La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg - Britten: The Turn of the Screw (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

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, Julian Hubbard and Sally Matthews, are utterly convincing: together they push the audience’s imagination to unbearable levels of tension…

Tracklist:
Disc 1 (52:23)
1. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg & Ed Lyon – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Prologue (03:30)
2. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Theme (01:05)
3. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg & Sally Matthews – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 1: The Journey (02:27)
4. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation I (00:30)
5. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Katharina Bierweiler & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 2: The Welcome (03:31)
6. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation II (00:41)
7. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Katharina Bierweiler & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 3: The Letter (02:57)
8. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation III (01:43)
9. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews & Julian Hubbard – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 4: The Tower (03:54)
10. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation IV (00:24)
11. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Katharina Bierweiler, Julian Hubbard & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 5: The Window (09:15)
12. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation V (01:05)
13. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Katharina Bierweiler & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 6: The Lesson (03:29)
14. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VI (01:19)
15. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Katharina Bierweiler, Giselle Allen & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 7: The Lake (05:31)
16. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1: Variation VII (01:29)
17. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Katharina Bierweiler, Carole Wilson, Giselle Allen, Julian Hubbard & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 1, Scene 8: At Night (09:33)

Disc 2 (52:28)
1. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation VIII (03:57)
2. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Julian Hubbard, Giselle Allen & Sally Matthews – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 1: Colloquy and Soliloquy (04:10)
3. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation IX (00:47)
4. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Katharina Bierweiler & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 2: The Bells (07:25)
5. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation X (00:33)
6. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews & Giselle Allen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 3: Miss Jessel (06:12)
7. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XI (01:09)
8. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Julian Hubbard & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 4: The Bedroom (04:33)
9. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg & Julian Hubbard – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XII (01:20)
10. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Julian Hubbard & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 5: Quint (00:51)
11. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIII (01:13)
12. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Katharina Bierweiler & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 6: The Piano (03:24)
13. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XIV (00:34)
14. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Katharina Bierweiler & Giselle Allen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 7: Flora (04:01)
15. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra & Ben Glassberg – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2: Variation XV (00:59)
16. La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg, Sally Matthews, Carole Wilson, Katharina Bierweiler, Julian Hubbard & Thomas Heinen – The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54, Act 2, Scene 8: Miles (11:20)


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