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Benjamin Britten

Heather Harper (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor)

Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, ECO, Sir Neville Marriner, Jeffrey Tate

Tear's Serenade and Nocturne are sterling performances, fervent and expressive without falling into preciousness. Harper's passionate Illuminations makes a strong case for a female voice in... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 6th Feb 2006
  • Catalogue No: 3522862
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: British Composers
  • Length: 74 minutes

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Contents

Britten: Les Illuminations for high voice and string orchestra Op. 18 (1971 Digital Remaster)

Work length21:49
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  • Heather Harper (soprano)
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1970-06-22
  • Recording Venue: [not 18] 19 & 22 June 1970, Old Banqueting Hall, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne

I. Fanfare

Track length2:07
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II. Villes

Track length2:30
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IIIa. Phrase

Track length1:07
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IIIb. Antique

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IV. Royauté

Track length1:40
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V. Marine

Track length0:59
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VI. Interlude

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VII. Being Beauteous

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VIII. Parade

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IX. Départ

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Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31 (1971 Digital Remaster)

Work length24:55
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  • Alan Civil (french horn), Robert Tear (tenor)
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1970-06-22
  • Recording Venue: [not 18] 19 & 22 June 1970, Old Banqueting Hall, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne

Prologue (horn solo)

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1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton)

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2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

Track length3:28
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3. Elegy: O Rose, thou art sick (William Blake)

Track length4:30
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4. Dirge: This ae nighte (anon. 15th century)

Track length3:25
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5. Hymn: Queen and huntress (Ben Jonson)

Track length2:02
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6. Sonnet: O soft embalmer of the still midnight (John Keats) [horn tacet]

Track length4:44
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Epilogue (horn solo)

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Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Work length27:29
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  • Robert Tear (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Jeffrey Tate, Robert Tear
  • Recorded: 1987-11-24
  • Recording Venue: 24 November 1987, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

On a poet's lips I slept (Shelley)

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Below the thunders of the upper deep (Tennyson) (Robin O'Neill, bassoon)

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Encinctured with a twine of leaves (Coleridge) (Thelma Owen, harp)

Track length2:13
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Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting (Middleton) (Frank Lloyd, french horn)

Track length2:24
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But that night when on my bed I lay (Wordsworth) (David Corkhill, timpani)

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She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Owen) (James Brown, cor anglais)

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What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (Keats) (William Bennett, flute; Thea King, clarinet)

Track length3:01
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When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare)

Track length5:10
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