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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Burning Fiery Furnace, op. 77
2▼CD: Curlew River, op. 71
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1Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Te lucis ante terminum”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
7:19
2Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “I am the ferryman”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
3:09
3Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “I come from the Westland”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
4:36
4Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “But first may I ask you what is that strange noise?”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:42
5Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Clear as a sky without a cloud”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:22
6Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Near the Black Mountains there I dwelt”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:19
7Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “A thousand leagues may sunder a mother and her son”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
3:20
8Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Ignorant man! You refuse a passage to me …”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:11
9Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “I beg your pardon”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
4:52
10Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Curlew River, smoothly flowing …”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:14
11Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Today is an important day”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
5:32
12Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Look! While you were listening to my story …”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:44
13Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Ferryman, tell me, when did it happen?”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
6:24
14Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Hoping, I wandered on”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
3:30
15Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “He whose life was full of promise”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:22
16Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “The moon has risen”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
5:55
17Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Go your way in peace, mother”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
2:30
18Curlew River, church parable, op. 71 “Good souls, we have shown you…”
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
performer:
English Opera Group
partial recording of:
Curlew River, op. 71
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
William Plomer
part of:
Works of Benjamin Britten by opus number (number: op. 71)
5:14
3▶CD: The Prodigal Son, op. 81
4▶CD: Noye’s Fludd, op. 59 / The Golden Vanity, op. 7
5▶CD: The Little Sweep (Let’s Make an Opera), op. 45 / Gemini Variations, op. 73 (Quartet For Two Players) & Children’s Crusade, op. 82
6▶CD: Saint Nicolas, op. 42 / Rejoice in the Lamb, op. 30
7▶CD: A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28 / A Boy Was Born, op. 3 / Songs From “Friday Afternoon”, op. 7 & Psalm 150, op. 67
8▶CD: Spring Symphony, op. 44 / Cantata Academica (Carmen Basiliense), op. 62 / Hymn To St. Cecilia, op. 27
9▶CD: War Requiem, op. 66
10▶CD: War Requiem, op. 66 / Rehearsing “War Requiem”