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Britten: Song Cycles

Peter Pears, Helen Watts, Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Song Cycles

Britten: Song Cycles

Peter Pears, Helen Watts, Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra

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With exception of Winter Words, this recording focusses on the lesser-known song cycles of Benjamin Britten. Our Hunting Fathers and On This Island set texts by Auden, Charm of Lullabies a selection of different texts on the theme of night and sleep and Winter Words finds inspiration in the writings of Thomas Hardy. Stellar performances from Peter Pears and Helen Watts with Benjamin Britten accompanying on the piano and conducting the LSO.

  • Release date: 23rd Jul 2021
  • Label: Heritage
  • Catalogue number: HTGCD162
  • Length: 71 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8
Work length25:38
I. Prologue
Track length1:55
II. Rats away!
Track length4:26
III. Messalina
Track length6:33
IV. Hawing for the partridge (Dance of Death)
Track length5:58
V. Epilogue
Track length6:46
Britten: On this Island, Op. 11
Work length13:49
I. Let the florid music praise!
Track length3:53
II. Now the leaves are falling fast
Track length2:02
III. Seascape (‘For Kit Welford’)
Track length2:10
IV. Nocturne
Track length4:05
V. As it is plenty
Track length1:39
Britten: A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and pianoforte, Op. 41
Work length11:22
I. A Cradle Song
Track length2:16
II. A Highland Balou
Track length1:46
III. Sephestia's Lullaby
Track length2:04
IV. A Charm
Track length1:33
V. The Nurse's Song
Track length3:43
Britten: Winter Words, Op. 52
Work length21:05
I. At Day-Close in November
Track length1:43
II. Midnight on the Great Western (or, The Journeying Boy)
Track length4:37
III. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)
Track length2:04
IV. The Little Old Table
Track length1:29
V. The Choirmaster's Burial (or, The Tenor Man's Story)
Track length3:52
VI. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales)
Track length1:12
VII. At the Railway Station, Upway (or, The Convict and Boy with the Violin)
Track length2:46
VIII. Before Life and After
Track length3:22
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