Britten: Orchestral Music

Featuring

Neeme Järvi
Truls Mørk
Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt

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Composition History

Benjamin Britten composed a series of works for his close friend, the Russian master cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, with the Symphony for Cello and Orchestra being a prominent example.

Critical Reception

The 1945 premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera "Peter Grimes" was a major sensation in London, with the British public agreeing that England once again had a great opera composer.

Performer Biography

Truls Mork, the cellist on this recording, was the first Scandinavian to be a finalist and prize winner at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition in 1982.

Compositional Technique

Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" was innovative for its purely pedagogical structure, designed to verbally present instruments of the symphony orchestra.

Compositional Technique

The Four Sea-Interludes from Britten's opera "Peter Grimes" authentically depict the sea, a feat that few composers since the Impressionists had achieved.

Compositional Technique

In his Cello Symphony, Britten successfully made the cello stand out from the orchestra, a challenge that had baffled many other composers, possibly due to his experience composing for tenor voice.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Benjamin Britten, the composer of "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," aimed his work at a youthful audience, as he was passionately fond of children.