Building a library compares available versions of britten s les illuminations and makes a recommendation. Gauvin is a seductive interpreter of les illuminations. Umso performs brittens les illuminations, with lighting and stage design by doug fitch renowned for his multimedia spectacles in symphonic and opera productions including work with the new york philharmonic, santa fe opera and tanglewood fitch previously collaborated with umso conductor james ross on umsos 2008 presentation of petrushka. Benjamin britten set his les illuminations to prose texts and poems by arthur rimbaud. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems.
String orchestra scores by britten open music library. Its perfect for brittens fire seen through ice sound world which. The gifted soprano karina gauvin offers her uncanny musicality to the 1939 work for voice and string orchestra, les illuminations, britten s setting for some poems by rimbaud. Sep 16, 2014 benjamin britten les illuminations, op.
As with the published scores of other songs rejected from britten s cycles, the edition carries a rather stern instruction. On sale through our online shop orders will be despatched by mail from our online shop. The poet paul verlaine published the poems without the authors knowledge as the work. Its perfect for britten s fire seen through ice sound world which combines purity and passion in a particularly gallic way. As with the published scores of other songs rejected from brittens cycles, the edition carries a rather stern instruction. Originally written for soprano sophie wyss, the work can, and often is, performed by a tenor. For people unfamiliar with brittens music, this is a good place to start.
What impresses so much about britten s music is the immaculate crafting and colouring. Ian bostridge finds that they nevertheless work as a cycle, thanks to brittens brilliant settings, originally composed for. Although benjamin britten is incontes tably the best. No one knows exactly when rimbauds les illuminations was written. Britten les illuminations daniel harding, lso, ian bostridge les illuminations for voice and string orchestra op. Britten continued his imaginative exploitation of string orchestra sonorities begun in the frank bridge variations with these exhilarating settings of poems by arthur rimbaud, begun in suffolk in march 1939 and completed a few months later in the usa. Night mail the prince of the pagodas sclre among the tenor versions is a set by pears and the composer with the english chamber orchestra. Britten s astounding gift for setting words to music is as evident as ever on this disc. Benjamin britten musica clasica musica vocal scribd. Mar 09, 20 umso performs brittens les illuminations, with lighting and stage design by doug fitch renowned for his multimedia spectacles in symphonic and opera productions including work with the new york philharmonic, santa fe opera and tanglewood fitch previously collaborated with umso conductor james ross on umsos 2008 presentation of petrushka.
The gifted soprano karina gauvin offers her uncanny musicality to the 1939 work for voice and string orchestra, les illuminations, brittens setting for some poems by rimbaud. Original works, recordings and arrangements by this person cannot be uploaded here until january 1, 2027 without confirmed permission of the owner. Britten les illuminations ian bostridge, proms 20 youtube. Sep 24, 2009 i t might seem odd to begin a collection called unknown britten with les illuminations, perhaps the best known of his early works. Nocturne benjamin britten, peter pears on allmusic 1993. Thorough preparation requires studying both arthur rimbaud, the poet, and benjamin britten as they individually created the work.
Quatre chansons francaises, lott brynjulson english chamber orchestra bedford. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The first performance of the cycle was given on 30 january at the aeolian halllondon, by sophie wyssto whom the cycle is dedicated. Benjamin britten les illuminations peter pears, english. Les illuminations, set to the french poetry of rimbaud, is an earlier work. Britten les illuminations 24 purcell arr manze prelude to the bell anthem, z 46 02 vaughan williams symphony no 5 39 swiss composer frank martins arrangement for strings of his organ passacaglia a set of variations on a ground bass prefaces two english masterpieces. Building a library compares available versions of brittens les illuminations and makes a recommendation. Ian bostridge finds that they nevertheless work as a cycle, thanks to brittens brilliant settings, originally composed for soprano. She sang the first performance of brittens our hunting fathers in 1936 and later on this island and, little by little, the rimbaud songs which eventually became the cycle les illuminations. If performed in the same concert as les illuminations op18 these three songs must be separated from op 18 by another work or an interval. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Ze werden op 21 april 1939 being beauteous en 17 augustus. From the first notes of les illuminations, where the violin and viola exchange their wild barrage of fanfares, its apparent that this is likely to be an exceptional recording, and that expectation is fully realized in the outstanding performances of these four relatively early works by benjamin britten. Les illuminations 1939 text by arthur rimbaud 185491 fanfare.
