The Turn of the Screw

Album by Benjamin Britten & Joan Rodgers & Ian Bostridge & Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Daniel Harding

The Turn of the Screw is a chamber opera by English composer Benjamin Britten, premiered in 1954. Scored for a small ensemble and voices, it employs a condensed tonal palette with serial-inspired motifs and leitmotivic techniques to create an eerie, psychologically driven atmosphere, and it represents a central work in Britten's mid-career exploration of chamber forms and operatic storytelling.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Turn of the Screw: Prologue
    3:27
  2. 2.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Theme
    1:04
  3. 3.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 1 (The Journey)
    2:13
  4. 4.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Variation I
    0:37
  5. 5.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 2 (The Welcome)
    3:43
  6. 6.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Variation II
    0:39
  7. 7.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 3 (The Letter)
    2:58
  8. 8.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Variation III
    1:46
  9. 9.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 4 (The Tower)
    3:42
  10. 10.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Variation IV
    0:25
  11. 11.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 5 (The Window)
    9:08
  12. 12.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Variation V
    1:01
  13. 13.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 6 (The Lesson)
    4:03
  14. 14.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Variation VI
    1:21
  15. 15.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 7 (The Lake)
    5:11
  16. 16.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I. Variation VII
    1:25
  17. 17.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Scene 8 (At Night)
    9:45

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation VIII
    4:45
  2. 3.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 1 (Colloquy and Soliloquy)
    4:21
  3. 4.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation IX
    0:55
  4. 5.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 2 (The Bells)
    7:31
  5. 6.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation X
    0:32
  6. 7.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 3 (Miss Jessel)
    6:00
  7. 8.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation XI
    1:26
  8. 9.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 4 (The Bedroom)
    5:03
  9. 10.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation XII
    1:23
  10. 11.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 5 (Quint)
    0:54
  11. 12.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation XIII
    1:08
  12. 13.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 6 (The Piano)
    3:15
  13. 14.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation XIV
    0:37
  14. 15.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 7 (Flora)
    3:49
  15. 16.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II. Variation XV
    1:34
  16. 17.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Scene 8 (Miles)
    11:11

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