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~ Benjamin Britten (Composer), Steuart Bedford (Conductor), Phyllis Cannan (Mezzo Soprano), Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble (Orchestra), Eileen Hulse (Soprano), et al.
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  • Orchestra: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
  • Conductor: Steuart Bedford
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Audio CD (2 Jun 2003)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B00009NJ1G
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 45,975 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Extraits
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: The PrologueEileen Hulse 3:07£0.69
Listen  2. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Theme: The JourneySteuart Bedford 3:21£0.69
Listen  3. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Variation 1: The WelcomeEileen Hulse 4:00£0.69
Listen  4. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Variation 2: The LetterSteuart Bedford 3:55£0.69
Listen  5. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Variation 3: The TowerEileen Hulse 5:37£0.69
Listen  6. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Variation 4: The WindowSteuart Bedford 9:57Album Only
Listen  7. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Variation 6: The LessonEileen Hulse 4:56£0.69
Listen  8. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Variation 6: The LakeFelicity Lott 7:06£0.69
Listen  9. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act I: Variation 7: At NightEileen Hulse11:01Album Only


Disc 2:

Extraits
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 8: Colloquy and SoliloquySteuart Bedford 8:44Album Only
Listen  2. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 9: The BellsPhilip Langridge 8:20Album Only
Listen  3. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 10: Miss JesselFelicity Lott 6:42£0.69
Listen  4. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 11: The BedroomPhilip Langridge 6:21£0.69
Listen  5. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 12: QuintFelicity Lott 2:14£0.69
Listen  6. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 13: The PianoFelicity Lott 4:28£0.69
Listen  7. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 14: FloraSteuart Bedford 4:19£0.69
Listen  8. The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54: Act II: Variation 15: MilesPhilip Langridge12:04Album Only

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  1. (The) Turn of the Screw
    Composed by Benjamin Britten
    Performed by Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
    with Eileen Hulse, Dame Felicity Lott, Nadine Secunde, Phyllis Cannan, Philip Langridge, Philip Langridge, Sam Pay
    Conducted by Steuart Bedford

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than the Composer's Own Recording!, 9 April 2005
By J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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I didn't think I'd ever say this about a Britten opera recording, but we have here a modern performance that surpasses the one Britten conducted and recorded back in the 1950s. In every respect this is superior to the earlier album, with one exception: no one can surpass Peter Pears as the evil Peter Quint. Of course the part was written for him. This is not to say Philip Langridge doesn't do a wonderful job in his own portrayal; I guess I've been so imprinted on the sound of Pears's voice that I had some trouble making the switch. But the rest of the cast is simply superior to the earlier one. And this is particularly true in the case of the little boy, Miles, sung here by Sam Pay; he is sensational and easily outclasses David Hemmings (a not-very-good boy soprano who then grew up to become an actor in movies; remember him in 'Blowup' and as Mordred in 'Camelot'?). Pay's final 'Peter Quint, you devil!' is heart-breaking. Also superior are Felicity Lott as The Governess, Eileen Hulse as Flora, Phyllis Cannan as Mrs Grose, and Nadine Secunde as Miss Jessel. Further, the modern stereo sound replaces a rather harsh monaural recorded sound from the 1950s. This is particularly welcome as regards the orchestral sound; in the original recording the chamber orchestra sounded a bit thin and distant. Here the Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble is recorded in clear and lifelike sound. As well as I thought I knew the score, I heard new things in the orchestra that I hadn't known were there.

Steuart Bedford, of course, is our reigning Britten specialist. He was a long-time colleague of Britten's, has conducted all of his operas over the years, and was entrusted by the ailing Britten with the première of 'Death in Venice.'

This is actually a reissue by Naxos of a 2CD set first published in 1994 by the now-defunct Collins Classics. I'm sorry to say I missed it when it came out but thank goodness Naxos has seen fit to put it out again, as they did Collins's excellent 'Albert Herring' a year or so ago. It, like the recently reissued 'St. Nicholas' cantata, was also conducted by Bedford. One can hope that Bedford's other Collins/Britten CDs, including 'Gloriana,' orchestral music and several song recitals, will be reissued as well.

Scott Morrison

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unreal And Unnerving, 23 Mar 2004
By NNNNN "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) - See all my reviews
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Britten's "The Turn Of The Screw" is one of the composer's most sparse and challenging works. The music at times has a steely acidic
edge far from the lyricism of say "Billy Budd" . It is as if the composer felt that this tale of a haunting needed a music equally unreal or
unnerving. Scoring for a chamber orchestra he acheived that. It needs a firm hand to hold its diverse elements together and it has that here
with Steuart Bedford. Bedford worked with Britten in his latter years and led the premiere on stage and recording of "A Death In Venice"
when the composer became too ill. He also later made an orchestral suite from the opera. With a first class cast and the Alderburgh
Festival Ensemble (which Britten founded) we have a very fine performance of this work at a budget price. It was also recorded at the
festival's chief venue in The Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh. If cast and conductor seem familiar it is because this 1994
recording originally appeared on the full priced Collins label. Naxos appears to have taken over the label and more of Bedford's fine
Beitten recordings are to follow. Nice to see that they have started off with one of the best.
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