After the week of Britten on Radio 3 I want it add to my Britten recording library. Can any of the forum members recommend a recording of the Spring Symphony? There seem to be very few recordings on Amazon so it is difficult.
Britten Spring Symphony Recordings
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Surely it's easier when there are only a few.
van Beinum
Benjamin Britten
John Eliot Gardiner
Richard Hickox
Andre Previn
If you like Peter Pears' voice, you can't go wrong with Britten's own recording; otherwise Hickox is quite a safe bet, in my opinion.
I'd rule out Previn, simply because EMI always recorded Sheila Armstrong as though she were Katherine Jenkins, whereas she did have a very strong voice in live performances.
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Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View PostBritten's own recording is a must I reckon but a bit pricey on Amazon.
I also have the Previn,both are excellent in my non scholarly opinion.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Black Swan
Thanks to all. I will think on it. I agree with the comments the Britten is pricey on Amazon. So will ponder Britten vs. Previn.
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Originally posted by Black Swan View PostThanks to all. I will think on it. I agree with the comments the Britten is pricey on Amazon. So will ponder Britten vs. Previn.
I haven't heard the transfer, but it might be okay, and that Alto reissue option is certainly cheaper. Previn is very fine - though I wouldn't want to be without Britten, or Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter and Pears.
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Black Swan
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostMy own two favourites: Janet Baker's Out On the Lawn for Previn! The finest since Ferrier's with van Beinum,
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Originally posted by makropulos View PostThe Britten performance has been reissued by Alto: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Benjamin-Bri...mphony+britten
I haven't heard the transfer, but it might be okay, and that Alto reissue option is certainly cheaper. Previn is very fine - though I wouldn't want to be without Britten, or Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter and Pears.
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amateur51
For me, Spring Symphony is one of those pieces that is best heard 'live' in concert. In that way it always surprises me with its invention and daring, nothing like it in the canon. I'm content with Britten's recording and the Previn
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I have the Britten, and I think I have the Hickox somewhere, but I don't like the boys' choir in that.
I also have the Rozhdestvensky, bit that's for curiosity value - all that wonderful English poetry in Russian!
It's most unusual for me to have three recordings of anything. Not sure how it happened in this case.
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Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostDo listen to the boys' bits in the Previn before buying if you can - to my mind their contribution is the blot on an otherwise excellent version.Del boy: “Get in, get out, don’t look back. That’s my motto!”
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Mahler's3rd
Hi Black Swan, you could try this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Britten-Walt...ds=britten+emi
Its a 5 x disc box set at £8.75 free Postage which includes the Previn/Spring Symphony and the violin Concerto with Ida Haendel
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