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Gloriana
Composed by Benjamin Britten
Performed by Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
with Dame Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge, Della Jones, Jonathan Summers, Alan Opie, Yvonne Kenny, Richard Van Allan, Bryn Terfel, Janice Watson, Willard White, John Shirley-Quirk, John Mark Ainsley, Peter Hoare
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
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This recording assembles the royalty of British opera in one performance, and the effect is electrifying. Every role is sung with energy and passion, so that a chamber-opera effect is created of powerfully claustrophobic intimacy. When this is played out against a backdrop of perfectly-realised pageantry and pomp, the result is a heady mix of desire and duty. Barstow finds a different colour of her clear, strong voice for each scene: first commanding, then entreating; next queenly, then lover-like. Langridge also finds exactly the right sound for the impetuous, clever and foolish Essex. But if there is a prize for this recording, it must surely go to Mackerras who understands that the orchestra is another character in the drama, commenting on the action. He draws a sinewy, taut sound from the WNO orchestra and never lets the tension drop. This is a must-hear recording of an unduly neglected masterpiece. --Warwick Thompson
This recording assembles the royalty of British opera in one performance, and the effect is electrifying. Every role is sung with energy and passion, so that a chamber-opera effect is created of powerfully claustrophobic intimacy. When this is played out against a backdrop of perfectly-realised pageantry and pomp, the result is a heady mix of desire and duty. Barstow finds a different colour of her clear, strong voice for each scene: first commanding, then entreating; next queenly, then lover-like. Langridge also finds exactly the right sound for the impetuous, clever and foolish Essex. But if there is a prize for this recording, it must surely go to Mackerras who understands that the orchestra is another character in the drama, commenting on the action. He draws a sinewy, taut sound from the WNO orchestra and never lets the tension drop. This is a must-hear recording of an unduly neglected masterpiece. --Warwick Thompson
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