Andrew Staples, Christopher Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Harding – Britten: Les Illuminations. Serenade. Nocturne (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Andrew Staples, Christopher Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Harding – Britten: Les Illuminations. Serenade. Nocturne (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:14:05 minutes | 704 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © harmonia mundi

In these three song cycles, Britten draws inspiration from the high points of European poetry (Shakespeare, Blake, Shelley, Keats, but also Rimbaud) to push the boundaries of the genre. He multiplies the relationships between voices and instruments, moving from pure strings (Les Illuminations) to a string ensemble with obbligato winds, harp and timpani (Nocturne), not to mention the fascinating dialogue with the horn in the Serenade. Here reveals a unique sound world of artists at the peak of their skills!

Tracklist:

01. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: I. Fanfare (02:04)
02. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: II. Villes (02:28)
03. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: III a. Phrase (01:05)
04. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: III b. Antique (02:15)
05. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: IV. Royauté (01:32)
06. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: V. Marine (00:58)
07. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: VI. Interlude (02:49)
08. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: VII. Being Beauteous (04:05)
09. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: VIII. Parade (02:43)
10. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Les Illuminations for Tenor and String Orchestra, Op. 18: IX. Départ (02:47)
11. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: I. Prologue (01:22)
12. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: II. Pastoral (03:05)
13. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: III. Nocturne (03:38)
14. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: IV. Elegy (04:25)
15. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: V. Dirge (03:21)
16. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: VI. Hymn (02:03)
17. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: VII. Sonnet (04:01)
18. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Serenade for Horn, Tenor and Strings, Op. 31: VIII. Epilogue (01:30)
19. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: I. On a poet’s lips I slept (03:10)
20. Fredrik Ekdahl, Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: II. Below the thunders of the upper deep (03:24)
21. Daniel Harding, Lisa Viguier Vallgårda, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: III. Encinctured with a twine of leaves (02:40)
22. Daniel Harding, Chris Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: IV. Midnight’s bell goes ting, ting, ting (02:24)
23. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Staples & Tomas Nilsson – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: V. But that night when on my bed I lay (03:00)
24. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Staples & Sofi Berner – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: VI. She sleeps on soft, last breaths (04:28)
25. Andreas Sundén, Daniel Harding, Anders Jonhall, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: VII. What is more gentle than a wind in summer? (03:57)
26. Daniel Harding, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Staples – Nocturne for Tenor, 7 Obbligato Instruments and Strings, Op. 60: VIII. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (04:39)

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