Britten: Songs

Ian Bostridge, ténor & Antonio Pappano, piano

• Released on 19/04/2013 by Warner Classics
• Main artists: Ian Bostridge
• Genre: Classical
• Distinctions: Gramophone Editor's Choice

Digital booklet

1 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 1, At Day-Close in November

00:01:33

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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2 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 2, Midnight on the Great Western "The Journeying Boy"

00:04:35

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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3 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 3, A Satire. Wagtail and Baby

00:01:59

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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4 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 4, The Little Old Table

00:01:20

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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5 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 5, The Choirmaster's Burial "The Tenor Man's Story"

00:03:59

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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6 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 6, Proud Songsters. Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales

00:01:00

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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7 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 7, At the Railway Station, Upway "The Convict and Boy with the Violin"

00:02:51

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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8 Winter Words, Op. 52: No. 8, Before Life and After

00:03:25

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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9 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 1, Sì come nella penna e nell'inchiostro

00:01:48

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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10 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 2, A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia

00:01:21

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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11 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 3, Veggio co' be' vostri occhi un dolce lume

00:03:18

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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12 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 4, Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai

00:01:40

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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13 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 5, Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume

00:01:57

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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14 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 6, S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna

00:01:21

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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15 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22: No. 7, Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede

00:04:36

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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16 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op. 61: No. 1, Menschenbeifall

00:01:26

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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17 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op. 61: No. 2, Die Heimat

00:02:01

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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18 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op. 61: No. 3, Sokrates und Alcibiades

00:01:54

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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19 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op. 61: No. 4, Die Jugend

00:01:51

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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20 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op. 61: No. 5, Hälfte des Lebens

00:02:22

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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21 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op. 61: No. 6, Die Linien des Lebens

00:03:05

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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22 Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 3, Nightmare

00:02:52

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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23 Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 6, Slaughter

00:01:43

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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24 Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 9, Who Are These Children?

00:02:12

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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25 Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 11, The Children

00:04:43

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

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26 Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: No. 1, The Big Chariot

00:01:50

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Xuefei Yang, Guitar, MainArtist

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27 Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: No. 2, The Old Lute

00:02:19

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Xuefei Yang, Guitar, MainArtist

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28 Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: No. 3, The Autumn Wind

00:01:13

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Xuefei Yang, Guitar, MainArtist

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29 Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: No. 4, The Herd-Boy

00:01:15

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Xuefei Yang, Guitar, MainArtist

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30 Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: No. 5, Depression

00:01:25

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Xuefei Yang, Guitar, MainArtist

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31 Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: No. 6, Dance Song

00:01:01

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Xuefei Yang, Guitar, MainArtist

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About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
• Total length: 01:09:55
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artists: Ian Bostridge
• Composer: Benjamin Britten
• Label: Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical
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Distinctions:

• Gramophone Editor's Choice