from Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets & Winter Words (CDH55067) 1 At day-close in November [1'43] 20 minutes 54 seconds 8 tracks2 Midnight on the Great Western 'The journeying boy' [4'49] 3 Wagtail and baby 'A satire' [2'04] 4 The little old table [1'23] 5 The choirmaster's burial 'The tenor man's story' [3'45] 6 Proud songsters 'Thrushes, finches and nightingales' [1'04] 7 At the railway station, Upway 'The convict and the boy with the violin' [2'46] 8 Before life and after [3'20] ‘Wonderful performances of two of Britten's finest song cycles, consistently beautiful in vocal quality, and almost miraculous in their integration of clear expressive diction. Deserves a place in eve ... ‘English vocal intelligence at its best, accompanied with utmost orchestral colouring by Graham Johnson’ (The Independent on Sunday) ‘Strongly recommended’ (Fanfare, USA) |