Britten: 'Before Life And After' - Mark Padmore, Roger Vignoles / Harmonia Mundi USA Audio CD 2009 / HMU 907443
UPC 093046744328
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).
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Harmonia Mundi USA – HMU 907443 |
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CD
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| Country: |
US |
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Released:
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2009 |
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| Genre: |
Classical |
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| Style: |
Modern |
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Tracklist:
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The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Op.35 (1945) |
(24:46) |
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Oh My Blacke Soule! |
3:22 |
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O Might Those Sighes And Teares |
3:15 |
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| 5 |
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What If This Present |
3:16 |
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| 6 |
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Since She Whom I Loved |
3:29 |
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| 7 |
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At The Round Earth's Imagined Corners |
2:42 |
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| 9 |
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Death, Be Not Proud |
4:13 |
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Henry Purcell, Realized By Benjamin Britten
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| 10 |
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A Morning Hymn (1960) Two Divine Hymns & Alleluia From «Harmonia Sacra» |
3:11 |
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| 11 |
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Job's Curse (1950) – From «Harmonia Sacra» |
5:20 |
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| 12 |
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An Evening Hymn (1947) – Three Divine Hymns From «Harmonia Sacra» |
4:25 |
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Winter Words, Op.52 (1953) – Lyrics & Ballads Of Thomas Hardy
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(21:47)
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| 13 |
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At Day-close In November |
1:47 |
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| 14 |
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Midnight On The Great Western (Or The Journeying Boy) |
4:44 |
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| 15 |
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Wagtail And Baby (A Satire) |
2:18 |
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| 16 |
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The Little Old Table |
1:28 |
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| 17 |
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The Choirmaster's Burial (Or The Tenor Man's Story) |
4:02 |
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| 18 |
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Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches And Nightingales) |
1:14 |
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| 19 |
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At The Railway Station, Upway (Or The Convict And Boy With The Violin) |
3:00 |
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| 20 |
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Before Life And After |
3:14 |
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Folksongs Arranged By Benjamin Britten
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| 21 |
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I Wonder As I Wander – From «Songs Of The Hill Folk» (1934) |
3:28 |
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| 22 |
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Sail On, Sail On – From Volume 4 (1957-58), «Moore's Irish Melodies» |
2:28 |
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The Miller Of Dee – From Volume 3 (1947), «Folksongs Of The British Isles» |
2:11 |
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At The Mid Hour Of Night – From Volume 4 (1957-58), «Moore's Irish Melodies» |
2:38 |
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There's None To Soothe – From Volume 3 (1947), «Folksongs Of The British Isles» |
1:51 |
- Composed By – Benjamin Britten
- Engineer [Recording], Edited By – Brad Michel
- Piano – Roger Vignoles
- Producer – Robina G. Young
- Tenor Vocals – Mark Padmore
