London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (2024)
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Celebrating the work of Benjamin Britten, this album combines three of the composer’s enduringly popular, yet vastly distinctive works. Sir Simon Rattle leads us on an unexpected journey through this diverse collection of masterpieces.

Written shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Sinfonia da Requiem meditates in part on the political populism which had, for the second time in just a few decades, plunged the world in to an existential crisis. In this piece, Britten’s rich, yearning harmonies reveal a sombre and dramatic warning of the cost of conflict.From the darkness of war, we move towards the light with Britten’s choral Spring Symphony. With its mysterious reimagining of traditional English folk song and verse, the work depicts the gradual reawakening of the natural world when winter ebbs away, and spring begins to triumph.Britten let his imagination catch fire in The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. This brilliantly original showpiece is one of the composer’s best-known pieces, and draws the album to a close.

Tracklist:
01. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa. Andante ben misurato (08:01)
02. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: II. Dies irae. Allegro con fuoco – Alla marcia (05:18)
03. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam. Andante molto tranquillo (06:06)
04. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: Introduction. Shine out (chorus) (08:33)
05. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Merry Cuckoo (Tenor) (01:56)
06. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: Spring, the Sweet Spring (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus) (01:45)
07. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Driving Boy (soprano, children’s chorus) (01:59)
08. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Morning Star (Chorus) (03:18)
09. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Welcome, Maids of Honour (alto) (02:43)
10. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Waters Above (Tenor) (02:44)
11. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Out on the Lawn I lie in Bed (alto, chorus) (05:59)
12. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: When will my May come (Tenor) (02:37)
13. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: Fair and Fair (Soprano, Tenor) (02:04)
14. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: Sound the Flute (chorus, children’s chorus) (01:19)
15. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part IV: Finale. London, to Thee I do Present (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus, children’s chorus) (07:18)
16. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: I. Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente (02:02)
17. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: II. Variations A-D, Woodwinds. Presto – Lento – Moderato – Allegro alla marcia (03:10)
18. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: III. Variations E-H, Strings. Brillante, alla polacca – Meno mosso – Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando (04:01)
19. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: IV. Variation I, Harp. Maestoso (00:53)
20. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: V. Variations J-L, Brass. L’istesso tempo – Vivace – Allegro pomposo (02:31)
21. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: VI. Variation M, Percussion. Moderato (02:02)
22. London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: VII. Fugue. Allegro molto – Animato (03:02)

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