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Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations, Nocturne

Adrian Thompson (tenor), Michael Thompson (horn)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, David Lloyd-Jones

Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations, Nocturne
Adrian Thompson sings throughout with the musicality and intelligence we expect from a lifelong advocate of the composer's music. His phrasing is consistently sensitive and subtle to the smallest...

Gramophone Magazine, June 1998

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Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations, Nocturne

Adrian Thompson (tenor), Michael Thompson (horn)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, David Lloyd-Jones

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Adrian Thompson sings throughout with the musicality and intelligence we expect from a lifelong advocate of the composer's music. His phrasing is consistently sensitive and subtle to the smallest...

Gramophone Magazine, June 1998

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  • Label: Naxos
  • Catalogue number: 8553834
  • Length: 69 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
Work length23:07
I. Prologue
Track length1:06
II. Pastoral
Track length3:20
III. Nocturne
Track length3:35
IV. Elegy
Track length4:06
V. Dirge
Track length3:48
VI. Hymn
Track length2:01
VII. Sonnet
Track length4:00
VIII. Epilogue
Track length1:11
Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18
Work length21:37
I. Fanfare
Track length1:57
II. Villes
Track length2:22
III. Phrase
Track length0:54
IV. Antique
Track length2:16
V. Royaute
Track length1:37
VI. Marine
Track length1:03
VII. Interlude
Track length2:25
VIII. Being Beauteous
Track length3:59
IX. Parade
Track length2:42
X. Depart
Track length2:22
Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings
Work length25:00
I. On a Poet's Lips I Slept
Track length3:24
II. Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep
Track length3:15
III. Encinctured with a Twine of Leaves
Track length2:18
IV. Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting...
Track length2:08
V. But that Night When on My Bed I Lay
Track length3:04
VI. She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths
Track length3:47
VII. What is More Gentle?
Track length3:29
VIII. When Most I Wink
Track length3:35

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June 1998

Adrian Thompson sings throughout with the musicality and intelligence we expect from a lifelong advocate of the composer's music. His phrasing is consistently sensitive and subtle to the smallest details of Britten's writing...Lloyd-Jones and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta provide alert, beautifully balanced support throughout
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