BRITTEN: SPRING SYMPHONY; FOUR SEA INTERLUDES - BRITTEN, ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, I MUSICI

Britten: Simple Symphony ; Spring Symphony; Four Sea InterludesRoyal Opera HouseOrchestra / BrittenI Musici / Felix Ayo (Spring Sym) “confirmed in my admiration by this, both technically and musically among the best things the gramophone has given us. The music is not difficult for any open-minded listener to enjoy…filled with the composer’s ecstatic response to the manifold beauties of springtime, of innocence and eager youth… Such a performance, and such a recording, were worth waiting for” ...(Four Sea Interludes) “evokes the very different moods of the Sea Interludes intensely and atmospherically”(Gramophone) “Memorable as it is joyous” (Penguin Guide) Simple Symphony Op.4I Musici directed by Felix Ayo Rec.1959[1] I. Boisterous Bourée 2.31 [3] III. Sentimental Sarabande 7.20[2] II. Playful Pizzicato 3.12 [4] IV. Frolicsome Finale 2.47 Peter Grimes – Four Sea InterludesRoyal Opera House Orchestra conducted Benjamin Britten Rec.1958[5] Dawn 3.35 [7] Moonlight 4.20[6] Sunday Morni