Britten: The Turn Of The Screw - LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / FARNES (2 HYBRID SACD)

Britten's opera makes its usual harrowing impact...Broderick's darker-toned Miss Jessel contrasts well with [Matthews]...while Catherine Wyn-Rogers's Mrs Grose is faultlessly secure and vivid.... — BBC Music Magazine Act I (53:59) 1.1 Prologue 3:44 1.2 Theme 1:06 1.3 Scene I - The Journey 2:26 1.4 Variation I 0:35 1.5 Scene II - The Welcome 3:36 1.6 Variation II 0:45 1.7 Scene III - The Letter 3:08 1.8 Variation III 1:50 1.9 Scene IV - The Tower 3:46 1.10 Variation IV 0:26 1.11 Scene V - The Window 9:24 1.12 Variation V 0:59 1.13 Scene VI - The Lesson 3:49 1.14 Variation VI 1:18 1.15 Scene VII - The Lake 5:41 1.16 Variation VII 1:25 1.17 Scene VIII - At night 10:01 Act II (56:33) 2.1 Variation VIII 4:33 2.2 Scene I - Colloquy and Soliloquy 4:47 2.3 Variation IX 0:50 2.4 Scene II - The Bells 8:00 2.5 Variation X 0:34 2.6 Scene III - Miss Jessel 6:38 2.7 Variation XI 1:13 2.8 Scene IV - The Bedroom 5:18 2.9 Variation XII 1:21 2.10 Scene V - Quint 0:59 2.11 Variation XIII 1:05 2.12 Scene VI - The Piano 3:18 2.13 Variation XIV 0:35 2.14 Scene VII - Flora 4:11 2.15 Variation XV 1:18 2.16 Scene VIII - Miles 11:53