‎British Composers: Britten, Berkeley & Rubbra by Various Artists

Whatever you say ... Let her among you without fault cast the first stone (Ellen)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joan Cross, Reginald Goodall

3:01

Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (Peter)

Joan Cross, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Sir Peter Pears, Reginald Goodall

3:21

Interlude III: Sunday morning (orchestra)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joan Cross, Reginald Goodall

2:20

Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight (Ellen/Chorus)

Joan Cross, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Reginald Goodall

3:49

Wherefore, I pray and beseech you (Rector/Chorus/Ellen)

Joan Cross, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Reginald Goodall

3:30

O all ye works of the Lord (Chorus/Ellen/Peter)

Joan Cross, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Reginald Goodall

5:50

In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home (Peter)

Joan Cross, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Reginald Goodall

4:31

Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness (Ellen)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Joan Cross, BBC Theatre Chorus, Tom Culbert, Sir Peter Pears, Reginald Goodall, Herbert Dawson

4:15

Interlude VI (orchestra)

Joan Cross, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Reginald Goodall

2:28

Grimes! ... Steady. There you are (Chorus/Peter/Ellen)

Joan Cross, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Reginald Goodall

6:07

1. Sì come nella penna e nell'inchiostro (XVI)

Benjamin Britten

2:03

2. A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia (XXXI)

Benjamin Britten

1:20

3. Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume (XXX)

Benjamin Britten

3:10

4. Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai (LV)

Benjamin Britten

1:46

5. Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume (XXXVIII)

Benjamin Britten

1:50

6. S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna (XXXII)

Benjamin Britten

1:15

7. Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede (XXIV)

Benjamin Britten

4:48

1. Oh my black Soule!

Benjamin Britten

3:19

2. Batter my heart

Benjamin Britten

1:13

3. Oh might those sighes and teares

Benjamin Britten

3:04

4. Oh, to vex me

Benjamin Britten

1:05

5. What if this present

Benjamin Britten

2:57

6. Since she whom I loved

Benjamin Britten

3:48

7. At the round earth's imagined corners

Benjamin Britten

2:47

8. Thou hast made me

Benjamin Britten

1:24

9. Death, be not proud

Benjamin Britten

4:09

Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart (Male Chorus)

Joan Cross, Flora Nielsen, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Frederick Sharp, Reginald Goodall

2:22

It is an axiom among kings (Female & Male Chorus)

Frederick Sharp, Flora Nielsen, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross

2:25

Here the thirsty evening (Male Chorus/Collatinus/Junius/Tarquinius)

Flora Nielsen, Frederick Sharp, Joan Cross, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Reginald Goodall

4:25

Lucretia! Lucretia! (Junius/Male Chorus/Collatinus)

Frederick Sharp, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross, Flora Nielsen, Reginald Goodall

3:53

With you two arm in arm again (Collatinus/Tarquinius/Junius)

Frederick Sharp, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Reginald Goodall

4:33

Interlude: Tarquinius does not wait (Male Chorus)

Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Frederick Sharp, Reginald Goodall, Norman Lumsden, Sir Peter Pears, Nancy Evans

2:46

Their spinning wheel unwinds (Female Chorus/Lucretia/Bianca/Lucia)

Frederick Sharp, Flora Nielsen, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross, Nancy Evans, Reginald Goodall

5:27

It is better to desire (Bianca/Lucretia/Lucia/Female Chorus)

Frederick Sharp, Joan Cross, Flora Nielsen, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Nancy Evans, Reginald Goodall

4:48

The oatmeal slippers of sleep (Female & Male Chorus)

Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross, Frederick Sharp, Flora Nielsen, Reginald Goodall

1:43

None of the women move (Female Chorus/Tarquinius/Male Chorus/Bianca/Lucia/Lucretia)

Frederick Sharp, Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Reginald Goodall

5:33

She sleeps as a rose (Female & Male Chorus)

Frederick Sharp, Joan Cross, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Mariss Jansons, Flora Nielsen, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Truls Mørk, Reginald Goodall

4:25

Lucretia! ... What do you want? (Tarquinius/Lucretia)

Flora Nielsen, Mariss Jansons, Frederick Sharp, Joan Cross, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Truls Mørk, Reginald Goodall

3:09

Go, Tarquinius! (Female & Male Chorus/Tarquinius/Lucretia)

Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Flora Nielsen, Frederick Sharp, Joan Cross, Reginald Goodall

2:16

Interlude: Here in this scene you see (Female & Male Chorus)

Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Frederick Sharp, Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Reginald Goodall

3:52

Oh! What a lovely day! (Lucia/Bianca)

Frederick Sharp, Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Reginald Goodall

4:28

How hideous! Take them away! (Lucretia/Bianca/Lucia)

Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross, Flora Nielsen, Frederick Sharp, Reginald Goodall

1:23

Flowers bring to every year (Lucretia/ Bianca)

Joan Cross, Frederick Sharp, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Flora Nielsen, Sir Peter Pears, Nancy Evans, Norman Lumsden, Reginald Goodall

3:16

Too late, Junius (Collatinus/Lucretia)

Frederick Sharp, Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Reginald Goodall

3:59

This dead hand lets fall (Collatinus/Junius/Lucia/Bianca/Female & Male Chorus)

