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Benjamin Britten
Britten Conducts Britten
Compil. 2006 on Decca label
Classical (Modern, Post-Modern)
LC 00171 BIEM/SABAM STEREO Made in the EU ADD CD 1 (475 6052) 66:34 (p) 1971 Decca Music Group Limited CD 2 (475 6053) 74:36 (p) 1964, 1965 Decca Music Group Limited CD 3 (475 6054) 70:19 (p) 1964, 1967, 1969, 1977 Decca Music Group Limited CD 4 (475 6055) 65:22 (p) 1957 Decca Music Group Limited CD 5 (475 6056) 76:01 (p) 1954, 1956, 1957 Decca Music Group Limited CD 6 (475 6057) 76:22 (p) 1956, 1969, 1973 Decca Music Group Limited CD 7 (475 6058) 72:46 (p) 1960, 1964, 1967 Decca Music Group Limited Includes a 56 page booklet
Musicians
 | Benjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB composed by, conductor, piano, album by |
 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau voc, 1925-2012 DE baritone vocals |
 | John Shirley-Quirk voc, 1931-2014 GB baritone vocals |
 | William Waterhouse bsn, 1931-2007 GB bassoon |
 | Mstislav Rostropovich vc, 1927-2007 RU cello |
 | London Symphony Chorus , chorus |
 | Gervase De Peyer clarinet |
 | Roger Lord ob, 1924-2014 cor anglais |
 | Alexander Murray fl, flute |
 | Osian Ellis hrp, *1928 GB harp |
 | Barry Tuckwell alp, *1931 AU horns |
 | Arthur Rimbaud , 1854-1891 FR lyrics by |
 | John Donne , 1572-1631 GB lyrics by |
 | Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1475-1564 IT lyrics by |
 | Thomas Hardy , 1840-1928 GB lyrics by |
 | Walter De La Mare , 1873-1956 GB lyrics by |
 | William Blake , 1757-1827 GB lyrics by |
 | English Chamber Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , GB orchestra |
 | Philharmonia Orchestra , orchestra |
 | The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra |
 | Julius Katchen p, 1926-1969 US piano |
 | Sviatoslav Richter p, RU piano |
 | Peter Pears voc, 1910-1986 GB tenor vocals |
| Denis Blyth timpani |
 | Mark Lubotsky vn, *1931 RU violin |
 | Patrick Wilkinson , lyrics by |
 | Charles Cotton , 1630-1687 GB lyrics by |
 | Alfred Lord Tennyson , 1809-1892 GB lyrics by |
 | Ben Jonson , 1572-1637 GB lyrics by |
 | John Keats , 1795-1821 GB lyrics by |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley , 1792-1822 GB lyrics by |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge , 1772-1834 GB lyrics by |
 | Thomas Middleton , GB lyrics by |
 | William Wordsworth , 1770-1850 GB lyrics by |
 | Wilfred Owen , 1893-1918 GB lyrics by |
 | William Shakespeare , 1564-1616 GB lyrics by |
Producers
| Alan Reeves engineer |
| Cyril Windebank engineer |
| Gordon Parry engineer |
| John Dunkerley engineer |
| Kenneth Wilkinson engineer |
| Michael Mailes engineer |
| David Harvey producer |
| Erik Smith producer |
| James Walker producer |
| John Culshaw producer |
| John Mordler producer |
| Peter Andry producer |
| Ray Minshull producer |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Piano Concerto, Op. 13 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 2 | | I Toccata | Benjamin Britten | 12:00 | |
| 3 | II Waltz | Benjamin Britten | 5:06 | ||
| 4 | III Impromptu | Benjamin Britten | 8:07 | ||
| 5 | IV March | Benjamin Britten | 8:50 | ||
| 6 | Violin Concerto, Op. 15 | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 7 | I Moderato Con Moto | Benjamin Britten | 7:17 | ||
| 8 | II Vivace | Benjamin Britten | 9:18 | ||
| 9 | III Passacaglia: Andante Lento | Benjamin Britten | 13:35 | ||
| 10 | Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 68 | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 11 | I Allegro Maestoso | Benjamin Britten | 12:30 | ||
| 12 | II Presto Inquieto | Benjamin Britten | 3:38 | ||
| 13 | III Adagio - Cadenza | Benjamin Britten | 10:33 | ||
| 14 | IV Passacaglia: Andante Allegro | Benjamin Britten | 7:22 | ||
