Britten: Piano Concerto - Violin Concerto

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
May 28, 2013
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRITTEN, BENJAMIN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      H., Gardner, T., Shelley, Little
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 28, 2013
    • UPC
      095115176429
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10764
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Toccata: Allegro molto e con brio

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Howard Shelley

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    2. II. Waltz: Allegretto

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Howard Shelley

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    3. III. Impromptu: Andante lento

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Howard Shelley

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    4. IV. March: Allegro moderato sempre a la marcia

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Howard Shelley

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    5. Piano Concerto, Op. 13: III. Recitative and Aria (1938 original version)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Howard Shelley

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    6. I. Moderato con moto - Agitato - Tempo primo -

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tasmin Little

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    7. II. Vivace - Animando - Largamente - Cadenza -

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tasmin Little

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    8. III. Passacaglia

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tasmin Little

      Conductor: Edward Gardner


Tying in with the 100-year anniversary in 2013 of the composer’s birth, we here present two such works, performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Edward Gardner with Chandos stars Tasmin Little and Howard Shelley. The Violin Concerto, here performed dazzlingly by Little, is essentially tragic and weighty in tone, perhaps reflecting his growing concern with the escalation of war-related hostilities. Under Shelley’s fingers the Piano Concerto – in a rare recording with the original third movement, “Recitative and Aria” – is generally lighter and brighter, more transparent and simpler in style.