Benjamin Britten Essentials
Apple Music Classical
With his gifts for memorable themes and adventurous orchestration, this composer brought British composition firmly into the 20th century. Balancing pastoral and sentimental moods with dark elegies, Britten's catalogue eloquently demonstrates a wide emotional range. Fittingly, given his dramatic flair, he single-handedly gave English-language opera a boost in the global canon with works like Billy Budd, Death in Venice and Peter Grimes. And The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a foundational piece for listeners of any age who want to get a handle on all the sections of a philharmonic.
Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?
Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryan Drake, David Kelly, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Britten
Var. IXb. Toccata II. L'istesso Tempo - Cadenza. L'istesso Tempo - Andante Come Sopra - (Attaca)
Passacaglia, Op.33b (from Peter Grimes) (2003 Remastered Version)
Te decet hymnus
London Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Eltham College, Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Chorus
"What Passing-Bells for These Who Die as Cattle?"
"One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part" Agnus Dei
"Let Us Sleep Now…" In paradisum
Choir of Eltham College, Sabina Cvilak, London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Keenlyside, London Symphony Chorus, Ian Bostridge, Gianandrea Noseda