Britten: His Music

61 SONGS • 3 STUNDEN UND 49 MINUTEN • JUN 27 2020

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Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31: Prologue

Dale Clevenger, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Carlo Maria Giulini

01:32

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Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: I. Dialogo. Allegro (Ed. Rostropovich) (Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016)

Mischa Maisky & Lily Maisky

08:38

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Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: II. Scherzo-pizzicato. Allegretto (Ed. Rostropovich) (Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016)

Mischa Maisky & Lily Maisky

02:39

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Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: III. Elegia. Lento (Ed. Rostropovich) (Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016)

Mischa Maisky & Lily Maisky

06:19

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Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: IV. Marcia. Energico (Ed. Rostropovich) (Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016)

Mischa Maisky & Lily Maisky

02:14

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Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: V. Moto perpetuo. Presto (Ed. Rostropovich) (Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016)

Mischa Maisky & Lily Maisky

02:39

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor, Howard Arman, Tölzer Knabenchor & Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

05:26

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam: What passing bells for these who die as cattle?

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

03:52

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Dies irae (I)

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

03:56

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

02:40

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Liber scriptus proferetur

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

02:52

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

01:45

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Recordare Jesu pie

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

04:34

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Be slowly lifted up

Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

01:46

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Dies irae (II)

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

01:23

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Lacrimosa dies illa

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

02:06

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Move him into the sun

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

05:52

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Tölzer Knabenchor, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

03:51

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium: So Abraham rose, and clave the wood

Bo Skovhus, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Tölzer Knabenchor, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

05:59

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

06:34

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Sanctus: After the blast of lightning from the East

Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

04:11

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Agnus Dei: One ever hangs where shelled roads part

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

03:42

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: Libera me, Domine

Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

07:19

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: It seemed that out of battle I escaped

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Bo Skovhus, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & John Eliot Gardiner

09:23

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: Let us sleep now...In paradisum

Bo Skovhus, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Luba Orgonasova, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner, Tölzer Knabenchor, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Monteverdi Choir, NDR Chor & Howard Arman

05:59

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Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: In a garden shady

Emma Preston-Dunlop, Gill Ross, Penelope Vickers, Peter Mitchell, Richard Savage, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

02:31

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Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: I cannot grow

Emma Preston-Dunlop, Gill Ross, Penelope Vickers, Peter Mitchell, Richard Savage, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

01:55

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Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: O ear whose creatures

Emma Preston-Dunlop, Gill Ross, Penelope Vickers, Peter Mitchell, Richard Savage, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

05:19

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 1. To Daffodils

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

01:55

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 2. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

01:49

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 3. Marsh Flowers

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

02:15

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 4. The Evening Primrose

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

02:42

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Britten: Five Flower Songs op.47: 5. Ballad of Green Broom

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

01:52

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 1. Introduction: Shine out

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

08:38

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 2. The merry cuckoo

John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Eliot Gardiner

01:55

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 3. Spring, the sweet Spring

Alison Hagley, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

01:41

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 4. The driving boy

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers & Richard Seal

01:50

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 5. The morning star

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

02:59

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 6. Welcome Maids of Honour

Catherine Robbin, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Eliot Gardiner

02:35

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 7. Waters above!

John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Eliot Gardiner

02:28

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed

Catherine Robbin, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

05:50

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 9. When will my May come

John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Eliot Gardiner

02:26

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 10. Fair and fair

Alison Hagley, John Mark Ainsley, Philharmonia Orchestra & John Eliot Gardiner

02:16

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 11. Sound the flute!

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers & Richard Seal

01:22

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 12. Finale: London, to thee I do present

John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Robbin, Alison Hagley, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers & Richard Seal

07:32

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 1. La Noel passée

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

03:34

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 2. Voici le Printemps

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

01:33

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 3. Fileuse

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

01:56

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 4. Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

02:12

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 5. La belle est au jardin d'amour

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

02:21

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 6. Il est quelqu'un sur terre

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

06:03

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 7. Eho! Eho!

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

01:43

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Britten: Folksong Arrangements - France: 8. Quand j'étais chez mon père

Anne Sofie von Otter & Bengt Forsberg

02:17

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Britten: Corpus Christi Carol

Anne Sofie von Otter, Ulf Forsberg, Ulrika Jansson, Torbjörn Helander, Mats Rondin, Svante Henryson & Markus Leoson

02:58

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Britten: A Hymn To The Virgin

Gabrieli & Paul McCreesh

03:49

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Britten: A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: 2. The Highland Bales

Magdalena Kožená & Malcolm Martineau

02:01

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Britten: Matinées musicales, Op. 24: 1. March

The National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

02:33

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Debussy: Sonata in D Minor for Cello & Piano, L.135: 1. Prologue (lent)

Mstislav Rostropovich & Benjamin Britten

05:06

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Debussy: Sonata in D Minor for Cello & Piano, L.135: 2. Sérénade (Modérément animé)

Mstislav Rostropovich & Benjamin Britten

03:29

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Debussy: Sonata in D Minor for Cello & Piano, L.135: 3. Finale (Animé)

Mstislav Rostropovich & Benjamin Britten

03:52

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Britten: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49

14:36

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