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Benjamin Britten: Noye's Fludde Op. 59 / Serenade Op. 31 For Tenor, Horn & Strings

Benjamin Britten, Richard Hickox (Conductor), members of Endymion Ensemble
Benjamin Britten: Noye's Fludde Op. 59 / Serenade Op. 31 For Tenor, Horn & Strings
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Lord Jesus, Think On Me - Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Catriona Johnson...
2. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: I, God, That All This Worlds Hath Wroughte - Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell
3. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: O, Lorde, I Thanke Thee Lowde And Still - Donald Maxwell/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/Catriona Johnson/Polly Hewetson...
4. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Now In The Name Of God I Will Begyne - Donald Maxwell
5. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Wyffe, In This Vessell We Shall Be Kepte - Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston
6. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Noye, Noye, Take Thou They Company - Richard Pasco/Donald Maxwell
7. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Sir! Heare Are Lions, Leapardes, In - Alexander Gallifant/Schools From Salisbury And Chester/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry/
8. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Wiffe, Come In! Why Standes Thou Their? - Donald Pasco/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Joanna Brown
9. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: It Is Good For To Be Still - Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry
10. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Eternal Father, Strong To Save - Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry...
11. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Now Forty Dayes Are Fullie Gone - Donald Maxwell
12. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Noye, Take Thy Wife Anone - Richard Pasco/Schools From Salisbury And Chester
13. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: Noye, Heare I Behette Thee A Heste - Richard Pasco
14. Noye's Fludde, Op.59: The Spacious Firmament On High - Donald Maxwell/Linda Ormiston/Alexander Gallifant/Timothy Lamb/Nicholas Berry
15. Ser, Op.31: Prologue - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd
16. Ser, Op.31: Pastoral - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd
17. Ser, Op.31: Nocturne - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd
18. Ser, Op.31: Elegy - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd
19. Ser, Op.31: Dirge - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd
20. Ser, Op.31: Hymn - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd
21. Ser, Op.31: Sonnet - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd
22. Ser, Op.31: Epilogue - Martyn Hill/Frank Lloyd

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All Artists: Benjamin Britten, Richard Hickox (Conductor), members of Endymion Ensemble, Richard Pasco (voice of God), Coull String Quartet, Martyn Hill (tenor), Frank Lloyd (horn), City of London Sinfonia
Title: Benjamin Britten: Noye's Fludde Op. 59 / Serenade Op. 31 For Tenor, Horn & Strings
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Virgin Classics
Release Date: 10/11/1994
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724356112223

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Wonderful

R. Albin | Ann Arbor, Michigan United States | 12/28/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This work deserves to be known better and performed more frequently. The texts come from a traditional English miracle play. The music is written supposedly for non-professional choirs. As a non-musician, I have no idea if this is true, but it is gorgeous. Britten's tremendous ability to set English texts to beautiful music is on full display. The story and Britten's suggested staging are simple and clever, containing both wit and great emotional power. I saw this piece presented a number of years ago in a local church (with a very accomplished music director) and the effect was astonishing. This is an excellent recording which does justice to the music though the full impact of the piece can be achieved only through seeing a performance."

Noye's Fludde Soars with Hickox

Maestro di Musica | Bellevue, Washington USA | 05/09/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Richard Hickox's recording from the 1989 Salisbury Festival production is brilliant. (This does not appear to be a live recording and the engineering is first rate.) While some of his tempos are quite brisk they, combined with his excellent pacing, reveal Hickox's understanding of the work (and perhaps his flair for drama). Adult soloists are outstanding and the youth have the pithy quality of amatuers in tone but certainly not in musicianship. The children chorus has a natural production and combined with professional singers reflects for whom Britten intended the work: amateurs from a community, school or church, and professionals. That is not to say there is anything amatuerish in this production whatsoever, rather, it is authentic. The orchestra work, complete with the full battery of percussion (including wind machine)is extremely clean. All in all, a model of a performance and the best recording this reviewer knows--truly a classic."