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The Complete Works For Stage & Screen --- 2013
56 page booklet, containing an essay about Britten's Stage and Screen Works, details of each performance (Track listing, performing artists and production credits), Synopses for 3 major works, but no texts for any of the vocal works. The final section includes an Alphabetical list of all works. The booklet lists several websites to refer to for further details. The booklet names the artists without indicating their vocal range. Whilst most are obvious (i.e. Peter Pears is a Tenor), the credited vocals have been obtained from: https://brittenpears.org/explore/benjamin-britten/music The ensemble for Disc 12 Track 12 (The Sword In The Stone) is just specified as "Instrumental Ensemble" without specifying any musicians (unlike the Instrumental Ensemble for tracks 15 and 16 on the same disc). The Beggar's Opera: Recorded at Snape Maltings, 7-11 June 1992 Noye's Fludde: Recorded at Orford Church, Suffolk, 3-4 July 1961 The Golden Vanity: Recorded at St John's Smith Square, London, 10-11 October 1969 Curlew River: Recorded at Orford Church, Suffolk, 8-12 June 1965 The Burning Fiery Furnace: Recorded at Orford Church, Suffolk, 23-27 May 1967 The Prodigal Son: Recorded at Orford Church, Suffolk, 21-22 May 1969 The Little Sweep (Let's Make An Opera): Recorded at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 1-2 October 1955 & 22 January 1956 Children's Crusade: Recorded at St John's Smith Square, London, 10-11 October 1969 The Prince Of The Pagodas: Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 13, 16, 17, 19 & 21 February 1957 Plymouth Town: Recorded at Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale, London, 22 June 2005 Film Scores: Music recorded at CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 11-12 March 2006, Narration recorded at The Sound Company, London, 10 July & 29 September 2006 Love from a Stranger: Recorded at Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale, London, 2 March 1999 Johnson over Jordan: Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London June/July 1990 The Rescue of Penelope: Recorded at BBC Studio 7, Manchester, 22-23 April & 4-5 November 1995 The Company of Heaven: Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, June 1989 The Sword in the Stone: Recording and Production details unknown Russian Funeral/The Eagle has Two Heads: Recorded at St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London, 27-29 July 1979 On the Frontier/This Way to the Tomb: Recorded at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, London, 28-30 October 1992
Tracklist
The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (A Ballad Opera In Three Acts By John Gay, Realised From The Original Airs By Benjamin Britten)
Introduction
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 (The Chester Miracle Play Set To Music)
Lord Jesus, Think On Me
I God,That All This Worlde Hath Wroughte
Have Done, You Men And Women All
Now In The Name Of God I Will Begyne
Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company
Wiffe, Come In! Why Standes Thou Their?
Ha! Children Me Thinkes My Botte Removes
Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone
Noye, Take Thy Wife Anone
Noye, Heare I Behette Thee A Heste
The Spacious Firmament On High
The Golden Vanity, Op.78 (A Vaudeville For Boys And Piano After The Old English Ballad By Colin Graham)
There Was A Ship Came From The North Country
Then Up Spake The Cabin-boy
Casting His Clothes Off He Dived Into The Sea
They Laid Him On The Deck
Curlew River, Op.71 (A Parable For Church Performance - Libretto Based On The Medieval Japanese Noh Play "Sumidagawa" Of Juro Montomasa)
Te Lucis Ante Terminum
I Am The Ferryman
I Come From The Westland
But First May I Ask You What Is That Strange Noise?
Clear As A Sky Without A Cloud
Near The Black Mountains There I Dwelt
A Thousand Leagues May Sunder A Mother And Her Son
Ignorant Man! You Refuse A Passage To Me...
I Beg Your Pardon
Curlew River, Smoothly Flowing...
Today Is An Important Day
Look! While You Were Listening To My Story...
Ferryman, Tell Me, When Did It Happen?
Hoping, I Wandered On
He Whose Life Was Full Of Promise
The Moon Has Risen
Go Your Way In Peace, Mother
Good Souls, We Have Shown You...
The Burning Fiery Furnace, Op.77 (Second Parable For Church Performance)
Salus Aeterna
Good People, In His Holy Name
By The Royal Command
Adept In Magic
By The Waters Of Babylon
Sirs, What Is This?
We Do Not Lack Enemies
By The Royal Decree
Procession
Merodak! Lord Of Creation!
Bring Them Here Before My Majesty
O King, Nebuchadnezzar
O All Ye Works Of The Lord
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego
O Ye Winter And Summer
Good People, We Have Shown You
The Prodigal Son, Op.81 (Third Parable For Church Performance)
Jam Lucis Orto Sidere
Ah - You People
The Ceremony
I Am Father To You All
Forgive My Asking You
Father, May I Speak With You?
Take Your Due Portion
Go, If You Must Go
Welcome, Welcome, Stranger!
You Are Tired From A Long Journey
Nights Are Days
You Have Gambled And Lost
Now - I Have Done What I Said
With Joy I Have Sowed
My Son
O Sing Unto The Lord
My Children, You Have Seen
The Little Sweep (Let's Make An Opera), Op.45
Scene 1: A January Morning
Scene 2: Later
Scene 3: The Next Morning
Children's Crusade, Op.82
Children's Crusade
The Prince Of The Pagodas, Op.57 (Ballet In Three Acts, Scenario By John Cranko)
Act One: The Palace Of The Emperor Of The Middle Kingdom
Act Two, Scene 1: The Strange Journey Of Belle Rose To The Pagoda Land
Act Two, Scene 2: The Arrival And Adventures Of Belle Rose In The Kingdom Of The Pagodas
Act Three, Scene 1: The Palace Of The Middle Kingdom
Act Three, Scene 2:The Pagoda Palace
Plymouth Town (Ballet - 1931)
Plymouth Town
Film Scores
Night Mail (1936)
The Tocher (1935 - Rossini Suite)
The King's Stamp (1935)
Negros (1935)
The Way To The Sea (1936)
Telegrams (1935)
Peace Of Britain (1936)
Men Behind The Meters (1935)
Coal Face (1935)
When You're Feeling Like Expressing (1935)
Love From A Stranger (1936)
Title Music
Traffic Music
Brighton
Love Music
Channel Crossing
End Titles
Johnson Over Jordan (1939) (Suite, Arranged Paul Hindmarsh, 1990)
Overture
Introduction
Incinerators' Ballet
The Spider And The Fly
Approach Of Death
End Music
The Rescue Of Penelope (1943)
Part 1
Part 2
The Company Of Heaven (1937)
Part One: Before The Creation
Part Two: Angels In Scripture
Part Three: Angels In Common Life And At Our Death
Miscelleneous
The Sword In The Stone (1939)
Russian Funeral (1936)
The Eagle Has Two Heads - Fanfare (1946)
On The Frontier (1938) - Incidental Music
This Way To The Tomb (1945) - Incidental Music