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Britten: The Turn of the Screw.
* Rodgers, Tierney, Henschel; Bostridge; Mahler Chamber Orch., Harding. Virgin Classics VC 5 455212 (2)
Despite its unusual scoring (orchestra of thirteen, cast of five sopranos, one tenor) and structure (prologue and sixteen short scenes), Britten's retelling of Henry James's ghost story has proved itself a modern classic and, as of this fifth release, Britten's most-recorded opera.
Based on a production by Deborah Warner that originated in 1997 at London's Barbican Theatre and last winter moved to Covent Garden, this recording strongly conveys the work's haunted, guilt-ridden atmosphere. Only in relation to the unusually high standard set by previous versions might one perceive weaknesses: a marginal shortfall in definition of tone and pitch in the biggest outbursts for Joan Rodgers's otherwise gripping and sympathetic Governess; moments of dramatic neutrality in quiet dialogue; hints of coaching, as with the children's overdone final consonants; tempos of the more energetic interludes pushed by conductor Daniel Harding to a point that obscures articulation and phrasing.
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