Benjamin Britten
Twelve Variations
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Benjamin Britten
Twelve Variations
- Instrumentation Piano
- Composer Benjamin Britten
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- Edition Sheet Music Download
- Publisher Faber Music
- Order no. FABDL34642-DL
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Description:
Britten composed this engaging set of Twelve Variations during his first year at the Royal College of Music, London in 1931, shortly before beginning work on his String Quartet in D Major. Like that quartet, it belongs to the collection of fascinating pieces that were not unearthed and published until much later – in this case 1986, when Murray Perahia performed the Variations at the Aldeburgh Festival. ‘A happy combination of Britten's lyricism with a somewhat Hindemithian neoclassicism...an eminently satisfying traversal of textures and moods, from rugged fanfares to the most delicate melisma, while retaining an engaging, effortless-seeming modesty and sweetness.' American Record Guide, November/December 1991