1/5. To mark today's 30th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten , Donald Macleod is joined by Philip Reed to discuss the composer's early career, including the remarkable music he wrote for the Film Unit of the General Post Office.
Britten Hymn to the Virgin
Finzi Singers, director Paul Spicer
Night Mail (end sequence) Nigel Hawthorne
(narrator), Nash Ensemble , conductor Lionel Friend AMDG Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton. Concert Suite: The Sword in the Stone Nash Ensemble, conductor Lionel Friend
Bunyan's Farewell: Litany (Paul Bunyan )
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Richard Hickox
Producer David Dwight Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: Britten Conducts Britten (10 CDs), Bryan Drake. Peter Pears , John Shirley-Quirk , Robert Tear. Stafford Dean, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Galina Vishnevskaya with the English Opera Group Chorus. Bach Choir. London Symphony Chorus, English Opera Group Orchestra and the LSO conducted by the composer, is available for E35.00 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections to:
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