London Symphony Orchestra: Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia Da Requiem, the Young Person's Guid - SUPER-AUDIO CD

London Symphony Orchestra & Christopher Willis: Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia Da Requiem, the Young Person's Guid - SUPER-AUDIO CD

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Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia Da Requiem, the Young Person's Guid

Artist:

London Symphony Orchestra & Christopher Willis

Label:

Lso Live

Product Type:

SUPER-AUDIO CD

UPC:

822231183020

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2024-04-19

Number of Discs:

1

This album combines three of Britten's 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 this piece, Britten's rich, yearning harmonies reveal a sombre and dramatic warning of the cost of conflict. From the darkness of war, we move towards the light with Britten's choral Spring Symphony. With it's mysterious reimagining of traditional English folk song and verse, the work depicts the gradual reawakening of the natural world when winter ebbs away, and spring begins to triumph. Britten let his imagination catch fire in The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. This brilliantly original showpiece is one of the composer's best-known pieces, and draws the album to a close.

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