Britten: Les Illuminations

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Les illuminations, Op. 18 (more info)
Performed by: Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Bournemouth Sinfonietta BBC Symphony Orchestra Czech National Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Paul Freeman Simon Streatfeild Vladimir Jurowski David Lloyd-Jones Bryden Thomson
Patrice Michaels Bedi, soprano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Jean-Marie Zeitouni,
Steuart Bedford, piano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Adrian Thompson, tenor
Sally Matthews, soprano
Henriette Schellenberg, soprano


1.   I. Fanfare - 00:01:54
2.   II. Villes - 00:02:30
3.   IIIa. Phrase - 00:01:00
4.   IIIb. Antique - 00:02:14
5.   IV. Royaute - 00:01:33
6.   V. Marine - 00:01:07
7.   VI. Interlude - 00:02:12
8.   VII. Being Beauteous - 00:03:57
9.   VIII. Parade - 00:02:47
10.   IX. Depart - 00:02:24


Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29 (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta English Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Achim Fiedler
Pascale Giguere, violin
Jean-Marie Zeitouni,
Steuart Bedford, piano
Ronald Thomas, cello


11.   Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29 - 00:09:03


Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (more info)
Performed by: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Bournemouth Sinfonietta Musici de Montreal, I London Philharmonic Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Gordan Nikolic Vladimir Jurowski Richard Studt Achim Fiedler
Pascale Giguere, violin
Beverley Lunt, violin
Richard Wolfe, viola
Herre-Jan Stegenga, cello
Jean-Marie Zeitouni,
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Steuart Bedford, piano
Ronald Thomas, cello


12.   Introduction and Theme - 00:01:48
13.   Variation 1: Adagio - 00:02:04
14.   Variation 2: March - 00:01:07
15.   Variation 3: Romance - 00:01:31
16.   Variation 4: Aria Italiana - 00:01:20
17.   Variation 5: Bouree Classique - 00:01:10
18.   Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer - 00:02:33
19.   Variation 7: Moto Perpetuo - 00:01:06
20.   Variation 8: Funeral March - 00:03:50
21.   Variation 9: Chant - 00:01:38
22.   Variation 10: Fugue and Finale - 00:07:38


Now sleeps the crimson petal (more info)
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Alfred Tennyson,
Jean-Marie Zeitouni,
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Louis-Philippe Marsolais, horn


23.   Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - 00:02:46

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