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Britten: The Turn of the Screw

Sally Matthews (Governess), Julian Hubbard (Peter Quint), Giselle Allen (Miss Jessel), Carole Wilson (Mrs Grose), Katharina Bierweiler (Flora), Thomas Heinen (Miles), Ed Lyon (Prologue)

La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg

Britten: The Turn of the Screw

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Ben Glassberg contributes a thoughtful essay to the booklet; with a few exceptions, his tempos are marginally broader than Britten’s, but the astonishing variety of invention, texture and atmosphere...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20223 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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Britten: The Turn of the Screw

Sally Matthews (Governess), Julian Hubbard (Peter Quint), Giselle Allen (Miss Jessel), Carole Wilson (Mrs Grose), Katharina Bierweiler (Flora), Thomas Heinen (Miles), Ed Lyon (Prologue)

La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg

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Ben Glassberg contributes a thoughtful essay to the booklet; with a few exceptions, his tempos are marginally broader than Britten’s, but the astonishing variety of invention, texture and atmosphere...

BBC Music Magazine, August 20223 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

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About

  • Release date: 27th May 2022
  • Label: Alpha
  • Catalogue number: ALPHA828
  • Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1
Work length4:35
Prologue
Track length3:30
Theme
Track length1:05
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 1: The Journey
Work length2:27
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation I
Work length0:30
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 2: The Welcome
Work length3:31
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation II
Work length0:41
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 3: The Letter
Work length2:57
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation III
Work length1:43
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 4: The Tower
Work length3:54
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation IV
Work length0:24
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 5: The Window
Work length9:15
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation V
Work length1:05
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 6: The Lesson
Work length3:29
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VI
Work length1:19
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 7: The Lake
Work length5:31
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VII
Work length1:29
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 8: At Night
Work length9:33
  • Thomas Heinen, Sally Matthews (soloist), Katharina Bierweiler (soloist), Carole Wilson (soloist), Giselle Allen (soloist), Julian Hubbard (soloist)
  • La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
  • Ben Glassberg
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation VIII
Work length3:57
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 1: Colloquy and Soliloquy
Work length4:10
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation IX
Work length0:47
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 2: The Bells
Work length7:25
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation X
Work length0:33
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 3: Miss Jessel
Work length6:12
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XI
Work length1:09
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 4: The Bedroom
Work length4:33
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XII
Work length1:20
  • Julian Hubbard (soloist)
  • La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
  • Ben Glassberg
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 5: Quint
Work length0:51
  • Thomas Heinen, Julian Hubbard (soloist)
  • La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
  • Ben Glassberg
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIII
Work length1:13
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 6: The Piano
Work length3:24
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIV
Work length0:34
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 7: Flora
Work length4:01
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XV
Work length0:59
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 8: Miles
Work length11:20

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Awards and reviews

  • International Classical Music Awards
    2023
    Nominated - Opera

August 2022

Ben Glassberg contributes a thoughtful essay to the booklet; with a few exceptions, his tempos are marginally broader than Britten’s, but the astonishing variety of invention, texture and atmosphere in Britten’s scoring comes over more vividly in this new recording.
3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording)

November 2022

Most notable is the excellent playing of instrumentalists from the La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Ben Glassberg...Each scene and variation of the ‘screw’ theme is paced and coloured in symmetry with the unfolding action and moods on stage. Playing is sharp, detailed and virtuosic.
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