Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, the Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra

It is a fine, taut reading [of the Spring Symphony] with some superb singing by all concerned, swifter than some rivals, in the finale a shade too much so, with some muddy articulation. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024

Release Date: 19th Apr 2024
Catalogue No: LSO0830
Label: LSO Live
Length: 79 minutes

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Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

Work length19:25

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra

I. Lacrymosa. Andante ben misurato

Track length8:01

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II. Dies irae. Allegro con fuoco - Alla marcia

Track length5:18

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III. Requiem aeternam. Andante molto tranquillo

Track length6:06

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I

Work length17:31

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Allan Clayton, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Tiffin Children's Chorus, The Tiffin Girls' School Choir

Introduction. Shine out (chorus)

Track length8:33

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The Merry Cuckoo (Tenor)

Track length1:56

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Spring, the Sweet Spring (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus)

Track length1:45

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The Driving Boy (soprano, children's chorus)

Track length1:59

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The Morning Star (Chorus)

Track length3:18

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II

Work length11:26

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, London Symphony Chorus

Welcome, Maids of Honour (alto)

Track length2:43

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Waters Above (Tenor)

Track length2:44

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Out on the Lawn I lie in Bed (alto, chorus)

Track length5:59

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III

Work length6:00

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Allan Clayton, Elizabeth Watts, London Symphony Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Tiffin Children's Chorus, The Tiffin Girls' School Choir

When will my May come (Tenor)

Track length2:37

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Fair and Fair (Soprano, Tenor)

Track length2:04

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Sound the Flute (chorus, children's chorus)

Track length1:19

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part IV

Work length7:18

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, London Symphony Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Tiffin Children's Chorus, The Tiffin Girls' School Choir

Finale. London, to Thee I do Present (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus, children's chorus)

Track length7:18

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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Work length17:41

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra

I. Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente

Track length2:02

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II. Variations A-D, Woodwinds. Presto - Lento - Moderato - Allegro alla marcia

Track length3:10

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III. Variations E-H, Strings. Brillante, alla polacca - Meno mosso - Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando

Track length4:01

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IV. Variation I, Harp. Maestoso

Track length0:53

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V. Variations J-L, Brass. L'istesso tempo - Vivace - Allegro pomposo

Track length2:31

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VI. Variation M, Percussion. Moderato

Track length2:02

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VII. Fugue. Allegro molto - Animato

Track length3:02

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About

Celebrating the work of Benjamin Britten, this album combines three of the composer’s enduringly popular, yet vastly distinctive works. Sir Simon Rattle leads us on an unexpected journey through this diverse collection of masterpieces.

Written shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Sinfonia da Requiem meditates in part on the political populism which had, for the second time in just a few decades, plunged the world in to an existential crisis. In this piece, Britten’s rich, yearning harmonies reveal a sombre and dramatic warning of the cost of conflict.

From the darkness of war, we move towards the light with Britten’s choral Spring Symphony. With its mysterious reimagining of traditional English folk song and verse, the work depicts the gradual reawakening of the natural world when winter ebbs away, and spring begins to triumph.

Britten let his imagination catch fire in The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. This brilliantly original showpiece is one of the composer’s best-known pieces, and draws the album to a close.

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June 2024

It is a fine, taut reading [of the Spring Symphony] with some superb singing by all concerned, swifter than some rivals, in the finale a shade too much so, with some muddy articulation.

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