Artist: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Phaedra, The Rape Of Lucretia, Turn Of The Screw, Death In Venice, Gloriana
Title Of Album: Britten conducts Britten vol.2 - Operas II
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: Decca / Universal
Genre: Classical, Opera
Quality: FLAC (*tracks + .cue,log,covers)/MP3 320 kbps
Total Time: 11:06:46 min
Total Size: 2,54 Gb/1,52 Gb
This second volume completes Decca's compact reissue of Britten conducting his own operas. As with the first volume, it is a self-recommending testament to the synergy of Britten's talents as a composer and conductor, and his continuing preeminence as a recorded interpreter of his own music. Because Britten never completed recordings of his Death in Venice and Gloriana, Decca has wisely included the recordings made by Steuart Bedford (Death in Venice) and Charles Mackerras (Gloriana) for the sake of completeness. Only Gloriana seems out of place, and then only because it was recorded more than 20 years after any other work in the collection and therefore has far better sound. As is the case with Volume I, every performance here can be considered definitive in its dramatic and musical conception, though not necessarily preferable to all listeners: those who want warmer sound quality and more uniformly beautiful singing might gravitate toward newer performances, especially for the popular works like A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Turn of the Screw, which have received multiple recordings in the digital era. But if dramatic effectiveness, textual clarity, and sharpness of characterization are tops on your list (and it's hard not to put them there when considering Britten's operas), these recordings remain unsurpassed. The achievement represented here is easiest to understand when one considers the absence of any printed texts or libretti -- and the fact that you don't need them. Britten lays each word, each phrase, and ultimately each entire work in your lap and leaves it for you to enjoy.
CD1-2: London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
CD3-4: English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford ('Phaedra'), Benjamin Britten
CD5-6: English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
CD7-8: Members of the English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
CD9-10: Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, sir Charles Mackerras
CDs
CD1-2 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
CD3 - Phaedra & The Rape Of Lucretia
CD4 - The Rape Of Lucretia
CD5-6 - Turn Of The Screw
CD7-8 - Death In Venice
CD9-10 - Gloriana
Tracklist:
1:
01. Introduction ... Over Hill, Over Dale (04:04)
02. Oberon Is Passing (03:06)
03. Well, Go Thy Way (03:24)
04. How Now, My Love? (04:32)
05. Be It On Lion, Bear Or Wolf (03:40)
06. Welcome Wanderer! (04:30)
07. Is All Our Company Here? (07:36)
08. Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring In The Wood (02:41)
09. Through The Forest Have I Gone (01:45)
10. Stay, Tho' Thou Kill Me (05:14)
11. Come, Now A Roundel, And A Fairy Song (01:58)
12. You Spotted Snakes (02:14)
13. What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake (01:46)
14. Introduction (03:19)
15. Are We All Met? (07:36)
16. I See Their Knavery (03:05)
17. Be Kind And Courteous To This Gentleman (01:16)
18. Hail, Mortal, Hail! (05:14)
19. I Have A Reas'nable Good Ear In Music (03:39)
20. How Now, Mad Spirit (03:05)
2:
01. Flower Of This Purple Dye (06:32)
02. Puppet? Why So? (03:04)
03. This Is Thy Negligence (02:09)
04. Up And Down (06:02)
05. On The Ground, Sleep Sound (03:04)
06. Scene 1 - Introduction ... My Gentle Robin (07:07)
