Special offer. Britten Songs
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano), Xuefei Yang (guitar)
[Bostridge] has surely done nothing finer than this immaculately recorded new release. He is superbly partnered by Antonio Pappano, whose balancing of textures and beauty of touch sometimes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week29th April 2013
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Gramophone MagazineJune 2013Editor's Choice
Contents
Britten: Winter Words, Op. 52
- Antonio Pappano (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Recorded: 2013-01-27
- Recording Venue: 25-27th January 2013, St Mary's Church, Chilham, Kent
1. At Day-close in November
2. Midnight on the Great Western (or The Journeying Boy)
3. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)
Britten: Winter Words, Op. 52, No. 8: 'Before Life and After'
- Antonio Pappano (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Recorded: 2013-01-27
- Recording Venue: 25-27th January 2013, St Mary's Church, Chilham, Kent
Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets Op. 22
- Antonio Pappano (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Recorded: 2013-01-27
- Recording Venue: 25-27th January 2013, St Mary's Church, Chilham, Kent
Sonnet XVI Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro
Sonnet XXXI A che piu debb'io mai l'intensa voglia
Sonnet XXX Veggio co' be' vostri occhi un dolce lume
Britten: Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61
- Antonio Pappano (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Recorded: 2013-01-27
- Recording Venue: 25-27th January 2013, St Mary's Church, Chilham, Kent
Menschenbeifall
Die Heimat
Sokrates und Alcibiades
Die Jugend
Hälfte des Lebens
Die Linien des Lebens
Britten: Who are these children?, Op. 84: Four English Songs
- Antonio Pappano (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Recorded: 2013-01-27
- Recording Venue: 25-27th January 2013, St Mary's Church, Chilham, Kent
No. 3 Nightmare
No. 6 Slaughter
No. 9 Who are these children?
No. 11 The Children
Britten: Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58
- Ian Bostridge (tenor), Xuefei Yang (guitar)
- Recorded: 2013-01-27
- Recording Venue: 31st January 2013, Studio 2, Abbey Road Studios, London
The Big Chariot (from The Book of Songs)
The Old Lute (words: Po Chü-i)
The Autumn Wind (words: Wu-ti)
The Herd-Boy (words: Lu Yu)
Depression (words: Po Chü-i)
Dance Song (fom the Book of Songs)