Britten - On the Frontier
Genres:
Orchestral » Incidental Music
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New Music Collections Vol. 1 - Choral
Howard Skempton (accordion), Michael Finnissy (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, EXAUDI, Bach Choir Philharmonia, Ex Cathedra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Voices, Simon Halsey, John Poole,...
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Britten To America
Huw Watkins (piano), Samuel West (narrator), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano) & Mary Carewe (mezzo soprano)
Ex Cathedra & Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Jeffrey Skidmore
Jean Rigby admirably handles the dialogue and the songs of the ambiguous mother figure in F6...the blues moments such as 'Stop all the clocks', feel a bit stiff. Mary Carewe, meanwhile, finds... —
