Britten / Harding / Rodgers / Bostridge / Wise Turn Of The Screw CD

2 CD 1 CD-ROM. Britten: Turn of the Screw (2 CD/CD-ROM) Box set Joan Rodgers (Artist), Ian Bostridge (Artist), Caroline Wise (Artist), Benjamin Britten (Composer), Daniel Harding (Conductor), Sir Benjamin Britten's opera TURN OF THE SCREW is a 'chamber opera' based on the Henry James novella of the same name, adapted as a libretto by Myfanwy Piper. It presents a challenge to opera companies whose audiences are used to more pomp and splendor than this delicate, psychological thriller that depends on cerebral attention as opposed to visual effects. Though the recording form 1954 with Britten conducting the English Group orchestra and the stellar cast of Peter pears, Jennifer Vyvyan and Joan Cross has been the gold standard for years, this new recording with Daniel Harding conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra changes all that. The opera recorded here works on every level - mysterious, frightening, moody, and eloquently sung. Sir Benjamin Britten's score is better revealed under the baton of Daniel Harding - a score that surely is one of Britten's most creative for both voices (adult and children) and orchestra. Hearing this recording in comparison to Britten's own 1954 version is revelatory and bound to bring the public popularity this opera so justly deserves.

1. Act One: Prologue (Prologue) 2. Act One: Theme 3. Act One: Scene 1 : The Journey (Governess) 4. Act One: Variation I 5. Act One: Scene 2 : The Welcome (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Miles/Flora) 6. Act One: Variation II 7. Act One: Scene 3 : The Letter (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Miles/Flora) 8. Act One: Variation III 9. Act One: Scene 4 : The Tower (Governess/Quint) 10. Act One: Variation IV 11. Act One: Scene 5 : The Window (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Miles/Flora/Quint) 12. Act One: Variation V 13. Act One: Scene 6 : The Lesson (Governess/Miles/Flora) 14. Act One: Variation VI 15. Act One: Scene 7 : The Lake (Governess/Miles/Flora) 16. Act One: Variation VII 17. Act One: Scene 8 : At Night (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Miles/Flora/Quint/Miss Jessel) 18. Act Two: Variation VIII 19. Act Two: Scene 1 : Colloquy and Soliloquy (Governess/Quint/Miss Jessel) 20. Act Two: Variation IX 21. Act Two: Scene 2 : The Bells (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Miles/Flora) 22. Act Two: Variation X 23. Act Two: Scene 3 : Miss Jessel (Governess/Miss Jessel) 24. Act Two: Variation XI 25. Act Two: Scene 4 : The Bedroom (Governess/Miles/Quint) 26. Act Two: Variation XII 27. Act Two: Scene 5 : Quint (Quint) 28. Act Two: Variation XIII 29. Act Two: Scene 6 : The Piano (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Flora) 30. Act Two: Variation XIV 31. Act Two: Scene 7 : Flora (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Flora/Miss Jessel) 32. Act Two: Variation XV 33. Act Two: Scene 8 : Miles (Governess/Mrs. Grose/Miles/Quint) 34. The Turn of the Screw: Libretto 35. The Turn of the Screw: Synopsis