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composer
various composers
title
Rostropovich, Britten / Tchaikovsky
full list of composers
Britten, Benjamin, Tchaikovsky, Piotr
performers
Britten, Benjamin, English Chamber Orchestra, Rostropovitch, Mstislav
catalogue number
ICAD 5025
description
Introduced to Britten through Shostakovich, his teacher, Rostropovich formed a close partnership with the British composer – as evident here in their collaborative performances from the opening concert of the new Snape Maltings Concert Hall, which includes rare audiovisual footage of the Maltings before it was destroyed by fire in 1969 and rebuilt. Rostropovich’s Aldeburgh performance of Variations on a Rococo Theme displays him at the peak of his powers and is a wonderful example of his partnership with Britten, of whom this is rare conducting footage. The excerpts from Britten’s opera Gloriana (the contemporary poetic name for Elizabeth I), included as the bonus of this DVD, are a highly significant addition to the composer’s discography. While Britten conducted recordings of most of his operas on disc, Gloriana was not one of them, so this is the only hint we have of his approach to any of the score. The well-chosen sections, forming an unusual concert suite, include The Lute Song performed by Peter Pears. This is the first release of this material on DVD, and is available in time for the Britten centenary in 2013.
format
DVD x 1
label
ICA Classics
release date
10/27/12
EAN / barcode
5060244550254
PLN 89.00
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