16; Lachrymae Op. endobj The Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral also emerge with great credit. 1, Dag Wiren: Serenade for Strings; Grieg: Holberg Suite; The Last Spring; Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, Britten: Four Sea Interludes; Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. After an introduction made up of naively dramatic open fifths, the "Frolicsome Finale" takes off with a subject that recalls the cello theme of the "Boisterous Bourée"; the chromatically descending inner lines are, however, unique to this final movement. /Metadata 24 0 R /Type /Catalog No praise can be too high for the marvellously nimble and extremely well-focused contribution of the Monteverdi Choir (witness their ardent showing in “Now the bright morning star”) or the Philharmonia’s superbly disciplined response throughout (in that same number, listen out for those exhilaratingly full-throated horns). /Filter /FlateDecode x�b`````6``b`fd@ AfV�3m��=@�Q�vY�I��b�zH�8XD (�ߠd15p��0Yqy3�4�4�-�~���* �����XF�VFY �,3 f�20>`�bk� �z
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/Type /Page However near and dear these melodies may have been to Britten's heart, he clearly felt it necessary to apply a substantial amount of touch-up as he forged them into a symphonic form. 1 in D major, Op. Its material is derived from a 1924 Scherzo for piano and a song that apparently dates from later in that same year.
/Resources 30 0 R So it follows that the introduction is less mysterious than usual, with textures arrestingly clear and pristine. Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto, Op. Right from the start, one registers the exceptional refinement and transparency of his approach, to say nothing of the exciting realism of DG’s sound (how subtly, for example, the bass drum ‘tells’ at the very outset). The symphony's widespread popularity can be attributed to several factors, among the most significant of which is its idiomatic string writing -- scoring of such technical ease that amateur ensembles and student orchestras can feel confident in undertaking it. 4/Phaedra, Op. |
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to. %���� >> << 10; Young Apollo Op. A second melody, originally part of a waltz, is, by comparison, quite translucent, as are the gently repeated chords of the coda. 18/Simple Symphony, Op. John Eliot Gardiner directs a memorable and thoroughly invigorating account of Britten’s vernal paean. /Rotate 0 Spring Symphony, op. 36 (2) String Quartet No. A grand pause ushers in the kinetic coda. 26 0 obj /Contents [ 33 0 R 48 0 R ] /Length 478 Soon enough a recapitulation arrives, during which the second theme is cast in an almost heroic light. Gramophone is brought to you by Mark Allen Group
>> 481, Britten: The Young Person's Guite to the Orchestra; Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Simple Symphony, Britten: Symphony, Op.4/Strauss: Till Eulenspielgel/Dvorak: Op.77, Music for Strings by Britten, Turina, Suk and others. Royal Opera House Orchestra/Britten Decca 436 990-2DWO 2. Perhaps the real reason for the work's appeal, however, is the way that Britten refuses to wholly subordinate the pleasantly cliché-ridden fruits of his youth to the more sophisticated musical syntax that, by the mid-1930s, was emerging as the driving force behind such works as the choral Te Deum (1934) and the orchestral Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937). The London premiere was performed soon after at the Proms in Royal Albert Hall with Noel Mewton-Wood as the soloist performing with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Basil Cameron. Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Gramophone and making use of our archive of more than 50,000 expert reviews, features, awards and blog articles. << 2 in C major, Op. 44 for soloists, chorus, boys’ choir and orchestra The Driving Boy Jennifer Vyvyan/Norma Procter/Peter Pears/ Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus/ Chorus of boys from Emanuel School/Britten Decca 436 396-2LM 3.
