 | from Britten: The Red Cockatoo & other songs (CDA66823) 1 Oh my blacke Soule! now thou art summoned [3'10] 22 minutes 57 seconds 9 tracks2 Batter my heart three person'd God; for, you [1'16] 3 O might those sighes and teares returne againe into my breast and eyes [3'06] 4 Oh, to vex me, contraryes meet in one [1'03] 5 What if this present were the world's last night? [2'54] 6 Since she whom I love hath payd her last debt [3'25] 7 At the round earth's imagined corners, blew [2'40] 8 Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay? [1'25] 9 Death be not proud, though some have called thee [3'58] ‘Bostridge is in the royal line of Britten's tenor interpreters … heard here in a veritable cornucopia of, by and large, unfamiliar, and even unknown songs … all performed with full understa ... ‘The advent of Ian Bostridge has been one of the most heartening occurrences in British musical life in recent years. Here is a tenor with a wonderful voice and brains and sensitivity to match’ (The S ... ‘Here is a tenor who possesses an exceptionally sweet and beautiful voice, and a fine musician and a thinker too … inspired performances’ (The Guardian) |