Ian Bostridge - 5 Classic Albums / Warner Classics 5x Audio CD 2012, Box Set

UPC 5099997395324 

Product Features:

• Artist: Ian Bostridge
• Label: Warner Classics
• Format: 5 x CD, Compilation, Box Set
• Country: Europe
• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Classical

Overview:

Ian Bostridge - 5 Classic Albums is a comprehensive box set featuring the renowned British tenor’s performances of some of the most iconic classical works in the repertoire. Released by Warner Classics in 2012, this 5-CD collection encompasses a range of celebrated composers, including Schubert, Händel, Wolf, and Britten. The box set showcases Bostridge’s exceptional artistry, capturing his powerful and nuanced interpretations of the human experience in song.

Spanning multiple genres of classical music, this collection highlights Bostridge’s versatility and expressive voice across a range of works, from Schubert’s emotional Winterreise to the evocative Les Illuminations by Britten. The set includes not only essential art songs and lieder, but also excerpts from oratorios and operatic arias.

With performances accompanied by distinguished orchestras and conductors like Sir Simon Rattle and Harry Bicket, this box set serves as a testament to Bostridge’s stature in the world of classical vocal music.

Track Listing:

Disc 1 - Schubert: Winterreise D911

1. Gute Nacht - 5:31
2. Die Wetterfahne - 1:44
3. Gefror'ne Tränen - 2:15
4. Erstarrung - 2:54
5. Der Lindenbaum - 4:59
6. Wasserflut - 3:48
7. Auf Dem Flusse - 3:28
8. Rückblick - 1:50
9. Irrlicht - 2:24
10. Rast - 3:25
11. Frühlingstraum - 4:24
12. Einsamkeit - 3:12
13. Die Post - 1:59
14. Der Greise Kopf - 2:48
15. Die Krähe - 1:59
16. Letzte Hoffnung - 1:48
17. Im Dorfe - 3:11
18. Der Stürmische Morgen - 0:48
19. Täuschung - 1:04
20. Der Wegweiser - 4:08
21. Das Wirtshaus - 4:17
22. Mut - 1:22
23. Die Nebensonnen - 2:41
24. Der Leiermann - 3:30

Disc 2 - Schubert: Schwanengesang D957

1. Geheimnis. An Franz Schubert D491 - 2:00
2. An Schwager Kronos D369 - 2:27
3. Widerschein D949 - 3:29
4. Liebesbotschaft - 2:46
5. Kriegers Ahnung - 4:47
6. Frühlingssehnsucht - 2:57
7. Ständchen - 3:59
8. Aufenthalt - 2:31
9. In Der Ferne - 5:55
10. Abschied - 3:42
11. Der Atlas - 2:08
12. Ihr Bild - 2:42
13. Das Fischermädchen - 1:47
14. Die Stadt - 2:26
15. Am Meer - 4:14
16. Der Doppelgänger - 3:49
17. Die Taubenpost - 3:33
18. Abschied D475 - 5:13

Disc 3 - Great Händel
Semele

1. Where'er You Walk - 4:51

Messiah

1. Comfort Ye - 3:11
2. Ev'ry Valley - 3:11

Serse

1. Frondi Tenere - 0:36
2. Ombra Mai Fu - 2:26

La Resurrezione

1. Cosi La Tortorella - 3:46

Acis And Galatea

1. Acis And Galatea Love Sounds The Alarm - 4:31
2. Love In Her Eyes Sits Playing - 6:34
3. Happy We - 2:41

Ariodante

1. Scherza Infida - 10:22
2. Dopp Notte - 6:32

Samson

1. Total Eclipse - 3:37

L'Allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato

1. As Steals The Morn - 5:35

Jeptha

1. Hide Thou Thy Hated Beams - 2:37
2. A Father, Off'ring Up His Only Child - 0:28
3. Waft Her, Angels - 4:31

Disc 4 - Wolf Lieder
Eichendorff-Lieder

1. Der Musikant - 1:39
2. Verschwiegene Liebe - 2:20
3. Das Ständchen - 2:16
4. Nachtzauber - 4:11
5. Seemanns Abschied - 1:58

Mörike-Lieder

1. Der Genesene An Die Hoffnung - 4:07
2. Der Knabe Und Das Immlein - 3:00
3. Begegnung - 1:21
4. Nimmersatte Liebe - 2:10
5. Verborgenheit - 2:58
6. Im Frühling - 4:27
7. Auf Einer Wanderung - 3:11
8. Um Mitternacht - 3:30
9. Auf Ein Altes Bild - 2:26
10. Gebet - 2:49
11. An Den Schlaf - 2:54
12. An Die Geliebte - 3:10
13. Lied Eines Verliebten - 1:35
14. Peregrina 1 - 1:55
15. Peregrina 2 - 3:10
16. Der Jäger - 3:12
17. Abschied - 2:42

Goethe-Lieder

1. Gutmann Und Gutweib - 4:47
2. Ganymed - 5:24

Disc 5 - Britten
Les Illuminations, Op. 18 (1939), For High Voice And Strings

1. I. Fanfare - 1:55
2. II. Villes - 2:28
3. IIIa. Phrase - 1:01
4. IIIb. Antique - 2:05
5. IV. Royauté - 1:39
6. V. Marine - 0:59
7. VI. Interlude - 2:33
8. VII. Being Beauteous - 4:03
9. VIII. Parade - 2:56
10. IX. Départ - 3:01

Serenade, Op. 31 (1943), For Tenor, Horn And Strings

1. Prologue - 1:45
2. Pastoral - 3:25
3. Nocturne - 3:35
4. Elegy - 3:52
5. Dirge - 3:17
6. Hymn - 2:04
7. Sonnet - 3:58
8. Epilogue - 2:05

Nocturne, Op. 60 (1958), For Tenor, Seven Obligato Instruments And Strings

1. On A Poet's Lips I Slept - 3:21
2. Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep - 3:19
3. Encinctured With A Twine Of Leaves - 2:37
4. Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting - 2:19
5. But That Night When On My Bed I Lay - 3:09
6. She Sleeps So Soft, Last Breaths - 5:13
7. What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer? - 3:25
8. When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See - 4:42

Key Credits:

• Composers: Benjamin Britten, Franz Schubert, Georg Friedrich Händel, Hugo Wolf
• Conductors: Harry Bicket (Tracks 3-1 to 3-16), Sir Simon Rattle (Tracks 5-1 to 5-26)
• Orchestras: Berliner Philharmoniker (Tracks 5-1 to 5-26), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Tracks 3-1 to 3-16)
• Piano: Antonio Pappano (Tracks 2-1 to 2-18, 4-1 to 4-24), Leif Ove Andsnes (Tracks 1-1 to 1-24)
• Vocals: Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Kate Royal (Soprano)