classical music: Steuart Bedford     classical music:     Steuart Bedford      Britten: St. Nicolas; Christ's Nativity Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2003 A Worthy Successor to a Much Earlier Britten/Pears Recording I have particular interest in the main piece on this CD, Britten's 'St. Nicolas' cantata, because a choir I sing in will be doing it later this year with our local professional chamber orchestra; interestingly, a previous performance of it by this group was so ...             Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo; The Holy Sonnets of John Donne; Winter Words Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2004 Some of Britten's finest music I bought this cd many years ago because it was so cheap. I was only a teenager and Britten wasn't in my blood then; I didn't understand his musical language. I have recently revisited this music after a lot more experience with Britten, and is now one of my most ...             Britten: Canticles I-V; The Heart of the Matter Gerald Finley, Benjamin Britten, ... Naxos, 2005 Great performance from Peter Langridge The Canticles are setting of religious poems for tenor and various other combinations of instruments and singers. Athough recorded by Peter Pears, I cannot imagine that his recording could be any better given the profound dedication from all involved. Canticle 1 My ...             Britten: Violin Concerto Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin / Berkeley, Lennox Britten, ... Naxos, 2005 Probably the Finest Britten Violin Concerto Recording [Amazon has not yet listed the contents of this disc. It contains Britten's Violin Concerto, Canadian Carnival Overture, and the suite he wrote jointly with Sir Lennox Berkeley -- Mont Juic: Suite of Catalan Dances. All are played by Steuart Bedford, our leading ...             Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Phaedra Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... London Import, 2003 DREADFUL LIBRETTO: GREAT OPERA Lucretia is probably the worst libretto Britten ever set. Its awkward combination of the classical with the Christian, the slips into dated vernacular or the high-flown and pretentiously poetic, all conspire to set it on a level with Tippett at his most embarrassing. ...             Schubert: The Masterworks [Box Set] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Shirley-Quirk, ... Brilliant Classics, 2004 One of the best of the Masterworks series Brilliant Classics' "Masterworks" series, if you can get them cheaply (and currently they go for about $1/CD from Amazon's France Web site), are a great way to amass a significant library of the works of several great computers. The production values and the ...             Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem; Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2005 Quintessential Britten Works in Fine Performances Most people think of Britten primarily in terms of his operas, but he was an undisputed master of orchestral composition as well, and this CD taken from a 1990 release of the now-defunct Collins Classics is one of the really good ones in their Britten series conducted ...             A Midsummer Night's Dream / Britten, London SO Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra, ... Decca Import, 1990 MORE THAN STANDS UP TO LATER COMPETITION This was the first opera I ever saw live, during its initial London run a few months after the Aldeburgh premiere. I still carry vivid memories of that evening as a magical experience. And magic certainly lies at the heart of this entrancing (almost literally) ...             Britten Conducts Britten: Operas 2 Benjamin Britten, Charles Mackerras, ... Decca, 2005 Britten's lesser operas? Of course it's all a matter of taste. I find most of Britten's operas first class with no exception. 'Gloriana' is an under-recorded jewel, full of melody and emotion. 'Turn of the Screw' a masterpiece of claustrophobic sense. 'Rape of Lucretia' full of chamber ...             Britten: The Turn of the Screw Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2004 excellent and terrific opera This is one of the greatest operas of Britten, based on a novella, an amazing ghost story of Henry James. The librettos was written by the composer's close friend Myfanwy Piper, who the librettist of "Death in Venice". The libretto is also very impressive, as like the ...             Children's Games Emma Johnson, George MacDonald, ... Asv Living Era, 2005             Britten, Berkeley: Auden Songs Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten, ... Naxos, 2003             Schubert: Lieder (Box Set) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Shirley-Quirk, ... Brilliant Classics, 2001             Gay: Beggar's Opera Benjamin Britten, John Gay, ... Polygram Records, 1993 Briiten's Brilliant Version of 18th Century Classic, at last Benjamin Britten's version of John Gay's "ballad opera" is the least known of his stage works, and - along with "Gloriana" - one of the last to be recorded. No doubt most people, even those who know & love "Peter Grimes,""The Turn of the Screw" & all the other Britten ...             The Great Composers: Franz Schubert [DVD + 2 CDs] Foreign Media Group, 2006 Chin Dimples Absent This work tries to please history, music, and ballet fans. If you loved the outfits in "The Matrix," you'll love the costumes here too. Clothes are designed to be tight in the perfect places and flowing in the perfect places. The work presents men dancing with ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music canticles, interludes, masterworks, michelangelo, midsummer, passacaglia      toavi.com    web we recommend Chin Dimples Absent randomly chosen DVD: Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)