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Britten Conducts Britten: Operas II: A Midsummer Night's Dream / The Rape of Lucretia / The Turn of the Screw / Bedford: Death in Venice / Mackerras: Gloriana cover art

Britten Conducts Britten: Operas II: A Midsummer Night's Dream / The Rape of Lucretia / The Turn of the Screw / Bedford: Death in Venice / Mackerras: Gloriana

by Benjamin Britten

Album· 2004· 173 tracks
classicalopera

Tracklist

  1. 1A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. Introduction / "Over hill, over dale"4:04
  2. 2A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Oberon is passing" / "Ill met by moonlight"3:06
  3. 3A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Well, go thy way"3:24
  4. 4A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "How now, my love?"4:32
  5. 5A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "(Be it on Lion...)" / "I love thee not"3:40
  6. 6A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Welcome, wanderer!" / "I know a bank"4:30
  7. 7A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Is all our company here?"7:36
  8. 8A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Fair love, you faint with wand'ring"2:41
  9. 9A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Through the forest have I gone"1:45
  10. 10A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Stay, tho' thou kill me, sweet Demetrius"5:14
  11. 11A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song"1:58
  12. 12A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "You spotted snakes"2:14
  13. 13A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act I. "What thou seest when thou dost wake"1:46
  14. 14A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. Introduction3:19
  15. 15A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Are we all met?"7:36
  16. 16A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "I see their knavery"3:05
  17. 17A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Be kind and courteous"1:16
  18. 18A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Hail, mortal, hail!"5:14
  19. 19A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "I have a reas'nable good ear in music"3:39
  20. 20A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "How now, mad spirit"3:05
  21. 1A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Flower of this purple dye"6:32
  22. 2A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Puppet? why so?"3:05
  23. 3A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "This is thy negligence..."2:09
  24. 4A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "Up & Down"6:02
  25. 5A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act II. "On the ground, sleep sound"3:04
  26. 6A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 1. Introduction / "My gentle Robin"7:12
  27. 7A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 1. "Helena! - Hermia!"4:46
  28. 8A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 1. "When my cue comes, call me"3:37
  29. 9A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 1. "Have you sent to Bottom's house?"3:09
  30. 10A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. Orchestral March / "Now, fair Hippolyta"7:24
  31. 11A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "If we offend, it is with our good will"1:20
  32. 12A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show"1:16
  33. 13A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "In the same interlude"1:10
  34. 14A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "O grim-look'd night"1:51
  35. 15A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "O Wall, full often hast thou heard my moans"2:30
  36. 16A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "You Ladies, you"0:46
  37. 17A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "This lanthorn doth the horned Moon present"1:50
  38. 18A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams..."1:52
  39. 19A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "Asleep, my Love? What, dead my dove?"2:32
  40. 20A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "Come, your Bergomask"2:46
  41. 21A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act III, Scene 2. "Now the hungry lion roars"5:03
  42. 1Phaedra, Op. 93: In May, in brilliant Athens6:37
  43. 2Phaedra, Op. 93: Oh Gods of wrath2:50
  44. 3Phaedra, Op. 93: My time's too short, your highness6:03
  45. 4The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart"2:38
  46. 5The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "It is axiom among kings"2:33
  47. 6The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "Here the thirsty evening"2:53
  48. 7The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "Who reaches Heaven first"2:32
  49. 8The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "Maria was unmasked at a masked ball"4:13
  50. 9The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "Collatinus is politically astute"4:29
  51. 10The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "There goes a happy man!"4:14
  52. 11The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "Tarquinius does not dare"2:26
  53. 12The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 1. "My horse! My horse!" / "Tarquinius does not wait"3:06
  54. 13The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 2. "Their spinning-wheel unwinds"5:19
  55. 14The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 2. "Listen! I heard a knock"2:34
  56. 15The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 2. "Time treads upon the hand of women"3:42
  57. 16The Rape of Lucretia: Act I, Scene 2. "The oatmeal slippers of sleep"7:36
  58. 1The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 1. "The prosperity of the Etruscans"7:19
