Britten

The Rape of Lucretia

Published: March 13, 2013 at 6:01 pm

'Britten's score requires a performance of the utmost intensity and cohesion to wholly convince – which, in this edited live performance from the 2011 Aldeburgh Festival, it emphatically gets.' Bayan Northcott

Britten The Rape of Lucretia Ian Bostridge (ten), Susan Gritton (sop), Christopher Purves (bass), Benjamin Russell (bar), Peter Coleman-Wright (bar), Angelika Kirchschlager (mz), Hilary Summers (c.alto), Claire Booth (sop); Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Oliver Knussen

Virgin Classics 602 6722 105:33 mins

Audio clip: from 'My horse! My horse!'

For a full review, pick up a copy of the April issue of BBC Music Magazine

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