Album 2011 on Virgin Classics label
Classical (Opera, Modern)
Made in the EU
![]() | Benjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB album by |
![]() | Oliver Knussen , *1952 GB conductor, album by |
![]() | Angelika Kirchschlager voc, *1965 AT vocals, album by |
![]() | Ian Bostridge voc, *1964 GB vocals, album by |
![]() | Susan Gritton voc, *1965 GB vocals, album by |
![]() | Christopher Purves voc, *1960 GB vocals, album by |
![]() | Benjamin Russell voc, vocals, album by |
![]() | Peter Coleman-Wright voc, AU vocals, album by |
![]() | Hilary Summers voc, vocals, album by |
![]() | Claire Booth voc, GB vocals, album by |
![]() | Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble , ensemble, album by |
![]() | Ronald Duncan , libretto by |
Benjamin Britten |
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Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | ![]() | CD1 - Act One | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | ||
2 | ![]() | Scene 1 - Rome Is Now Ruled By The Etruscan Upstart | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:30 | |
3 | ![]() | - It is An Axiom Among Kings | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:28 | |
4 | ![]() | - Here The Thirsty Evening Has Drunk The Wine Of Light | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:34 | |
5 | ![]() | - Who Reaches Heaven First Is The Best Philosopher | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:23 | |
6 | ![]() | - Maria Was Unmasked At A Masked Ball | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 4:24 | |
7 | ![]() | - Collatinus Is Politically Astute | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 4:14 | |
8 | ![]() | - Goodnight!... There Goes A Happy Man! | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 4:00 | |
9 | ![]() | - Tarquinius Does Not Dare | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:14 | |
10 | ![]() | - My Horse! My Horse! - Interlude: Tarquinius Does Not Wait | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:58 | |
11 | ![]() | Scene 2 - Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 5:21 | |
12 | ![]() | - Listen! I Heard A Knock | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:46 | |
13 | ![]() | - Ah!... Time Treads Upon The Hands Of Women | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 3:26 | |
14 | ![]() | - The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 1:51 | |
15 | ![]() | - Lucia Runs To The Door | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 5:23 | |
16 | ![]() | CD2 - Act Two | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | ||
17 | ![]() | Scene 1 - The Prosperity Of The Etruscans Was Due | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 7:29 | |
18 | ![]() | - She Sleeps As A Rose Upon The Night | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:46 | |
19 | ![]() | - When Tarquinius Desires | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:12 | |
20 | ![]() | - Within This Frail Crucible Of Light | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 4:01 | |
21 | ![]() | - Lucretia!... What Do You Want? | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 5:47 | |
22 | ![]() | - Interlude: Here In This Scene You See | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 3:51 | |
23 | ![]() | Scene 2 - Oh! What A Lovely Day! | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 5:56 | |
24 | ![]() | - Good Morning, My Lady | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 3:27 | |
25 | ![]() | - Flowers Bring To Every Year | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 3:18 | |
26 | ![]() | - You Were Right, Tarquinius Took One Of The Horses | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 2:39 | |
27 | ![]() | - Lucretia! Lucretia! O, Never Again Must We Two Dare To Part | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 4:50 | |
28 | - Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 3:28 | ||
29 | - This Dead Hand Lets Fall | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 3:57 | ||
30 | - Epilogue: It Is All? | Benjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble | 5:14 |
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