Britten Conducts Britten Operas Vol 2

Britten Conducts Britten Operas Vol 2 - Decca - DEC B000410202 - 028947560296

Label: Decca
Catalog No: DEC B000410202
Format: CD
Release Date: 2005-03-15
Number of Discs: 10
Running time: 11 hr. 5 min.
UPC Code: 028947560296

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Album Summary

>Britten, Benjamin : A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64
>Britten, Benjamin : Phaedra, Op. 93
>Britten, Benjamin : The Rape of Lucretia
>Britten, Benjamin : Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54
>Britten, Benjamin : Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88
>Britten, Benjamin : Gloriana, opera, Op. 53
Performers Conductors Ensembles Composer

Notes & Reviews:

These recordings of the remaining five Britten operas in the Decca catalog are conducted by mixture of the composer and two colleagues, Steuart Bedford and Sir Charles Mackerras. All are classics of the gramophone and while there have been a few other audio recordings of some of these operas none has matched what the composer himself had to offer by way of interpretative insights to these works.

Penguin Guide
the set remains an essential bargain investment for collectors drawn to this repertoire



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Works Details

>Britten, Benjamin : A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64
  • Performers: David Kelly (Voice); Robert Tear (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone); Elizabeth Harwood (Voice); Heather Harper (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Kenneth MacDonald (Voice); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Norman Lumsden (Bass); John Pryer (Voice); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo Soprano); Eric Alder (Voice); Alfred Deller (Countertenor); Gordon Clerk (Voice); Stephen Terry (Boy Soprano); Keith Raggett (Voice); Richard Dakin (Voice); Ian Wodehouse (Voice); Helen Watts (Voice)
  • Conductor: Benjamin Britten
  • Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus
  • Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1960

>Britten, Benjamin : Phaedra, Op. 93
  • Performer: Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
  • Conductor: Steuart Bedford
  • Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Cantata/Oratorio
  • Written: 1975

>Britten, Benjamin : The Rape of Lucretia
  • Performers: Jenny Hill (Soprano); Benjamin Luxon (Voice); John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone); Heather Harper (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Elisabeth Bainbridge (Mezzo Soprano); Bryan Drake (Baritone); Janet Baker (Mezzo-soprano)
  • Conductor: Benjamin Britten
  • Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus
  • Notes: Composition written: 1946.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1946

>Britten, Benjamin : Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54
  • Performers: Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo Soprano); Olive Dyer (Soprano); David Hemmings (Boy Soprano); Joan Cross (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Benjamin Britten
  • Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus
  • Running Time: 101 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1954

>Britten, Benjamin : Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88
  • Performers: Peter Leeming (Voice); Anna Vincent (Voice); Michael Follis (Voice); Angela Bates (Voice); Neville Williams (Bass Baritone); John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone); Kenneth Bowen (Tenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); Stuart Harling (Baritone); Ronald Murdock (Voice); Stephen Adams (Voice); Anne Wilkens (Mezzo Soprano); Penelope MacKay (Voice); Sheila Brand (Voice); Michael Bauer (Voice); Robert Turner (Voice); James Bowman (Countertenor); Janice Roe (Mezzo Soprano); Iris Saunders (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Steuart Bedford
  • Notes: Composition written: 1973.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1973

>Britten, Benjamin : Gloriana, opera, Op. 53
  • Performers: James Miller-Coburn (Voice); Dominic Gill (Voice); Jenevora Williams (Voice); Yvonne Kenny (Soprano); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Jonathan Summers (Baritone); Christopher Cornall (Voice); Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone); Peter Hoare (Tenor); Josephine Barstow (Soprano); Willard White (Bass); John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone); Alan Opie (Voice); John Ainsley (Tenor); Tom Finucane (Gittern); Janice Watson (Soprano); Philip Langridge (Tenor); Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • Notes: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales (10/26/1992-11/06/1992)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1953