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?
David Kelly, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, 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
Choir of Eltham College, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda
"What Passing-Bells for These Who Die as Cattle?"
"One Ever Hangs Where Shelled Roads Part" Agnus Dei
"Let Us Sleep Now…" In paradisum
London Symphony Chorus, Ian Bostridge, Choir of Eltham College, Simon Keenlyside, Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Orchestra, Sabina Cvilak