Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
James Bowman (Oberon), Lillian Watson (Tytania), John Graham-Hall (Lysander), Henry Herford (Demetrius), Della Jones (Hermia), Jill Gomez (Helena), Norman Bailey (Theseus), Penelope Walker (Hippolyta)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
this sumptuous Abbey Road recording features a strong cast
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
James Bowman (Oberon), Lillian Watson (Tytania), John Graham-Hall (Lysander), Henry Herford (Demetrius), Della Jones (Hermia), Jill Gomez (Helena), Norman Bailey (Theseus), Penelope Walker (Hippolyta)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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About
The mid-price collection presents some of the most important and admired recordings of the EMI Classics and Virgin Classics catalogue which make EMI - The Home of Opera.
Bonus Disc contains synopsis and libretto with translation.
Contents and tracklist
- James Bowman (countertenor), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Henry Herford (baritone), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Dexter Fletcher (narrator), Lilian Watson (soprano), John Graham-Hall (tenor), Andrew Gallacher (bass), Jill Gomez (soprano), Donald Maxwell (baritone), Richard Suart (bass), Norman Bailey (baritone), Robert Horn (tenor), Penelope Walker (mezzo-soprano), Roger Bryson (baritone)
- Trinity Boys' Choir, City of London Sinfonia
- Richard Hickox
- Recorded: 1990-11-19
- Recording Venue: 13-16 & 18-19 November 1990 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 64, Act One, Introduction: Over hill, over dale (Fairies / Puck)
Track length4:12
Puppet? Why, so? Ay, that way goes the game (Hermia / Helena / Lysander / Demetrius)
Track length3:41
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 64, ACT THREE, Introduction: My gentle Robin, see'st thou this sweet sight? (Oberon / Tytania / Puck)
Track length8:07
Have you sent to Bottom's house? (Quince / Starveling / Flute / Snout / Snug / Bottom)
Track length5:13
Awards and reviews
July 2011
this sumptuous Abbey Road recording features a strong cast
Hickox and his orchestra bring out the genius of the scoring, melody and harmony, at once so spare and so lush and, literally, so magical.
2010 edition
With a chamber orchestra rather than the full LSO, the scale is more intimate...What makes the set indispensable is that it includes a brief 90-second sequence, intensely poetic, in the scene of the lovers' awakening in Act III, where Britten's own recording observes a cut as made in the original Aldeburgh staging.
