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Britten: Death In Venice / Bedford, Pears, Shirley-quirk


Release Date: 02/07/1990 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 4256692   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Benjamin Britten
Performer:  Peter Pears,  John Shirley-Quirk,  James Bowman,  Stuart Harling,   ... 
Conductor:  Steuart Bedford
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  English Opera Group members
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 25 Mins. 

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Death in Venice is arguably Benjamin Britten's most heartrending and personal Opera. Composed relatively late in his life and under very dire conditions (he put off major surgery to finish it) Britten at the time clearly must have identified with the psychological and emotional dilemma of Mann's main character Aschenbach given the scores many intensely inspired moments. As usual, Britten wrote the main role with his longstanding companion tenor Peter Pears in mind whose definitive performance here will surprise no one. If you've enjoyed Britten's more familiar Operas such as Peter Grimes and Billy Budd, Death in Venice is the sensible next step. Death in Venice is arguably Benjamin Britten's most heartrending and personal Opera. Composed relatively late in his life and under very dire conditions (he put off major surgery to finish it) Britten at the time clearly must have identified with the psychological and emotional dilemma of Mann's main character Aschenbach given the scores many intensely inspired moments. As usual, Britten wrote the main role with his longstanding companion tenor Peter Pears in mind whose definitive performance here will surprise no one. If you've enjoyed Britten's more familiar Operas such as Peter Grimes and Billy Budd, Death in Venice is the sensible next step. Read less

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1. Death in Venice, Op. 88 by Benjamin Britten
Performer:  Peter Pears (Tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (Bass Baritone), James Bowman (Countertenor),
Stuart Harling (Baritone), Kenneth Bowen (Tenor), Michael Bauer (),
Anne Wilkens (Mezzo Soprano), Janice Hooper Roe (), Robert Carpenter Turner (),
Stephen James Adams (), Penelope MacKay (), Shiela Brand (),
Angela Vernon Bates (), Michael Follis (), Iris Saunders (Soprano),
Anna Vincent (), Ronald Murdock (), Keith Jones (),
Neville Williams (Bass Baritone), Peter Leeming ()
Conductor:  Steuart Bedford
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  English Opera Group members
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1973; England 
 Date of Recording: 04/1974 
Venue:  The Maltings, Snape 
Length: 145 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: English 

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