Winter Words, Op 52 (Britten)
from Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets & Winter Words (CDH55067)
1 At day-close in November [1'43]
2 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]
20 minutes 54 seconds 8 tracks
‘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)