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Welcome to the forum. There are definitely a few mad Britten fans for you to talk to on here. ;)
Hello and Welcome !
Welcome aboard! I'm quite the Britten and Vaughan Williams fan as well. Looking forward to seeing of you on the forum.
Another Britten fan here, welcoming you to GMG!
--Bruce
Welcome! :)
Welcome, Howard!
Welcome Howard !
Question: I'm looking for a version of The Curlew River. Any recommendation ?
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Hey :). Can't go wrong with Vaughan Williams.
Welcome.
What's your favorite version(s) of Les Illuminations? I'm always looking for new ones to try.
Greetings, and welcome among us :)
Quote from: absolutelybaching on June 16, 2021, 12:18:35 AM
I'm sorry to be very conventional about it! But, I prefer a tenor singing it to a soprano, no matter it was written for Sophie Wyss to sing originally. And so I like the Pears version, though Ian Bostridge is good too.
That's okay. The Pears / Goosens is probably my favorite recording of the work.
The Bostrisge is good too, but I think a Proms concert he did of the work even better.
Welcome aboard and it is great to see you actively participating already. Keep it up :)
Thanks for the answers ! The Britten is hard to locate. I was considering this version. It seems to have a good pedigree.
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Welcome from me too Howard. I've always been a VW fan but am increasingly appreciating Britten's orchestral music (most recently the Violin Concerto). I don't think that Britten and Vaughan Williams had much time for each other's music!
Hope you enjoy your time on the Forum.
Jeffrey