Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Gordan Nikolitch Benvenuto Cellini: Cette Somme T'est

Benvenuto Cellini: Cette Somme T'est Due

Allegretto

Symphony No 4 in B-Flat Major: II

Kenneth Tarver is considered one of the outstanding tenore-di-grazia of his time

the work depicts the gradual reawakening of the natural world when winter ebbs away

Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Gordan Nikolitch Benvenuto Cellini: Cette Somme T'estCelebrating the work of Benjamin Britten, this album combines three of the composers 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