Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Benjamin Britten with this captivating album, released on April 3, 2006, under Warner Classics. This collection showcases Britten's remarkable versatility and mastery across various genres, including classical, choral, opera, and neoclassical pieces. Spanning a rich duration of 2 hours and 4 minutes, the album is a testament to Britten's enduring influence and artistic brilliance.
The album features a diverse array of works, beginning with the Serenade, Op. 31, a seven-movement piece that blends poetry and music in a hauntingly beautiful manner. The Nocturne, Op. 60, follows, offering a series of evocative songs that explore themes of love, nature, and the passage of time. The Les illuminations, Op. 18, adds a touch of French poetry to the mix, with its nine movements inspired by the works of Arthur Rimbaud.
The album culminates in the dramatic and powerful Noye's Fludde, Op. 59, a full-scale opera that retells the biblical story of Noah's Flood. This piece is particularly notable for its use of both professional and amateur singers, making it a community-oriented work that celebrates the power of music to bring people together.
Throughout the album, Britten's unique voice and innovative approach to composition shine through, making this a must-listen for any fan of classical music. Whether you're a longtime admirer of Britten's work or a newcomer to his music, this album offers a rich and rewarding listening experience that highlights the depth and breadth of his artistic vision.
Tracks
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 1, PrologueBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Frank Lloyd, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 2, PastoralBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 3, NocturneBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 4, ElegyBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 5, DirgeBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 6, HymnBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 7, SonnetBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Serenade, Op. 31: No. 8, EpilogueBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Frank Lloyd, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 1, On a Poet's Lips I SleptBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 2, The KrakenBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 3, Encinctured with a Twine of LeavesBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 4, Midnight's BellBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 5, But That Night When on My Bed I LayBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 6, The Kind GhostsBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 7, Sleep and PoetryBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60: No. 8, Sonnet LXIIIBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 1, FanfareBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 2, VillesBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3a, PhraseBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3b, AntiqueBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 4, RoyautéBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 5, MarineBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 6, InterludeBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 7, Being BeauteousBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 8, ParadeBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 9, DépartBenjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Martyn Hill, City of London Sinfonia
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Lord Jesus, Think on Me" (Congregation)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "I God, That All This Worlde Hath Wroughte" (God's Voice, Noye)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "O, Lorde, I Thanke Thee Lowde and Still" (Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet, Mrs Sem, Mrs Ham, Mrs Jaffet, Mrs Noye, Gossips)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Now in the Name of God I Will Begyne" (Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Wyffe, in This Vessell We Shall Be Kepte" (Noye, Mrs Noye)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company" (God's Voice, Noye)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Sir! Heare Are Lions, Lepardes, In" (God's Voice, Noye, Sem, Animals, Ham, Jaffet, Mrs Sem, Mrs Ham, Mrs Jaffet, Children)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Wiffe, Come in! Why Standes Thou Their?" (Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Gossips, Jaffet, Sem, Ham)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "It Is Good for to Be Still" (Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet, Animals, Congregation)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone" (Noye)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Noye, Take Thy Wife Anone" (God's Voice, animals, Noye, Mrs Noye, Sem, Ham, Jaffet)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "Noye, Heare I Behette Thee a Heste" (God's Voice)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
Britten: Noye's Fludde, Op. 59: "The Spacious Firmament on High" (Sem, Ham, Jaffet, Noye, Mrs Noye, Animals, Congregation, God's Voice)Benjamin Britten, Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Camellia Johnson/Polly Hewetson/Joanna Brown/Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester/Coull Quartet/Endymion Ensemble/Orchestra of Schoolchildren fro, Richard Hickox
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