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“曲目 布烈頓聲樂作品全集
戰爭安魂曲、春之交響曲、聖奇西里亞頌歌、基督聖體頌歌、聖誕頌歌的儀式、頌主曲、天國的良伴、為男高音、法國號與弦樂而作的《小夜曲》、來自中國的歌、今日之聲、我們的狩獵祖先、在這島上 等
Britten – The Complete Works for Voice
演出者 眾多藝人
Various Artists
本集精介
緊接著劃時代的3000套限量版大全集之後，DECCA再推出四套盒裝之布烈頓作品全集，產品內容分別為「舞台與電影配樂」、「聲樂作品」、「歌劇作品」、「管弦樂與器樂作品」。涵蓋EMI、維京古典（Virgin Classics）、Naxos和華納（Warner）等18 家唱片公司版權所有的錄音，堪稱世紀大作。每一套都附有Andrew Huth詳盡的解說、完整的曲目表及錄音訊息。布烈頓不但親自指揮，更參與錄音工作。
布烈頓（Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976）是英國繼巴洛克時期的普賽爾（Henry Purcell, 1658-1695）之後三百年間首位著重創寫歌劇、神劇及相關聲樂曲的重要二十世紀作曲家，他的歌唱類作品不論是歌劇、合唱曲、獨唱曲還是宗教合唱都相當出色。 作品深受工作夥伴男高音皮爾斯（Peter Pears, 1910-1986）的影響，為他寫了許多歌曲，包括了男高音絢爛的《小夜曲》和各種英文的詩歌。
《一個男孩誕生》創作於1932年，是布烈頓早期的天才之作，十足的自信的原創，當時他才19歲。然而因內容技巧艱難，限制了作品受歡迎的程度，不過隨著當代合唱技術的精進，此作也快速地獲得應有的指標性地位。由九首歌曲組成的《靈光集》（Les Illuminations，又譯為「幻象」或「彩畫集」）是為男高音與弦樂團而寫，歌詞取自韓波（Artur Rimbaud, 1854-1891）的同名詩集，這是布烈頓最為精巧、最富靈感的作品。由於布烈頓的出生日和相傳掌管音樂的守護聖者聖奇西里亞（Saint Cecilla）的聖日相同，有人認為他擁有過人的音樂才華是上天所賦予的，因此布烈頓也曾創作了一部《聖奇西里亞頌歌》。
1962年完成的《戰爭安魂曲》是布烈頓最重要的代表作。由男高音、女高音、男中音三位獨唱家與合唱團、兩個管弦樂團和管風琴演出，是為了重新興建的柯芬垂教堂（Coventry Cathedral）落成儀式所寫，曲中加入在第一次世界大戰中陣亡的英國反戰詩人歐文（Wilfred Owen）的詩文。本輯中《戰爭安魂曲》的錄音曾獲得各大樂評的一致推崇，包括日本音樂之友社究極100、10R(10 de Repertoire) 法國十大名盤獎、Classic CD 100 英國古典音樂雜誌百大唱片、英國企鵝唱片評鑑（Penguin Guide）三星帶花，絕對值得珍藏。
Tracklisting VOICES
CD1
War Requiem
Vishnevskaya | Pears | Fischer-Dieskau | Melos Ensemble
London Symphony Orchestra
CD2
Spring Symphony
Vyvyan | Procter | Pears
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Cantata Academica (Carmen basilienses)
Vyvyan | Watts | Pears | Brannigan
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Malcolm
Hymn to St Cecilia
London Symphony Chorus
Malcolm
CD3
Saint Nicolas
Pears
Aldeburgh Festival Choir & Orchestra
Five Flower Songs
Elizabethan Singers
Halsey
Cantata Misericordium
Pears
Fischer-Dieskau
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
CD4
A Boy Was Born
Corpus Christi Carol
A Wealden Trio: Christmas Song of the Women
A Shepherd’s Carol
The Wilbye Consort
Pears
Christ’s Nativity
BBC Singers
Bedford
A Ceremony of Carols
Simon
Copenhagen Boys’ Choir
The Holly and the Ivy
Elizabethan Singers
Halsey
CD5
Songs from ‘Friday Afternoons’
Psalm 150
Downside School Choir & Orchestra
Three Two-Part Songs
New London Children’s Choir
Corp
Two Two-Part Songs
Elizabethan Singers
Halsey
The Birds
Britten
A Hymn to the Virgin
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Guest
Jubilate Deo in Eflat
Truro Cathedral Choir
Gray
Te Deum
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Ledger
Advance Democracy
The Sixteen
Christophers
Deus in Adjutorium Meum (Psalm 70)
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Marlow
A.M.D.G.
London Sinfonietta Chorus
Edwards
CD6
Rejoice in the Lamb
The Purcell Singers
Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Chorale (After an Old French Carol)
Elizabethan Singers
Halsey
Festival Te Deum
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Guest
A Wedding Anthem
The Sixteen
Christophers
A Hymn to St Peter
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Guest
Antiphon
The Sixteen
Christophers
Missa Brevis
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Guest
CD7
Jubilate Deo in C
Venite Exultemus Domino (Psalm 95)
A Hymn of St Columba
God Save the Queen
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Voices for Today
Sacred and Profane
Wilbye Consort
Pears
Welcome Ode
Suffolk Schools Orchestra & Jubilee Choir
Shaw
Praise We Great Men
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Rattle
CD8
Quatre Chansons Francaises
Gomez
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Rattle
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Mackie
Tuckwell
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Bedford
Our Hunting Fathers
Soderstrom
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Armstrong
Ballad of Heroes
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Pears
Tuckwell
London Symphony Orchestra CD9
Les Illuminations
Pears
English Chamber Orchestra
Three Songs
Piau
Northern Sinfonia
Zehetmair
Nocturne
Pears
London Symphony Orchestra
Phaedra
Baker
English Chamber Orchestra
Bedford
CD10
Canticles I-V
Pears | Hahessy | Bowman | Shirley-Quirk | Tuckwell | Britten
A Birthday Hansel
Pears
Ellis
Sweeter than Roses (Purcell arr. Britten)
Bowman
Britten
CD 11
THE SONG CYCLES: I
The Heart of the Matter
Mackie | Vignoles | Tuckwell | Pears
Tit for Tat
Shirley-Quirk
Britten
On This Island
Bonney
Martineau
Four Cabaret Songs
Hughes
Martineau
Seven Sonnets of Michaelangelo
Pears
Britten
CD 12
THE SONG CYCLES: II
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
Pears
Britten
A Charm of Lullabies
Bowden
Gellhorn
Winter Words
Pears
Britten
If it’s Ever Spring Again
The Children and Sir Nameless
Tritschler
Martineau
Songs from the Chinese
Pears
Bream
Six Holderlin Fragments
Pears
Britten
CD 13
THE SONG CYCLES: III
The Songs and Proverbs of William Blake
Fischer-Dieskau
Britten
The Poet’s Echo
Vishnevskaya
Rostropovich
Who Are these Children?
Pears
Britten
Dawtie’s Devotion
The Gully
Tradition
Spence
Martineau
CD 14
Early & Miscellaneous Songs
CD 15
Folksongs I
Pears | Wyss | Ellis | Britten
CD 16
Folksongs II
Tear | Langridge | Lott | Van Kampen | Walker | Ellis | Johnson
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