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Contrairement à ce qui se dit, l’on n’est pas toujours aussi bien servi par soi-même. Certains compositeurs furent de piètres chefs dans l’absolu, et de catastrophiques interprètes de leurs propres œuvres. Mais la remarque ne s’applique pas à Benjamin Britten qui fut, à la baguette, un merveilleux défenseur de tous les répertoires qu’il dirigea, de Schumann à Mozart à Chostakovitch à lui-même. Il semble donc normal que dans la Discothèque Idéale de Qobuz figure l’un des plus magiques opéras qui soient, le Songe d’une nuit d’été, dans l’exécution (car « interprète »-t-on sa propre musique ?) qu’en fit Britten en 1966 à la tête du London Symphony Orchestra avec en tête de distribution Alfred Deller, l’un des créateurs de l’ouvrage lors de la première à Aldeburgh en 1960. Bien plus qu’une bête version de référence, c’est là un document indispensable pour quiconque souhaite s’approcher de cette ineffable musique selon la vision même du compositeur – qui ajusta l’ouvrage aux forces orchestrales en présence, car si la partition initiale fait appel à 27 musiciens dont seulement douze cordes, Britten l’enregistre ici avec un grand orchestre. Cela ne change rien aux équilibres entre musique et voix, en vérité. On notera que par rapport à la distribution de la création, Peter Pears – à qui, pour une fois, Britten ne donne pas de premier rôle dans – a été promu du rôle de l’un des bouffons à celui, plus lyrique, de Lysander. Quoi qu’il en soit, voilà un enregistrement sans égal dans la discographie pourtant très ample de cet absolu chef-d’œuvre lyrique du XXe siècle, mettant en musique l’absolu chef-d’œuvre des années 1595 – pour mémoire, Britten a repris mot pour mot la pièce, tout en supprimant quelques personnages et en resserrant le discours. (MT)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 (Benjamin Britten)
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 (Benjamin Britten)
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
DISQUE 2
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 (Benjamin Britten)
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act III (Benjamin Britten)
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 (Benjamin Britten)
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
Chronique
Contrairement à ce qui se dit, l’on n’est pas toujours aussi bien servi par soi-même. Certains compositeurs furent de piètres chefs dans l’absolu, et de catastrophiques interprètes de leurs propres œuvres. Mais la remarque ne s’applique pas à Benjamin Britten qui fut, à la baguette, un merveilleux défenseur de tous les répertoires qu’il dirigea, de Schumann à Mozart à Chostakovitch à lui-même. Il semble donc normal que dans la Discothèque Idéale de Qobuz figure l’un des plus magiques opéras qui soient, le Songe d’une nuit d’été, dans l’exécution (car « interprète »-t-on sa propre musique ?) qu’en fit Britten en 1966 à la tête du London Symphony Orchestra avec en tête de distribution Alfred Deller, l’un des créateurs de l’ouvrage lors de la première à Aldeburgh en 1960. Bien plus qu’une bête version de référence, c’est là un document indispensable pour quiconque souhaite s’approcher de cette ineffable musique selon la vision même du compositeur – qui ajusta l’ouvrage aux forces orchestrales en présence, car si la partition initiale fait appel à 27 musiciens dont seulement douze cordes, Britten l’enregistre ici avec un grand orchestre. Cela ne change rien aux équilibres entre musique et voix, en vérité. On notera que par rapport à la distribution de la création, Peter Pears – à qui, pour une fois, Britten ne donne pas de premier rôle dans – a été promu du rôle de l’un des bouffons à celui, plus lyrique, de Lysander. Quoi qu’il en soit, voilà un enregistrement sans égal dans la discographie pourtant très ample de cet absolu chef-d’œuvre lyrique du XXe siècle, mettant en musique l’absolu chef-d’œuvre des années 1595 – pour mémoire, Britten a repris mot pour mot la pièce, tout en supprimant quelques personnages et en resserrant le discours. (MT)
À propos
- 2 disque(s) - 41 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 02:23:39
- Artistes principaux : Alfred Deller Elizabeth Harwood Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools London Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Britten
- Compositeur : Benjamin Britten
- Label : Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre : Classique
© 1990 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited
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