The Cenci
BRIAN Havergal (1876-1972)
The Millennium Sinfonia - James Kelleher (Dir) - Soloists: Helen Field, David Wilson-Johnson, Ingveldur Yr Jónsdóttir, Stuart Kale, Justin Lavender, Jeffrey Carl, Nicholas Buxton, Devon Harrison, Serena Kay
Label : Toccata Classics
Artikelnummer: TOCC0094
2 CD Spielzeit : 101:24
CHF 25.50
Brian's operatic realisation of Shelley's gruesome tale of incest and parricide in Renaissance Italy rarely goes in for grand tunes; instead, it is an unusual but highly effective hybrid - a music-drama focused on the intense delivery of Shelley's text, where the declamatory style of the vocal lines and the participation of the orchestra almost as lead character make it also part vocal symphony, part ritual.