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Composer:
Lennox Berkeley

Artist(s):
Jean Rigby
Mark Tucker

Conductor:
Richard Hickox

Background: Ruth is an opera, based on the Old Testament story of the marriage of Boaz of Bethlehem to the Moabite Ruth. This neglected masterpiece, praised at its premiere for its lyricism and expressiveness, is said to contain some of Lennox Berkeley's most imaginative music. Benjamin Britten described the work as 'beautiful'.

CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10301
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.23 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Apr-2005

COMPOSER: Lennox Berkeley
TITLE: Ruth - complete
TRACKS: Ruth op.50 - an opera in three scenes.
ORCHESTRA: City of London Sinfonia
CONDUCTOR: Richard Hickox
ARTISTS: Jean Rigby   Mark Tucker   Claire Rutter   Joyful Company of Singers

- Proms-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'Hickox, drawing excellent singing and playing from chorus and orchestra, as well as from the first-rate team of soloists, paces the three scenes most persuasively, bringing out dramatic contrasts in what might have been too gentle a sequence'

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