Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Stuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

1. Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54
Composed by Benjamin Britten
with Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble , Aline Brewer , Phyllis Cannan , David Corkhill , Nicholas Daniel , Nicholas Daniel , Joy Farrall , Joy Farrall , Rachel Gough , Eileen Hulse , Patrick Kiernan , Philip Langridge , Felicity Lott
Conducted by Steuart Bedford

Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Stuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble,Felicity Lott,Philip Langridge,Nadine Secunde,Steuart Bedford,Benjamin Britten,Collins Classics,Classical,Classical Music

Average customer rating:

An outstanding recording of an operatic masterpiece

If you like recititive...you'll love this

Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Stuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
Felicity Lott , Philip Langridge , Nadine Secunde , Steuart Bedford , and Benjamin Britten
Manufacturer: Collins Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003W1E
Release Date: 1994-05-24

Tracks:

The Prologue
Theme: Scene 1
Var I: Scene 2
Var II: Scene 3
Var III: Scene 4
Var IV: Scene 5
Var V: Scene 6
Var VI: Scene 7
Var VII: Scene 8

Tracks:

Var VIII: Scene 1
Var IX: Scene 2
Var X: Scene 3
Var XI: Scene 4
Var XII: Scene 5
Var XIII: Scene 6
Var XIV: Scene 7
Var XV: Scene 8

Customer Reviews:

An outstanding recording of an operatic masterpiece.......2002-06-18

I'm delighted to see a listing for this recording, because I consider it the best to date of Britten's thrilling, gripping chamber opera. Its unique scoring for 6 high voices (5 of them soprano/treble) and 13 instrumentalists weaves a spell like no other opera. It is stuffed with gorgeous melodies, and musical themes that grab hold in the memory after just one hearing. (The ensemble in which all the voices join at the end of Act I is only one of the memorable scenes -- the Governess gets stunning arias in each act and there are also lovely duets and instrumental interludes.) This recording features razor-sharp conducting by Steuart Bedford and uniformly impressive singing, especially by Felicity Lott, Philip Langridge, and Nadine Secunde. Highest recommendation.

If you like recititive...you'll love this.......2001-06-01

Maybe it's just because I like a defined melody or a theme that can become stuck in your head, but the style of "The Turn of the Screw" wasn't one that fit me. I like a lot of opera, but had a tough time with this one. I was expecting more defined arias and an occasional group number with all six characters singing together, but I didn't get this. From beginning to end...it was mostly recititive. I like to hear this in Italian, but it loses its effect in English. It definately reflects the modern time in which it was composed. While the orchestra is still a normal orchestra, the music was not like Wagner, Mozart, or Verdi. Britten and Piper wrote appropriately for the fifties, but if you are a fan of hard core classical and romantic opera, "The Turn of the Screw" is not for you. The voices are beautiful and the music is great. It is too free flowing for me, but others may really enjoy it.

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