Five years after les illuminations britten has returned to english poetry and to the historic, but the themes of lost innocence are even more adroitly explored. Benjamin britten, leading british composer of the mid20th century, whose operas were considered the finest english operas since those of henry purcell in the 17th century. What impresses so much about brittens music is the immaculate crafting and colouring. Britten les illuminations daniel harding, lso, ian bostridge les illuminations for voice and string orchestra benjamin brittens youthful setting. The songs vary greatly in atmosphere, tempo, key and length.
The steely gleam at the core of felicity palmers mezzosoprano, and the hard white light of the endymions outstanding ensemble playing make for a fierce kindling of brittens music with robert lowells words at one exceptional moment in the works. It is known that the poems were written in many different locations, such as paris, london, and belgium. The three works on this disc are some of britten s best known and best loved, and have been recorded many times. The serenade for tenor, horn, and strings is one of brittens more wellknown works, and rightfully so. Britten les illuminations, four french songs, serenade. The trio section makes effective use of an irregular phrase structure i. Orchestra, piano, voice sheet music book by benjamin britten 191976. The swiss soprano, sixteen years brittens senior, had been long domiciled in england when britten first knew her. Britten les illuminations score pdf pdf and others. A bizarre design of bridges, now straight, now curved, and others descending in oblique angles to meet the former, and these patterns repeating themselves in other welllit windings of canal, but all so long and weightless that the.
Britten first performed the piece with peter pears. Britten composed as a child and at the age of 12 began several years of. May 07, 2019 britten les illuminations score pdf new britten scores. Three songs for les illuminations by benjamin britten, and.
Pears les illuminations, also conducted by eugene goossens with the new symphony orchestra, is nearly identical to his rendition 10 years later with britten and the english chamber orchestra, although the latter features much fuller, more natural sound. It is composed for soprano or tenor soloist and string orchestra, and sets verse and prose poems written in 18721873 by arthur rimbaud, part of his collection les illuminations. Britten les illuminations daniel harding, lso, ian bostridge les illuminations for voice and string orchestra benjamin britten s youthful setting. Illuminations, collection of 40 prose poems and two freeverse poems by arthur rimbaud. Brittens astounding gift for setting words to music is as evident as ever on this disc. Her glinting sound gives a diamantine shimmer to the heroic passages, yet she never sacrifices the essential warmth and sensuousness of her voice. Gauvin joins the ranks of the finest interpreters of this cycle with a clear voice capable of raising the drama for each poem and yet tying the poems together with the. Les illuminations is presented with another britten masterpiece, the serenade for tenor, horn and strings. Britten les illuminations scottish chamber orchestra. The three works on this disc are some of brittens best known and best loved, and have been recorded many times. It can be ascertained, from examination of the poems, that they were not all written at the same time.
Brittens dramatic cantata phaedra is the resonant centre of this new release in emis excellent british composers series. Throughout his career, britten s instinct was unerring when it came to choosing texts. Britten himself had recently met the young singer peter pears, the beginning of a lifelong partnership, and it was not long after they had left together for america that les illuminations was composed. Les illuminations roxana constantinescu mezzosoprano pekka kuusisto concertmaster ilya gringolts violin oszkar varga. Descargue como doc, pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. This page lists all recordings of les illuminations, op. A bizarre design of bridges, now straight, now curved, and others descending in oblique angles to meet the former, and these patterns repeating themselves in other welllit windings of canal, but all so long and weightless that the shores, weighted with domes, sink and contract. But this performance, taken from a northern sinfonia concert. Aug 27, 20 britten les illuminations daniel harding, lso, ian bostridge les illuminations for voice and string orchestra op. Storgards relinquished his baton to shape the exquisite and resourceful string scoring of brittens les illuminations, a work contemporaneous with the riches of the frank bridge variations, also for string orchestra. We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Les illuminations viquipedia, lenciclopedia lliure.
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