Benjamin Britten Essentials
Apple Music Classical
With his gifts for memorable themes and adventurous orchestration, this composer brought British composition firmly into the 20th century. Balancing pastoral and sentimental moods with dark elegies, Britten's catalogue eloquently demonstrates a wide emotional range. Fittingly, given his dramatic flair, he single-handedly gave English-language opera a boost in the global canon with works like Billy Budd, Death in Venice and Peter Grimes. And The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a foundational piece for listeners of any age who want to get a handle on all the sections of a philharmonic.
Ia. Requiem aeternam. Requiem aeternam
V. Agnus Dei. "One ever hangs where shelled roads part" Agnus Dei
VId. Libera me. "Let us sleep now…" In paradisum
Choir of Eltham College, London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, Simon Keenlyside, Ian Bostridge, Sabina Cvilak, London Symphony Chorus
Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?
Bryan Drake, David Kelly, Sir Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Britten