Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Britten: Phaedra; A Charm of Lullabies; Lachrymae; Two Portraits; Sinfonietta (2011)
Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Benjamin Britten: Phaedra; A Charm of Lullabies; Lachrymae; Two Portraits; Sinfonietta (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 295 Mb | Total time: 73:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 10671 | Recorded: 2010
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 295 Mb | Total time: 73:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 10671 | Recorded: 2010
This collection of vocal and orchestral works by Benjamin Britten span his career, from Two Portraits for string orchestra, written when he was 16, to the solo cantata, Phaedra, one of his last completed works. The music varies in style but even the earliest pieces sound mature and demonstrate the composer's early mastery of his craft. Phaedra, from 1975, sets a selection of monologues from Racine's play that outline the dilemma of the queen who falls in love with her husband's son from an earlier marriage. Written largely as expressive recitative, it doesn't showcase Britten at his most inspired, but it makes an effective vehicle for a dramatic singer and Sarah Connolly brings to it a warm, full mezzo-soprano and plenty of passion. A Charm of Lullabies, a setting of five poems, is heard here in lovely newly orchestrated version by Colin Matthews, who had been Britten's assistant and is a formidable composer in his own right. Violist Maxim Rysanov gives a soulful account of Lachrymae: Reflections on a song of Dowland, and of the gently melancholy second movement of the Two Portraits, of which Britten himself was the subject. Even in this early piece it's possible to hear hints of gestures and melodic trends that prefigure his fully mature work. Britten originally wrote his Sinfonietta, his first published composition, for single winds and strings, but soon after re-scored it for string orchestra with an added horn, and it's that version that's heard here. Edward Gardner leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in graceful performances that highlight the music's lyricism. Chandos' sound is clean, but big and resonant.–Stephen Eddins
Performer:
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Maxim Rysanov, viola
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor
Tracklist:
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
01. Phaedra, Op. 93
A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41
02. 1. A Cradle Song
03. 2. The Highland Balou
04. 3. Sephestia's Lullaby
05. 4. A Charm
06. 5. The Nurse's Song
07. Lachrymae, Op. 48a
Two Portraits, for strings
08. 1. D. Layton, for string orchestra
09. 2. E.B.B., for solo viola and string orchestra
Sinfonietta, Op. 1
10. 1. Poco presto ed agitato - Animato - Calmante - Tranquillo - Più agitato - Calmante - Un poco meno mosso - Animando poco a poco - Sempre più animato - Più moto - Un poco acceleranto - Sempre a tempo -
11. 2. Variations. Andante lento - Tranquillo e rubato - Più mosso - Poco agitato - Poco stringendo - Poco a poco ritenuto - Tempo 1, più tranquillo - Ancora più lento - Animando un poco - Più moto -
12. 3. Tarantella. Presto vivace - Molto ritmico - Molto meno mosso - Tempo 1 - Poco a poco più animato - Prestissimo
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Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Britten: Phaedra; A Charm of Lullabies; Lachrymae; Two Portraits; Sinfonietta (2011)
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