Pears / Bowman / Bedford -Death In Venice / Tod In Venedig (GA) -Decca CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
Death in Venice, Op.88 (Lib. Myfanwy Piper 1911-1997 after T.Mann)

01. Bowman, James "My mind beats on (Act 1)"

02. Britten, Benjamin "Who's that? A foreigner, a traveller no doubt (Act 1)"

03. Britten, Benjamin "Hey there, hey there, you! (Act 1)"

04. Britten, Benjamin "Serenissima...Low-lying clouds, unending grey (Act 1)"

05. Britten, Benjamin "Overture: Venice (Act 1)"

06. Britten, Benjamin "Ah, Serenissima! (Act 1)"

07. Britten, Benjamin "Mysterious gondola (Act 1)"

08. Britten, Benjamin "We are delighted to greet the signore (Act 1)"

09. Britten, Benjamin "Was I wrong to come? (Act 1)"

10. Britten, Benjamin "There is indeed in every artist's nature (Act 1)"

11. Britten, Benjamin "Children's games: Adziu, Adziu (Act 1)"

12. Britten, Benjamin "Aou'! Stagando, aou' (Act 1)"

13. Britten, Benjamin "Naturally, Signore, I understand (Act 1)"

14. Britten, Benjamin "Here will I stay, here dedicate my days (Act 1)"

Disc 02
Death in Venice, Op.88 (Lib. Myfanwy Piper 1911-1997 after T.Mann)
First, the race! (Act 1)

01. Britten, Benjamin "First the race"
The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me (Act 1)

02. Britten, Benjamin "The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me"
So, it has come to this (Act 2)

03. Britten, Benjamin "So it has come to this"
Guardate, Signore! (Act 2)

04. Britten, Benjamin "Guardate, Signore!"
Do I detect a scent? (Act 2)

05. Britten, Benjamin "Do I detect a scent?"
Careful search now leads me to them (Act 2)

06. Britten, Benjamin "Careful search now leads me to them"
This way for the players, Signori (Act 2)

07. Britten, Benjamin "This way for the players, Signori!"
Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso (Act 2)

08. Britten, Benjamin "Fiorir rose in mezzo al giasso"
One moment, if you please (Act 2)

09. Britten, Benjamin "One moment if you please"
In these last years (Act 2)

10. Britten, Benjamin "In these last years"
So it is true (Act 2)

11. Britten, Benjamin "So it is true, true"
Receive the stranger god (Act 2)

12. Britten, Benjamin "Recieve the stranger god"
The empty beach: Do what you will with me (Act 2)

13. Britten, Benjamin "(The empty beach) ... Do what you will with me!"
Yes! A very wise decision (Act 2)

14. Britten, Benjamin "Yes! A very wise decision"
Hurrah for the Piazza (Act 2)

15. Britten, Benjamin "Hurrah for the pizza"
Chaos, chaos and sickness (Act 2)

16. Britten, Benjamin "Chaos, chaos and sickness"
The wind still blows from the land (Act 2)

17. Britten, Benjamin "The wind still blows from the land"
Interlude: Ah, no! (Act 2)

18. Britten, Benjamin "(On the beach) .. Ah, no!"

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English Opera Group/ Eco/ Bedford

Description:

Death in Venice is arguably Benjamin Britten's most heartrending and personal Opera. Composed relatively late in his life and under very dire conditions (he put off major surgery to finish it) Britten at the time clearly must have identified with the psychological and emotional dilemma of Mann's main character Aschenbach given the scores many intensely inspired moments. As usual, Britten wrote the main role with his longstanding companion tenor Peter Pears in mind whose definitive performance here will surprise no one. If you've enjoyed Britten's more familiar Operas such as Peter Grimes and Billy Budd, Death in Venice is the sensible next step.

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4256692

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