The title Britten conducts Britten Operas is a bit misleading - all the pieces in this extensive set are choral works. All have been assembled from Decca's catalogue of definitive performances conducted mainly by the composer himself. A few of the works don't appear to be still available as single disks - so if you want a copy, you will have to buy this set. But at the price of just over £2 per CD, who can complain? Highlight of the set for me was the War Requiem. The only downside - and it's a fairly big one - there's a booklet containing track listings and notes about the music but no libretti, unlike the single disc issues of these pieces which had libretti.
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Brilliant - because this performance of Curlew River draws you in and makes you 'feel' the drama. Curious - because if you follow Britten's score, you discover that in a couple of places this performance (directed by Britten himself) departs from the score in terms of timing ... if one reads the score literally. I don't doubt that Britten knew exactly what he wanted - we are after all talking about a man who could compose an opera in his head and then write it down faster than I can even transcribe a score manually, so I take my hat off to him. It's just that this is about the only example I know of a recording of a Britten work, directed by the composer, in which what I hear doesn't quite match up with what I see in the score. HOWEVER don't ... Read More:
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Brilliant - because this performance of Curlew River draws you in and makes you 'feel' the drama. Curious - because if you follow Britten's score, you discover that in a couple of places this performance (directed by Britten himself) departs from the score in terms of timing ... if one reads the score literally. I don't doubt that Britten knew exactly what he wanted - we are after all talking about a man who could compose an opera in his head and then write it down faster than I can even transcribe a score manually, so I take my hat off to him. It's just that this is about the only example I know of a recording of a Britten work, directed by the composer, in which what I hear doesn't quite match up with what I see in the score. HOWEVER don't ... Read More:
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Brilliant - because this performance of Curlew River draws you in and makes you 'feel' the drama. Curious - because if you follow Britten's score, you discover that in a couple of places this performance (directed by Britten himself) departs from the score in terms of timing ... if one reads the score literally. I don't doubt that Britten knew exactly what he wanted - we are after all talking about a man who could compose an opera in his head and then write it down faster than I can even transcribe a score manually, so I take my hat off to him. It's just that this is about the only example I know of a recording of a Britten work, directed by the composer, in which what I hear doesn't quite match up with what I see in the score. HOWEVER don't ... Read More:
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Brilliant - because this performance of Curlew River draws you in and makes you 'feel' the drama. Curious - because if you follow Britten's score, you discover that in a couple of places this performance (directed by Britten himself) departs from the score in terms of timing ... if one reads the score literally. I don't doubt that Britten knew exactly what he wanted - we are after all talking about a man who could compose an opera in his head and then write it down faster than I can even transcribe a score manually, so I take my hat off to him. It's just that this is about the only example I know of a recording of a Britten work, directed by the composer, in which what I hear doesn't quite match up with what I see in the score. HOWEVER don't ... Read More:
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Brilliant - because this performance of Curlew River draws you in and makes you 'feel' the drama. Curious - because if you follow Britten's score, you discover that in a couple of places this performance (directed by Britten himself) departs from the score in terms of timing ... if one reads the score literally. I don't doubt that Britten knew exactly what he wanted - we are after all talking about a man who could compose an opera in his head and then write it down faster than I can even transcribe a score manually, so I take my hat off to him. It's just that this is about the only example I know of a recording of a Britten work, directed by the composer, in which what I hear doesn't quite match up with what I see in the score. HOWEVER don't ... Read More:
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Koch Records presents "BROADWAY KIDS SING BROADWAY" --. The Broadway Kids is a concert group based in New York --- The group consists of a rotating company of children, aged 8 to 16, who have performed in at least one Broadway, Off-Broadway or major national touring production --- They perform winter and spring concerts singing showtunes from various musicals, appear at special events such as Broadway on Broadway, and record CDs --- The Broadway Kids have also appeared in the Off-Broadway show The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway, which has been produced in various theatres in New York and elsewhere.
TRACK LISTINGS AS THEY APPEAR:
1. Broadway Kids, The - (Original Theme Song)
2. Annie Medley: It's the Hard Knock Life / Maybe, Tomorrow ... Read More:
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Koch Records presents "BROADWAY KIDS SING BROADWAY" --. The Broadway Kids is a concert group based in New York --- The group consists of a rotating company of children, aged 8 to 16, who have performed in at least one Broadway, Off-Broadway or major national touring production --- They perform winter and spring concerts singing showtunes from various musicals, appear at special events such as Broadway on Broadway, and record CDs --- The Broadway Kids have also appeared in the Off-Broadway show The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway, which has been produced in various theatres in New York and elsewhere.
TRACK LISTINGS AS THEY APPEAR:
1. Broadway Kids, The - (Original Theme Song)
2. Annie Medley: It's the Hard Knock Life / Maybe, Tomorrow ... Read More:
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Koch Records presents "BROADWAY KIDS SING BROADWAY" --. The Broadway Kids is a concert group based in New York --- The group consists of a rotating company of children, aged 8 to 16, who have performed in at least one Broadway, Off-Broadway or major national touring production --- They perform winter and spring concerts singing showtunes from various musicals, appear at special events such as Broadway on Broadway, and record CDs --- The Broadway Kids have also appeared in the Off-Broadway show The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway, which has been produced in various theatres in New York and elsewhere.
TRACK LISTINGS AS THEY APPEAR:
1. Broadway Kids, The - (Original Theme Song)
2. Annie Medley: It's the Hard Knock Life / Maybe, Tomorrow ... Read More:
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