Britten: Frank Bridge Variations - Lachrymae - Elegy For Str

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Label
BIS
Release Date
November 19, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BENJAMIN BRITTEN
    • PERFORMER
      Camerata Nordica, Terje Tonnesen, Catherine Bullock
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 19, 2013
    • UPC
      7318599920603
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2060
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction and Theme

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    2. Variation 1: Adagio

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    3. Variation 2: March

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    4. Variation 3: Romance

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    5. Variation 4: Aria Italiana

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    6. Variation 5: Bouree Classique

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    7. Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    8. Variation 7: Moto Perpetuo

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    9. Variation 8: Funeral March

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    10. Variation 9: Chant

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    11. Variation 10: Fugue and Finale

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    12. I. Boisterous Bouree

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    13. II. Playful Pizzicato

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    14. III. Sentimental Sarabande

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    15. IV. Frolicsome Finale

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    16. Lachrymae, Op. 48a

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Performer: Catherine Bullock

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    17. No. 1. David Layton: Poco presto

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    18. No. 2. E.B.B.: Poco lento

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Performer: Catherine Bullock

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen

    19. Elegy for Strings

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Camerata Nordica

      Conductor: Terje Tønnesen


This collection of works for string orchestra combines two of Britten's first masterpieces, Simple Symphony and the Frank Bridge Variations, with the even earlier Elegy for Strings - recorded here for the first time - and Two Portraits, composed between the ages of 14-16. Directed by the Norwegian violinist Terje Tonnesen, the Swedish string ensemble Camerata Nordica performs this program with an engaging directness and striking virtuosity - qualities which no doubt contributed to the team being entrusted by the Britten-Pears Foundation with making the world premiere recording of the Elegy, as well as giving it's first public performance during the 2013 BBC Proms.