Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 (In French and English);

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
January 23, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten
    • PERFORMER
      Julia Kogan, Britten Sinfonia
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 23, 2026
    • UPC
      5060216343150
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR150
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Fanfare

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    2. No. 2. Villes

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    3. No. 3a. Phrase

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    4. No. 3b. Antique

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    5. No. 4. Royauté

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    6. No. 5. Marine

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    7. No. 6. Interlude

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    8. No. 7. Being Beauteous

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    9. No. 8. Parade

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    10. No. 9. Départ

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    11. Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1947 version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    12. No. 1. Fanfare

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    13. No. 2. Towns

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    14. No. 3a. Phrase

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    15. No. 3b. Antique

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    16. No. 4. Royalty

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    17. No. 5. Seascape

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    18. No. 6. Interlude

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    19. No. 7. Beautiful Being

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    20. No. 8. Parade

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez

    21. No. 9. Departing

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

      Performer: Julia Kogan

      Conductor: Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez


Featuring the first recording of BRITTEN's Les Illuminations, Op. 18 sung in English, from a brand new translation by Timothy Ades. Also includes the original French version. Coupled with Samuel BARBER's dramatic masterpiece Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, written just a few years after Les Illuminations. Among the most personal and powerful music ever written for the human voice, Britten and Barber's masterpiece settings of texts by Rimbaud and Agee continue to resonate intensely. Taken together, they form bookends to the cataclysms of the 20th century, with it's two life-shattering world wars. The colours, verbal and harmonic, of such human drama are a dazzling mix, running the gamut of life in dramatic flux. Mild mannered it is not, though parts are hauntingly beautiful.