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Ian Bostridge Sings Britten

~ Benjamin Britten (Composer), Daniel Harding (Conductor), Ingo Metzmacher (Conductor), Marie-Luise Neunecker (Horn), Bamberg Symphony Chorus (Orchestra), et al.
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  • Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Chorus, Britten Sinfonia
  • Conductor: Daniel Harding, Ingo Metzmacher
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Audio CD (12 Jul 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI Classics
  • ASIN: B00000K4F6
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 216,082 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Serenade Op. 31: Prologue (horn solo)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher 1:18£0.69
Listen  2. Serenade Op. 31: 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher 3:14£0.69
Listen  3. Serenade Op. 31: 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher 3:48£0.69
Listen  4. Serenade Op. 31: 3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher 4:20£0.69
Listen  5. Serenade Op. 31: 4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher 3:30£0.69
Listen  6. Serenade Op. 31: 5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher 1:54£0.69
Listen  7. Serenade Op. 31: 6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher 3:31£0.69
Listen  8. Serenade Op. 31: Epilogue (horn solo)Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Ingo Metzmacher/Bamberger Symphoniker 1:19£0.69
Listen  9. English Folksong: O Waly, Waly (Folksong from Somerset) (arranged Britten)Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding 3:36£0.69
Listen10. Our Hunting Fathers Op. 8 (text devised by W. H. Auden): Prologue (W. H. Auden)Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding 2:32£0.69
Listen11. Our Hunting Fathers Op. 8 (text devised by W. H. Auden): A. Rats Away! (anon. modernised by W. H. Auden)Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding 4:36£0.69
Listen12. Our Hunting Fathers Op. 8 (text devised by W. H. Auden): B. Messalina (anon. )Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding 8:37£1.89
Listen13. Our Hunting Fathers Op. 8 (text devised by W. H. Auden): C. Dance of Death (Hawking for the Partridge) (T. Ravenscroft)Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding 6:35£0.69
Listen14. Our Hunting Fathers Op. 8 (text devised by W. H. Auden): Epilogue and Funeral March (W. H. Auden)Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding 7:50£1.89
Listen15. English Folksong: Oliver Cromwell (Nursery Rhyme from Suffolk) (arr. Britten)Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding0:43£0.69


On this CD:
  1. Serenade
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
    with Ian Bostridge, Marie Luise Neunecker
    Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher

  2. Folk Song Arrangements
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by Britten Sinfonia
    with Ian Bostridge
    Conducted by Daniel Harding

  3. Our Hunting Fathers
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by Britten Sinfonia
    with Ian Bostridge
    Conducted by Daniel Harding


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Amazon.co.uk Review

Any recording of Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings will obviously be compared with the one made by the composer and the man for whom he wrote it, Peter Pears. Indeed, Pears' voice was so extraordinary that it is hard to hear almost any of Britten's music for tenor without the ghost of his peculiarly silvery and ringing tones popping up in one's ears. Bostridge achieves the near-unthinkable and actually makes this work his own. He has the same light, choral-scholar instrument as Pears, but a completely different sense of drama and purpose. The "Nocturne" is absolutely electrifying, as Bostridge turns it into the voice of a cool young god--Apollo, perhaps--descanting on human mortality, with echoes "dying, dying, dying". He is matched with horn playing of such accuracy and purity that the overall effect would be nearly inhuman were it not for the satisfying sense of tension and release given to the whole work by Metzmacher's direction. The work is paired with Our Hunting Fathers, in which the young Daniel Harding demonstrates a perfect sense of control over Britten's early orchestral textures, making them transparent and radiant, and a perfect support for Bostridge. --Warwick Thompson

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, 8 Feb 2002
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What can I say about this amazing album? Britten was a brilliant composer, and his music always takes my breath away, but this has been my first thorough exposure to song cycles. The two cycles in this album contain such variety! There's something about the prologue and final song of "Our Hunting Fathers" that gives me such a chill, perhaps knowing that it was a pacifist comment on WWII. But in the middle is the weepy, perhaps mocking "Messaline," bracketed by my favorites, "Rats Away" and "Dance of Death", both of which have elements of chaos, terror and humor, particularly because of Bostridge's excellent singing style, fully comprehending the depth of meaning behind every syllable and note he sings (and sounding like he must thoroughly enjoy the fun of singing them!) The Serenade's "Elegy" and "Nocturne" are also rather ominous, frightening, gripping, and thrilling! The horn solos, (prologue and epilogue) are melancholy and beautiful. (How does Britten know how to bring out the best in every voice and instrument?) In the middle of the album, "Waly, waly" (The Water is Wide) is performed touchingly, with such sympathy in Bostridge's singing and in Britten's setting of the accompaniment. And "Oliver Cromwell" at the end cannot fail to bring a smile of laughter to your face! Overall, the album is full of everything you could ask from Britten and Bostridge, a perfect combination. Essential!
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