Britten - To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed (No. 1 from Fish in the Unruffled Lakes)
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Bostridge is in the royal line of Britten's tenor interpreters. Indeed his imaginative response to words and music may come closer than any to Pears himself. He's heard here in a veritable cornucopia... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Britten: Complete Songs Volume 1
Malcolm Martineau (piano), James Geer (tenor), Ben Johnson (tenor), Caryl Hughes (mezzo), Philip Smith (baritone), Nicky Spence (tenor), Katherine Broderick (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Andrew Tortise (tenor)
James Geer, a tenor with an instinct for the inflection of poetry that matches the composer's own, offers 'A Dirge'...Katherine Broderick brings by turns a forlorn beauty and a fiery plangency... —
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
Sonnets in Music
Ben Johnson (tenor) & Graham Johnson (piano)
Through all of these Johnson and his namesake, accompanist Graham Johnson, are vivid guides. Johnson (the singer [possesses] melting head tones but also a sometimes forceful edge. Each of the... —