| 15 | Sinfonia De Requiem, Op. 20 | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 16 | I Lacrymosa | Benjamin Britten | 8:46 | ||
| 17 | II Dies Irae | Benjamin Britten | 5:04 | ||
| 18 | III Requiem Aeternam | Benjamin Britten | 6:38 | ||
| 19 | - | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 20 | Cantata Misericordium, Op. 69 | Benjamin Britten | Patrick Wilkinson | 19:48 | |
| 21 | Prelude And Fugue, Op. 29 | Benjamin Britten | 9:16 | ||
| 22 | Simple Symphony, Op. 4 For String Orchestra | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 23 | I Boisterous Bourrée: Allegro Maestoso | Benjamin Britten | 3:24 | ||
| 24 | II Playful Pizzicato: Presto Possibile, Pizzicato Sempre | Benjamin Britten | 3:03 | ||
| 25 | III Sentimental Saraband: Poco Lento E Pesante | Benjamin Britten | 7:53 | ||
| 26 | IV Frolicsome Finale: Prestissimo Con Fuoco | Benjamin Britten | 2:59 | ||
| 27 | Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 For String Orchestra | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 28 | Introduction And Theme: Lente Maestoso - Allegretto Poco Lento | Benjamin Britten | 1:58 | ||
| 29 | Adagio | Benjamin Britten | 2:24 | ||
| 30 | March: Presto Alla Marcia | Benjamin Britten | 1:07 | ||
| 31 | Romance: Allegretto Grazioso | Benjamin Britten | 1:38 | ||
| 32 | Aria Italiana: Allegro Brillante | Benjamin Britten | 1:19 | ||
| 33 | Bourrée Classique: Allegro E Pesante | Benjamin Britten | 1:16 | ||
| 34 | Wiener Walzer: Vivace | Benjamin Britten | 2:41 | ||
| 35 | Moto Perpetuo: Allegro Molto | Benjamin Britten | 1:11 | ||
| 36 | Funeral March: Andante Ritmico | Benjamin Britten | 3:59 | ||
| 37 | Chant: Lento | Benjamin Britten | 1:38 | ||
| 38 | Fugue And Finale: Allegro Molto Vivace - Lento E Solenne | Benjamin Britten | 7:35 | ||
| 39 | - | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 40 | The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34 Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Purcell | Benjamin Britten | 16:30 | ||
| 41 | The Prince Of The Pagodas, Op. 57 Ballet In Three Acts | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 42 | Act One | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 43 | Prelude The Palace Of The Emperor Of The Middle Kingdom | Benjamin Britten | 2:21 | ||
| 44 | The Fool And The Dwarf | Benjamin Britten | 1:20 | ||
| 45 | The Emperor - March | Benjamin Britten | 1:29 | ||
| 46 | Gavotte | Benjamin Britten | 2:35 | ||
| 47 | Entry Of The Pages And The Four Kings | Benjamin Britten | 1:20 | ||
| 48 | Variation Of The King Of The North | Benjamin Britten | 1:18 | ||
| 49 | Variation Of The King Of The East | Benjamin Britten | 2:31 | ||
| 50 | Variation Of The King Of The West | Benjamin Britten | 1:07 | ||
| 51 | Variation Of The King Of The South | Benjamin Britten | 1:43 | ||
| 52 | Variation Of Princess Belle Épine | Benjamin Britten | 2:27 | ||
| 53 | Variation Of Belle Rose | Benjamin Britten | 6:10 | ||
| 54 | The Kings And Belle Rose | Benjamin Britten | 1:26 | ||
| 55 | Triumph Of Belle Épine | Benjamin Britten | 1:52 | ||
| 56 | The Rage Of The Kings | Benjamin Britten | 1:41 | ||
| 57 | Entry Of The Four Winged Frogs | Benjamin Britten | 2:57 | ||
| 58 | Act Two | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 59 | Scene 1 The Strange Journey Of Belle Rose To The Pagoda Land | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 60 | Air: Introduction And Waltz | Benjamin Britten | 5:36 | ||
| 61 | Water Dances | Benjamin Britten | 7:14 | ||
| 62 | Fire Dances | Benjamin Britten | 5:59 | ||
| 63 | Scene 2 The Arrival And Adventures Of Belle Rose In The Kingdom Of Pagodas | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 64 | Belle Rose In Darkness | Benjamin Britten | 2:06 | ||
| 65 | The Pagodas | Benjamin Britten | 3:02 | ||
