Britten: 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo / Holy Sonnets of J. Donn

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 1, 1900
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRITTEN
    • PERFORMER
      Philip, Steuart, Langridge, Bedford
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 1900
    • UPC
      747313220120
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557201
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical Vocals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Sonnet VI: Oh my blacke Soule!

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    2. No. 2. Sonnet XIV: Batter my heart

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    3. No. 3. Sonnet III: O might those sighes and teares

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    4. No. 4. Sonnet XIX: Oh, to vex me

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    5. No. 5. Sonnet XIII: What if this present

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    6. No. 6. Sonnet XVII: Since she whom I lov'd

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    7. No. 7. Sonnet VII: At the round earth's imagin'd corners

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    8. No. 8. Sonnet I: Thou hast made me

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    9. No. 9. Sonnet X: Death, be not proud

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    10. No. 1. Sonetto XVI: Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    11. No. 2. Sonetto XXXI: A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    12. No. 3. Sonetto XXX: Veggio co' be' vostri occhi un dolce lume

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    13. No. 4. Sonetto LV: Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    14. No. 5. Sonetto XXXVIII: Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    15. No. 6. Sonetto XXXII: S'un casto amor, s'una pieta superna

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    16. No. 7. Sonetto XXIV: Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    17. No. 1. At Day-close in November

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    18. No. 2. Midnight on the Great Western

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    19. No. 3. Wagtail and Baby

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    20. No. 4. The Little Old Table

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    21. No. 5. The Choirmaster's Burial

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    22. No. 6. Proud Songsters

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    23. No. 7. At the Railway Station, Upway

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    24. No. 8. Before Life and After

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    25. If it's ever Spring again

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford

    26. The Children and Sir Nameless

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Philip Langridge, Steuart Bedford


Britten' 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.