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PESEK, LIBOR
Benjamin Britten: Song Cycles, Sinfonia da Requiem
2 Compact Disc
6 Jul 2009
Ordercode: 6955792
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Other participants: Jill Gomez * Robert Tear * Barry Tuckwell * London Chamber Orchestra * Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra * Libor Pesek * Christopher Warren-Green * a.o.
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | I. Fanfare: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 02 | II. Villes: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 03 | IIIa. Phrase: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 04 | IIIb. Antique: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 05 | IV. Royauté: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 06 | V. Marine: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 07 | VI. Interlude: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 08 | VII. Being Beauteous: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 09 | VIII. Parade: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 10 | IX. Départ: Les Illuminations Op. 18 - Jill Gomez/John Whitfield |
| 11 | Prologue (horn solo): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 12 | 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 13 | 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 14 | 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 15 | 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 16 | 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 17 | 6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 18 | Epilogue (horn solo): Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 - Neil Mackie/Barry Tuckwell/Steuart Bedford/John Tu |
| 19 | On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| 20 | Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson) (Robin O'Neill, bassoon): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| 21 | Encinctured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) (Thelma Owen, harp): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| 22 | Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting (Middleton) (Frank Lloyd, french horn): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| 23 | But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) (David Corkhill, timpani): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| 24 | She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen) (James Brown, cor anglais): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| 25 | What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats) (William Bennett, flute; Thea King, clarinet): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| 26 | When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare): Nocturne, Op.60 - Robert Tear/English Chamber Orchestra/Jeffrey Tate |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | First movement: Boisterous Bourrée: Simple Symphony Op. 4 - Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra |
| 02 | Second movement: Playful Pizzicato: Simple Symphony Op. 4 - Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra |
| 03 | Third movement: Sentimental Sarabande: Simple Symphony Op. 4 - Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra |
| 04 | Fourth movement: Frolicsome Finale: Simple Symphony Op. 4 - Christopher Warren-Green/London Chamber Orchestra |
| 05 | I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -: Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 06 | II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) -: Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 07 | III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo): Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 08 | Dawn: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 09 | Sunday Morning: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 10 | Moonlight: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 11 | Storm: 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 12 | Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente (full orchestra - woodwind - brass - strings - percussion - full orchestra): The - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 13 | Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 14 | Variation B: Lento (oboes): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 3 - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 15 | Variation C: Moderato (clarinets): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcel - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 16 | Variation D: Allegro con marcia (bassoons): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 17 | Variation E: Brillante, alla polacca (violins): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Th - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 18 | Variation F: Meno mosso (violas): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 19 | Variation G: L'istesso tempo (cellos): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Pu - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 20 | Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses): The Young Person's Guide to the Orches - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 21 | Variation I: Maestoso (harp): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 22 | Variation J: L'istesso tempo (horns): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Pur - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 23 | Variation K: Vivace (trumpets): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell O - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 24 | Variation L: Allegro pomposo (trombones & tuba): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 25 | Percussion - Variation M: Moderato (percussion): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |
| 26 | Fugue: Allegro molto - Con slancio (L'istesso tempo) (full orchestra): The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Varia - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek |