BaL 3.06.17 - Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem

[Barbirollians]

Britten sweeping into the lead inside the final furlong .

[Pulcinella]

Britten sweeping into the lead inside the final furlong .

A reminder of its availability as a single CD.
Will the Amazon algorithm put the price up, I wonder.
Not a problem for me, as it's a version I've already got.
:smug satisfaction emoticon:

Available new (from £4.42 plus p+p) and s/h (from £3.84 plus p+p) here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britten-Cel...n+rostropovich

[Alison]

I will be adding the chosen version to my library on this occasion.

The Hickox hadn't really drawn me in.

Still think the Previn pretty special and the recently posted BBCSO/Ades an essential YouTube supplement.

[Barbirollians]

I have just heard it (today) - thanks to somebody posting it on youtube. I don't have the CD but think I ought to try to get hold of a copy: it's very impressive!

It was available quite cheaply on Amazon coupled with a thrilling account of In the South from two months before his death - amazingly he had only recently learnt it after being pressed by Michael Kennedy to do so .

[Barbirollians]

I like both the market leaders in the Derby but it is a very open race this year . I quite like Benbati ew at 28-1

[Petrushka]

Pleased to say that a fellow boarder has offered me a surplus copy of the NPO/Britten recording which I keenly look forward to receiving.

Eminent for the Derby. Had it in mind for weeks.

[Beef Oven!]

Pleased to say that a fellow boarder has offered me a surplus copy of the NPO/Britten recording which I keenly look forward to receiving.

Eminent for the Derby. Had it in mind for weeks.

You've got one million CDs, can't believe you didn't have that one already

[verismissimo]

I like both the market leaders in the Derby but it is a very open race this year . I quite like Benbati ew at 28-1

Surely Venice Beach at 14s, Barbs?

[BBMmk2]

An excellent example of how good a single-hander BaL can be: lots of musical extracts and comparisons, with good pointers to what to listen for.
Enjoying it very much indeed.
Yes, a great piece.

Absolutrly, Pulcie! I see next weeks one will be a chatty one. A pity.

I couldn't hear all of the BaL today, who won?

[Pulcinella]

Absolutrly, Pulcie! I see next weeks one will be a chatty one. A pity.

I couldn't hear all of the BaL today, who won?

Alpie must be busy, as the winner has not been made bold yet: NPO/Britten, available singly as pointed out previously or in Decca sets.

Btw, you can always check out the winner on the Record Review web site: today's page is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08skymc

Interesting that the Hickox, also recommended, features a chorus.
Does nobody check what gets put up? (Obviously not!)

[BBMmk2]

Alpie must be busy, as the winner has not been made bold yet: NPO/Britten, available singly as pointed out previously or in Decca sets.

Btw, you can always check out the winner on the Record Review web site: today's page is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08skymc

Interesting that the Hickox, also recommended, features a chorus.
Does nobody check what gets put up? (Obviously not!)

Many thanks Pulcie. Saved me some dosh today. I have Handley's, Hickox, Previn's and the compoer's own with the NPO.

[Barbirollians]

Surely Venice Beach at 14s, Barbs?

Rare that Moore gets it wrong . I know of a very good judge who is keen on Eminent but no Guineas sixth has won since St Paddy in 1960 ! And he was notoriously not fit at Newmarket .

[Bryn]

Alpie must be busy, as the winner has not been made bold yet: NPO/Britten, available singly as pointed out previously or in Decca sets.

Btw, you can always check out the winner on the Record Review web site: today's page is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08skymc

Interesting that the Hickox, also recommended, features a chorus.
Does nobody check what gets put up? (Obviously not!)

Now don't be picky. The disc insert makes is clear that the Sinfonia da Requiem is for orchestra. It would be a little surprising if the 'fill-ups' on that double SACD set did not feature a chorus.

[Pulcinella]

Now don't be picky. The disc insert makes is clear that the Sinfonia da Requiem is for orchestra. It would be a little surprising if the 'fill-ups' on that double SACD set did not feature a chorus.

A couple of choruses, I think, Bryn: the LSO Chorus and the Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral.

(Cue some pedant saying that a bunch of choristers isn't a chorus.)

[Cockney Sparrow]

Much enjoyed this BAL. I have the final choice, and the BBC MM cover disc BBCSO/Wigglesworth. I'll also listen to the Hickox on Naxos Music Library and the Fedoseyev on Google play music.