MTU Library Catalogue

Works for string orchestra [sound recording] / Benjamin Britten.

By: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Contributor(s): Best, Roger [prf.] | Boughton, William, 1948- [cnd.] | English String Orchestra [prf.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelMusicPublisher: 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
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library CD NYCD/115 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00136114
Total holds: 0

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