The Turn of the Screw

Album by Benjamin Britten & Steuart Bedford

The Turn of the Screw is a chamber opera by English composer Benjamin Britten, premiered in 1954. The score uses a small instrumental ensemble and economy of means, blending tonal centres with serial techniques to create an intimate, psychologically charged sound world, and it occupies a central place in Britten's mid-20th-century operatic output as an exploration of dramatic ambiguity and character-driven narrative.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54: Prologue
    3:07
  2. 2.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation VIII: Scene 1: Colloquy and So- lioquy
    8:36
  3. 3.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Theme: Scene 1: The Journey
    3:21
  4. 4.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation IX: Scene 2: The Bells
    8:20
  5. 5.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation X: Scene 3: Miss Jessel
    6:43
  6. 6.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Variation I: Scene 2: The Welcome
    4:00
  7. 7.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation XI: Scene 4: The Bedroom
    6:22
  8. 8.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Variation II: Scene 3: The Letter
    3:56
  9. 9.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation XII: Scene 5: Quint
    2:13
  10. 10.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Variation III: Scene 4: The Tower
    5:37
  11. 11.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Variation IV: Scene 5: The Window
    9:57
  12. 12.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation XIII: Scene 6: The Piano
    4:28
  13. 13.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Variation V: Scene 6: The Lesson
    4:56
  14. 14.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation XIV: Scene 7: Flora
    4:19
  15. 15.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act Two: Interlude: Variation XV: Scene 8: Miles
    12:04
  16. 16.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Variation VI: Scene 7: The Lake
    7:06
  17. 17.
    The Turn of the Screw, op. 54, Act One: Interlude: Variation VII: Scene 8: At Night
    11:02