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    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    1854 songs
    Total 171 albums
    Rattle Conducts Britten Album Cover

    Rattle Conducts Britten

    2000
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    An American Overture10:31
    Ballad of Heroes for High Voice, Chorus and Orchestra, op. 14: I.5:39
    Ballad of Heroes for High Voice, Chorus and Orchestra, op. 14: II.4:23
    Ballad of Heroes for High Voice, Chorus and Orchestra, op. 14: III.6:16
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: I. Theme1:18
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: II. Variation 1: Recitative1:38
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: III. Variation 2: Romance1:20
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: IV. Variation 3: March1:14
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: V. Variation 4: Arabesque1:50
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: VI. Variation 5: Chant1:47
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: VII. Variation 6: Nocturne2:00
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: VIII. Variation 7: Badinerie1:20
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: IX. Variation 8: Burlesque1:36
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: X. Variation 9a: Toccata 1 - Variation 9b: Toccata 22:48
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: XI. Variation 10: Adagio4:00
    Diversions for Piano Left-hand and Orchestra, op. 21: XII. Finale: Tarantella2:33
    Overture for Chorus and Orchestra, op. 79 "The Building of the House"5:02
    "Praise We Great Men" for Voices, Chorus and Orchestra: I.3:26
    "Praise We Great Men" for Voices, Chorus and Orchestra: II.2:22
    "Praise We Great Men" for Voices, Chorus and Orchestra: III.1:20
    Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was), op. 90. I. Cakes and Ale2:32
    Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was), op. 90. II. The Bitter Withy2:56
    Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was), op. 90. III. Hankin Booby2:30
    Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was), op. 90. IV. Hunt the Squirrel1:18
    Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was), op. 90. V. Lord Melbourne5:29
    Disc 2
    Canadian Carnival, op. 1914:07
    "Young Apollo" for Piano, String Quartet, and Strings, op. 167:37
    4 Chansons Françaises for Voice and Orchestra: I. Nuits de juin (Lento e molto rubato)2:50
    4 Chansons Françaises for Voice and Orchestra: I. Sagesse (Lento Ma Non Troppo)2:49
    4 Chansons Françaises for Voice and Orchestra: I. L'Enfance (Animato)4:31
    4 Chansons Françaises for Voice and Orchestra: I. Chanson d'automne (Moderato con molto ma sempre colla voce)2:30
    Scottish Ballad for 2 Pianos and Orchestra, op. 2615:23
    Occasional Overture in C major, op. 387:18
    Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: I. Lacrymosa8:39
    Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: II. Dies irae5:22
    Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam6:27
    Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra / Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Album Cover

    Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra / Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

    1987
    TitleListen
    Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra: I. Assai lento - Allegro molto13:01
    Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra: II. Lento, ma non troppo6:44
    Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra: III Allegro non troppo6:19
    Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion: I. Assai lento - Allegro molto13:11
    Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion: II. Lento, ma non troppo6:43
    Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion: III. Allegro non troppo6:07
    Schoenberg: 5 Orchesterstücke, op. 16 / Webern: 6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6 / Berg: Lulu-Suite Album Cover

    Schoenberg: 5 Orchesterstücke, op. 16 / Webern: 6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6 / Berg: Lulu-Suite

    1989
    TitleListen
    5 Orchesterstücke, op. 16: I. Vorgefühle, sehr rasch2:22
    5 Orchesterstücke, op. 16: II. Vergangenes, mässige Viertel5:54
    5 Orchesterstücke, op. 16: III. Farben, mäßige Viertel4:13
    5 Orchesterstücke, op.16: IV. Peripetie, sehr rasch2:32
    5 Orchesterstücke, op. 16: V. Das obligate Rezitativ, bewegte Achtel3:41
    6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6: I. Langsam1:04
    6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6: II. Bewegt1:33
    6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6: III. Mäßig0:55
    6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6: IV. Sehr mäßig4:24
    6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6: V. Sehr langsam2:43
    6 Orchesterstücke, op. 6: VI. Langsam1:56
    Lulu-Suite: I. Rondo, Andante und Hymne14:50
    Lulu-Suite: II. Ostinato, Allegro3:51
    Lulu-Suite: III. Lied der Lulu, Comodo3:01
    Lulu-Suite: IV. Variationen, Moderato3:23
    Lulu-Suite: V. Adagio9:06
    Exodus Album Cover

    Exodus

    2003
    TitleListen
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: I17:18
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II12:07
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: III5:26
    Aditus9:16
    Exodus16:59
    Britten: Cello Symphony / Elgar: Cello Concerto Album Cover