07. Scene 1 - Helena! - Hermia! - Demetrius! - Lysander! (04:46)
08. Scene 1 - When My Cue Comes, Call Me (03:37)
09. Scene 1 - Have You Sent To Bottom's House? (03:09)
10. Scene 2 - Orchestra March ... Now, Fair Hippolyta (07:24)
11. Scene 2 - If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will (01:20)
12. Scene 2 - Gentles, Perchance You Wonder (01:16)
13. Scene 2 - In This Same Interlude (01:10)
14. Scene 2 - O Grim-Look'd Night (01:51)
15. Scene 2 - O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans (02:30)
16. Scene 2 - You Ladies, You (00:46)
17. Scene 2 - This Lanthorn Doth The Horned Moon Present (01:50)
18. Scene 2 - Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee For Thy Sunny Beams (01:52)
19. Scene 2 - Asleep, My Love? (02:32)
20. Scene 2 - Come, Your Bergomask (02:46)
21. Scene 2 - Now The Hungry Lion Roars (05:03)
3:
01. In May, In Brilliant Athens (06:37)
02. O Gods Of Wrath (02:50)
03. My Time's Too Short; Your Highness (05:55)
04. Scene 1 - Rome Is Now Ruled By The Etruscan Upstart (02:38)
05. Scene 1 - It Is An Axiom Among Kings (02:33)
06. Scene 1 - Here The Thirsty Evening Has Drunk The Wine Of Light (02:51)
07. Scene 1 - Who Reaches Heaven First Is The Best Philosopher (02:32)
08. Scene 1 - Maria Was Unmasked (04:13)
09. Scene 1 - Collatinus Is Politically Astute (04:29)
10. Scene 1 - There Goes A Happy Man! (04:14)
11. Scene 1 - Tarquinius Does Not Dare (02:26)
12. Scene 1 - My Horse! My Horse! (03:06)
13. Scene 2 - Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds Dreams (05:19)
14. Scene 2 - Listen! I Heard A Knock (02:34)
15. Scene 2 - Time Treads Upon The Hands Of Women (03:42)
16. Scene 2 - The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep (07:36)
4:
01. Scene 1 - The Prosperity Of The Etruscans (07:19)
02. Scene 1 - She Sleeps As A Rose (05:25)
03. Scene 1 - Within This Frail Crucible Of Light (04:25)
04. Scene 1 - Lucretia! (05:57)
05. Interlude: Here In This Scene You See Virtue Assailed By Sin (04:06)
06. Scene 2 - Oh! What A Lovely Day! (04:26)
07. Scene 2 - We'll Leave The Orchids (04:59)
08. Scene 2 - Flowers Bring To Every Year The Same Perfection (03:24)
09. Scene 2 - You Were Right (03:51)
10. Scene 2 - Lucretia! Lucretia! (02:57)
11. Scene 2 - Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me (03:29)
12. Scene 2 - This Dead Hand (04:08)
13. Epilogue: Is That All? (05:20)
5:
01. Prologue (02:48)
02. Theme: The Journey (03:25)
03. Variation I: The Welcome (04:08)
04. Variation II: The Letter (03:51)
05. Variation III: The Tower (05:49)
06. Variation IV: The Window (09:59)
07. Variation V: The Lesson (04:44)
08. Variation VI: The Lake (06:37)
09. Variation VII: At Night (10:44)
6:
01. Variation VIII: Colloquy And Soliloquy (08:36)
02. Variation IX: The Bells (08:30)
03. Variation X: Miss Jessel (06:20)
04. Variation XI: The Bedroom (05:57)
05. Variation XII: Quint (02:06)
06. Variation XIII: The Piano (04:51)
07. Variation XIV: Flora (04:54)
08. Variation XV: Miles (11:43)
7:
01. Scene 1: Munich - My Mind Beats On And No Words Come (04:56)
02. Scene 1: Munich - Who's That? A Foreigner (04:53)
03. Scene 2: On The Boat To Venice - Hey There, Hey There, You! (03:47)
04. Scene 2: On The Boat To Venice - Serenissima, Serenissima (02:55)
05. Scene 2: On The Boat To Venice - Overture: Venice (02:35)
06. Scene 3: The Journey To The Lido - Ah Serenissima! (05:20)
07. Scene 3: The Journey To The Lido - Mysterious Gondola (01:41)
08. Scene 4: The First Evening At The Hotel - We Are Delighted To Greet The Signore (04:08)
09. Scene 4: The First Evening At The Hotel - Was I Wrong To Come (06:13)
