Britten on Film
by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Simon Russell Beale, Mary Carewe, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Choir of King Edward's School and Martyn Brabbinslabel: NMC
File Album
released: 12 Mar 2007barcode: 5023363011228
cat no: NMC D112
| © | 2007 NMC Recordings Ltd |
| ℗ | 2007 NMC Recordings Ltd |
Track listing
| 01 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Night Mail: Title Music | 47s |
| 02 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Night Mail: Percussion Sequence | 55s |
| 03 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Night Mail: End Sequence | 4m 10s |
| 04 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): I Allegro brillante | 1m 53s |
| 05 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): II Allegretto | 2m 20s |
| 06 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): III Allegretto | 2m 1s |
| 07 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): IV Bolero: Allegro moderato | 2m 0s |
| 08 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): V Allegro con brio | 1m 23s |
| 09 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Part One: Allegro molto alla marcia | 38s |
| 10 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro: 'Opening door' | 2m 20s |
| 11 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegretto: 'Messenger Boy' | 40s |
| 12 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Lento ma non troppo: 'Entry to lithograph eworks' | 1m 46s |
| 13 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro moderato: 'Stamp factory - machine starts' | 2m 48s |
| 14 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Part Two: Minuet - Andante lento | 56s |
| 15 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegretto: 'Train Sequence' | 1m 37s |
| 16 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegretto: 'Parliament - The Stamp Bill' | 53s |
| 17 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro | 1m 12s |
| 18 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro moderato alla marcia | 1m 22s |
| 19 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: Allegro appassionato: Title Music | 3m 1s |
| 20 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: I - Allegro: 'In the middle ages' | 1m 4s |
| 21 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: II - Allegro: 'Then the Portuguese and Spaniards' | 1m 4s |
| 22 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: III - Allegro ritmico: 'At the mouth of the Senegal' | 1m 8s |
| 23 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: IV - Andante con moto: To sail from Africa to Jamaica" | 58s |
| 24 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: V - Andante lento: "The more advanced thinkers in Europe" | 1m 32s |
| 25 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: VI - Andante con molto moto: "Still at their accustomed hour" | 3m 26s |
| 26 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: VII - Allegro ritmico: "Coffee from the Blue Mountains" | 55s |
| 27 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro: Introduction | 33s |
| 28 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Andante maestoso: Romans | 39s |
| 29 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Andante maestoso: Alfred | 48s |
| 30 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Moderato: "There, is at this point of the haven" | 1m 27s |
| 31 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro: "The eighteenth century" | 1m 19s |
| 32 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro con fuoco: "Nelson has gone" | 56s |
| 33 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Lento e pesante: "169 trains a week" | 41s |
| 34 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: "The line waits" | 2m 56s |
| 35 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Piu lento: "Here is a hrbour" | 3m 0s |
| 36 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Slow: "We seek a spectacle" | 1m 16s |
| 37 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro molto - alla marcia | 1m 54s |
| 38 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Telegrams | 2m 34s |
| 39 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Peace of Britain | 1m 32s |
| 40 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Men Behind the Meters: Title music | 22s |
| 41 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Men Behind the Meters: Andantino: "I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls" | 1m 34s |
| 42 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Men Behind the Meters: Allegro moderato: 1935 Sequence | 1m 20s |
| 43 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: I - Andante: | 39s |
| 44 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: II - "A sterile landscape" | 1m 10s |
| 45 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: III - Andante: "Coal mining is the basic industry of Britain" | 42s |
| 46 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: IV - "Yorkshire and Lancashire" | 1m 1s |
| 47 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: V - Moderato: "The temperature often reaches" | 28s |
| 48 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: VI - Andante: "The seven and a half hour shift" | 47s |
| 49 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Mike Flower, whistler/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: VII - Ad libitum sempre: "One thirty a.m." | 50s |
| 50 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: VIII - Allegro ma non troppo: "In many pits" | 1m 4s |
| 51 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: IX - Allegro molto: "The shift is finished" | 2m 3s |
| 52 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: X - "Making up coal trains" | 2m 26s |
| 53 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: XI - Allegro: "Coal mining is the basic industry of Britain" | 14s |
| 54 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: XII - Andante: | 28s |
| 55 | Mary Carewe, soprano/ Malcolm Wilson, piano - When you're feeling like expressing your affection | 53s |
File Album
released: 12 Mar 2007barcode: 5060084078819
cat no: NMC D112X
| © | 2007 NMC Recordings Ltd |
