MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets
Anthony Rolf Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano)
[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 22 June 2001
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'Wonderful performances of two of Britten's finest song cycles, consistently beautiful in vocal quality, and almost miraculous in their integration of clear expressive diction. Deserves a place in every collection'
(BBC Music Magazine)
'English vocal intelligence at its best, accompanied with utmost orchestral colouring by Graham Johnson' (The Independent on Sunday)
This disc contains a collection of Britten's finest songs. In addition to his Hardy cycle Winter Words are the Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo and the First Canticle 'Still falls the rain'.
Tracks:
Winter Words, Op 52
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op 22
Canticle 1 "My beloved is mine', Op 40
Folksong arrangements:
O Waly Waly
Little Sir William
The Salley Gardens
The trees they grow so high
