:57
  7. 15.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Recordare Jesu Pie
    4:49
  8. 16.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Be Slowly Lifted Up
    1:52
  9. 17.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Dies Irae
    1:12
  10. 18.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Lacrimosa Dies Illa
    1:54
  11. 19.
    War Requiem, op. 66: II. Dies irae: Move Him Into the Sun
    4:47
  12. 20.
    War Requiem, op. 66: III. Domine Jesu Christe
    3:31
  13. 21.
    War Requiem, op. 66: III. So Abram Rose
    6:07
  14. 22.
    War Requiem, op. 66: IV. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
    6:02
  15. 23.
    War Requiem, op. 66: IV. After the Blast of Lightning
    3:52

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    War Requiem, op. 66: V. Agnus dei: One Ever Hangs
    3:44
  2. 11.
    War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: Libera Me, Domine
    7:37
  3. 12.
    War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: It Seemed That Out of Battle I Escaped
    9:34
  4. 13.
    War Requiem, op. 66: VI. Libera me: Let Us Sleep Now... In Paradisum
    5:37
  5. 14.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Requiem Aeternam (rehearsal)
    7:19
  6. 15.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Rehearsal of the opening section
    9:46
  7. 16.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter), then between John Culshaw and Galina Vishnevskaya
    2:04
  8. 17.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Dies Irae: Rehearsal of end of movement
    4:37
  9. 18.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Offertorium (rehearsal)
    8:22
  10. 19.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus (rehearsal)
    6:15
  11. 20.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Sanctus: Discussion in the control room between Britten and Galina Vishnevskaya (via her interpreter)
    0:18
  12. 21.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Agnus Dei: Discussion in the control room between Britten, Peter Pears and John Culshaw
    1:05
  13. 22.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me: Discussion in the control room between Britten and John Culshaw
    1:11
  14. 23.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me (rehearsal)
    5:20
  15. 24.
    Rehearsing War Requiem: Libera Me: Rehearsal of closing page
    3:17

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