Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Nocturne / Phaedra

Album by Benjamin Britten & Philip Langridge & Ann Murray & Frank Lloyd & Royal Northern Sinfonia & English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / Nocturne / Phaedra is a compilation album featuring three vocal works by British composer Benjamin Britten, released in 2004. The album showcases Britten's exploration of the human voice in varied settings, blending tenor vocals with instrumental accompaniments to convey themes ranging from nocturnal imagery to classical tragedy.
First released: 2004

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: I. Prologue
    1:21
  2. 2.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: II. Pastoral
    3:14
  3. 3.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: III. Nocturne
    3:36
  4. 4.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: IV. Elegy
    4:09
  5. 5.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: V. Dirge
    3:21
  6. 6.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: VI. Hymn
    2:01
  7. 7.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: VII. Sonnet
    3:43
  8. 8.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31: VIII. Epilogue
    1:39
  9. 9.
    Nocturne, op. 60: I. On a poet's lips I slept
    3:09
  10. 10.
    Nocturne, op. 60: II. Below the thunders of the upper deep
    2:56
  11. 11.
    Nocturne, op. 60: III. Encinctured with a twine of leaves
    2:49
  12. 12.
    Nocturne, op. 60: IV. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting
    2:31
  13. 13.
    Nocturne, op. 60: V. But that night when on my bed I lay
    2:56
  14. 14.
    Nocturne, op. 60: VI. She sleeps on soft, last breaths; but no ghost looms
    4:09
  15. 15.
    Nocturne, op. 60: VII. What is more gentle than a wind in summer
    3:41
  16. 16.
    Nocturne, op. 60: VIII. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see
    4:22
  17. 17.
    Phaedra, op. 63: I. Prologue - In May, in brilliant Athens
    1:24
  18. 18.
    Phaedra, op. 63: II. My lost and dazzled eyes
    1:02
  19. 19.
    Phaedra, op. 63: III. Venus resigned her altar to my new Lord
    0:43
  20. 20.
    Phaedra, op. 63: IV. Phaedra in all her madness stands before you
    1:42
  21. 21.
    Phaedra, op. 63: V. The wife of Theseus loves Hippolytus
    1:28
  22. 22.
    Phaedra, op. 63: VI. Oh Gods of wrath
    2:26
  23. 23.
    Phaedra, op. 63: VII. Death to the unhappy's no catastrophe
    1:46
  24. 24.
    Phaedra, op. 63: VIII. My time's too short, your highness
    1:42
  25. 25.
    Phaedra, op. 63: IX. Chills already dart along my boiling veins
    2:38

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