Album

Britten: Songs

2013 · by Ian Bostridge & Antonio Pappano

Classical33 songs1 hr 16 min

Your rating

Own it on…

Tracklist

Rate each song as you listen

1
Winter Words, Op. 52: 1. At Day-Close in November
sample avg 3.5
1:34
2
Winter Words, Op. 52: 2. Midnight on the Great Western (or The Journeying Boy)
sample avg 3.8
4:36
3
Winter Words, Op. 52: 3. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)
sample avg 2.9
1:59
4
Winter Words, Op. 52: 4. The Little Old Table
sample avg 3.7
1:21
5
Winter Words, Op. 52: 5. The Choirmaster's Burial (or The Tenor Man's Story)
sample avg 3.3
4:00
6
Winter Words, Op. 52: 6. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales)
sample avg 3.6
1:00
7
Winter Words, Op. 52: 7. At the Railway Station, Upway (or The Convict and Boy with the Violin)
sample avg 3.8
2:51
8
Winter Words, Op. 52: 8. Before Life and After
sample avg 4.0
3:26
9
Michelangelo Sonnets, Op. 22: Sonnet XVI. Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro
sample avg 3.3
1:49
10
Michelangelo Sonnets, Op. 22: Sonnet XXXI. A che piu debb'io mai l'intensa voglia
sample avg 3.6
1:22
11
Michelangelo Sonnets, Op. 22: Sonnet XXX. Veggio co' be' vostri occhi un dolce lume
sample avg 3.1
3:19
12
Michelangelo Sonnets, Op. 22: Sonnet LV. Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai
sample avg 3.9
1:41
13
Michelangelo Sonnets, Op. 22: Sonnet XXXVIII. Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume
sample avg 3.0
1:58
14
Michelangelo Sonnets, Op. 22: Sonnet XXXII. S'un casto amor, s'una pieta superna
sample avg 2.9
1:22
15
Michelangelo Sonnets, Op. 22: Sonnet XXIV. Spirto ben nato, in cui so specchia e vede
sample avg 3.1
4:36
16
Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61: Menschenbeifall
sample avg 4.0
1:27
17
Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61: Die Heimat
sample avg 3.8
2:02
18
Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61: Sokrates und Alcibiades
sample avg 3.5
1:55
19
Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61: Die Jugend
sample avg 3.9
1:51
20
Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61: Hälfte des Lebens
sample avg 4.0
2:23
21
Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61: Die Linien des Lebens
sample avg 3.4
3:06
22
Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 3 Nightmare
sample avg 3.1
2:53
23
Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 6 Slaughter
sample avg 3.1
1:44
24
Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 9 Who Are These Children?
sample avg 3.0
2:12
25
Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 11 The Children
sample avg 3.9
4:43
26
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: The Big Chariot (from The Book of Songs)
sample avg 4.0 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
1:50
27
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: The Old Lute (words: Po Chü-i)
sample avg 3.9 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
2:20
28
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: The Autumn Wind (words: Wu-ti)
sample avg 3.4 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
1:14
29
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: The Herd-Boy (words: Lu Yu)
sample avg 4.0 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
1:15
30
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: Depression (words: Po Chü-i)
sample avg 3.2 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
1:26
31
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: Dance Song (from the Book of Songs)
sample avg 2.9 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
1:02
32
Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 3: No. 6, O Waly, Waly
sample avg 4.0 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
3:30
33
Folksong Arrangements, Vol. 3: No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew
sample avg 3.5 · Xuefei Yang & Ian Bostridge
2:12

What people are saying

Review by Jules Archer★★★Sample

Not every song lands, but when it does it LANDS. “Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61: Die Linien des Lebens” is the keeper.

3.5K likes

Review by Mira Okafor★★★½Sample

Good album to do dishes to. Great album to stare at the ceiling to.

1.8K likes

Britten: Songs

Tracklist

What people are saying

Britten: Songs

Tracklist

What people are saying

More from Ian Bostridge & Antonio Pappano

More from Ian Bostridge & Antonio Pappano