BaL 27.06.15 - Britten: Les Illuminations

[Barbirollians]

I am very fond of the John Mark Ainsley version

[LeMartinPecheur]

For Britten completists, the Sandrine Piau version has 3 extra songs orch. Colin Matthews. EA, your listing in OP doesn't need the 'ed. Colin Matthews' because there's no sign that he's put his dibs onto Britten's original Op.18 score

[The 3 extras follow the cycle NB, they're not jammed into the published sequence like the additional studies into Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques.]

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Surely Pears/eco/goossens should be Pears/eco/Britten?

Indeed it should. It"s available is several packages.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

For Britten completists, the Sandrine Piau version has 3 extra songs orch. Colin Matthews. EA, your listing in OP doesn't need the 'ed. Colin Matthews' because there's no sign that he's put his dibs onto Britten's original Op.18 score

[The 3 extras follow the cycle NB, they're not jammed into the published sequence like the additional studies into Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques.]

I was in a hurry this morning.

[makropulos]

It's interesting to hear the very early Pears/Britten performance on NMC D030, with the CBS Symphony Orchestra in 1941 (the American premiere). Still available: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/NMC/NMCD030

For a soprano version, there's a live Suzanne Danco performance with Ansermet that's worth hearing:

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Cascavelle/VEL3125

Janine Micheau/Paul Sacher (Philips) appears to be out of print at the moment.

[Lordgeous]

I too love a soprano in this work. Pity that Jennyfer Vyvyan never recorded it, though I believe there are some broadcast tapes around - anyone have one by any chance? Her aria in Cantata Academica still sends shivers down my spine. Thrilled to meet her at Aldeburgh once.

[makropulos]

I too love a soprano in this work. Pity that Jennyfer Vyvyan never recorded it, though I believe there are some broadcast tapes around - anyone have one by any chance? Her aria in Cantata Academica still sends shivers down my spine. Thrilled to meet her at Aldeburgh once.

A wonderful singer. There was a broadcast in March 1970 when JV sang Les Illuminations with Horenstein and the BBC Northern SO.

[Lordgeous]

Thankyou for that. By any chance anyone have a copy???

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thankyou for that. By any chance anyone have a copy???

The ever-reliable YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joCOtStuh_Y

[makropulos]

The ever-reliable YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joCOtStuh_Y

Fantastic - thank you! I found a listing for the 1970 broadcast, now to hear it...

[Lordgeous]

Thanks so much FHG - a brilliant find. Only strengthens my admiration for her. Such a distinctive, haunting voice, wonderfully floated high notes, impeccable intonation and great musicianship. http://www.jennifervyvyan.org/ is well worth a visit.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

BaL this morning.

[visualnickmos]

If one must open one's review with a phrase in French, please get the accent at least passable!

[Mary Chambers]

If one must open one's review with a phrase in French, please get the accent at least passable!

Just what I thought!

[verismissimo]

Wonderful Martyn Hill with Hickox. But gone from the reckoning now?

Also, loved hearing Maggie Teyte with piano from 1948, which I have somewhere, together with that Pelleas performance where she sang all the roles. Magic.