| 66 | The Salamander | Benjamin Britten | 3:02 | ||
| 67 | Pas De Deux: The Prince And Belle Rose | Benjamin Britten | 5:56 | ||
| 68 | Act Three | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 69 | Scene 1 The Palace Of The Middle Kingdom | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 70 | Belle Épine As Empress | Benjamin Britten | 2:47 | ||
| 71 | The Old Emperor | Benjamin Britten | 2:51 | ||
| 72 | Appearance Of Belle Rose And The Salamander | Benjamin Britten | 1:33 | ||
| 73 | Transition | Benjamin Britten | 3:08 | ||
| 74 | Scene 2 The Pagoda Palace | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 75 | The Pagoda Palace | Benjamin Britten | 1:37 | ||
| 76 | Pas De Six: Entrée | Benjamin Britten | 2:03 | ||
| 77 | Variation 1: Pas De Deux | Benjamin Britten | 3:43 | ||
| 78 | Variation 2: Girl's Solo | Benjamin Britten | 1:06 | ||
| 79 | Variation 3: Boy's Solo | Benjamin Britten | 1:09 | ||
| 80 | Pas De Trois | Benjamin Britten | 1:24 | ||
| 81 | Pas De Deux: Belle Rose And The Prince Of The Pagodas | Benjamin Britten | 4:05 | ||
| 82 | Variation 4: The Prince | Benjamin Britten | 1:11 | ||
| 83 | Variation 5: Belle Rose | Benjamin Britten | 2:16 | ||
| 84 | Finale And Apotheosis | Benjamin Britten | 6:10 | ||
| 85 | Diversions, Op. 21 For Piano (Left Hand) And Orchestra | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 86 | Theme | Benjamin Britten | 1:06 | ||
| 87 | Variation 1: Recitative | Benjamin Britten | 1:29 | ||
| 88 | Variation 2: Romance | Benjamin Britten | 1:30 | ||
| 89 | Variation 3: March | Benjamin Britten | 1:19 | ||
| 90 | Variation 4: Arabesque | Benjamin Britten | 1:37 | ||
| 91 | Variation 5: Chant | Benjamin Britten | 1:47 | ||
| 92 | Variation 6: Nocturne | Benjamin Britten | 2:07 | ||
| 93 | Variation 7: Badinerie | Benjamin Britten | 1:25 | ||
| 94 | Variation 8: Burlesque | Benjamin Britten | 1:52 | ||
| 95 | Variation 9a: Toccata I | Benjamin Britten | 0:48 | ||
| 96 | Variation 9b: Toccata II | Benjamin Britten | 2:01 | ||
| 97 | Variation 10: Adagio | Benjamin Britten | 4:17 | ||
| 98 | Variation 11: Tarantella | Benjamin Britten | 2:41 | ||
| 99 | Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo, Op. 22 | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 100 | Sonetto XVI | Benjamin Britten | 1:59 | ||
| 101 | Sonetto XXXI | Benjamin Britten | 1:22 | ||
| 102 | Sonetto XXX | Benjamin Britten | 3:16 | ||
| 103 | Sonetto LV | Benjamin Britten | 1:48 | ||
| 104 | Sonetto XXXVIII | Benjamin Britten | 1:54 | ||
| 105 | Sonetto XXXII | Benjamin Britten | 1:20 | ||
| 106 | Sonetto XXIV | Benjamin Britten | 4:55 | ||
| 107 | The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Op. 35 | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 108 | Oh My Black Soule! | Benjamin Britten | 3:20 | ||
| 109 | Batter My Heart | Benjamin Britten | 1:21 | ||
| 110 | Oh Might Those Sighes And Teares | Benjamin Britten | 3:00 | ||
| 111 | Oh, To Vex Me | Benjamin Britten | 1:08 | ||
| 112 | What If This Present | Benjamin Britten | 2:50 | ||
| 113 | Since She Whom I Lov'd | Benjamin Britten | 3:27 | ||
| 114 | At The Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners | Benjamin Britten | 2:36 | ||
| 115 | Thou Hast Made Me | Benjamin Britten | 1:31 | ||
| 116 | Death Be Not Proud | Benjamin Britten | 3:57 | ||
| 117 | Songs And Proverbs Of William Blake, Op. 74 | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 118 | The Pride Of The Peacock ... London | Benjamin Britten | 3:08 | ||
| 119 | Prisons Are Built ... The Chimney Sweeper | Benjamin Britten | 2:51 | ||
| 120 | The Bird A Nest ... A Poison Tree | Benjamin Britten | 4:28 | ||
| 121 | Think In The Morning ... The Tyger | Benjamin Britten | 2:34 | ||
| 122 | The Tygers Of Wrath ... The Fly | Benjamin Britten | 2:48 | ||
