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Britten: Les Illuminations

Karina Gauvin (soprano)

Les Violons du Roy, Jean-Marie Zeitouni

Britten: Les Illuminations

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Gauvin is a seductive interpreter of [Les Illuminations]. Her glinting sound gives a diamantine shimmer to the heroic passages, yet she never sacrifices the essential warmth and sensuousness...

International Record Review, March 2011

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Britten: Les Illuminations

Karina Gauvin (soprano)

Les Violons du Roy, Jean-Marie Zeitouni

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Gauvin is a seductive interpreter of [Les Illuminations]. Her glinting sound gives a diamantine shimmer to the heroic passages, yet she never sacrifices the essential warmth and sensuousness...

International Record Review, March 2011

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For this new recording of one of Britten’s most effective woks, soprano Karina Gauvin employs the full range of her expressive palette and great virtuosity. Her previous recordings have been well received; ”Her glinting soprano, bright-edged yet deliciously rounded and sensual…” The Times

Contents and tracklist

Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18
Work length21:43
I. Fanfare
Track length1:55
II. Villes
Track length2:30
IIIa. Phrase
Track length1:01
IIIb. Antique
Track length2:13
IV. Royauté
Track length1:33
V. Marine
Track length1:04
VI. Interlude
Track length2:11
VII. Being Beauteous
Track length3:57
VIII. Parade
Track length2:47
IX. Départ
Track length2:32
Britten: Prelude & Fugue for 18 strings, Op. 29
Work length9:07
Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
Work length25:44
Introduction and Theme
Track length1:48
Variation 1: Adagio
Track length2:04
Variation 2: March
Track length1:06
Variation 3: Romance
Track length1:31
Variation 4: Aria italiana
Track length1:19
Variation 5: Bourrée classique
Track length1:10
Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer
Track length2:33
Variation 7: Moto perpetuo
Track length1:05
Variation 8: Funeral March
Track length3:49
Variation 9: Chant
Track length1:38
Variation 10: Fugue and Finale
Track length7:41
Britten: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, for tenor, horn and strings
Work length2:46

Awards and reviews

March 2011

Gauvin is a seductive interpreter of [Les Illuminations]. Her glinting sound gives a diamantine shimmer to the heroic passages, yet she never sacrifices the essential warmth and sensuousness of her voice. It's perfect for Britten's 'fire seen through ice' sound world which combines purity and passion in a particularly Gallic way.
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