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Background: Britten's song cycles form a substantial and important part of his work. The Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo belong to the period when Britten had begun to set foreign languages in an attempt to broaden his musical horizons. It is his first work composed exclusively for Peter Pears and deals with various aspects of love.

Written in August 1945, soon after Britten had returned from a tour of German concentration camps with Yehudi Menuhin, The Holy Sonnets of John Donne captures some of the bleak intensity of that experience. In the eight settings of Thomas Hardy, Winter Words, written in 1953, there is no less abundance of the musical invention and imagery found in the earlier cycles, but the textures are generally leaner and more economical.

CATALOGUE NR: 8557201
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne op.35. Seven Sonets of Michelangelo op.22. Winter Words op.52. If it's ever Spring again. The Children and Sir Nameless.
ARTISTS: Philip Langridge   Steuart Bedford    

- Jun-2004 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'Philip Langridge gives intense and dramatic performances of the 3 most important Britten song-cycles with piano'

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