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George Benjamin: Written on Skin

and Duet for piano and orchestra

Christopher Purves (The Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie), Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin

[Purves] expresses a brooding pride and menace that makes your skin crawl. [Hannigan] makes an electrifying transformation from doe-like submissiveness to sexual predator, and the powerfully... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 4th Feb 2013
  • Catalogue No: NI58856
  • Label: Nimbus
  • Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

2 CDs

$16.00

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Contents

Benjamin, G: Part One

Work length35:49
$7.50
$10.50
  • Allan Clayton, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Bejun Mehta, Barbara Hannigan
  • Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • George Benjamin

Chorus of Angels I

Track length3:29
$1.00
$1.40

The Protector, Agnès and the Boy

Track length7:46
$1.50
$2.10

Chorus of Angels II

Track length2:01
$1.00
$1.40

Agnès and the Boy

Track length8:21
$1.50
$2.10

The Protector and the Visitors

Track length5:46
$1.00
$1.40

Agnès and the Boy

Track length8:26
$1.50
$2.10

Benjamin, G: Part Two

Work length24:04
$5.00
$7.00
  • Allan Clayton, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Bejun Mehta, Barbara Hannigan
  • Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • George Benjamin

The Protector's Bad Dream

Track length1:17
$1.00
$1.40

The Protector and Agnès

Track length8:25
$1.50
$2.10

The Protector and the Boy

Track length8:56
$1.50
$2.10

Agnès and the Boy

Track length5:26
$1.00
$1.40

Benjamin, G: Part Three

Work length30:36
$5.50
$7.70
  • Allan Clayton, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Bejun Mehta, Barbara Hannigan
  • Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • George Benjamin

The Protector, Agnès and the Boy

Track length4:06
$1.00
$1.40

The Protector and Agnès

Track length6:07
$1.00
$1.40

Chorus of Angels and The Protector

Track length6:47
$1.00
$1.40

The Protector and Agnès

Track length8:20
$1.50
$2.10

The Boy / Angel 1

Track length5:16
$1.00
$1.40

Benjamin, G: Duet for piano and orchestra

Work length12:05
$2.00
$2.80
  • Allan Clayton, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Bejun Mehta, Barbara Hannigan, Christopher Purves, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (soloist)
  • Mahler Chamber Orchestra
  • George Benjamin

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