Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Matthews, Allen, Wilson, Lyon, Hubbard, de Beauffort, Bierweiler, Glassberg, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Benjamin Britten
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Ben Glassberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 27, 2022
    • UPC
      3760014198281
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA828
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: The Prologue

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Ed Lyon

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    2. Act I: Theme

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    3. Act I Scene 1: The Journey (Governess)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sally Matthews

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    4. Act I: Variation I

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    5. Act I Scene 2: The Welcome (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Heinen, Katharina Bierweiler, Carole Wilson, Sally Matthews

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    6. Act I: Variation II

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    7. Act I Scene 3: The Letter (Mrs. Grose, Governess, Flora, Miles)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Carole Wilson, Sally Matthews, Katharina Bierweiler, Thomas Heinen

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    8. Act I: Variation III

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    9. Act I Scene 4: The Tower (Governess, Quint)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sally Matthews, Julian Hubbard

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    10. Act I: Variation IV

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    11. Act I Scene 5: The Window (Miles, Flora, Governess, Mrs. Grose, Quint)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Heinen, Katharina Bierweiler, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Julian Hubbard

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    12. Act I: Variation V

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    13. Act I Scene 6: The Lesson (Miles, Governess, Flora)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Heinen, Sally Matthews, Katharina Bierweiler

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    14. Act I: Variation VI

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    15. Act I Scene 7: The Lake (Flora, Governess, Miles, Miss Jessel)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Katharina Bierweiler, Sally Matthews, Thomas Heinen, Giselle Allen

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    16. Act I: Variation VII

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    17. Act I Scene 8: At Night (Quint, Miles, Miss Jessel, Flora, Governess, Mrs. Grose)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Julian Hubbard, Thomas Heinen, Giselle Allen, Katharina Bierweiler, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    18. Act II: Variation VIII

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    19. Act II Scene 1: Colloquy and Soliloquy (Miss Jessel, Quint, Governess)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Giselle Allen, Julian Hubbard, Sally Matthews

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    20. Act II: Variation IX

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    21. Act II Scene 2: The Bells (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Heinen, Katharina Bierweiler, Carole Wilson, Sally Matthews

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    22. Act II: Variation X

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    23. Act II Scene 3: Miss Jessel (Governess, Miss Jessel)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sally Matthews, Giselle Allen

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    24. Act II: Variation XI

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    25. Act II Scene 4: The Bedroom (Miles, Governess, Quint)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Heinen, Sally Matthews, Julian Hubbard

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    26. Act II: Variation XII (Quint)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Julian Hubbard

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    27. Act II Scene 5: Quint (Miles, Quint)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Thomas Heinen, Julian Hubbard

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    28. Act II: Variation XIII

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    29. Act II Scene 6: The Piano (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Miles, Flora)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Thomas Heinen, Katharina Bierweiler

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    30. Act II: Variation XIV

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    31. Act II Scene 7: Flora (Mrs. Grose, Governess, Miss Jessel, Flora)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Carole Wilson, Sally Matthews, Giselle Allen, Katharina Bierweiler

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    32. Act II: Variation XV

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg

    33. Act II Scene 8: Miles (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Miles, Flora, Quint)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Thomas Heinen, Katharina Bierweiler, Julian Hubbard

      Conductor: Ben Glassberg


Nothing is as it appears in the old English manor house of Bly. A new governess takes up her post and discovers that the children who are her new charges are under the influence of the ghosts of the previous governess and her depraved lover. As one disturbing event unfolds after another, the questions become more pressing: What horrors happened here before her arrival? Are the children innocent? Do we really see what we are seeing?

Based on Henry James’s strange ghost story, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw is a psychological thriller in the form of a chamber opera. The Orchestre de la Monnaie, under the British conductor Ben Glassberg, took up this masterpiece in a staging which, despite the Covid crisis, received rave reviews. We now present a version recorded in studio conditions immediately after the performances. The two leading singers, Ed Lyon and Sally Matthews, are utterly convincing: together they push the audience’s imagination to unbearable levels of tension…