Utwory na płycie:

• Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20 * - Lacrymosa. Andante ben misurato
• Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20 * - Dies irae. Allegro con fuoco - Alla marcia
• Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20 * - Requiem aeternam. Andante molto tranquillo
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Part I. Introduction. Shine out (chorus)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - The Merry Cuckoo (tenor)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Spring the Sweet Spring (soprano alto tenor chorus)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - The Driving Boy (soprano childrens chorus)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - The Morning Star (chorus)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Part II. Welcom Mais of Honour (alto)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Waters above (tenor)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Out on the Lawn I lie in Bed (alto chorus)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Part III. When will my May come (tenor)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Fair and Fair (soprano tenor)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Sound the Flute (chorus childrens chorus)
• Britten - Spring Symphony Op.44 ** - Part IV. Finale. London to Thee I do Present
• Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 * - Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente
• Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 * - Variations A-D Woodwinds. Presto - Lento - Moderato - Allegro alla marcia
• Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 * - Variations E-H Strings. Brillante alla polacca - Meno mosso -
• Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 * - Variations I Harp. Maestoso
• Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 * - Variations J-L Brass. Listesso tempo - Vivace - Allegro pomposo
• Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 * - Variations M Percussion. Moderato
• Britten - The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 * - Fugue. Allegro molto - Animato

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20:
I. Lacrymosa. Andante ben misurato
II. Dies irae. Allegro con fuoco – Alla marcia
III. Requiem aeternam. Andante molto tranquillo

Spring Symphony, Op. 44:
Part I. Introduction. Shine out (chorus)
Part I. The Merry Cuckoo (tenor)
Part I. Spring, the Sweet Spring (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus)
Part I. The Driving Boy (soprano, children’s chorus)
Part I. The Morning Star (chorus)
Part II. Welcome, Maids of Honour (alto)
Part II. Waters above (tenor)
Part II. Out on the Lawn I lie in Bed (alto, chorus)
Part III. When will my May come (tenor)
Part III. Fair and Fair (soprano, tenor)
Part III. Sound the Flute (chorus, children’s chorus)
Part IV. Finale. London, to Thee I do Present (soprano, alto, tenor, chorus, children’s chorus)

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34:
I. Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente
II. Variations A-D, Woodwinds. Presto – Lento – Moderato – Allegro alla marcia
III. Variations E-H, Strings. Brillante, alla polacca – Meno mosso
– Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando
IV. Variation I, Harp. Maestoso
V. Variations J-L, Brass. L’istesso tempo – Vivace – Allegro pomposo
VI. Variation M, Percussion. Moderato
VII. Fugue. Allegro molto - Animato

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.