Andante. The Seven and a Half Hour Shift (From "Coal Face")

Simon Russell Beale, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & Martyn Brabbins

Britten on Film

48 SECONDS • APR 01 2012

Album tracklist

1

Title Music (From "Night Mail")

00:47

2

Percussion Sequence (From "Night Mail")

00:56

3

This Is the Night Mail Crossing the Border (From "Night Mail")

04:08

4

The Tocher Suite: I. Allegro brilliante

01:54

5

The Tocher Suite: II. Allegretto

02:21

6

The Tocher Suite: III. Allegretto

02:02

7

The Tocher Suite: IV. Bolero. Allegro moderato

02:01

8

The Tocher Suite: V. Allergro con brio

01:19

9

Allegro molto alla marcia (From "The King's Stamp")

00:39

10

Allegro. Opening Door (From "The King's Stamp")

02:21

11

Allegretto. Messenger Boy (From "The King's Stamp")

00:41

12

Lento ma non troppo. Entry to Lithograph Works (From "The King's Stamp")

01:47

13

Allegro moderato. Stamp Factory - Machine Starts (From "The King's Stamp")

02:48

14

Minuet. Andante lento (From "The King's Stamp")

00:56

15

Allegretto. Train Sequence (From "The King's Stamp")

01:37

16

Allegretto. Parliament - The Stamp Bill (From "The King's Stamp")

00:54

17

Allegro (From "The King's Stamp")

01:12

18

Allegro moderato alla marcia (From "The King's Stamp")

01:18

19

Allegro appassionato. Title Music (From "Negroes")

03:01

20

Allegro. In the Middle Ages (From "Negroes")

01:04

21

Allegro. Then the Portuguese and Spaniards (From "Negroes")

01:04

22

Allegro ritmico. At the Mouth of the Senegal (From "Negroes")

01:09

23

Andante con moto. To Sail from Africa to Jamaica (From "Negroes")

00:58

24

Andante lento. The More Advanced Thinkers in Europe (From "Negroes")

01:32

25

Andante con molto moto. Still at Their Accustomed Hour (From "Negroes")

03:27

26

Allegro ritmico. Coffee from the Blue Mountains (From "Negroes")

00:50

27

Allegro. Introduction (From "The Way to the Sea")

00:34

28

Andante maestoso. Romans (From "The Way to the Sea")

00:39

29

Andante maestoso. Alfred (From "The Way to the Sea")

00:48

30

Moderato. There Is, at This point of the Haven (From "The Way to the Sea")

01:28

31

Allegro. The Eighteenth Century (From "The Way to the Sea")

01:20

32

Allegro con fuoco. Nelson Has Gone (From "The Way to the Sea")

00:56

33

Lento e pesante. 169 Trains a Week (From "The Way to the Sea")

00:41

34

The Line Waits (From "The Way to the Sea")

02:56

35

Più lento. Here Is a Harbour (From "The Way to the Sea")

03:01

36

Slow. We Seek a Spectacle (From "The Way to the Sea")

01:16

37

Allegro molto - Alla marcia (From "The Way to the Sea")

01:54

38

02:30

39

Peace of Britain

01:31

40

Title Music (From "Men Behind the Meters")

00:22

41

Andantino. I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls (From "Men Behind the Meters")

01:33

42

Allegro moderato. 1935 Sequence (From "Men Behind the Meters")

01:17

43

Andante (From "Coal Face") [1]

00:40

44

A Sterile Landscape (From "Coal Face")

01:11

45

Andante. Coal Mining Is the Basic Industry of Britain (From "Coal Face")

00:42

46

Yorkshire and Landscape (From "Coal Face")

01:01

47

Moderato. The Temperature Often Reaches (From "Coal Face")

00:29

48

Andante. The Seven and a Half Hour Shift (From "Coal Face")

00:48

49

Ad libitum sempre. One Thirty A.M. (From "Coal Face")

00:50

50

Allegro ma non troppo. In Many Pits (From "Coal Face")

01:05

51

Allegro molto. The Shift Is Finished (From "Coal Face")

02:03

52

Making Up Coal Trains (From "Coal Face")

02:27

53

Allegro. Coal Mining Is the Basic Industry of Britain (From "Coal Face")

00:14

54

Andante (From "Coal Face") [2]

00:23

55

When You're Feeling Like Expressing Your Affection

00:54

56

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00:00

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Andante. The Seven and a Half Hour Shift (From "Coal Face")

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