Best of Britten

Album by Harold Lester.

Release date: 2015-06-17

Tracks (50)

  1. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Corale
  2. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Alla rovescio
  3. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Recitativo I
  4. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Arioso
  5. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Duettino
  6. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Recitativo II
  7. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Scherzo
  8. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Tema seriale con fuga
  9. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Soli e duetto
  10. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Arioso con canto popolare
  11. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Recitativo III
  12. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Canone ed Ostinato
  13. Cantata Academica, Op. 62: Corale con canto
  14. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Introduction and Theme - Variation 1. Adagio
  15. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 2. March
  16. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 3. Romance
  17. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 4. Aria italaliana
  18. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 5. Bourrée classique
  19. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 6. Wiener Walzer
  20. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 7. Moto perpetuo
  21. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 8. Funeral March
  22. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 9. Chant
  23. Variations On a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: Variation 10. Fugue and Finale
  24. Hymn to Saint Cecilia, Op. 27
  25. Hymn to the Virgin
  26. Let's Make an Opera "The Little Sweep", Op. 45: Duet. "Now, Little White Boy" (Clem, Bob)
  27. Let's Make an Opera "The Little Sweep", Op. 45: Shanty. "Pull the Rope Gently" (Children, Sammy)
  28. Let's Make an Opera "The Little Sweep", Op. 45: Ensemble. "Is He Wounded?" (Children, Sammy)
  29. Let's Make an Opera "The Little Sweep", Op. 45: Marching Song. "Sooty Tracks Upon the Sheets" - Trio. "Wait Untill We Catch Him" (Children, Miss Baggott, Bob, Clem)
  30. Let's Make an Opera "The Little Sweep", Op. 45: Aria. "Run, Poor Sweep Boy!" (Rowan, Children, Sammy)
  31. Let's Make an Opera "The Little Sweep", Op. 45: Ensemble. "O Why Do You Weep?" (Rowan, Children, Sammy)
  32. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 1, Sonetto 16. "Sì come nella penna e nell’inchiostro"
  33. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 2, Sonetto 31. "A che più debb’io mai l’intensa voglia"
  34. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 3, Sonetto 30. "Veggio co’ bei vostri occhi un dolce lume"
  35. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 4, Sonetto 50. "Tu sa’ ch’io so, signior mie, che tu sai"
  36. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 5, Sonetto 38. "Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume"
  37. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 6, Sonetto 32. "S’un casto amor, s’una pietà superna"
  38. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 7, Sonetto 24. "Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede"
  39. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: I. Boisterous bourrée
  40. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful pizzicato
  41. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: III. Sentimental Sarabande
  42. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: IV. Frolicsome Finale
  43. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 1, At Day-Close in November
  44. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 2, Midnight on the Great Western "The Journeying Boy"
  45. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 3, A. Satire. Wagtail and Baby
  46. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 4, The Little Old Table
  47. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 5, The Choirmaster's Burial "The Tenor Man's Story"
  48. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 6, Proud Songsters. Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales
  49. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 7, At the Railway Station, Upway "The Convict and Boy With the Violin"
  50. Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 8, Before Life and After

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