Benjamin Britten
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (2CD)
Britten's stately and clear-sighted readings of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos begin a program that continues with a group of rarities.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Brandenburg Concertos
Nos. 1-6 in F, BWV 1046 VARIOUS: Sellinger’s Round (Variations on an Elizabethan Theme)*
THOMAS ARNE Rule Britannia (Arthur)** Now the air shall ring (The Fairy Prince)**
HENRY PURCELL: O Lord, Grant the Queen a Long Life**
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Air (Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068+ Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV208)
ANON. arr. Britten: God Save the Queen#
JEREMIAH CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary
++ English Chamber Orchestra Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
* London Symphony Chorus
# London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Peter Pears, tenor*
Aldeburgh Festival Chorus**
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra**
Imogen Holst**
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Covent Garden+
Adrian Boult+
Trumpeters of Kneller Hall
Royal Military School of Music++
London Symphony Orchestra++
Kenneth Alwyn++