[ Erato Classics / 13 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 October 2019
This item is only available to us via Special Order. We should be able to get it to you in 3 - 6 weeks from when you order it.
Gramophone Awards 1988 Winner - Opera
Britten: Paul Bunyan
Orchestra & Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle
Pop Wagner (Narrator), James Lawless (Paul Bunyan), Dan Dressen (Johnny Inkslinger)
Britten: Peter Grimes
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Grimes), Felicity Lott (Ellen Orford), Thomas Allen (Balstrode)
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
Angelika Kirchschlager (Lucretia), Peter Coleman-Wright (Tarquinius), Ian Bostridge (Male Chorus), Susan Gritton (Female Chorus)
Britten: Billy Budd
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Harding
Nathan Gunn (Billy), Ian Bostridge (Captain Vere), Gidon Saks (Claggart), Neal Davies (Redburn)
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Joan Rodgers (Governess), Ian Bostridge (Prologue/Peter Quint), Jane Henschel (Mrs Grose), Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel)
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
James Bowman (Oberon), Lillian Watson (Tytania), John Graham-Hall (Lysander), Henry Herford (Demetrius), Della Jones (Hermia), Jill Gomez (Helena)