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Britten - Les illuminations, Op. 18

Genres: Vocal » Songs
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  • Visions Illuminées

    Visions Illuminées

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    Mary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

    12 Ensemble, Ruisi Quartet

    The heart of the recital is a radiantly searching performance of Britten’s Les illuminations...Bevan’s ability to combine warmth with refreshing vigour is to the fore in Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…
    • Release Date: 17th Feb 2023
    • Catalogue No: SIGCD735
    • Label: Signum
    • Length: 74 minutes

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  • Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations & Nocturne

    Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations & Nocturne

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    Ian Bostridge (tenor), Radek Baborák (horn)

    Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

    Best of all is Nocturne, more spartan and enigmatic, about which he makes some very perceptive comments and where he seems more engaged; the anguished 'Prelude' is fiercely impressive. So are... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2005, 3 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 17th Oct 2005
    • Catalogue No: 5580492
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Length: 74 minutes

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  • Unknown Britten

    Unknown Britten

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    Sandrine Piau (soprano), Rolf Hind (piano), Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb & Chris Griffiths (horns), Michael Collins (clarinet)

    Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair

    Britten completed but didn't orchestrate the songs - 'Phrase', 'Aube' and 'À une raison'; Matthews matches them finely to the style of Illuminations. While the cycle is often associated with... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 5th Oct 2009
    • Catalogue No: NMCD140
    • Label: NMC
    • Length: 77 minutes

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  • Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne

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    Andrew Staples (tenor), Christopher Parkes (horn), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding

    The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding throws some grit into the opening fanfares [of Les Illuminations], but soon demonstrates its refinement and range of tone colour...Staples... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…
    • Release Date: 19th Aug 2022
    • Catalogue No: HMM902267
    • Label: Harmonia Mundi
    • Length: 73 minutes

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  • Very Best of English Song

    Very Best of English Song

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    Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...

    • Release Date: 5th Mar 2012
    • Catalogue No: 6805132
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: British Composers
    • Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

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  • Britten conducts Britten vol. 4

    Britten conducts Britten vol. 4

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    Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Julius Katchen (piano), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Alexander Murray (flute), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet),...

    • Release Date: 13th Nov 2006
    • Catalogue No: 4756051
    • Label: Decca
    • Series: Collectors Edition, Britten conducts Britten
    • Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

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  • Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations and Quatre Chansons Françaises

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    Felicity Lott (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Michael Thompson (horn)

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson

    there are many felicities in Rolfe Johnson's voice to enjoy. Notice how subtly he phrases the different moods within Nocturne, for example, and brings out the changes of texture in the poem...Felicity... — MusicWeb International More…
    • Release Date: 5th Apr 2004
    • Catalogue No: CHAN10192X
    • Label: Chandos
    • Series: Classics
    • Length: 58 minutes

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  • Illuminations

    Illuminations

    Nicholas Phan (tenor), Myra Huang (piano)

    Telegraph Quartet, The Knights Chamber Orchestra

    Phan is brilliantly supported by the instrumentalists’ technicolour playing [in Les Illuminations]. Much of Phan’s soft singing is tenderly handled, and the moments where he slips into a transparent... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 20th Apr 2018
    • Catalogue No: AV2382
    • Label: Avie
    • Length: 62 minutes

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  • Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten

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    Heather Harper (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor)

    Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, ECO, Sir Neville Marriner, Jeffrey Tate

    Tear's Serenade and Nocturne are sterling performances, fervent and expressive without falling into preciousness. Harper's passionate Illuminations makes a strong case for a female voice in... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 6th Feb 2006
    • Catalogue No: 3522862
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: British Composers
    • Length: 74 minutes

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  • Britten: Les Illuminations

    Britten: Les Illuminations

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    Karina Gauvin (soprano)

    Les Violons du Roy, Jean-Marie Zeitouni

    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 More…
    • Release Date: 18th Oct 2010
    • Catalogue No: ACD22601
    • Label: Atma Classique
    • Length: 59 minutes

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