The Turn of the Screw

Album by Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears & Jennifer Vyvyan & David Hemmings & Joan Cross & English Opera Group & Benjamin Britten

The Turn of the Screw is a chamber opera by English composer Benjamin Britten, premiered in 1954. Notable for its chamber scoring and economical use of vocal ensembles, the work employs recurring motifs, modal and serial-inflected harmonies and tonal ambiguity to create an eerie, psychologically charged atmosphere, and it represents a key example of Britten's mid-career operatic writing.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Turn of the Screw: Prologue (The Prologue)
    2:48
  2. 2.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Theme / Act I, Scene 1. Recitative "The Journey" (Governess)
    3:25
  3. 3.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation I / Act I, Scene 2. "The Welcome" (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess)
    4:08
  4. 4.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation II / Act I, Scene 3. "The Letter" (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess)
    3:51
  5. 5.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation III / Act I, Scene 4.Air "The Tower" (Governess)
    5:49
  6. 6.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation IV / Act I, Scene 5. "The Window" (Miles, Flora, Governess, Mrs. Grose)
    9:59
  7. 7.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation V / Act I, Scene 6. "The Lesson" ( (Miles, Flora, Governess)
    4:44
  8. 8.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation VI / Act I, Scene 7. Air "The Lake" (Flora, Governess, Miles)
    6:37
  9. 9.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act I, Variation VII / Act I, Scene 8. Duet "At Night" (Quint, Miles, Miss Jessel, Flora, Governess, Mrs. Grose)
    10:44

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation VIII / Act II, Scene 1. Duet "Colloquy and Soliloquy" (Miss Jessel, Quint, Governess)
    8:36
  2. 3.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation IX / Act II, Scene 2. Quartet "The Bells" (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess
    8:30
  3. 4.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation X / Act II, Scene 3. Duet "Miss Jessel" (Governess, Miss Jessel)
    6:20
  4. 5.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XI / Act II, Scene 4. "The Bedroom" (Miles, Governess, Quint)
    5:57
  5. 6.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XII / Act II, Scene 5. "Quint" (Quint)
    2:06
  6. 7.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XIII / Act II, Scene 6. "The Piano" (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Flora)
    4:51
  7. 8.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XIV / Act II, Scene 7. "Flora" (Mrs. Grose, Governess, Miss Jessel, Flora)
    4:54
  8. 9.
    The Turn of the Screw: Act II, Variation XV / Act II, Scene 8. "Miles" (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Miles, Quint)
    11:43

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