    Britten: Cello Symphony / Elgar: Cello Concerto

    1999
    TitleListen
    Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato8:27
    Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: II. Lento - Allegro molto4:34
    Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: III. Adagio5:06
    Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85: IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non troppo11:04
    Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: I. Allegro maestoso13:12
    Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: II. Presto inquieto4:05
    Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: III. Adagio - Cadenza11:01
    Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68: IV. Passacaglia - Andante allegro7:31
    Daphnis et Chloé / Boléro Album Cover

    Daphnis et Chloé / Boléro

    2002
    TitleListen
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. Introduction et Danse religieuse8:20
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. Les jeunes filles3:15
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. Danse grotesque de Dorcon1:45
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. Danse légère et gracieuse de Daphnis2:57
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. Tous invitent Daphnis à recevoir la récompense / Danse de Lyceion3:29
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. L'on perçoit des bruits d'armes, des cries de guerre qui se rapprochent / Fou de désespoir, il maudit les divinités qui n'ont su protéger la jeune fille Chloé et tombe évanoui, à l'entrée de la grotte1:46
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. Une lumière iréelle enveloppe le paysage / Danse lente et mystérieuse / Elles invoquent le dieu Pan / Daphnis se prosterne suppliant. Tout s'éteint5:29
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part I. Interlude6:19
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part II. Bryaxis ordonne d'amener la captive. Chloé est traînée par deux pirates / Danse suppliante de Chloé4:02
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part II. Bryaxis veut l'entraîner / Le chef l'emporte, triomphant / Soudain l'atmosphère semble chargée d'éléments insolites / La terre s'entr'ouvre. Formidable, l'ombre de Pan se profile sur les montagnes du fond. Tous fuient éperdus2:42
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part III. Lever du jour5:26
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part III. Le vieux berger Lammon explique que, si Pan a suavé Chloé / Daphnis et Chloé miment l'aventure de Pan et de Syrinx6:51
    Daphnis et Chloé: Part III. Devant l'autel des Nymphes, il jure sa foi sur deux brebis / Entre un groupe de jeunes filles costumées en bacchantes / Daphnis et Chloé s'enlacent tendrement / Joyeux tumulte / Danse générale5:05
    Boléro16:08
    Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony no. 1 Album Cover

    Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony no. 1

    1998
    TitleListen
    Symphony no. 1 in B-flat minor: I: Allegro assai14:23
    Symphony no. 1 in B-flat minor: II: Presto, con malizia6:04
    Symphony no. 1 in B-flat minor: III: Andante con malinconia11:11
    Symphony no. 1 in B-flat minor: IV: Maestoso - Brioso ed ardentemente - Vivacissimo - Maestoso12:26
    Belshazzar's Feast: Thus Spake Isaiah10:39
    Belshazzar's Feast: Babylon Was a Great City8:59
    Belshazzar's Feast: Thus in Babylon, the Mighty City3:11
    Belshazzar's Feast: And in That Same Hour as They Feasted1:45
    Belshazzar's Feast: Then Sing Aloud to God Our Strength: Lento - Allegro giocoso5:54
    Belshazzar's Feast: Then Sing Aloud to God Our Strength: Allegro3:53
    Król Roger / Symphony no. 4 (Sinfonia concertante) Album Cover

    Król Roger / Symphony no. 4 (Sinfonia concertante)

