‎Britten by Sir Simon Rattle - Apple Music Classical

Occasional Overture (An American Overture), Op. 27

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

10:35

I. Funeral March

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

5:39

II. Scherzo (Dance of Death)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

4:23

III. Recitative and Choral - Epilogue (Funeral March)

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Sir Simon Rattle

6:16

Theme -

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe, Sir Simon Rattle

1:18

Variation I (Recitative)

Peter Donohoe, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

1:38

Variation II (Romance)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe, Sir Simon Rattle

1:20

Variation III (March)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe

1:14

Variation IV (Rubato)

Peter Donohoe, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:50

Variation V (Chorale)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe, Sir Simon Rattle

1:47

Variation VI (Nocturne)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe

2:00

Variation VII (Badinerie)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe, Sir Simon Rattle

1:20

Variation VIII (Ritmico)

Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Donohoe, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:36

Variation IX (Toccata I, Toccata II)

Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Donohoe, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:48

Variation X (Adagio)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe, Sir Simon Rattle

4:00

Variation XI (Tarantella)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe

2:33

The Building of the House Overture, Op. 79

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

5:02

I. Praise we great men

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Alison Hargan, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Robert Tear, Mary King

3:26

II. Praise we the just

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Mary King, Robert Tear

2:22

III. (Coda)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

1:20

I. Cakes and Ale

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

2:32

II. The Bitter Withy

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:56

III. Hankin Booby

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

2:30

IV. Hunt the Squirrel

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:18

V. Lord Melbourne

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

5:29

Canadian Carnival Overture, Op. 19

Sir Simon Rattle, Wesley Warren, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

14:08

Young Apollo, for Piano and Strings, Op. 16

Peter Cole, Felix Kok, Peter Donohoe, Jeremy Ballard, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michal Kaznowski, Sir Simon Rattle

7:37

I. Nuits de juin

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Jill Gomez

2:49

II. Sagesse

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Jill Gomez

2:49

III. L'Enfance

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Jill Gomez, Sir Simon Rattle

4:31

IV. Chanson d'automne

Jill Gomez, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:30

Scottish Ballad for 2 Pianos, Op. 26

Philip Fowke, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Peter Donohoe, Sir Simon Rattle

15:23

Occasional Overture, Op. 38 (1946)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

7:18

I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

8:38

II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

5:22

III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

6:27

I. Fanfare, "J'ai seul la clef"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

1:55

II. Villes, "Ce sont des villes ! C'est un peuple…"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

2:28

IIIa. Phrase, "J'ai tendu des cordes"

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

1:01

IIIb. Antique, "Gracieux fils de Pan!"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

2:05

IV. Royauté, "Un beau matin, chez un peuple fort doux"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

1:39

V. Marine, "Les chars d'argent et de cuivre"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

0:59

VI. Interlude, "J'ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage"

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

2:33

VII. Being Beauteous, "Devant une neige un être de beauté"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

4:03

VIII. Parade, "Des drôles très solides"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

2:56

IX. Départ, "Assez vu, la vision s'est rencontrée"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

3:01

I. Prologue

Ian Bostridge, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

1:44

II. Pastoral, "The day’s grown old"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

3:25

III. Nocturne, "The splendour falls on castle walls"

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

3:35

IV. Elegy, "O Rose, thou art sick!"

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

3:52

V. Dirge, "This ae nighte"

Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

3:16

VI. Hymn, "Queen and huntress"

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

2:04

VII. Sonnet, "O soft embalmer"

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

3:57

VIII. Epilogue

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle

2:05

I. Prometheus Unbound, "On a Poet’s Lips I Slept"

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

3:21

II. The Kraken, "Below the thunders of the upper deep"

Ian Bostridge, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Stefan Schweigert

3:18

III. The Wanderings of Cain, "Encinctured with a twine of leaves"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle, Marie-Pierre Langlamet

2:37

IV. Blurt, Master Constable, "Midnight Bell"

Sir Simon Rattle, Ian Bostridge, Berlin Philharmonic

2:19

V. The Prelude, "But that night when on my bed I lay"

Sir Simon Rattle, Wieland Welzel, Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge

3:09

VI. The Kind Ghosts, "She sleeps on soft, last breaths"

Berlin Philharmonic, Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle, Dominik Wollenweber

