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A must for Pears/Britten fans, this disc also features the recording of Britten’s On this Island, the 24-year-old composer’s perfectly wrought, determinedly synergistic settings of
This production from 1990 is a solid representation of Benjamin Britten’s unsettling opera, based on the novel of the same name by Henry James. The
Although not directly mentioned in the notes to this excellent recording–nor is it clear from the disc cover, the program consists of a trove of
Purists likely will complain that the material presented here is not only “unknown” Britten, but more exactly “uncompleted” and/or “unused” Britten. But if they ignore
This is a fine rendition of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, unusual in the fact that it’s performed by a girls’ choir rather than the
This is one terrific CD. It’s interesting that German violinists seem to be taking on the Szymanowski concertos: we have recent releases from Zehetmair, Tetzlaff,
Britten’s masterpiece–the greatest English opera since Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and arguably not equaled even by Britten–has done very well on disc. You might say
I somehow missed this disc at the time of its initial release a few months ago, but I’m glad to have found it and you
This unusual coupling works surprisingly well, God only knows why. Perhaps the Britten’s neo-classical (or Baroque) leanings and formal freedom sit well next to Beethoven’s
This remarkable collection drawn from Universal’s back catalog makes an intelligent and affectionate tribute to as fine a collection of principal wind and brass players
