Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraCelebrating the work of Benjamin Britten, this album combines three of the composers enduringly popular, yet vastly distinctive works. Sir Simon Rattle leads us on an unexpected journey through this diverse collection of masterpieces. Written shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Sinfonia da Requiem meditates in part on the political populism which had, for the second time in just a few decades, plunged the world in to an existential crisis. In

Symphony No 8 in F Major: I

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda

Benvenuto Cellini: Le Pape Ici

' — Sir Simon Rattle

and combines the emotive force of his later Missa Solemnis with the theatre of a Bach Passion

Benvenuto Cellini: Vite Au Travail

Released in the year of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary

Kenneth Tarver

Scherzo and Trio: Allegro Vivace

Composer Dmitri Shostakovich

Andrew Tortise

Le Songe d'Hérode: Scene 5 - O Mon Cher Fils