Aldeburgh Strings delivers fresh and energetic performances of Britten's finest music for string ensemble. Young Apollo and Lachrymae introduce, respectively, expert piano and viola soloists, before the technical wizardry of the precocious Prelude and Fugue leads us into one of the great masterpieces: the Serenade for tenor, horn and strings. Award-winning tenor Allan Clayton and horn player Richard Watkins are the soloists, the latter reprising his role 30 years after first performing it with Peter Pears.
A 24-bit 192 kHz studio master for this album is available from the Linn Records website.