Edward Gardner conducts Britten

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

• 1 Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: I. Lacrymosa 7:16
• 2 Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: II. Dies Irae 5:08
• 3 Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: III. Requiem Aeternam 5:43
• 4 Winter Words, op. 52: I. At Day‐close in November 1:27
• 5 Winter Words, op. 52: II. Midnight on the Great Western “The Journeying Boy” 4:22
• 6 Winter Words, op. 52: III. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire) 2:29
• 7 Winter Words, op. 52: IV. The Little Old Table 1:15
• 8 Winter Words, op. 52: V. The Choirmaster’s Burial (or The Tenor Man’s Story) 4:12
• 9 Winter Words, op. 52: VI. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales) 1:08
• 10 Winter Words, op. 52: VII. At the Railway Station, Upway (The Convict and Boy with the Violin) 3:00
• 11 Winter Words, op. 52: VIII. Before Life and After 3:05
• 12 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57: Prelude 2:09
• 13 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act I Scene 1 The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: The Fool and the Dwarf 1:29
• 14 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act I Scene 1 The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom: Variation of Princess Bell 2:32
• 15 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act II Scene 1 The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Introduction 1:32
• 16 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act II Scene 1 The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Waltz. Clouds, Stars 4:48
• 17 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act II Scene 1 The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land: Belle Rose borne in 1:12
• 18 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act II Scene 2 The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: Th 2:39
• 19 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act II Scene 2 The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas: Th 2:39
• 20 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act III Scene 1 The Palace of the Middle Kingdom: Pas de Deux. Belle Rose and the Prince 2:42
• 21 The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, op. 57, Act III Scene 1 The Palace of the Middle Kingdom: Finale and Apotheosis 4:26

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