Britten' song cycles form a substantial and important part of his work. The Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo belong to the period when Britten had begun to set foreign languages in an attempt to broaden his musical horizons.

Tracklist:

Sonnet VI: Oh My Blacke Soule!
Sonnet XIV: Batter My Heart
Sonnet III: O Might Those Sighes And Teares
Sonnet XIX: Oh, To Vex Me
Sonnet XIII: What If This Present
Sonnet XVII: Since She Whom I Lov'd
Sonnet VII: At The Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners
Sonnet I: Thou Hast Made Me
Sonnet X: Death, Be Not Proud
Sonetto XVI: Si Come Nella Penna E Nell'inchiostro
Sonetto XXXI: A Che Piu Debb'io Mai L'intensa Voglia
Sonetto XXX: Veggio Co' Be' Vostri Occhi Un Dolce Lume
Sonetto L; Tu Sa' Ch'io So, Signior Mie, Che Tu Sai
Sonetto XXXVIII: Rendete A Gli Occhi Miei, O Fonte O Fiume
Sonetto XXXII: S'un Casto Amor, S'una Pieta Superna
Sonetto XXIV: Spirto Ben Nato, In Cui Si Specchia E Vede
At Day-Close In November
Midnight On The Great Western
Wagtail And Baby
The Little Old Table
The Choirmaster's Burial
Proud Songsters
At The Railway Station, Upway
Before Life And After
If It's Ever Spring Again
The Children And Sir Nameless

UPC: 747313220120
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 3.16.04
Format: CD

Philip Langridge - English Songs (CD)