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Nicholas Phan follows up last year’s successful solo debut with Still Falls the Rain, focusing on works inspired by Britten’s key collaborators including Dennis Brain, Osian Ellis, and poet Edith Sitwell. The rarely recorded “The Heart of the Matter” includes a narration of Sitwell’s poems by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.
Nicholas Phan follows up last year’s successful solo debut with Still Falls the Rain, focusing on works inspired by Britten’s key collaborators including Dennis Brain, Osian Ellis, and poet Edith Sitwell. The rarely recorded “The Heart of the Matter” includes a narration of Sitwell’s poems by Scottish actor Alan Cumming. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Heart of the matter by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Myra Huang (Piano),
Nicholas Phan (Tenor),
Alan Cumming (Narrator)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1956; England
2.
Folksong Arrangement(s) by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Myra Huang (Piano),
Nicholas Phan (Tenor),
Sivan Magen (Harp)
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
3.
Canticle IV, Op. 86 "The Journey of the Magi" by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Myra Huang (Piano),
Nicholas Phan (Tenor),
Jennifer Montone (French Horn)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1971; England
4.
Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain" by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Nicholas Phan (Tenor),
Myra Huang (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1954; England
5.
A Birthday Hansel, Op. 92 by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Nicholas Phan (Tenor),
Myra Huang (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1975; England
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