Flora Nielsen, Joan Cross, Frederick Sharp, Denis Dowling, Margaret Ritchie, Reginald Goodall

4:22

Is all this suffering and pian (Female & Male Chorus)

Denis Dowling, Frederick Sharp, Margaret Ritchie, Joan Cross, Flora Nielsen, Reginald Goodall

4:43

Loth to Depart

Hallé, John Barbirolli

4:13

I. Moderato con moto

John Barbirolli, Hallé, Theo Olof

9:14

II. Vivace - Cadenza -

John Barbirolli, Hallé, Theo Olof

9:15

III. Passacaglia (Andante lento (un poco meno mosso) - Largamente (lento) - Lento e solenne)

Hallé, Theo Olof, John Barbirolli

12:47

Threnody for a Soldier killed in Action

John Barbirolli, Hallé

6:29

I. Adagio - Allegro energico

Hallé, John Barbirolli

9:24

II. Allegro moderato

Hallé, John Barbirolli

5:29

III. Grave

John Barbirolli, Hallé

10:00

IV. Allegro vivo - Adagio

John Barbirolli, Hallé

4:08

I. Corymbus (Adagio: calmo e quasi improvvisatore - Allegretto)

Malcolm Sargent, Denis Matthews, BBC Symphony Orchestra

9:40

II. Dialogue (Lento e solenne)

Malcolm Sargent, Denis Matthews, BBC Symphony Orchestra

9:06

III. Danza alla rondo (Allegretto gioioso)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Denis Matthews

8:40

Prelude -

Norman Del Mar, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:10

Fugue

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

6:01

I. Toccata (Allegro molto e con brio)

Herbert Menges, Philharmonia Orchestra, Jacques Abram

12:04

II. Waltz (Allegretto)

Herbert Menges, Jacques Abram, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:45

III. Impromptu (Andante lento) -

Jacques Abram, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges

6:45

IV. March (Allegro moderato - sempre alla marcia)

Herbert Menges, Jacques Abram, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:49

I. Allegro

Manoug Parikian, Dennis Brain, Colin Horsley

5:27

II. Lento

Manoug Parikian, Dennis Brain, Colin Horsley

6:49

Tema (Moderato)

Dennis Brain, Manoug Parikian, Colin Horsley

0:59

Var.1 (Allegro vivace)

Colin Horsley, Dennis Brain, Manoug Parikian

1:06

Var.2 (Allegretto)

Dennis Brain, Manoug Parikian, Colin Horsley

0:57

Var.3 (Lento)

Colin Horsley, Manoug Parikian, Dennis Brain

2:29

Var.4 (Vivace)

Manoug Parikian, Dennis Brain, Colin Horsley

0:46

Var.5 (Andante)

Manoug Parikian, Colin Horsley, Dennis Brain

1:44

Var.6 (Moderato)

Dennis Brain, Manoug Parikian, Colin Horsley

0:55

Var.7 (Adagio)

Dennis Brain, Colin Horsley, Manoug Parikian

2:17

Var.8 (Moderato)

Manoug Parikian, Dennis Brain, Colin Horsley

0:56

Var.9 (Allegro vivo)

Colin Horsley, Dennis Brain, Manoug Parikian

1:08

Var.10 (Moderato)

Dennis Brain, Manoug Parikian, Colin Horsley

0:53

1. Allegro

Colin Horsley

1:43

2. Andante

Colin Horsley

1:30

3. Allegro moderato

Colin Horsley

1:18

4. Allegretto

Colin Horsley

1:21

5. Allegro

Colin Horsley

1:35

6. Andante

Colin Horsley

1:40

1. If, Lord, thy love for me is strong

John Minchington, John Minchinton

4:11

2. Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!

John Minchington, John Minchinton

2:17

3. Let mine eyes see thee

John Minchington, John Minchinton

3:30

4. Today a shepherd and our kin

John Minchington, John Minchinton

3:02

1. Epitaph of Timas (Sappho)

Ernest Lush, Thomas Hemsley

1:49

2. Spring Song (Antipater)

Ernest Lush, Thomas Hemsley

1:26

3. To Aster (Plato)

Thomas Hemsley, Ernest Lush

1:43

1. Among the leaves the small birds sing (Lauds)

Thomas Hemsley, Ernest Lush

2:17

2. O lurcher-loving collier, black as night

Ernest Lush, Thomas Hemsley

2:19

3. What's in your mind, my dove, my coney

Thomas Hemsley, Ernest Lush

1:33

4. Eyes look into the well

Ernest Lush, Thomas Hemsley

2:38

5. Carry her over the water

Ernest Lush, Thomas Hemsley

1:31

Polka (No. 1 of [Three] Pieces Op. 5 for two pianos)

Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick

1:41

I sing of a maiden (1991 Remastered Version)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Andrew Davis

2:43

The Lord is my shepherd Op. 91 No. 1 (2003 Remastered Version)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Thomas Rose, Christopher Hughes

4:41

Edmund Rubbra

Composer
Lennox Berkeley

Composer
Benjamin Britten

Composer
Benjamin Britten

Piano
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

British Composers: Britten, Berkeley & Rubbra

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