Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes) | Ariane Matiakh | WDR Symphony Orchestra

Benjamin Britten's "Four Sea Interludes" from the opera "Peter Grimes", played by the WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ariane Matiakh. Recorded live on 02.03.2023 at the WDR Funkhaus Cologne.
Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes", Op. 33a
00:00 I. Dawn
03:50 II. Sunday Morning
07:42 III. Moonlight
12:30 IV. Storm
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Ariane Matiakh, conductor
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[@theoldstro]

Wonderful performance of simply wonderful music.

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you!
We're glad that you like it 🤗

[@MegaVicar]

Bravo! Marvelous orchestra; nice textual clarity.

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! 🤗

[@HollyWeird-Stephen.]

Simply stunning! 🕊️

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you!

[@kenziekimble7479]

Great performance!! Big props to the principal horn doing this without an assistant; that is not easy on the face.

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! 😊

[@user-zq8ww5vq9o]

bravo!

[@WDRKlassik]

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[@1lavrentiberia]

Wundervolles Orchester, wie immer...liefert Qualitaet...aber warum nur 5 Kontrabaesse? ahhh...mindestens 8 muessten es sein;))

[@MegaVicar]

You're right, 5 basses are not enough but it can't be 8. Only odd numbers are allowed for double basses...everybody knows that. 😉

[@1lavrentiberia]

@@MegaVicar no, why? Why can't it be eight? the list of pieces requiring 8 and performances with 8 are endless...6 too....

[@MegaVicar]

It was a joke; that's why I put the face with a winking eye.

[@WDRKlassik]

😁

[@Mezzotenor]

Great playing, as usual, but I prefer hearing these interludes played without pauses. Some might argue that the players need a break between the sections, but professional orchestras routinely play pieces running more than 17 minutes, sometimes even symphonic or concerto movements of that length.

[@davidhume201]

Why?... these interludes come from very different moments in the opera.

[@Mezzotenor]

True, but check out recordings of the suite.

[@ianpunter4486]

​@@MezzotenorI have at least 5 recordings of the Four Sea Interludes, some with the Passacaglia, and I've never heard it called a 'suite', though that's a perfectly valid name for it. In none of them is the music played continuously.

[@ifIOnlyHadABrian]

Learn how to use music editing software... Then you can combine any parts together that you want. This is the 2020s... not the 1980s anymore...

[@pibbles-a-plenty1105]

I can hear the tuba but the basses are nigh impossible to hear. Recording engineers need to up their game.