Britten: The Turn of the Screw
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra; Ben Glassberg / Sally Matthews; Julian Hubbard; Carole Wilson; Giselle Allen; Ed Lyon; Henri de Beauffort; Katharina Bie
[ Alpha Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 27 May 2022
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Nothing is as it appears in the old English manor house of Bly. A new governess takes up her post and discovers that the children who are her new charges are under the influence of the ghosts of the previous governess and her depraved lover. As one disturbing event unfolds after another, the questions become more pressing: What horrors happened here before her arrival? Are the children innocent? Do we really see what we are seeing?
Based on Henry James's strange ghost story, Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw is a psychological thriller in the form of a chamber opera. The Orchestre de la Monnaie, under the British conductor Ben Glassberg, took up this masterpiece in a staging which, despite the Covid crisis, received rave reviews. We now present a version recorded in studio conditions immediately after the performances. The two leading singers, Ed Lyon and Sally Matthews, are utterly convincing: together they push the audience's imagination to unbearable levels of tension…
Tracks:
The Turn of the Screw: Prologue
The Turn of the Screw: Theme
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 1 - The Journey
The Turn of the Screw: Variation I
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 2 - The Welcome
The Turn of the Screw: Variation II
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 3 - The Letter
The Turn of the Screw: Variation III
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 4 - The Tower
The Turn of the Screw: Variation IV
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 5 - The Window
The Turn of the Screw: Variation V
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 6 - The Lesson
The Turn of the Screw: Variation VI
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 7 - The Lake
The Turn of the Screw: Variation VII
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 8 - At Night
The Turn of the Screw: Variation VIII
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 1 - Colloquy and Soliloquy
The Turn of the Screw: Variation IX
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 2 - The Bells
The Turn of the Screw: Variation X
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 3 - Miss Jessel
The Turn of the Screw: Variation XI
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 4 - The Bedroom
The Turn of the Screw: Variation XII
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 5 - Quint
The Turn of the Screw: Variation XIII
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 6 - The Piano
The Turn of the Screw: Variation XIV
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 7 - Flora
The Turn of the Screw: Variation XV
The Turn of the Screw: Scene 8 - Miles
