Britten: Diaphenia

This page lists all recordings of Diaphenia, by Benjamin Britten (1913-77) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Songs of Innocence

Songs of Innocence

Barber:

Sure on this shining night, Op. 13 No. 3

Berkeley, M:

Cradle Song

Boyce:

Tell, me lovely shepherd

arr. Elizabeth Poston

Britten:

Diaphenia

The Owl

Witches' Song

Chamber Music V

The Rainbow

The Oxen

Little Sir William

Ca’ the yowes

Dibdin:

Tom Bowling

realised by Britten

Handel:

Silent Worship (solo treble)

arr. Maurice Jacobson

Ives, C:

Slow March

Jeffries:

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Niles:

I wonder as I wander

arr. Benjamin Britten

Quilter:

Summer Sunset

Swann:

The Slow Train

arr. Andrew Plant

trad.:

In the mornin'

spiritual, arr. Ives

Caleno custure me

arr. Andrew Plant

Vaughan Williams:

Dirge for Fidele

Warlock:

The bayley berith the bell away

Williamson:

My bed is a boat

Sweet and low

Wood, C:

Who is Silvia?

Andrew Swait (treble), James Bowman (counter tenor) & Andrew Plant (piano)

"I was particularly keen to make this CD as I wanted a newer record of my treble voice: it has changed significantly since my previous recordings as a chorister. I also wished to promote items which are not normally associated with the standard treble repertoire.Through my association with Andrew Plant,The Britten-Pears Foundation generously supported the creation of the recording and allowed me the immense privilege of recording unpublished works by Britten, therefore greatly increasing the documental importance of this CD... Mr Bowman's voice had been one of the first I had heard in recordings and live concerts. Later, as a chorister, I was lucky enough to sing with him when he was a soloist in performances of Messiah and the St John Passion.The chance to work with him made the prospect of the disc better than I could have imagined." Andrew Swait

“The voice of experience meets the voice of youth in this album contrasting the voices of Bowman, a countertenor, and Swait, a boy chorister. Swait's voice is clear, bright and tuned with innate precision, ringing with carefree but studious childhood. Appealingly, he focuses on the mechanics of his singing, maintaining a childish ignorance of the full tragedy of Britten's Little Sir William. Bowman is the uncle, worldly and artistic, duetting with restraint and phrasing with a characteristic elegance and expressivity that Swait duly and sensibly mimics. The pianist Andrew Plant accompanies with sensitivity.” The Times, 12th July 2008 ***

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