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The British Music Collection: Benjamin Britten: The Rarities

Peter Pears · Benjamin Britten · Mstislav Rostropovich · Heinz Holliger · Eric Crees · Osian Ellis · London Symphony Orchestra · Philip Jones Brass Ensemble · London Symphony Chorus · Galina Vishnevskaya

Decca Classics2001Cat. 468 811-22h 27m26 tracks

The British Music Collection: Benjamin Britten: The Rarities (2001), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Benjamin Britten, performed by Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Mstislav Rostropovich, Heinz Holliger; 26 tracks.

Composer

Benjamin Britten

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, op. 51

Benjamin Britten - Canticle II, op. 51 "Abraham and Isaac"

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Norma Procter

16:23

02

Gemini Variations, op. 72

Benjamin Britten - Gemini Variations, Twelve Variations and Fugue on an Epigram of Zoltàn Kodaly, op. 73

14:45

03

A Brithday Hansel, op. 92

Benjamin Britten - A Birthday Hansel, op. 92

Osian Ellis, Peter Pears

16:22

04

Cantata academica (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: Part I: I. Bonorum summum omnium / II. Quae bene beateque vivendi

Benjamin Britten - Cantata academica, op. 62

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, George Malcolm

2:56

05

Cantata academica (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: Part I: III. At hulus caelestis / IV. Maiorum imprimis virtus / V. Tum vero Aeneas Sylvius

Benjamin Britten - Cantata academica, op. 62

Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

3:24

06

Cantata academica (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: Part I: VI. Et gubernacula mundi qui tenet / VII. Ut ad longaeva tempora

Benjamin Britten - Cantata academica, op. 62

Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

3:41

07

Cantata academica (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: Part II: VIII. Docendi ae discendi aequitati

Benjamin Britten - Cantata academica, op. 62

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, George Malcolm

3:31

08

Cantata academica (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: Part II: IX. Rhenana erga omnes urbs / X. Ut iustissime Basilea audiat / XI. O cives Basilienses

Benjamin Britten - Cantata academica, op. 62

Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

4:34

09

Cantata academica (Carmen basiliense), op. 62: Part II: XII. Nos autem cuncti hoc festo die / XIII. Vigeatque academia libera

Benjamin Britten - Cantata academica, op. 62

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, George Malcolm

2:52

10

Russian Funeral

Benjamin Britten - Russian Funeral

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

7:01

Disc 2

01

Cantata misericordium, op. 69

Benjamin Britten - Cantata misericordium, op. 69

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra

19:47

02

Children's Crusade, op. 82

Benjamin Britten - Children's Crusade, op. 82

Benjamin Britten, Eric Crees

19:01

03

The Poet's Echo, op. 76: Ekho

Benjamin Britten - The Poet’s Echo

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

2:38

04

The Poet's Echo, op. 76: Ya dumal, serdtse pozabilo...

Benjamin Britten - The Poet’s Echo

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

1:40

05

The Poet's Echo, op. 76: Angel

Benjamin Britten - The Poet’s Echo

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

2:16

06

The Poet's Echo, op. 76: Solovyei i roza

Benjamin Britten - The Poet’s Echo

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

4:32

07

The Poet's Echo, op. 76: Epigramma

Benjamin Britten - The Poet’s Echo

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

0:45

08

The Poet's Echo, op. 76: Stikhi, sochinyonniye nochyu vremya bessonnitsi

Benjamin Britten - The Poet’s Echo

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

4:17

09

Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61: Menschenbeifall

Benjamin Britten - Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

1:21

10

Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61: Die Heimat

Benjamin Britten - Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

1:56

11

Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61: Sokrates und Alcibiades

Benjamin Britten - Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

2:18

12

Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61: Die Jugend

Benjamin Britten - Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

1:50

13

Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61: Hälfte des Lebens

Benjamin Britten - Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

2:02

14

Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61: Die Linien des Lebens

Benjamin Britten - Six Hölderlin Fragments, op. 61

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

2:25

15

Two Insect Pieces: The Grasshopper

Benjamin Britten - Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.

Heinz Holliger, András Schiff

3:28

16

Two Insect Pieces: The Wasp

Benjamin Britten - Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano, op. posth.

Heinz Holliger, András Schiff

1:56