5:12

VII. Sleep and Poetry, "What is more gentle"

Sir Simon Rattle, Andreas Blau, Wenzel Fuchs, Ian Bostridge, Berlin Philharmonic

3:25

VIII. Sonnet XLIII, "When most I wink"

Ian Bostridge, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

4:42

I. Requiem aeternam, (a) Requiem aeternam (Chorus, Boys' Choir)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear

6:10

I. Requiem aeternam, (b) What passing bells (Tenor)

Mark Blatchly, Robert Tear, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

2:20

I. Requiem aeternam, (c) Kyrie eleison (Chorus)

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Mark Blatchly, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Elisabeth Söderström, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

1:28

II. Dies irae, (a) Dies irae (Chorus)

Simon Halsey, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

3:56

II. Dies irae, (b) Bugles sang (Baritone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Simon Rattle

2:46

II. Dies irae, (c) Liber scriptus proferetur (Soprano, Semi-Chorus)

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström

2:50

II. Dies irae, (d) Out there, we've walked quite friendly (Tenor, Baritone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Simon Rattle, Robert Tear, Mark Blatchly, Elisabeth Söderström, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Francis Grier

1:45

II. Dies irae, (e) Recordare Jesu pie (Female Chorus) - (f) Confutatis (Male Chorus)

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4:44

II. Dies irae, (g) Be slowly lifted up (Baritone)

Mark Blatchly, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

1:52

II. Dies irae, (h) Reprise of Dies irae (Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

1:17

II. Dies irae, (i) Lacrimosa (Soprano, Chorus)

Elisabeth Söderström, Simon Halsey, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

2:04

II. Dies irae, (j) Move him into the sun … Pie Jesu (Tenor, Soprano, Chorus)

Mark Blatchly, Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

5:55

III. Offertorium, (a) Domine Jesu Christe … Quam olim Abrahae (Boys' Choir, Chorus)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Sir Simon Rattle, Robert Tear, Elisabeth Söderström

3:33

III. Offertorium, (b) So Abram rose (Tenor, Baritone) - Hostias et preces (Boy's Choir) - Reprise of Quam olim Abrahae (Chorus)

Simon Halsey, Robert Tear, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Sir Thomas Allen, Francis Grier, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle

6:16

IV. Sanctus, (a) Sanctus (Soprano)

Mark Blatchly, Elisabeth Söderström, Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Robert Tear

3:18

IV. Sanctus, (b) Benedictus (Chorus)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Mark Blatchly, Simon Halsey

2:52

IV. Sanctus, (c) After the blast of lightning (Baritone)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Mark Blatchly

3:43

V. Agnus Dei, (a) Agnus Dei … One ever hangs (Chorus, Tenor)

Sir Simon Rattle, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, Robert Tear, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Sir Thomas Allen, Francis Grier, Elisabeth Söderström

3:46

VI. Libera me, (a) Libera me, Domine (Soprano, Chorus)

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Elisabeth Söderström, Mark Blatchly, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Robert Tear

7:35

VI. Libera me, (b) It seemed that out of battle (Tenor, Baritone)

Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Blatchly, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Robert Tear, Francis Grier, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey, Elisabeth Söderström

9:47

VI. Libera me, (c) Let us sleep now … In paradisum (All) - Conclusion "Requiem aeternam" (Chorus)

Simon Halsey, Sir Simon Rattle, Francis Grier, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Robert Tear, The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Blatchly, Elisabeth Söderström

5:42

Theme (Allegro maestoso e largamente)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:56

Variation A (Presto)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

0:30

Variation B (Lento)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

0:57

Variation C (Moderato)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

0:45

Variation D (Allegro alla Marcia)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

0:51

Variation E (Brillante alla Polacca)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

0:32

Variation F (Meno mosso)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

1:01

Variation G (Lusingando)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

1:14

Variation H (Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando al Allegro)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:00

Variation I (Maestoso)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

0:47

Variation J (L'istesso tempo)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

0:50

Variation K (Vivace)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

0:33

Variation L (Allegro pomposo)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:07

Variation M (Moderato)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1:56

Fugue (Allegro molto)

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:53

Russian Funeral for 11-Part Brass and Percussion Ensemble

Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

5:41

Benjamin Britten

Composer
Sir Simon Rattle

Conductor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra, Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

Chorus, Choir
Robert Tear

Vocals, Tenor

Britten

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