Benjamin Britten & Contemporaries, episode 20
Works by Britten’s contemporary Gian Carlo Menotti, the Italian/American composer, conductor, piano player and librettist.
A special work of Britten himself this time, a piece which became the upbeat to a collaboration with librettist Ronald Duncan. And a test of Britten’s first collaboration with guitar player Julian Bream, performed by Josef Holecek.
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
– The Death of Orpheus (1991)
Jamie MacDougall, tenor
Richard Hickox: Spoleto Festival Choir & Orchestra
Chandos 9979 (2002)
– Canti della Lontananza (1961)
Judith Howarth, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Chandos 9605 (1998)
– Apocalypse (1951)
* part I: Improperia
Richard Hickox: Spoleto Festival Choir & Orchestra
Chandos 9900 (2001)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
– A Wedding Anthem, op.46 (1949)
Ruth Dean, soprano
Neil MacKenzie, tenor
Margaret Phillips, organ
Harry Christophers: The Sixteen
CORO 16038 (2006)
– Songs from the Chinese, op.58 (1957)
* The big chariot
* The old lute
* The autumn wind
* The herd-boy
* Depression
Märta Schéle, soprano
Josef Holecek, guitar
Arthur Waley (translator)
BIS CD-34 (2002)
