1:Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34
2:Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, Op. 4: 1. Boisterous Bourree
3:Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, Op. 4: 2. Playful Pizzicato
4:Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, Op. 4: 3. Sentimental Saraband
5:Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, Op. 4: 4. Frolicsome Finale
6:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Introduction and Theme
7:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 1: Adagio
8:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 2: March
9:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 3: Romance
10:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 4: Aria Italiana
11:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 5: Bourree classique
12:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer
13:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 7: Moto perpetuo
14:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 8: Funeral March
15:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 9: Chant
16:Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: Variation 10: Fugue and Finale
这张唱片中,作曲家指挥他21岁时所作的《简朴交响曲》,就是非常的吸引人,其中“嬉戏的拨奏”中产生-的那种透明感、空间感,使人喜爱之至。不过更令人倾心的是“多情的萨拉班德舞曲”那种充满柔情和忧伤的旋律。
同样是为弦乐队而作。如果说《简朴交响曲》是清莹透剔,《法兰克·布里奇主题变奏曲》简直是光怪陆离不可名状,难怪当初布里顿自己在创作中,也被其中的弦乐形形色色的特征所深深吸引,这是历来弦乐曲作品中不可多得的精品。
《青少年管弦乐指南》这样分别由各种乐器的变奏方式,将一个主题“拆卸”与“重装”似近乎“天衣无缝”而整体感十足的“演示”, 岂止是让人得到一些纯“技巧”方面的享受而已,作品独特的音乐效果就足以使我们感叹不已!对于布里顿的“锦心绣口”,你就是不能不有那么些佩服。