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CDs and DVDs featuring the composer Benjamin Britten

CATALOGUE NR: 5615972  (barcode: 0724356159723)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

TITLE: Nocturne volume 2
TRACKS: includes:- The Planets - Venus, the bringer of peace (Holst). Concerto for 2 violins BWV1043 - Largo ma non tanta (JS Bach). Adagio for strings Opus 11 (Barber). Simple Symphony Opus 4 - Sentimental saraband (Britten).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: almost two and a half hours of beautiful soothing music for the end of the day

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU907325  (barcode: 0093046732523)
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-Nov-2003

TITLE: Wolcum Yule
TRACKS: Awake and join the cheerful choir. Good people all. The seven rejoices of Mary. Balulalow. The holly and the ivy. I saw three ships. An teicheadh go hÉigipt - Flight into Egypt. Wel dyma'r borau gorau - Behold here is the best morning. The cherry tree carol. Can wassel - Wassail Song. A Scots Lilt. The Reel of Tullochgorum. Air: Lá fuar geimhreadh - On a cold winter's day - instrumentals. The Lamb (Tavener). A New Year Carol (Britten). Balulalow (Richard Rodney Bennett). A god and yet a man (Burgon). Grene growith the holy (Henry VIII). A Calendar of Kings (Peter Maxwell Davies).
ARTISTS: Anonymous 4   Andrew Lawrence King    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Jan-2004 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A superb seasonal selection offering the traditional and the contemporary.' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: PSC1202  (barcode: 7033662012022)
RECORD LABEL: Simax
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 14-Sep-2000

TITLE: Rememberance
TRACKS: songs by Purcell / Berg / R Strauss / Ives / Tveitt / Schubert / Barber / Quilter / Faure / Britten.
ORCHESTRA: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
ARTISTS: Elg   Grete Helle Rasmussen   Ole Edvard Antonsen  

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CATALOGUE NR: ACD22577  (barcode: 0722056257725)
RECORD LABEL: Atma Classique
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.85
RELEASE DATE: 15-Dec-2008

TITLE: O Nata Lux
TRACKS: In Dulci Jubilo (Trad). Dans Les Ombres De La Nuit. Gabriel's Message. O Magnum Mysterium (Cesar Alejandro Carrillo). O Nata Lux (Seth Garrepy). Jesu As Thou Art Our Saviour (Britten). Sing Lullaby (Howells). Adam Lay Ybounden (Matthew Larkin). Lux Aurumque (Eric Whitacre). Antiphon (Donald Patriquin). The Child Of Mary (Patriquin). Baloo Lammy (Trad). Ce Matin J 'ai Rencontre Le Train (Trad). Welch Ein Geheimnis! (Katherine Goheen). The Wexford Carol (Trad). Magnificat (Healey Willan). Jesus Christ The Apple Tree (Elizabeth Poston). A Hymn To The Virgin (Britten). Angels From Heaven Came (Jonathan Quick).
ARTISTS: Musica Intima      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 20th Century Choral Music for Christmas

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CATALOGUE NR: DE3072  (barcode: 0013491307220)
RECORD LABEL: Delos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95

TITLE: To Catch a Christmas Star
TRACKS: Noel noel bells are ringing (Traditional). Carol of the Bells (Traditional). Nativity Carol (John Rutter). Sweet Little Jesus Boy (Robert MacGimsey). A merry Christmas Song (Traditional arr. Maurice Goldman). Tomorrow shall be my dancing day opus 75 Number 2 (John Gardner). The first nowell (Trad). A Time for Singing (Trad). Away in a manger (William J Kirkpatrick). No Longer a Baby (Jan Sanborn). Sing we now of Christmas (Trad). He is born (Trad). El rorro (Trad). Lully lulla thow littel tyne child 'Coventry Carol' (Trad). Deck the Halls (Trad). O come O come Emmanuel (Trad). Wassail Song (Trad). Hymn to the Virgin (Benjamin Britten). E'en so Lord Jesus quickly come (Paul Manz). The gift carol (Trad). Adeste fideles 'O come all ye faithful' (John Francis Wade). L'enfance du Christ opus 25 : L'adieu des bergers (Hector Berlioz). Silent Night (Franz Xaver Gruber arr. Roger Wagner).
CONDUCTOR: Roger Wagner
ARTISTS: Roger Wagner Chorale      

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CATALOGUE NR: 2L42  (barcode: 7041888511922)
RECORD LABEL: 2L
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.25
RELEASE DATE: 26-Nov-2007

