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During the 1930s, Bliss, Britten, and Berkeley all contributed major works to the repertoire for string orchestra, following in the footsteps of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. They are joined on this album by Frank Bridge whose Lament was composed during the First World War. Bliss composed Music for Strings after he had completed the film score for Korda’s Things to Come, driven by his desire to compose a piece of ‘pure music’, expressing his own ideas rather than those of others.
Commissioned in May 1937 by Boyd Neel for the Salzburg Festival that summer, Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge was composed at great speed, and helped to establish the young composer’s international reputation. Dedicated to his teacher, Frank Bridge, the theme is taken from the second of Bridge’s Three Idylls for string quartet. Lennox Berkeley composed his Serenade for Strings at Snape Maltings, where he was living with Britten in 1938 and 1939. By the time of its completion the nation was at war and the music seems to reflect the composer’s anxious mood as the world faced an uncertain future.
The front cover features a painting by Edward Wadsworth of Bliss’s house, Pen Pits, built for him in 1935. © Chandos
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Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (Benjamin Britten)
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
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Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Frank Bridge, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 (Lennox Berkeley)
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Lennox Berkeley, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Music for Strings, F. 123 (Arthur Bliss)
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Sinfonia Of London, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Wilson, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2021 Chandos Records 2021 Chandos Records
Albumbeschreibung
During the 1930s, Bliss, Britten, and Berkeley all contributed major works to the repertoire for string orchestra, following in the footsteps of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. They are joined on this album by Frank Bridge whose Lament was composed during the First World War. Bliss composed Music for Strings after he had completed the film score for Korda’s Things to Come, driven by his desire to compose a piece of ‘pure music’, expressing his own ideas rather than those of others.
Commissioned in May 1937 by Boyd Neel for the Salzburg Festival that summer, Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge was composed at great speed, and helped to establish the young composer’s international reputation. Dedicated to his teacher, Frank Bridge, the theme is taken from the second of Bridge’s Three Idylls for string quartet. Lennox Berkeley composed his Serenade for Strings at Snape Maltings, where he was living with Britten in 1938 and 1939. By the time of its completion the nation was at war and the music seems to reflect the composer’s anxious mood as the world faced an uncertain future.
The front cover features a painting by Edward Wadsworth of Bliss’s house, Pen Pits, built for him in 1935. © Chandos
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:37
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: John Wilson Sinfonia Of London
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Symfonieën
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