  59. 2The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 1. "She sleeps as a rose"5:25
  60. 3The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 1. "Within this frail crublicle of light"4:25
  61. 4The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 1. "Lucretia!" / "What do you want?"5:57
  62. 5The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 1. Interlude "Here in this scene"4:06
  63. 6The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. "Oh what a lovely day!"4:26
  64. 7The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. "We'll leave the orchids for Lucretia"4:59
  65. 8The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. "Flowers bring to every year"3:24
  66. 9The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. "You were right"3:51
  67. 10The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. "Lucretia! Lucretia!"2:57
  68. 11The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. "Last night Tarquinius ravished me"3:30
  69. 12The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. "This dead hand lets fall"4:08
  70. 13The Rape of Lucretia: Act II, Scene 2. Epilogue "Is that all?"5:20
  71. 1The Turn of the Screw: Prologue (The Prologue)2:48
  72. 2The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Theme / Act I, Scene 1. Recitative "The Journey" (Governess)3:25
  73. 3The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation I / Act I, Scene 2. "The Welcome" (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess)4:08
  74. 4The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation II / Act I, Scene 3. "The Letter" (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess)3:51
  75. 5The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation III / Act I, Scene 4.Air "The Tower" (Governess)5:49
  76. 6The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation IV / Act I, Scene 5. "The Window" (Miles, Flora, Governess, Mrs. Grose)9:59
  77. 7The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation V / Act I, Scene 6. "The Lesson" ( (Miles, Flora, Governess)4:44
  78. 8The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation VI / Act I, Scene 7. Air "The Lake" (Flora, Governess, Miles)6:37
  79. 9The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation VII / Act I, Scene 8. Duet "At Night" (Quint, Miles, Miss Jessel, Flora, Governess, Mrs. Grose)10:44
  80. 1The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation VIII / Act II, Scene 1. Duet "Colloquy and Soliloquy" (Miss Jessel, Quint, Governess)8:36
  81. 2The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation IX / Act II, Scene 2. Quartet "The Bells" (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess8:30
  82. 3The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation X / Act II, Scene 3. Duet "Miss Jessel" (Governess, Miss Jessel)6:20
  83. 4The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XI / Act II, Scene 4. "The Bedroom" (Miles, Governess, Quint)5:57
  84. 5The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XII / Act II, Scene 5. "Quint" (Quint)2:06
  85. 6The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XIII / Act II, Scene 6. "The Piano" (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Flora)4:51
  86. 7The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XIV / Act II, Scene 7. "Flora" (Mrs. Grose, Governess, Miss Jessel, Flora)4:54
  87. 8The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XV / Act II, Scene 8. "Miles" (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Miles, Quint)11:43
  88. 1Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 1. "My mind beats on" (Aschenbach)4:56
  89. 2Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 1. "Who's that? A foreigner" (Aschenbach)4:53
  90. 3Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 2. "Hey there, hey there" (Youths)3:47
  91. 4Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 2. "Serenissima… Low-lying clouds" (Youths, Aschenbach)2:55
  92. 5Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 2. Overture "Venice"2:35
  93. 6Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 3. "Ah Serenissima!" (Aschenbach)5:20
  94. 7Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 3. "Mysterious gondola" (Aschenbach)1:41
  95. 8Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 4. "We are delighted to greet the Signore" (Hotel Manager)4:08
  96. 9Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 4. "Was I wrong to come" (Aschenbach)6:13
  97. 10Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 5. "There is indeed in every artist's nature" (Aschenbach)2:40
  98. 11Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 5. (Children's games)… "Adziù! Adziù!" (Chorus)10:04
  99. 12Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 6. "Aou'! Stagando, aou'!" (Gondolier)4:51
  100. 13Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 6. "Naturally, Signore, I understand" (Hotel Manager)7:55
  101. 14Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 7. "Here I will stay, here dedicate my days" (Aschenbach)9:43
  102. 1Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 7. "First the race!" (Chorus)5:07
  103. 2Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 7. "The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me" (Aschenbach)4:17
  104. 3Death in Venice: Act 2. "So it has come to this" (Aschenbach)4:38
  105. 4Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 8. "Guardate, Signore!" (Hotel Barber)2:20
  106. 5Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 9. "Do I detect a scent?" (Aschenbach)6:24
  107. 6Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 9. "Careful search now leads me to them" (Aschenbach)7:47
