The turn of the screw / Benjamin Britten.

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin composer.
Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[England] : Virgin Classics, ℗2002.
Description2 audio discs (107 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorPiper, Myfanwy librettist.
Other author/creatorRodgers, Joan performer.
Other author/creatorTierney, Vivian performer.
Other author/creatorHenschel, Jane, 1950- performer.
Other author/creatorWise, Caroline, 1989- performer.
Other author/creatorLeang, Julian, performer.
Other author/creatorBostridge, Ian performer.
Other author/creatorHarding, Daniel, conductor.
Other author/creatorJames, Henry, 1843-1916. Turn of the screw.
Other author/creatorMahler Chamber Orchestra, performer.
Contents CD 1: Prologue (3:28) -- Act One: Theme (1:04) -- Scene 1. The Journey (2:12) -- Variation (0:36) -- Scene 2. The Welcome (3:42) -- Variation II (0:38) -- Scene 3. The Letter (2:58) -- Variation III (1:45) -- Scene 4. The Tower (3:41) -- Variation IV (0:24) -- Scene 5. The Window (9:07) -- Variation V (1:00) -- Scene 6. The Lesson (4:02) -- Variation VI (1:20) -- Scene 7. The Lake (5:11) -- Variation VII (1:25) -- Scene 8. At Night (9:45) -- CD 2: Act Two: Variation VIII (4:39) -- Scene 1. Colloquy and Soliloquy (4:26) -- Variation IX (0:55) -- Scene 2. The Bells (7:31) -- Variation X (0:31) -- Scene 3. Miss Jessel (6:00) -- Variation XI (1:26) -- Scene 4. The Bedroom (5:02) -- Variation XII (1:23) -- Scene 5. Quint (0:54) -- Variation XIII (1:08) -- Scene 6. The Piano (3:14) -- Variation XIV (0:36) -- Scene 7. Flora (3:49) -- Variation XV (1:34) -- Scene 8. Miles (11:10)
General noteOpera in a prologue and 2 acts.
General noteLibretto by Myfanwy Piper after the story by Henry James.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes in English, French and German, and libretto with French translation in container.
Performer Joan Rodgers, Vivian Tierney, sopranos ; Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano ; Julian Leang, Caroline Wise, child singers ; Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Mahler Chamber Orchestra ; Daniel Harding, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Jan. 17-19, 2002, Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk.
LanguageSung in English.
UPC 724354552120
Publisher number7243 5 45521 2 0 Virgin Classics
Publisher number7243 5 45522 2 9--7243 5 45523 2 8 Virgin Classics