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This fine disc turns out to be more than the sum of its parts. The concept may stretch the boundaries of opera a bit by
You want to love this new recording of one of Britten’s very greatest operas. Daniel Harding paces the work expertly and has the LSO (and
Putting all of Britten’s music for solo piano and orchestra together on one nicely filled (71 minutes) CD is such a good idea that it’s
Sheer diversity of performing forces makes Britten’s War Requiem a challenge both for musicians and recording teams. Britten’s own 1963 world-premiere recording has not been
It’s a little confusing keeping track of the various CD incarnations of the Britten/Pears recordings of the Serenade, Les Illuminations, and Nocturne. Suffice it to
This David Pountney production of Britten’s Peter Grimes from the Zurich Opera opens on a puzzling scene. The set design by Robert Israel clearly depicts
This release is puzzling. The Four Sea Interludes and La Mer point to a “water” program (not that we needed another one), while the remaining
The novelty item on this super-budget disc is the posthumous Double Concerto for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra by Benjamin Britten, edited by Colin Matthews from
This appealing collection contains one of Britten’s latest works (Phaedra) and some of his earliest (folksongs), all splendidly sung by Felicity Palmer; also included is
First, this is one of the clearest, most natural-sounding, and acoustically pleasing guitar recordings you’ll ever hear. Made in the famed Snape Maltings concert hall,
