Archive for Britten
Benjamin Britten
We came across this video the other day, and thought even for a “trailer” it was worth sharing — especially in light of our recent Britten’s Orchestra release and upcoming SACD release:
Sinfonia da Requiem
Continuing our effort to give you some information about the pieces on the upcoming album Britten’s Orchestra with the Kansas City Symphony, we want to give you a little information on Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20. However, this is just a taste as next week we may give more information from our Program Notes. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 was written by Benjamin Britten in 1940 when he was 26 years-old. It was commissioned by…
Kansas City Symphony New Release – Track Listings
As promised, we will now share with you the track listings for the upcoming Kansas City Symphony album on Reference Recordings: Britten Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, op. 33b Britten “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes, op. 33a I. Dawn: Lento e tranquilloII. Sunday morning: Allegro spiritosoIII. Moonlight: Andante comodo e rubatoIV. Storm: Presto con fuoco Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 I. LacrymosaII. Dies IraeIII. Requiem Aeternum Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,…
Kansas City Symphony New Release – Sneak Peak!
Greetings Fans!!! As promised, you will get a sneak peak at what is going to be on the Kansas City Symphony’s new album with Reference Recordings. But, we aren’t going to indulge too much today. We are going to post here the press release for the pre-recording session concert that the Kansas City Symphony held June 4th. We have blanked out the names of the actual pieces because we will release that information on Monday!…
Kansas City Symphony – New Release
Here on the blog we like to give exciting upcoming information. As many may know last February, Reference Recordings partnered with the Kansas City Symphony to create a number of albums. This fall (2009), the second of those albums will be released. We will not be giving away the title or contents of that album today, but in order to get you excited we want to turn back the pages to last summer’s debut, Tempest!…