'The astonishing variety of invention, texture and atmosphere in Britten's scoring comes over more vividly in this recording.'
BBC Music Magazine
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Artist
La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
Ben Glassberg
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Genre(s)
Classical
Code
ALPHA828
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- The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: PrologueComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Prologue
03:34$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: ThemeComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Theme
01:05$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 1: The JourneyComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 1: The Journey
02:27$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation IComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation I
00:30$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 2: The WelcomeComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 2: The Welcome
03:31$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation IIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation II
00:41$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 3: The LetterComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 3: The Letter
02:57$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation IIIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation III
01:43$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 4: The TowerComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 4: The Tower
03:54$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation IVComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation IV
00:24$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 5: The WindowComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 5: The Window
09:15$3.40 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation V
01:05$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 6: The LessonComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 6: The Lesson
03:29$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VI
01:19$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 7: The LakeComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 7: The Lake
05:31$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VIIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VII
01:19$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 8: At NightComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 8: At Night
09:43$3.40 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation VIIIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation VIII
03:59$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 1: Colloquy and SoliloquyComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 1: Colloquy and Soliloquy
04:10$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation IXComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation IX
00:47$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 2: The BellsComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 2: The Bells
07:25$3.40 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation X
00:33$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 3: Miss JesselComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 3: Miss Jessel
06:12$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XI
01:09$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 4: The BedroomComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 4: The Bedroom
04:33$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XII
01:20$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 5: QuintComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 5: Quint
00:51$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIIIComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIII
01:13$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 6: The PianoComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 6: The Piano
03:24$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIVComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIV
00:34$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 7: FloraComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 7: Flora
04:01$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XVComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XV
00:59$2.30 - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 8: MilesComposer(s) Benjamin BrittenArtist(s) Ben Glassberg La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 8: Miles
11:20$4.60
Total running time: 104 minutes.
Album information
After receiving rave reviews for its 2021 staged performance of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece The Turn of the Screw, the Orchestre de la Monnaie returned to the studio to record this psychological thriller.
Nothing is as it appears in the old English manor house of Bly. A new governess takes up her post and discovers that the children who are her new charges are under the influence of the ghosts of the previous governess and her depraved lover. As one disturbing event unfolds after another, the questions become more pressing: What horrors happened here before her arrival? Are the children innocent? Do we really see what we are seeing? Based on Henry James’s strange ghost story, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw is a psychological thriller in the form of a chamber opera. The Orchestre de la Monnaie, under the British conductor Ben Glassberg, took up this masterpiece in a staging which, despite the Covid crisis, received rave reviews. We now present a version recorded in studio conditions immediately after the performances. The two leading singers, Julian Hubbard and Sally Matthews, are utterly convincing: together they push the audience’s imagination to unbearable levels of tension…
Reviews
'Ben Glassberg is intent on setting a clear dramatic colour for each scene ...'
Gramophone
'The astonishing variety of invention, texture and atmosphere in Britten's scoring comes over more vividly in this recording.'
BBC Music Magazine
'Recorded versions of Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw are few and far between. This one will henceforth occupy pride of place.'
ON Magazine
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