Works for string orchestra [sound recording] / Benjamin Britten.
By: Britten, Benjamin.
Contributor(s): Best, Roger [prf.]
| Boughton, William [cnd.] | English String Orchestra [prf.].
Material type: 
MusicPublisher: Monmouth, Great Britain : Nimbus, p1985Description: 1 compact disc (65:18) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.Contained works: Bridge, Frank, 1879-1941. Idyll, string quartet, no. 2 | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Simple symphony | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Lachrymae; arr | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Prelude and fugue, string orchestra, op. 29.Subject(s): Variations (String orchestra) | Symphonies (String orchestra) | Viola with string orchestra, Arranged | Canons, fugues, etc. (String orchestra)DDC classification: NYCD/115 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library CD | NYCD/115 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00136114 |
3rd work originally for viola and piano; arr. by the composer.
Program notes by Noël Goodwind in container.
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10 (25:23) -- Simple symphony, op. 4 (16:51) -- Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland (orchestral arr.) (13:58) -- Prelude and fugue for 18 part string orchestra, op. 29 (8:49)
English String Orchestra ; Roger Best, viola (3rd work) ; William Boughton, conductor.
Recorded at the Great Hall, University of Birmingham, 30-31 March 1985.
Compact disc.
Norman Young Collection