Peter Pears, SWR Sinfonieorchester, Benjamin Britten - Benjamin Britten conducts Benjamin Britten (Historical recordings 1956) (2010)

Tracklist

01. The Tournament
02. The Lute Song
03. Courtly Dances
04. Gloriana Moritura
05. I. Lacrymosa
06. II. Dies Irae
07. III. Requiem aeternam
08. Theme: Sellinger's Round (William Byrd)
09. Variation 1: Allegro non troppo (Arthur Oldham)
10. Variation 2: Lament (Michael Tippett)
11. Variation 3: Andante (Lennox Berkeley)
12. Variation 4: Quick and Gay (Benjamin Britten)
13. Variation 5: Nocturne (Humphrey Searle)
14. Variation 6: Presto giocoso (William Walton)
15. King Arthur, Z. 628: Chaconne (arr. J. Herbage)



Heinrich Strobel of Südwestfunk invited many composer-conductors to concerts and productions with “his” orchestra. In early 1956 Britten came to Baden-Baden together with Peter Pears and conducted a concert, parts of which are recorded here. The CD includes Symphonic Suite “Gloriana”, Sinfonia da Requiem and Variations on an Elizabethan Theme.

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