Essential Britten
Various Artists
1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)
Barry Tuckwell, Steuart Bedford, John Tunnel, Neil Mackie
2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Barry Tuckwell, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Neil Mackie, John Tunnel
III. Passacaglia (Andante lento (un poco meno mosso) - Largamente (lento) - Lento e solenne)
Nicolas devotes himself to God
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Andrew Davis, Cambridge Girls' Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Ian Hare, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear
4a. That yongë child
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Julian Godlee, Osian Ellis
4b. Balulalow
Sir David Willcocks, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee
5. As dew in Aprille
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Julian Godlee, James Clarke, Osian Ellis
9. Spring Carol
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, James Clarke, Julian Godlee, Osian Ellis
10. Deo Gracias!
Sir David Willcocks, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Julian Godlee, James Clarke, Osian Ellis
11. Recession
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, James Clarke, Julian Godlee, Osian Ellis
Allegro maestoso e largamente (full orchestra - woodwind - brass - strings - percussion - full orchestra)
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind
Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses)
Allegro molto - Con slancio (L'istesso tempo) (full orchestra)
Britten: Phaedra, Op.93
2. Phaeton (Vivace ritmico)
Roy Carter
When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)
The merry Cuckoo (E Spencer)
London Symphony Chorus, André Previn, Dame Janet Baker, St. Clement Danes School Boys' Choir, Sheila Armstrong, London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear
You spotted snakes with double tongues (Fairies)
City of London Sinfonia, Roger Bryson, Henry Herford, Donald Maxwell, Richard Hickox, Penelope Walker, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Della Jones, Jill Gomez, Norman Bailey, Trinity Boys Choir
V. Agnus Dei
Simon Halsey, Elisabeth Söderström, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Sir Simon Rattle, Francis Grier, Robert Tear, Mark Blatchly
William Butler Yeats: Folksong Arrangements