BRITTEN A Midsummer Night's Dream

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ainsley · McNair · Summers · Asawa · New London Children's Choir · London Symphony Orchestra
Davis
Int. Release 06 Feb. 2012
2 CDs / Download

Liste de titres

CD 1: Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64

Act 1

1.
"Over hill, over dale"
3:51

Carl Ferguson, David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, New London Children's Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

2.
"Oberon is passing fell and wrath"
3:18

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Brian Asawa, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

3.
"Well, go thy way"
3:39

Brian Asawa, Carl Ferguson, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

4.
"How now my love?"
4:26

Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

5.
"Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull"
3:40

Paul Whelan, Brian Asawa, Janice Watson, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

6.
"Welcome wanderer!"
5:45

Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

7.
"Is all our company her?"
6:35

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

8.
"Fair love, you faint with wand'ring in the wood"
3:21

Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

9.
"Through the forest have I gone"
1:38

Carl Ferguson, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

10.
"Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius"
5:13

Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, Janice Watson, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

11.
"Come, now a roundel and a fairy song"
2:12

Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

12.
"You spotted snakes with double tongue"
2:21

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, New London Children's Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

13.
"What thou seest when thou dost wake"
2:23

Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

Act 2

14.
Introduction: The wood
3:21

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

15.
"Are we all met?"
6:48

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

16.
"I see their knavery"
3:11

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

17.
"Be kind and courteous to this gentleman"
1:34

Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

18.
"Hail, mortal, hail!"
5:09

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Sylvia McNair, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

19.
"I have a reas'nable good ear in music"
5:00

Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

20.
"How now, mad spirit?"
2:49

Carl Ferguson, Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

Durée totale de lecture 1:16:14

CD 2: Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64

Act 2

1.
"Flower of this purple dye"
6:29

Carl Ferguson, Paul Whelan, Brian Asawa, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

2.
"Puppet? Why so?"
3:27

Ruby Philogene, Helen Watts, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

3.
"This is thy negligence"
1:51

Carl Ferguson, Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

4.
"Up and down, up and down"
5:37

Carl Ferguson, Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, Janice Watson, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

5.
"On the ground, sleep sound"
3:12

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

Act 3

6.
"My gentle Robin, see'st thou this sweet sight?"
8:05

Carl Ferguson, Brian Asawa, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

7.
"Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"
6:14

Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, John Mark Ainsley, Janice Watson, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

8.
"When my cue comes, call me"
3:38

Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

9.
"Have you sent to Bottom's house?"
4:50

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

10.
"Now, fair Hippolyta"
4:48

Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Hilary Summers, Janice Watson, John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

11.
"If we offend, it is with our good will"
1:25

Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

12.
"Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show"
1:26

Gwynne Howell, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

13.
"In this same interlude it doth befall"
1:05

Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

14.
"O grim-look'd night, O night with hue so black"
1:54

Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

15.
"O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans"
2:26

Ian Bostridge, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

16.
"You ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear"
0:50

Stephen Richardson, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

17.
"This lanthorn doth the horned moon present"
1:58

Neal Davies, Stephen Richardson, Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

18.
"Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams"
1:51

Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

19.
"Asleep, my love?"
2:28

Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

20.
"Come, your Bergomask"
3:04

Brian Bannatyne-Scott, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

21.
"Now the hungry lion roars"
5:10

David Newman, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Carl Ferguson, Brian Asawa, Sylvia McNair, New London Children's Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

Durée totale de lecture 1:11:48

Scintillating pace and quality, with Brian Asawa's classy Oberon and Roben Lloyd's Bottom outstanding: Sylvia McNair's Tytania is beautiful . . .
Record Review / BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01. November 2012
Brittens tönende Version von Shakespeares "Sommernachtstraum" bewahrt bei Colin Davis und dem London Symphony Orchestra die Poesie des amourösen Verwirrspiels.
Record Review / Mario Gerteis, Fono Forum (Euskirchen) / 01. October 2013