| ℗ | 2007 NMC Recordings Ltd |
Track listing
| 01 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Night Mail: Title Music | 47s |
| 02 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Night Mail: Percussion Sequence | 55s |
| 03 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Night Mail: End Sequence | 4m 10s |
| 04 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): I Allegro brillante | 1m 53s |
| 05 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): II Allegretto | 2m 20s |
| 06 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): III Allegretto | 2m 1s |
| 07 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): IV Bolero: Allegro moderato | 2m 0s |
| 08 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Tocher (Rossini Suite): V Allegro con brio | 1m 23s |
| 09 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Part One: Allegro molto alla marcia | 38s |
| 10 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro: 'Opening door' | 2m 20s |
| 11 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegretto: 'Messenger Boy' | 40s |
| 12 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Lento ma non troppo: 'Entry to lithograph eworks' | 1m 46s |
| 13 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro moderato: 'Stamp factory - machine starts' | 2m 48s |
| 14 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Part Two: Minuet - Andante lento | 56s |
| 15 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegretto: 'Train Sequence' | 1m 37s |
| 16 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegretto: 'Parliament - The Stamp Bill' | 53s |
| 17 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro | 1m 12s |
| 18 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The King's Stamp: Allegro moderato alla marcia | 1m 22s |
| 19 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: Allegro appassionato: Title Music | 3m 1s |
| 20 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: I - Allegro: 'In the middle ages' | 1m 4s |
| 21 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: II - Allegro: 'Then the Portuguese and Spaniards' | 1m 4s |
| 22 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: III - Allegro ritmico: 'At the mouth of the Senegal' | 1m 8s |
| 23 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: IV - Andante con moto: To sail from Africa to Jamaica" | 58s |
| 24 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: V - Andante lento: "The more advanced thinkers in Europe" | 1m 32s |
| 25 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: VI - Andante con molto moto: "Still at their accustomed hour" | 3m 26s |
| 26 | BCMG/ Mary Carewe, soprano/ Daniel Auchincloss, tenor/ Adam Green, baritone/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Negroes: VII - Allegro ritmico: "Coffee from the Blue Mountains" | 55s |
| 27 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro: Introduction | 33s |
| 28 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Andante maestoso: Romans | 39s |
| 29 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Andante maestoso: Alfred | 48s |
| 30 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Moderato: "There, is at this point of the haven" | 1m 27s |
| 31 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro: "The eighteenth century" | 1m 19s |
| 32 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro con fuoco: "Nelson has gone" | 56s |
| 33 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Lento e pesante: "169 trains a week" | 41s |
| 34 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: "The line waits" | 2m 56s |
| 35 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Piu lento: "Here is a hrbour" | 3m 0s |
| 36 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Slow: "We seek a spectacle" | 1m 16s |
| 37 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - The Way to the Sea: Allegro molto - alla marcia | 1m 54s |
| 38 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Choir of King Edward's School / Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Telegrams | 2m 34s |
| 39 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Peace of Britain | 1m 32s |
| 40 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Men Behind the Meters: Title music | 22s |
| 41 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Men Behind the Meters: Andantino: "I Dreamt that I Dwelt in Marble Halls" | 1m 34s |
| 42 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Men Behind the Meters: Allegro moderato: 1935 Sequence | 1m 20s |
| 43 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: I - Andante: | 39s |
| 44 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: II - "A sterile landscape" | 1m 10s |
| 45 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: III - Andante: "Coal mining is the basic industry of Britain" | 42s |
| 46 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: IV - "Yorkshire and Lancashire" | 1m 1s |
| 47 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: V - Moderato: "The temperature often reaches" | 28s |
| 48 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: VI - Andante: "The seven and a half hour shift" | 47s |
| 49 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Mike Flower, whistler/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: VII - Ad libitum sempre: "One thirty a.m." | 50s |
| 50 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: VIII - Allegro ma non troppo: "In many pits" | 1m 4s |
| 51 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: IX - Allegro molto: "The shift is finished" | 2m 3s |
| 52 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: X - "Making up coal trains" | 2m 26s |
| 53 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: XI - Allegro: "Coal mining is the basic industry of Britain" | 14s |
| 54 | BCMG/ Simon Russell Beale, narrator/ City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Coal Face: XII - Andante: | 28s |
| 55 | Mary Carewe, soprano/ Malcolm Wilson, piano - When you're feeling like expressing your affection | 53s |
| 56 | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Martyn Brabbins, conductor - Around the Village Green (Irish Reel) (Exclusive Track) | 2m 27s |