Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote & Allan Clayton — Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

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Britten’s choral <i>Spring Symphony</i>, first performed in 1949, still sounds startlingly modern and fresh today. And Simon Rattle’s LSO Live recording vindicates this four-movement work which was in many respects ahead of its time. An extended “Introduction” sets a bleak, rawly expressive and quite unsentimental context of winter, vividly painted by the LSO, to which the London Symphony Chorus fervently respond. With spring’s arrival Britten lightens up, daring his soloists, led here by the superlative Allan Clayton, to imitate birdcalls (which they do here credibly and engagingly). Britten also introduces the gutsy singing of children—here the combined, enthusiastic choirs drawn from the Tiffin Boys’ and Girls’ schools—who ultimately cap the carnival-like finale by singing the old round “Sumer is icumen in”. <i>Spring Symphony</i> is imaginatively framed here by Britten’s <i>Sinfonia da Requiem</i> of 1940 and <i>The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra</i> of 1945, between them presenting a journey from darkest despair to inspirational triumph. Rattle’s account of the <i>Sinfonia</i> is fluent and purposeful, leading fairly inexorably to the furious central “Dies irae”. In the final “Requiem aeternam”, Rattle clearly responds to Britten’s Mahler-like scoring for the strings, creating a genuinely touching moment. After <i>Spring Symphony</i>’s joyous finale follows a lively, deftly characterised performance of <i>Young Person’s Guide</i>, its high-spirited final fugue culminating in a gloriously sonorous restatement by the LSO brass of the Purcell theme on which the whole work is based.

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote & Allan Clayton

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  1. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa. Andante ben misurato 8:01
  2. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: II. Dies irae. Allegro con fuoco - Alla marcia 5:18
  3. Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam. Andante molto tranquillo 6:06
  4. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: Introduction. Shine out (Chorus) 8:33
  5. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Merry Cuckoo (Tenor) 1:56
  6. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: Spring, the Sweet Spring (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) 1:45
  7. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Driving Boy (Soprano, Children's Chorus) 1:59
  8. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part I: The Morning Star (Chorus) 3:18
  9. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Welcome, Maids of Honour (Alto) 2:43
  10. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Waters Above (Tenor) 2:44
  11. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part II: Out on the Lawn I lie in Bed (Alto, Chorus) 5:59
  12. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: When will my May come (Tenor) 2:37
  13. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: Fair and Fair (Soprano, Tenor) 2:04
  14. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part III: Sound the Flute (Chorus, Children's Chorus) 1:19
  15. Spring Symphony, Op. 44, Part IV: Finale. London, to Thee I do Present (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus, Children's Chorus) 7:18
  16. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme. Allegro maestoso e largamente 2:02
  17. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variations A-D, Woodwinds. Presto - Lento - Moderato - Allegro alla marcia 3:10
  18. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variations E-H, Strings. Brillante, alla polacca - Meno mosso - Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accelerando 4:01
  19. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation I, Harp. Maestoso 0:53
  20. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variations J-L, Brass. L'istesso tempo - Vivace - Allegro pomposo 2:31
  21. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation M, Percussion. Moderato 2:02
  22. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Fugue. Allegro molto - Animato 3:02