The turn of the screw / Benjamin Britten.
| Author/creator | Britten, Benjamin composer. |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | [England] : Virgin Classics, ℗2002. |
| Description | 2 audio discs (107 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Piper, Myfanwy librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Rodgers, Joan performer. |
| Other author/creator | Tierney, Vivian performer. |
| Other author/creator | Henschel, Jane, 1950- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Wise, Caroline, 1989- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Leang, Julian, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bostridge, Ian performer. |
| Other author/creator | Harding, Daniel, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | James, Henry, 1843-1916. Turn of the screw. |
| Other author/creator | Mahler 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 note | Opera in a prologue and 2 acts. |
| General note | Libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the story by Henry James. |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program 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 note | Recorded Jan. 17-19, 2002, Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk. |
| Language | Sung in English. |
| UPC | 724354552120 |
| Publisher number | 7243 5 45521 2 0 Virgin Classics |
| Publisher number | 7243 5 45522 2 9--7243 5 45523 2 8 Virgin Classics |