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Title:
Les illuminations, op. 18 ; Serenade, op. 31 ; Nocturne, op. 60 / Britten.
Author:
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891.

Hill, Martyn.

Lloyd, Frank.

Hickox, Richard, 1948-2008.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Illuminations.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Serenade, tenor, horn, string orchestra, op. 31.

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Nocturnes, tenor, orchestra, op. 60.

City of London Sinfonia.
Publication Information:
London, England : Virgin Classics, ℗1989.
Call Number:
C BRIT LI B22
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Physical Description:
1 audio disc (76 min., 32 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Virgin Classics: VC 7 90792-2 (also on container: Deutsche Bestellnummer 259 569-231).

Song cycles; the 1st for tenor and string orchestra; the 2nd for tenor, horn, and string orchestra; the 3rd for tenor, 7 obligato instruments, and string orchestra.

Texts by Arthur Rimbaud (1st work), and various English poets (2nd-3rd works).

Compact disc.

Program notes by Michael Kennedy in English with German and French translations, biographical notes in English, and libretto in German, French and English ([38] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Illuminations: Fanfare (2:02) ; Villes (2:21) ; Phrase (1:05) ; Antique (2:06) ; Royauté (1:34) ; Marine (:57) ; Interlude (2:34) ; Being Beauteous (4:02) ; Parade (2:49) ; Départ (2:38) -- Serenade: Prologue (1:32) ; Pastoral (3:35) ; Nocturne (3:38) ; Elegy (4:48) ; Dirge (3:39) ; Hymn (1:50) ; Sonnet (3:58) ; Epilogue (1:32) -- Nocturne: On a poet's lips I slept (3:37) ; Below the thunders of the upper deep (3:16) ; Encinctured with a twine of leaves (2:47) ; Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting (2:51) ; But that night when on my bed I lay (3:19) ; She sleeps on soft, last breaths (4:07) ; What is more gentle than a wind in summer (4:10) ; When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (5:12).
Uniform Title:
Vocal music. Selections
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