| Diversions, op.21 (1940;rev.'54) | 23' |
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For orchestra 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2.asax(opt).2.dbn-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2)-harp-strings Ron Theile/Oakland Ballet |
| Four Sea Interludes, op.33a (1945) | 17' |
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For orchestra 2(=picc).2.2(II=Ebcl).2.dbn-4.2.Dtpt.3.1-timp.perc(2):SD/BD/cyms/gong/xyl/bells/tamb-harp-strings Paul Abrahamson/Pittsburgh Ballet - "Sojourn" Graeme Murphy/Sydney Dance Co - "Some Rooms" |
| Illuminations, Les, op.18 (1939) | 21' |
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For orchestra Frederick Ashton/New York City Ballet - "Illuminations" Anthony Sterago/Osnabruck - "Bewegungen der Zeit" |
| Prelude and Fugue, op.29 (1943) | 24' |
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For orchestra strings(6.4.3.3.2) Richard Alston/Rambert Dance - "Sad Eyes" |
| Prince of the Pagodas. | 125' |
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Ballet for orchestra 2.picc.2.corA.2.Ebcl.asax.3-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(6)-harp-pft-cel-strings Ballet in 3 acts. Britten's only full-length dance work, first choreographed by John Cranko in 1957. New and successful choreography by Kenneth MacMillan for Royal Ballet in London in 1989, which can be seen on a Teldec video. Acclaimed recordings by the composer on Decca and by Oliver Knussen on Virgin. |
| Scottish Ballad, op.26 (1941) | 13' |
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For orchestra 2(II=picc).2.2.2.dbn(opt)-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(2):cyms/tamb/tam-t/whip/SD/BD-harp-strings David Bintley/Sadler's Wells RB - "Flowers of the Forest" |
| Serenade, op.31 (1943) | 24' |
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For orchestra Graham Lustig - "Evening" |
| Sinfonia da Requiem | 20' |
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For orchestra 3(III=picc,afl(opt)).2.corA.3(II=Ebcl;III=bcl).asax(opt).2.dbn-6(V,VIopt).3.3.1-timp.perc(4):BD/cyms/SD/tamb/whip/xyl-harp(2)(IIopt)-pno-strings Jiri Kylian/Stuttgart Ballet - "Forgotten Land" Ray Barra/Washington Ballet - "Those Summoned" |
| Sinfonia da Requiem with Serenade | 44' |
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For orchestra Glen Tetley/Royal Ballet, Covent Garden - "Dances of Albion" |
| Six Metamorphoses | 13' |
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For orchestra Robert Cohan/London Contemporary Dance Theatre - "Metamorphoses" |
| Suite de Caballos de Vapor Horsepower Suite | 25' |
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Ballet for orchestra 2.picc.2.corA.2.Ebcl.bcl.ssax(ad lib).tsax(ad lib).3(III=dbn)-4.3.1-timp.perc(3)-strings Chavez's ballet-symphony was written in 1926 in collaboration with artist Diego Rivera. The scenario explored the effects of the industrial machine age on the life of Mexico. Though the full ballet is infrequently performed, the suite is popular as a concert work and can be choreographed in its own right. |
| Variations on Theme of Frank Bridge | 25' |
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For orchestra Frederick Ashton/Ballet de Paris - "Le Rêve de Leonor" Lew Christensen/San Francisco Ballet - "Jinx" |
| Young Person's Guide to the Orch | 17' |
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For orchestra 2.picc.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(3)-harp-stings Jerome Robbins/New York City Ballet - "Fanfare" Gerard Charles/Milwaukee Ballet - "Maestro" |