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COMPACT DISC 1 61.07
Benjamin Britten 1913–1976
Spring Symphony Op.44
Part I
1 Introduction: Shine out (Anon. 16th century) 9.44
2 The Merry Cuckoo (Spenser) 1.59
3 Spring, the Sweet Spring (Nashe) 1.58
4 The Driving Boy (Peele, Clare) 2.09
5 The Morning Star (Milton) 3.13
Part II
6 Welcome, Maids of Honour (Herrick) 2.39
7 Waters Above! (Vaughan) 2.32
8 Out on the lawn I lie in bed (Auden) 6.25
Part III
9 When will my May come (Barnfield) 2.24
10 Fair and Fair (Peele) 2.21
11 Sound the Flute! (Blake) 1.16
Part IV
12 Finale: London, to thee I do present (Beaumont & Fletcher, anon. 13th century) 7.44
Sheila Armstrong (soprano) • Dame Janet Baker (contralto) • Robert Tear (tenor)
St Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir (director of music Keith Walters)
London Symphony Chorus (chorus master Richard Hickox)
Four Sea Interludes Op.33a from ‘Peter Grimes’*
13 Dawn 3.43
14 Sunday Morning 3.47
15 Moonlight 4.24
16 Storm 4.26
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, 28 & 29 June 1978, and *No.1 Studio, Abbey Road,
COMPACT DISC 2 62.26
Benjamin Britten
Violin Concerto Op.15
1 I. Moderato con moto 8.35
2 II. Vivace— 8.26
3 III. Passacaglia (Andante lento—Un poco meno mosso) 14.04
Sir William Walton 1902–1983
Violin Concerto in B minor
4 I. Andante tranquillo 11.24
5 II. Presto capriccioso a la napolitana 6.42
6 III. Vivace 12.58
Ida Haendel (violin)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Berglund
Recorded in the Guildhall, Southampton, 12 & 13 June 1977
COMPACT DISC 3 58.19
Benjamin Britten
Suite for violin and piano Op.6
1 Introduction (Andante maestoso) 0.43
2 I. March (Allegro alla marcia) 2.54
3 II. Moto perpetuo (Allegro molto e con fuoco) 3.11
4 III. Lullaby (Lento tranquillo) 4.40
5 IV. Waltz (Alla valse: vivace e rubato) 4.30
Aléxander Barantschik (violin) • John Alley (piano)
6 Elegy for solo viola (1930)* 5.50
Paul Silverthorne (viola)
Cello Sonata in C Op.65†
7 I. Dialogo (Allegro) 7.53
8 II. Scherzo-pizzicato (Allegretto) 2.29
9 III. Elegia (Lento) 6.46
10 IV. Marcia (Energica) 2.18
11 V. Moto perpetuo (Presto) 2.48
Moray Welsh (cello) • John Lenehan (piano)
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe Op.49‡
12 1. Pan (Senza misura) 2.26
13 2. Phaeton (Vivace ritmico) 1.22
14 3. Niobe (Andante) 2.50
15 4. Bacchus (Allegro pesante) 1.52
16 5. Narcissus (Lento piacevole) 3.14
17 6. Arethusa (Largamente) 2.26
Roy Carter (oboe)
Recorded at Conway Hall, London, 14 December, *14 November & †1 December 1994,
and ‡All Saints’, East Finchley, 4 & 5 January 1995
COMPACT DISC 4 69.02
Sir William Walton
Piano Quartet
1 I. Allegramente 6.35
2 II. Allegro scherzando 5.07
3 III. Andante tranquillo 8.46
4 IV. Allegro molto 8.23
Janice Graham (violin) • Paul Silverthorne (viola)
Moray Welsh (cello) • Israela Margalit (piano)
Violin Sonata*
5 I. Allegro tranquillo 11.56
6 II. Variazioni (Andante) 14.03
Janice Graham (violin) • John Alley (piano)
Five Bagatelles for guitar†
7 1. Allegro 3.51
8 2. Lento 3.18
9 3. Alla Cubana 2.17
10 4. [Lento] 2.13
11 5. Con slancio 2.30
Tom Kerstens (guitar)
Recorded at All Saints’, East Finchley, 29 September 1995, *Conway Hall, London, 28 August 1995,
and ‡St John’s, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, 14 & 16 September 1994
COMPACT DISC 5 66.07
Sir Michael Tippett 1905–1998
Divertimento on ‘Sellinger’s Round’ for chamber orchestra
1 I. Allegro 2.56
2 II. A Lament (Andante espressivo) (Lucy Gould, violin) 6.14
3 III. Presto 1.50
4 IV. Adagio 3.47
5 V. Allegro assai 3.39
Little Music for string orchestra
6 I. Prelude (Maestoso) 1.33
7 II. Fugue (Allegro moderato (a tempo doppio più mosso)) 3.30
8 III. Air (Andante espressivo) 3.24
9 IV. Finale (Vivace) 2.09
Sonata for Four Horns*
10 I. Allegro molto moderato 3.00
11 II. Allegro giocoso 2.31
12 III. Lento cantabile tranquillo in stile notturno 5.34
13 IV. Allegro molto e vigoroso 2.42
Concerto for Double String Orchestra
14 I. Allegro con brio 6.18
15 II. Adagio cantabile (David Nolan, violin; Stephen Orton, cello) 9.02
16 III. Allegro molto 7.54
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
*Michael Thompson Horn Quartet
Michael Thompson, Jeffrey Bryant, Richard Watkins, Hugh Seenan
Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, Southwark, 14, 15 & 18 February and *12 & 14 May 1995
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