Britten, Benjamin: Phaedra (score) / Faber Music

Length: 44 pages

Publisher: Faber Music

Item number: 057151099X

ISMN: 9780571510993 / 978-0571510993

Terjedelem: 44 oldal

Kiadó: Faber Music

Katalógusszám: 057151099X

Full score of Phaedra, which was written as a vehicle for the remarkable talents of Dame Janet Baker. Modelled on the Italian Baroque cantatas of Handel, the series of arias for voices and strings, and recitatives for voice with continuo result in a extraordinarily taut and economical work, both intense and emotionally charged. Containing enough drama to sustain a full-length opera, Phaedra is a microcosm of that form, a remarkable 16-minute scena, and Britten's last masterpiece for his favoured medium, the voice.