The Masterpieces

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Disc 1

• 1 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente 1:57
• 2 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation A: Flutes & Piccolo: Presto 0:32
• 3 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation B: Oboes: Lento 1:04
• 4 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation C: Clarinets: Moderato 0:37
• 5 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation D: Bassoons: Allegro alla marcia 0:53
• 6 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation E: Violins: Brillante - alla polacca 0:36
• 7 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation F: Violas: Meno mosso 0:59
• 8 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation G: Cellos 1:17
• 9 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation H: Double Basses: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando 0:58
• 10 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation I: Harp: Maestoso 0:49
• 11 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation J: Horns: L'istesso tempo 0:44
• 12 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation K: Trumpets: Vivace 0:33
• 13 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation L: Trombones & Bass Tuba: Allegro pomposo 0:58
• 14 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Variation M: Percussion: Moderato 1:47
• 15 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34, without spoken text: Fugue: Allegro molto 2:46
• 16 Simple Symphony, op. 4: I. Boisterous Bourrée 3:25
• 17 Simple Symphony, op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato 3:04
• 18 Simple Symphony, op. 4: III. Sentimental Saraband 7:54
• 19 Simple Symphony, op. 4: IV. Frolicsome Finale 2:59
• 20 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: I. Introduction & Theme 1:57
• 21 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: II. Adagio 2:24
• 22 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: III. March 1:07
• 23 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: IV. Romance 1:37
• 24 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: V. Aria Italiana 1:19
• 25 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: VI. Bourrée Classique 1:17
• 26 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: VII. Wiener Waltzer 2:41
• 27 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: VIII. Moto Perpetuo 1:10
• 28 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: IX. Funeral March 3:59
• 29 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: X. Chant 1:39
• 30 Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10: 1I. Fugue & Finale 7:35
• 31 Peter Grimes, op. 33, Prologue: Interlude I: On the beach 3:34
• 32 Peter Grimes, op. 33, Act 1: Interlude II: The Storm 4:19
• 33 Peter Grimes, op. 33, Act 2: Interlude III: Sunday morning by the beach 3:55
• 34 Peter Grimes, op. 33, Act 3: Interlude V: Evening 4:28

Disc 2

• 1 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Procession 1:31
• 2 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Wolcom Yule! 1:27
• 3 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: There is no rose 2:32
• 4 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: That yongë child 1:54
• 5 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Balulalow 1:19
• 6 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: As dew in Aprille 1:08
• 7 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: This little Babe 1:32
• 8 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Interlude 4:03
• 9 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: In freezing winter night 3:40
• 10 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Spring Carol 1:16
• 11 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Deo Gracias 1:16
• 12 Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: Recession 1:37
• 13 A boy was born, op. 3: A Boy Was Born (theme) 2:02
• 14 A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 1: Lullay, Jesu 4:11
• 15 A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 2: Herod 2:23
• 16 A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 3: Jesu As Thou Art Our Saviour 2:53
• 17 A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 4: The Three Kings 2:56
• 18 A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 5: in the Bleak Mid-Winter 4:44
• 19 A boy was born, op. 3: Variation 6: Finale: Noel! 8:57
• 20 A Hymn to the Virgin 3:18
• 21 Festival Te Deum, op. 32 (1944) 5:59
• 22 Jubilate Deo in C (1961) 2:43
• 23 Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: In a garden shady 2:50
• 24 Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: I cannot grow 1:55
• 25 Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), op. 27: O ear whose creatures 5:55

Disc 3

• 1 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Begone, dull care 0:59
• 2 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: A tragic story 1:37
• 3 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Cuckoo! 1:39
• 4 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: A New Year carol 2:04
• 5 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: I mun be married on Sunday 1:13
• 6 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: There was a man of Newington 0:34
• 7 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Fishing song 2:10
• 8 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: The useful plough 2:23
• 9 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Jazz-man 0:48
• 10 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: There was a monkey 1:31
• 11 Songs From "Friday Afternoons", op. 7: Old Abram Brown 3:31
• 12 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Lord Jesus, think on me 3:06
• 13 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: I God, that all this worlde hath wroughte 2:05
• 14 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Have done, you men and wemen all 2:38
• 15 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Now in the name of God I will begyne 4:18
• 16 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Noye, Noye, take thou thy company 6:07
• 17 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Wiffe, come in! why standes thou their? 5:09
• 18 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Ha! Children, me thinkes my botte removes 8:18
• 19 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Now forty dayes are fullie gone 5:10
• 20 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Noye, take thy wife anone 2:39
• 21 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: Noye, heare I behette thee a heste 1:15
• 22 Noye's Fludde, op. 59, The Chester Miracle Play set to music: The spacious firmament on high 7:23

Disc 4

• 1 Les Illuminations, op. 18: I. Fanfare 1:52
• 2 Les Illuminations, op. 18: II. Villes 2:32
• 3 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIa. Phrase 0:58
• 4 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IIIb. Antique 2:10
• 5 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IV. Royauté 1:37
• 6 Les Illuminations, op. 18: V. Marine 1:02
• 7 Les Illuminations, op. 18: VI. Interlude 2:22
• 8 Les Illuminations, op. 18: VII. Being beauteous 4:05
• 9 Les Illuminations, op. 18: VIII. Parade 2:48
• 10 Les Illuminations, op. 18: IX. Départ 2:40
• 11 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Prologue 1:23
• 12 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Pastoral: The Day's Grown Old 3:37
• 13 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Nocturne: The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls 3:21
• 14 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Elegy: O Rose, Thou Art Sick 4:03
• 15 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Dirge: This Ae Night 3:45
• 16 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Hymn: Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair 2:02
• 17 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Sonnet: O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight 4:09
• 18 Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, op. 31: Epilogue 1:33
• 19 Violin Concerto, op. 15: I. Moderato con moto 9:32
• 20 Violin Concerto, op. 15: II. Vivace 8:35
• 21 Violin Concerto, op. 15: III. Passacaglia; Andante lento 14:29

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