| 123 | The Hours Of Folly ... Ah, Sun-flower | Benjamin Britten | 4:15 | ||
| 124 | To See A World ... Every Night & Every Morn | Benjamin Britten | 3:28 | ||
| 125 | Winter Words, Op. 52 Lyrics And Ballads Of Thomas Hardy | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 126 | At Day-close In November | Benjamin Britten | 1:40 | ||
| 127 | Midnight On The Great Western (Or The Journeying Boy) | Benjamin Britten | 4:28 | ||
| 128 | Wagtail And Baby (A Satire) | Benjamin Britten | 1:59 | ||
| 129 | The Little Old Table | Benjamin Britten | 1:24 | ||
| 130 | The Choirmaster's Burial (Or The Tenor Man's Story) | Benjamin Britten | 3:46 | ||
| 131 | Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches And Nightingales) | Benjamin Britten | 1:10 | ||
| 132 | At The Railway Station, Upway (Or The Convict And Boy With The Violin) | Benjamin Britten | 2:42 | ||
| 133 | Before Life And After | Benjamin Britten | 3:18 | ||
| 134 | Tit For Tat | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 135 | A Song Of Enchantment | Benjamin Britten | 2:27 | ||
| 136 | Autumn | Benjamin Britten | 1:14 | ||
| 137 | Silver | Benjamin Britten | 1:46 | ||
| 138 | Vigil | Benjamin Britten | 1:44 | ||
| 139 | Tit For Tat | Benjamin Britten | 1:35 | ||
| 140 | Serenade, Op. 31 For Tenor, Horn And Strings | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 141 | Prologue | Benjamin Britten | 1:25 | ||
| 142 | Pastoral | Benjamin Britten | Charles Cotton | 3:37 | |
| 143 | Nocturne | Benjamin Britten | Alfred Lord Tennyson | 3:21 | |
| 144 | Elegy | Benjamin Britten | William Blake | 4:02 | |
| 145 | Dirge | Benjamin Britten | 3:44 | ||
| 146 | Hymn | Benjamin Britten | Ben Jonson | 2:01 | |
| 147 | Sonnet | Benjamin Britten | John Keats | 4:09 | |
| 148 | Epilogue | Benjamin Britten | 1:33 | ||
| 149 | Les Illuminations, Op. 18 For Soprano Or Tenor And String Orchestra | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 150 | I Fanfare: Maestoso (Poco Presto) | Benjamin Britten | 1:51 | ||
| 151 | II Villes: Allegro Energico | Benjamin Britten | 2:32 | ||
| 152 | IIIa Phrase: Lento Ed Estatico | Benjamin Britten | 0:57 | ||
| 153 | IIIb Antique: Allegretto, Un Poco Mosso | Benjamin Britten | 2:10 | ||
| 154 | IV Royauté: Allegro Maestoso | Benjamin Britten | 1:37 | ||
| 155 | V Marine: Allegro Con Brio | Benjamin Britten | 1:02 | ||
| 156 | VI Interlude: Moderato Ma Comodo | Benjamin Britten | 2:21 | ||
| 157 | VII Being Beauteous: Lento Ma Comodo | Benjamin Britten | 4:04 | ||
| 158 | VIII Parade: Alla Marcia | Benjamin Britten | 2:48 | ||
| 159 | IX Départ: Largo Mesto | Benjamin Britten | 2:42 | ||
| 160 | Nocturne, Op. 60 For Tenor, Seven Obbligato Instruments And String Orchestra | Benjamin Britten | |||
| 161 | On A Poet's Lips I Slept - | Benjamin Britten | Percy Bysshe Shelley | 3:22 | |
| 162 | Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep - Bassoon Obbligato | Benjamin Britten | Alfred Lord Tennyson | 3:18 | |
| 163 | Encinctured With A Twine Of Leaves - Harp Obbligato | Benjamin Britten | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | 2:12 | |
| 164 | Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting - Horn Obbligato | Benjamin Britten | Thomas Middleton | 2:30 | |
| 165 | But That Night When On My Bed I Lay - Timpani Obbligato | Benjamin Britten | William Wordsworth | 3:02 | |
| 166 | She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths - Cor Anglais Obbligato | Benjamin Britten | Wilfred Owen | 4:31 | |
| 167 | What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer? - Flute And Clarinet Obbligato | Benjamin Britten | John Keats | 3:28 | |
| 168 | When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See | Benjamin Britten | William Shakespeare | 4:01 |
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