Benjamin Britten Compilation CD A Portrait V Soundboard

CD1 (total time 74:17)01. Beware for medium voice and piano 1:27Three Two-part Songs 02. The Ride By Nights 1:15 03. The Rainbow 1:58 04. The Ship Of Rio 1:59Friday Afternoons, for children's voices and piano, Op. 7 (1935) 05. I. Begone, dull care! 1:14 06. II. A tragic story 1:44 07. III. Cuckoo! 1:55 08. IV. "Ee-oh!" 2:43 09. V. A New Year Carol 2:23 10. VI. I mun be married on Sunday 1:38 11. VII. There was a man of Newington 0:40 12. VIII. Fishing Song 2:02 13. IX. The useful plough 2:52 14. X. Jazz-Man 1:13 15. XI. There was a monkey 1:36 16. XII. Old Abram Brown 5:41Bruno Crabbe - pianoChildren's Choir of La Monnaie Brussels, La Maitrise - Denis MesierTheater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, January 12, 201317. Canticle I: My beloved is mine, for tenor and piano, Op. 40 (1947) 8:03Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, for tenor and piano, Op. 22 (1940)18. I. Si Come Nella Penna 2:04 19. II. A Che Piu Debb 'io mai 1:31 20. III. Veggio co 'bei Vostri Occhi 3:22 21. IV. Tu sa 'ch 'io so 1:54 22. V. Rendete a Gli Occhi Miei 2:01 23. VI. S'un Casto Amor 1:18 24. VII. Spirto ben Nato 6:04 from: "Folksongs arrangements":25. 4:0226. 2:2827. 2:5228. 2:4829. 1:5630. General post office 1:21Benjamin Hulett - tenorJoseph Middleton - pianoTheater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, January 12, 2013CD2 (total time 73:22)Les Illuminations, for soprano or tenor and strings, Op. 18 (words Arthur Rimbaud) (1939)01. I. Fanfare 2:08 02. II. Villes 2:33 03. IIIa. Phrase 1:04 04. IIIb. Antique 2:11 05. IV. Royauté 1:40 06. V. Marine 1:11 07. VI. Interlude 2:38 08. VII. Being beauteous 4:02 09. VIII. Parade 2:49 10. IX. Départ 4:16 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, for string orchestra, Op. 10 (1937)11. Introduction and Theme 2:05 12. Variation 1: Adagio 2:31 13. Variation 2: March 1:31 14. Variation 3: Romance 1:36 15. Variation 4: Aria Italiana 1:32 16. Variation 5: Bourree Classique 1:26 17. Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer 3:16 18. Variation 7: Moto Perpetuo 1:20 19. Variation 8: Funeral March 4:09 20. Variation 9: Chant 1:54 21. Variation 10: Fugue and Finale 8:38 Benjamin Hulett - tenorLimburgs Symfonieorkest - Paul GoodwinTheater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, January 12, 2013Phaedra for mezzo-soprano, cello, harpsichord, percussion, and string orchestra, Op. 93 (Robert Lowell after Jean Racine's Phèdre) (1975) 22. In May, In Brilliant Athens 6:37 23. Oh Gods Of Wrath 2:30 24. My Time's Too Short, Your Highness 9:35 Radio Filharmonisch Orkest - Mark ElderChristianne Stotijn - mezzosopranoConcertgebouw, Amsterdam, March 9, 2013CD3 (total time 69:34)01. Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, for string orchestra, Op. 10 (1937) (arr.) 24:13Ellen Corver, Sepp Grotenhuis, Irama Legong - pianosConcertgebouw, Amsterdam, September 28, 2002Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940)02. I. Lacrymosa 8:24 03. II. Dies Irae 5:42 04. III. Requiem Aeternam 6:00 Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, for orchestra, Op. 33a/b (1945)05. I. Dawn 3:31 06. II. Sunday Morning 3:34 07. III. Moonlight 4:02 08. Passacaglia6:5209. IV. Storm 4:29 Limburgs Symfonieorkest - Paul GoodwinTheater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, January 12, 2013CD4 (total time 68:21)Piano Concerto, Op. 13 (1938, rev. 1945) 01. 1. Toccata 12:21 02. 2. Waltz 5:32 03. 3. Impromptu 8:20 04. 4. March 11:02 Llyr Williams - pianoLimburgs Symfonieorkest - Paul GoodwinTheater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, January 12, 2013Prelude and Fugue for 18 Strings, Op. 29 (1943)05. I. Prelude: Grave 4:03 06. II. Fugue: Allegro energico 3:34 07. III. Coda: Grave come prima 3:14Nederlands Kamerorkest - Gordan NikolicConcertgebouw, Amsterdam, January 29, 2013Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940)08. I. Lacrymosa 8:16 09. II. Dies Irae 5:19 10. III. Requiem Aeternam 6:43 Radio Filharmonisch Orkest - Mark WigglesworthDe Doelen, Rotterdam, February 9, 2001