TITLE: Julemesse - Christmas Mass
TRACKS: Hodie Christus natus est (Greg). Kling no klokka (Trad arr. Per Steenberg). Kyrie og Gloria (Kjell Mork Karlsen). In nativitate Domini (Wolfgang Plagge). Det hev ei rose sprunge (Michael Praetorius). Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (Melchior Vulpius). Puer natus in Bethlehem (Samuel Scheidt). Freu’ dich Erd und Sternenzeit (arr. F Otterstad). Credo (Karlsen). En natus est Emmanuel (Praetorius). Et lite barn sa lystelig (Eyvind Alnæs). Julefantasi (Ellen Sejersted Bodtker). Glade jul (Franz Gruber arr. Steenberg). Sanctus og Benedictus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina). Ave Maris Stella (Edvard Grieg). Agnus Dei (Antonio Lotti). Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck). Deilig er jorden (Trad arr. Steenberg). Organ improvisation on Deilig er jorden (Arild Sandvold). Hodie Christus natus est (arr. Benjamin Britten).
CONDUCTOR: Fredrik Otterstad
ARTISTS: Solvguttene      

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CATALOGUE NR: CLOCD0703
RECORD LABEL: Boreas Music
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.00

TITLE: A Ceremony of Carols
TRACKS: O Wisdom. Hymn to the Virgin. O Adonai. O magnum mysterium. O root of Jesse. There is no rose. O key of David. Lully lulla - The Coventry Carol. O Dayspring. A spotless rose. O King of the Nations. The shepherd's carol. O Emmanuel. Ceremony of Carols Opus 28 : Procession / Wolcum yole / There is no rose / That yonge child / Balulalow / As dew in Aprille / This little babe / Interlude / In freezing winter night / Spring carol / Deo gracias / Recession (Britten).
ARTISTS: Ebor Singers      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Jul-2007 in St Chad’s Church York

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CATALOGUE NR: COV40611  (barcode: 4039956406112)
RECORD LABEL: Coviello
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.25

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Simple gifts
TRACKS: Simple Gifts - A shaker melody for men's choir. Simple Gifts - A Shaker melody for women's choir. Three Old American Songs (Aaron Copland). Hymn to St Cecilia Opus 27. The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard. Three Folksong Arrangements : The Bonnie Earl o'Moray / The Salley Gardens / Oliver Cromwell (Benjamin Britten). Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of our Time : Steal away / Nobody knows / Go down Moses / By and by / Deep river (Michael Tippett). Agnus Dei Opus 11. A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map (Samuel Barber). Alleluia (Randall Thompson).
CONDUCTOR: Simon Halsey
ARTISTS: Rundfunkchor Berlin   Philip Mayers    

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN6580  (barcode: 0095115658024)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano concerto (Copland). Piano concerto Opus 13 (Britten).
ORCHESTRA: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Hopkins
ARTISTS: Gillian Lin      

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CDSA6881
RECORD LABEL: Dutton
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.29

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Two Pianos
TRACKS: Danzon Cubano (Copland). Mazurka Elegiaca Opus 23/2 (Britten). Terpsichore Bemused (Athanasiadis). Agon (Stravinsky). Balinese Ceremonial Music (McPhee). Basse Danse (McCabe).
ARTISTS: John McCabe   Tamami Honma    

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CATALOGUE NR: SFS0052  (barcode: 821936005293)
RECORD LABEL: Avie
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 146 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.99
RELEASE DATE: 28-May-2012

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: San Francisco Symphony at 100
TRACKS: Billy the Kid Ballet Suite (Aaron Copland). Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64 (Felix Mendelssohn). The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Benjamin Britten). Short Ride in a Fast Machine (John Adams). Special Features: Documentary vignettes tracing the San Francisco Symphony's history.
ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
ARTISTS: Itzhak Perlman      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC widescreen HD / Sound Format: Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 146 minutes

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CATALOGUE NR: SFS0057  (barcode: 821936005798)
RECORD LABEL: Avie
FORMAT: DVD Video Blu-ray  DURATION: 146 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 39.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-May-2012

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: San Francisco Symphony at 100
TRACKS: Billy the Kid Ballet Suite (Aaron Copland). Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64 (Felix Mendelssohn). The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Benjamin Britten). Short Ride in a Fast Machine (John Adams). Special Features: Documentary vignettes tracing the San Francisco Symphony's history.
ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michael Tilson Thomas
ARTISTS: Itzhak Perlman      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 146 minutes

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564602912  (barcode: 0825646029129)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.49
RELEASE DATE: 08-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Alban Berg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Violin Concerto To the Memory of an Angel - 1996 revised version (Berg). Violin Concerto in D minor Opus 15 (Britten).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Paul Watkins
ARTISTS: Daniel Hope      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'an ideal and unique coupling and another outstanding performance.'

