5060113440945

Havergal Brian: The Cenci

Helen Field; David Wilson-Johnson; Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir; Stuart Kale; Justin Lavender; Jeffrey C

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: TOCC0094

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Release Date:  03 May 2024

Label:  Toccata Classics - Cd / Toccata Classics

Packaging Type:  Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5060113440945

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Havergal Brian

  • Description

    The Cenci (1951-52) is Havergal Brian's operatic realisation of Shelley's gruesome tale of incest and parricide in Renaissance Italy. The score calls it simply 'Opera in Eight Scenes', but it rarely goes in for grand tunes; instead, it is an unusual but highly effective hybrid - a music-drama focused on the intense delivery of Shelley's text, where the declamatory style of the vocal lines and the participation of the orchestra almost as lead character make it also part vocal symphony, part ritual, with Brian's freewheeling writing reflecting Shelley's fascination with the struggle between good and evil.

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