  108. 7Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 10. "This way for the players, Signori!" (Hotel Porter)4:25
  109. 8Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 10. "Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso" (Leader of the players)4:10
  110. 9Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 11. "One moment if you please" (English Clerk)2:00
  111. 10Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 11. "In these last years" (English Clerk)2:56
  112. 11Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 12. "So it is true, true" (Aschenbach)4:22
  113. 12Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 13. "Receive the stranger god" (Voice of Dionysus)3:46
  114. 13Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 14. (The empty beach)… "Do what you will with me!" (Aschenbach)1:59
  115. 14Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 15. "Yes! A very wise decision" (Hotel Barber)2:23
  116. 15Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 16. "Hurrah for the Piazza" (Aschenbach)2:54
  117. 16Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 16. "Chaos, chaos and sickness" (Aschenbach)4:23
  118. 17Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 17. "The wind still blows from the land" (Hotel Manager)4:17
  119. 18Death in Venice: Act 2, Scene 17. (On the beach)… "Ah, no!" (Aschenbach)5:07
  120. 1Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 1. Prelude2:20
  121. 2Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 2. The Tornament4:18
  122. 3Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 3. Recitative & Fight1:25
  123. 4Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 4. Entrance of the Queen1:29
  124. 5Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 5. Recitative1:07
  125. 6Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 6. The two Lords' Explanation1:24
  126. 7Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 7. Raleigh's Song1:43
  127. 8Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 8. Ensemble of Reconciliation4:52
  128. 9Gloriana: Act I - Scene 1: 9. Recitative & Final March1:29
  129. 10Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 1. Prelude & Dialogue2:02
  130. 11Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 2. The Queen's Song1:57
  131. 12Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 3. Cecil's Song of Government1:56
  132. 13Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 4. Recitative & Essex's Entry2:35
  133. 14Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 5. First Lute Song1:59
  134. 15Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 6. Second Lute Song3:43
  135. 16Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 7. The First Duet for the Queen & Essex4:12
  136. 17Gloriana: Act I - Scene 2: 8. Soliloquy & Prayer5:10
  137. 18Gloriana: Act II - Scene 1: 1. Prelude & Welcome4:03
  138. 19Gloriana: Act II - Scene 1: 2. The Masque11:47
  139. 20Gloriana: Act II - Scene 1: 3. Finale2:51
  140. 21Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 1. Prelude & Song2:14
  141. 22Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 2. Duet1:25
  142. 23Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 3. Double Duet1:46
  143. 24Gloriana: Act II - Scene 2: 4. Quartet3:38
  144. 1Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 1. Pavane2:09
  145. 2Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 2. Conversation1:20
  146. 3Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 3. Galliard1:50
  147. 4Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 4. Conversation & the Queen's Entrance1:03
  148. 5Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 5. Lavolta1:25
  149. 6Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 6. Conversation0:49
  150. 7Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 7. Morris dance1:04
  151. 8Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 8. Recitative0:24
  152. 9Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 9. The Queen's Burlesque1:49
  153. 10Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 10. Quartet2:50
  154. 11Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 11. March0:46
  155. 12Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 12. The Queen's Announcement2:04
  156. 13Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 13. Ensemble3:08
  157. 14Gloriana: Act II - Scene 3: 14. Coranto1:16
  158. 15Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 1. Prelude & Chatter2:54
  159. 16Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 2. Essex's Intrusion0:56
  160. 17Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 3. The Second Duet of the Queen & Essex8:00
  161. 18Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 4. The Dressing-Table Song2:45
  162. 19Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 5. The Entrance of Cecil1:03
  163. 20Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 6. Cecil's Report0:47
  164. 21Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 7. Discussion0:58
  165. 22Gloriana: Act III - Scene 1: 8. The Queen's Decision1:38
  166. 23Gloriana: Act III - Scene 2: Ballad - Rondo10:35
  167. 24Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 1. Prelude & Verdict6:16
  168. 25Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 2. Cecil's Warning0:56
  169. 26Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 3. The Queen's Dilemma1:29
  170. 27Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 4. Trio2:30
  171. 28Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 5. Lady Essex's Pleading2:35
  172. 29Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 6. Penepole Rich's Pleading1:41
  173. 30Gloriana: Act III - Scene 3: 7. Epilogue8:51