Britten: 4 Sea Interludes / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Elgar: Enigma Variations

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CD Details

Released: September 26, 2006
Originally Released: 2006
Label: Telarc

Tracks:

1.Theme A
2.Theme B
3.Theme C
4.Theme D
5.Theme E
6.Theme F
7.Flutes and Piccolo, Variation A
8.Oboes, Variation B
9.Clarinets, Variation C
10.Doublebasses, Variation H
11.Violins, Variation E
12.Violas, Variation F
13.Cellos, Variation G
14.Doublebasses, Variation H
15.Harp, Variation I
16.Horns, Variation J
17.Trumpets, Variation K
18.Trombones and Tuba, Variation L
19.Timpani and Percussion, Variation M
20.Fugue
21.I. Dawn
22.Ii. Sunday Morning
23.Iii. Moonlight
24.Iv. Strom
25.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
26.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
27.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
28.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
29.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
30.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
31.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
32.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
33.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
34.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
35.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
36.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
37.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
38.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma
39.Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, Enigma

Product Description:

Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten hold a place at the helm of their respective generations of British composers in the twentieth-century. For Elgar, it was the success of the Enigma Variations that spread the awareness of his music to the international community, and BrittenÂ's first operatic project, Peter Grimes, signaled his establishment as the most important English opera composer of the century. These two decisive works are both deeply personal pieces drawn from life experience. BrittenÂ's boyhood in a seaside town and personal struggles later on are reflected in the story and setting of Grimes, and ElgarÂ's close circle of friends and loved ones form the inspiration for his set of variations on an original theme. Britten wrote the Young PersonÂ's Guide to the Orchestra in 1946 for an educational film called Â"The Instruments of the Orchestra,Â" and designed the work for performance with or without narration.