BRITTEN Benjamin (1913-1976)
Ian Bostridge (Tenor) - Graham Johnson (Piano)
Hyperion Records
1 CD
065:18
Chor / Lied
1999-01-01
Realizations from "Harmonia Sacra"... Britten, Benjamin Lord! I have sinned (Pelham Humfreys) Hymn to God the Father (Pelham Humfreys) A hymn to divine musick (William Croft) This way to the tomb (Auszug) Britten, Benjamin Evening Morning Night WH Auden settings... Britten, Benjamin Night covers up the rigid land Fish in the unruffled lakes To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed The red Cockatoo (and other songs) Britten, Benjamin A poison tree When you're feeling like expressing your affection Not even summer yet The red Cockatoo Wild with passion If thou wilt ease thine heart Cradle song for Eleanor Birthday song for Erwin Um Mitternacht The holy sonnets of John Donne op. 35 Britten, Benjamin Oh my blacke soule! Batter my heart O might those sighes and teares Oh, to vex me What if this present Since she whom I loved At the round earth's imagnied corners Thou hast made me Death, be not proud
BRITTEN Benjamin (1913-1976)Ian Bostridge (Tenor) - Graham Johnson (Piano)Label : Hyperion Records
Fourteen of the songs on this major release are recorded for the first time. The inspiration for the Holy Sonnets was a harrowing trip paid by Britten and Yehudi Menuhin to Belsen at the end of the war, while the songs from the collection 'The Red Cockatoo and other songs' respond to a wide variety of more homely influences.