    1999
    TitleListen
    Disc 1
    Król Roger: Act I. "Hagios! Hagios!"2:41
    Król Roger: Act I. "Boże pobłogosław Panie praodwieczny"2:28
    Król Roger: Act I. "Czyś słyszał?"4:23
    Król Roger: Act I. "Oto bluźnierca!"1:20
    Król Roger: Act I. "Mój Bóg jest piękny jako ja"4:18
    Król Roger: Act I. "W jego uśmiechu!"3:55
    Król Roger: Act I. "Niech odejdzie Pasterz"5:37
    Król Roger: Act II. (Orchestra)1:56
    Król Roger: Act II. "Niepokój bladych gwiazd"5:22
    Król Roger: Act II. "A ...!...Roksana! Jej śpiew!"4:18
    Król Roger: Act II. "Ktoś mglisty przeszedł między strażą!"1:14
    Król Roger: Act II. "O przychodzę sam, jako kazałeś, Królu"5:04
    Król Roger: Act II. "A ...! Uśpij swój lęk i gniew, Rogerze!"3:05
    Król Roger: Act II. "Tajemnych głębin życia żar wszechmocną"2:37
    Król Roger: Act II. Dance of the Shepherd's followers1:43
    Król Roger: Act II. Roxana's Entrance. "A...! W radosnym tańcu"2:09
    Król Roger: Act II. "Kto śmie mój czar łańcuchem pętać rabów?"2:15
    Król Roger: Act II. "Słuchajcie ... W ciszy nocy, słuchajcie"5:34
    Król Roger: Appendix (Roxana's Aria With Concert Ending). "A ...!...Roksana! Jej śpiew!"4:49
    Disc 2
    Król Roger: Act III. (Orchestra)1:57
    Król Roger: Act III. "Wokół martwota głazów"4:36
    Król Roger: Act III. "Rogerze! Rogerze!"1:34
    Król Roger: Act III. "Na sąd, na sąd staw się Królu"5:46
    Król Roger: Act III. "Syć ofiarny"4:19
    Król Roger: Act III. "Edrisi, już świt!"1:36
    Król Roger: Act III. "Słońce! Słońce! Edrisi!"2:36
    Symphony no. 4 "Symphonie Concertante", op. 60: I. Moderato - Tempo comodo9:51
    Symphony no. 4 "Symphonie Concertante", op. 60: II. Andante molto sostenuto8:16
    Symphony no. 4 "Symphonie Concertante", op. 60: III. Allegro non troppo, ma agitato ed ansioso6:31
    Violin Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / 3 Paganini caprices / Romance Album Cover

    Violin Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / 3 Paganini caprices / Romance

    1996
    TitleListen
    Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 35: I. Vivace assai11:43
    Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 35: II. Vivace scherzando8:36
    Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 35: III. Cadenza5:11
    Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61: I. Moderato11:28
    Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61: II. Allegramente3:51
    Violin Concerto no. 2, op. 61: III. Andantino5:47
    Paganini Caprice in D major, op. 40 no. 13:04
    Paganini Caprice in E major, op. 40 no. 22:25
    Paganini Caprice in A minor, op. 40 no. 36:56
    Romance in D major, op. 235:58
    Le Sacre du printemps / Apollo Album Cover

    Le Sacre du printemps / Apollo

    1989
    TitleListen
    Apollo: Premiere Tableau (prologue). Naissance d'Apollon5:13
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Variation d'Apollon (Apollon et les Muses)2:59
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Pas d'action (Apollon et les Muses: Calliope, Polymnie et Terpsichore)4:15
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Variation de Calliope (L'Alexandrin)1:25
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Variation de Polymnie1:12
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Variation de Tepsichore1:39
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Variation d'Apollon2:35
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Pas de deux (Apollon et Terpsichore)3:50
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Coda (Apollon et les Muses)3:25
    Apollo: Second Tableau. Apothéose3:31
    Le Sacre du printemps: Première Partie: L'adoration de la terre. Introduction - Les augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes - Jeu du rapt8:01
    Le Sacre du printemps: Première Partie: L'adoration de la terre. Ronder printanières - Jeux des cités rivales - Cortège du sage6:15
    Le Sacre du printemps: Première Partie: L'adoration de la terre. Le sage - Danse de la terre1:39
    Le Sacre du printemps: Première Partie: L'adoration de la terre. Introduction4:26
    Le Sacre du printemps: Première Partie: L'adoration de la terre. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes3:27
    Le Sacre du printemps: Première Partie: L'adoration de la terre. Glorification de l'èlue - Évocation des ancêtres - Action rituelle des ancêtres6:03
    Le Sacre du printemps: Première Partie: L'adoration de la terre. Danse sacrale (L'èlue)5:01

    Symphonies nos. 4 & 6

    1991
    TitleListen
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, Op. 63: I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio10:53
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, Op. 63: II. Allegro molto vivace4:47
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, Op. 63: III. Il tempo largo11:45
    Symphony no. 4 in A minor, Op. 63: IV. Allegro10:16
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro molto moderato9:08
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op. 104: II. Allegretto moderato6:18
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op. 104: III. Poco vivace3:48
    Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op. 104: IV. Allegro molto10:25
    Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Drei Intermezzi, op. 117 Album Cover

    Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Drei Intermezzi, op. 117

    1998
    TitleListen
    Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, op. 15: I. Maestoso22:49
    Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, op. 15: II. Adagio14:08
    Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo12:05
    Drei Intermezzi, op. 117: I. Andante moderato5:18
    Drei Intermezzi, op. 117: II. Andante non troppo e con molta espressione4:07
    Drei Intermezzi, op. 117: III. Andante con moto5:44