by Benjamin Britten, Jacques Martin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard · Erato · CD · EAN 0745099813925
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«Présentation de l'orchestre : Variations et fugue sur un thème de Purcell, op. 34» brings together music by Benjamin Britten on CD, performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg conducted by Alain Lombard, with narration in French by Jacques Martin and released by Erato.
The programme introduces the instrument families of the orchestra through variations on a theme by Purcell. Its nine tracks include the orchestra tuning up, the theme, sections devoted to woodwind, strings, brass and percussion, and a final fugue.
This edition in the Erato junior collection has a total running time of 21 minutes and 13 seconds. The recording bears a phonographic copyright date of 1979.
For those wishing to discover the instruments of the orchestra through a musical presentation narrated in French.