10. Scene 4: The First Evening At The Hotel - There Is Indeed In Every Artist's Nature (02:40)
11. Scene 5: On The Beach - Adziù! Adziù! (10:04)
12. Scene 6: The Foiled Departure - Aou'! Stagando, Aou'! (04:51)
13. Scene 6: The Foiled Departure - Naturally, Signore, I Understand (07:55)
14. Scene 7: The Games Of Apollo - Here I Will Stay (09:43)
8:
01. Scene 7: The Games Of Apollo - First The Race (05:07)
02. Scene 7: The Games Of Apollo - The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me (04:17)
03. So It Has Come To This (04:38)
04. Scene 8: The Hotel Barber's Shop (i) - Guardate, Signore! (02:20)
05. Scene 9: The Pursuit - Do I Detect A Scent? (06:24)
06. Scene 9: The Pursuit - Careful Search Now Leads Me To Them (07:47)
07. Scene 10: The Strolling Players - This Way For The Players (04:25)
08. Scene 10: The Strolling Players - Fiorir Rose In Mezzo (04:10)
09. Scene 11: The Travel Bureau - One Moment, If You Please (02:00)
10. Scene 11: The Travel Bureau - In These Last Years (02:56)
11. Scene 12: The Lady Of The Pearls - So It Is True (04:22)
12. Scene 13: The Dream - Receive The Stranger God (03:46)
13. Scene 14: The Empty Beach - Do What You Will Wh Me (01:59)
14. Scene 15: The Hotel Barber's Shop (ii) - Yes, A Very Wise Decision (02:23)
15. Scene 16: The Last Visit To Venice - Hurrah For The Piazza (02:54)
16. Scene 16: The Last Visit To Venice - Chaos, Chaos And Sickness (04:23)
17. Scene 17: The Departure - The Wind Still Blows From The Land (04:17)
18. Scene 17: The Departure - Ah, No! (05:07)
9:
01. Scene 1 - Prelude (02:20)
02. Scene 1 - The Tournament (04:18)
03. Scene 1 - Recitative And Fight (01:25)
04. Scene 1 - Entrance Of The Queen (01:29)
05. Scene 1 - Recitative (01:07)
06. Scene 1 - The Two Lords' Explanation (01:24)
07. Scene 1 - Raleigh's Song (01:43)
08. Scene 1 - Ensemble Of Reconciliation (04:48)
09. Scene 1 - Recitative And Final March (01:29)
10. Scene 2 - Prelude And Dialogue (02:02)
11. Scene 2 - The Queen's Song (01:57)
12. Scene 2 - Cecil's Song Of Government (01:56)
13. Scene 2 - Recitative And Essex's Entry (02:35)
14. Scene 2 - First Lute Song (01:59)
15. Scene 2 - Second Lute Song (03:43)
16. Scene 2 - The Frst Duet For The Queen And Essex (04:12)
17. Scene 2 - Soliloquy And Prayer (05:10)
18. Scene 1 - Prelude And Welcome (04:03)
19. Scene 1 - The Masque (11:47)
20. Scene 1 - Finale (02:51)
21. Scene 2 - Prelude And Song (02:14)
22. Scene 2 - Duet (01:25)
23. Scene 2 - Double Duet (01:46)
24. Scene 2 - Quartet (03:38)
10:
01. Scene 3 - Pavane (02:09)
02. Scene 3 - Conversation (01:20)
03. Scene 3 - Galliard (01:50)
04. Scene 3 - Conversation And The Queen's Entrance (01:03)
05. Scene 3 - Lavolta (01:25)
06. Scene 3 - Conversation (00:49)
07. Scene 3 - Morris Dance (01:04)
08. Scene 3 - Recitative (00:24)
09. Scene 3 - The Queen's Burlesque (01:49)
10. Scene 3 - Quartet (02:50)
11. Scene 3 - March (00:46)
12. Scene 3 - The Queen's Announcement (02:04)
13. Scene 3 - Ensemble (03:08)
14. Scene 3 - Coranto (01:16)
15. Scene 1 - Prelude (02:54)
16. Scene 1 - Essex's Intrusion (00:56)
17. Scene 1 - The Second Duet Of The Queen And Essex (08:00)
18. Scene 1 - The Dressing-Table Song (02:45)
19. Scene 1 - The Entrance Of Cecil (01:03)
20. Scene 1 - Cecil's Report (00:47)
21. Scene 1 - Discussion (00:58)
22. Scene 1 - The Queen's Decision (01:38)
23. Scene 2 - Ballad - Rondo (10:35)
24. Scene 3 - Prelude And Verdict (06:16)
25. Scene 3 - Cecil's Warning (00:56)
26. Scene 3 - The Queen's Dilemma (01:29)
27. Scene 3 - Trio (02:30)
28. Scene 3 - Lady Essex's Pleading (02:35)
29. Scene 3 - Penelope Rich's Pleading (01:41)
30. Scene 3 - Epilogue (08:51)
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