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CATALOGUE NR: ORC100008  (barcode: 5060189560080)
RECORD LABEL: Orchid Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 26-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Alec Roth  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Joy in the morning
TRACKS: Featuring compositions and/or arrangements by Alec Roth / Benjamin Britten / John Gardner / John Joubert / Harold Darke / Naji Hakim / Kenneth Leighton / Tomas Pascual / Felix Mendelssohn / Giovanni Gabrielli / Franz Xavier Gruber / Martin Bates / David Willcocks / Jeffrey Skidmore.
CONDUCTOR: Jeffrey Skidmore
ARTISTS: Ex Cathedra      

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67725  (barcode: 0034571177250)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Alec Roth  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Romantic Residues
TRACKS: From California (Alec Roth). Romantic Residues : Round and Round / Protocols / A Style of Loving / Across / Mistaken / Equals / Sit / The Room and the Street / Walk (Alec Roth). Folksong arrangements : The Salley Gardens / O Waly Waly / Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn - Watching the Wheat / David of the White Rock (Benjamin Britten). Three Songs for Jennie : The Triumph of Love / The Syllables of Summer Birds / From far from eve and morning (Howard Skempton). Morceau de concours - flute and harp (Gabriel Faure). Cinq melodies populaires grecque : Le reveil de la mariee / La-bas vers l'eglise / Quel galant m'est comparable? / Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques / Tout gai! (Maurice Ravel). Deux sonnets : Quand reverrai-je helas! / Sonnet: Doux fut le trait Pierre de Ronsard (Andre Caplet). Une flute invisible (Camille Saint-Saens). La lettre du jardinier (Marcel Tournier).
ARTISTS: James Gilchrist   Alison Nicholls   Jaime Martin  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: songs for tenor and harp - Aug-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CLASSCD251
RECORD LABEL: Classico
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.22

COMPOSER: Anders Koppel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: String Quartet Number 1 (Koppel). Native American Notes (Steinke). String Quartet Number 1 (Britten).
ARTISTS: Coolidge Quartet      

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CATALOGUE NR: AUDITE92561  (barcode: 4022143925619)
RECORD LABEL: Audite
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Andre Caplet  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Harp Recital
TRACKS: 2 Divertissements : A la francaise / A l'espagnole (Caplet). Sonata for Harp (Tailleferre). Sonata for harp in G major Wq139 H563 CPE Bach). Praludium (Heinz Holliger). Arioso (Heinz Holliger). Passacaglia (Heinz Holliger). Suite - harp Opus 83 (Britten).
ARTISTS: Sarah O'Brien      

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CATALOGUE NR: COBRA0032  (barcode: 8713897902310)
RECORD LABEL: Cobra
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.85
RELEASE DATE: 04-Dec-2009

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: First Steps
TRACKS: Rondo in C minor (Anton Bruckner). String Quartet in F (Benjamin Britten). Quartet in D major : Allegro moderato (Giacomo Puccini). Fugue in F minor (Edvard Grieg). String Quartet Number 1 : Romanze-Andante espressivo / Scherzo-Allegro (Sergei Rachmaninov). Langsamer Satz (Anton Webern). Presto in C major (Arnold Schonberg).
ARTISTS: Ruysdael Quartet      

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CATALOGUE NR: CDS760  (barcode: 8007144607609)
RECORD LABEL: Dynamic
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 29-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Four Seasons
TRACKS: Le Quattro Stagioni : Concerto Number 1 in E RV269 la Primavera - Spring. Concerto Number 2 in G minor RV315 l'Estate - Summer. Concerto Number 3 in F RV293 l'Autunno - Autumn. Concerto Number 4 in F minor RV297 l'Inverno - Winter (Vivaldi). Simple Symphony opus 4 : Boisterous Bourree / Playful Pizzicato / Sentimental Saraband / Frolicsome Finale (Britten).
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Anselmi
ARTISTS: I Musici      

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CATALOGUE NR: NI6165  (barcode: 0710357616525)
RECORD LABEL: Nimbus Alliance
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 77 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 20-Dec-2011

COMPOSER: Arthur Bliss  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Britten & Bliss
TRACKS: String Quartet Number 2 (Arthur Bliss). Late Swallows (Frederick Delius). Chacony (Henry Purcell). String Quartet Number 2 In C (Benjamin Britten).
ARTISTS: Barbirolli Quartet      

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