MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Curlew River
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Curlew River
Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Harold Blackburn, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten
[ Decca Records / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 2 January 1989
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"Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. The first of Britten's three 'Parables for Church Performance', the work is based on the Japanese noh play Sumidagawa (Sumida River) by Kanze Jūrō (1395-1431), which Britten saw during a visit to Japan and the Far East in early 1956. Beyond the noh source dramatic material, Britten incorporated elements of noh treatment of theatrical time into this composition. Curlew River marked a departure in style for the remainder of the composer's creative life, paving the way for such works as Owen Wingrave, Death in Venice and the Third String Quartet." (Wiki)
Tracks:
1 Te Lucis Ante Terminum 7:19
2 I am the ferryman 3:09
3 I come from the Westland 4:36
4 But first may I ask you what is the strange noise? 2:42
5 Clear as sky without a cloud 2:22
6 Near the Black Mountains there I dwelt 2:19
7 A thousand leagues may sunder a mother and her son? 3:20
8 Ignorant man! You refuse a passage to me... 2:11
9 I beg your pardon 4:52
10 Curlew River, smoothly flowing... 2:14
11 Today is an important day 5:32
12 Look! While you were listening to my story... 2:44
13 Ferryman, tell me, when did it happen? 6:22
14 Hoping, I wandered on 3:30
15 He whose life was full of promise 2:22
16 The moon has risen 5:55
17 Go your way in peace, mother 2:30
18 Good souls, we have shown you... 5:14
