The Voice of Peter Pears - Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Grainger, Copland et al. / Peter Pears, tenor, Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

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Album Summary

Performers

• Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Julian Bream (Guitar)
• Benjamin Britten (Piano)

Composers

• E.J. Moeran (1894 - 1950)
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• Thomas Ford (Poet) (1580 - 1648)
• Thomas Morley (circa 1557 - 1602)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
• Philip Rosseter (circa 1567-1568 - 1623)
• Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)

Notes & Reviews:

This Regis disc celebrates the uniqueness of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive voices in collaborations with life-long musical partners Benjamin Britten and Julian Bream. The repertoire ranges from Dowland to Schubert to Britten, in addition to featuring twentieth century English composers and folksong settings by Grainger and Copland.

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Works Details

Ford, Thomas [Poet] : Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Rosseter, Philip : What Then Is Love But Mourning

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1601

Dowland, John : Second Book of Songs or Ayres

• Performers: Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1600

Morley, Thomas : First Booke of Ayres

• Performers: Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1600

Campion, Thomas : Shall I come sweet love to thee?

• Performers: Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1617

Dowland, John : Third and Last Booke of Songes

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar); Peter Pears (Tenor); Julian Bream (Guitar)
• Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1603

Schubert, Franz : Im Frühling ("Still sitz ich"), song for voice & piano, D. 882

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 03/1826

Schubert, Franz : Auf der Bruck, D 853

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 08/1825

Schubert, Franz : An die Laute, D 905/Op. 81 no 2

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1827

Schubert, Franz : Die Taubenpost ("Ich hab' eine brieftaub'"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 965a (D. 95

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1828

Britten, Benjamin : Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 22 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1945

Ireland, John : I have twelve oxen, for voice & piano

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Moeran, Ernest John : In Youth is Pleasure, for voice & piano

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Warlock, Peter : Yarmouth Fair, for voice & piano

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Berkeley, Lennox : How Love Came In, for medium voice & piano

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Bridge, Frank : Love went a-riding, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 114

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Britten, Benjamin : The Plough Boy, folksong for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 3)

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Grainger, Percy : Six Dukes Went A-Fishin', folk song for voice & piano (BFMS 11)

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1905-1912

Copland, Aaron : Long Time Ago, song for voice & piano (Old American Songs)

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1950

Copland, Aaron : Old American Songs, Set 1

• Performers: Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1950

Copland, Aaron : Old American Songs, Set 1

• Performers: Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Britten (Piano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1950