Berkeley, Lennox > Tenor

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

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-10-06

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Philip Rosseter: What Then Is Love But Mourning; John Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Thomas Morley...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

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...continue...

English Song - works by Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Warlock, et al. / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Heritage Masters / 2012-05-04

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Come, Phyllis; Philip Rosseter: When Laura Smiles; What Then Is Love But Mourning; Sweet, Come Again; What is a Day?; John Dowland: Second ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Peter Pears' voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin...continue...

Benjamin Britten conducts Benjamin Britten

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-09-28

Works: Benjamin Britten: Gloriana, symphonic suite for tenor (or oboe) & orchestra, Op. 53a; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Imogen Holst: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme...
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

Benjamin Britten conducting his own works is always an experience. While many recordings of the "composer-as-conductor" are available, this new recording features a program of...continue...
Recording information: Baden, Baden, Hans Rosbaud-Studio (12/01/1956)....continue...

Songs of Lennox Berkeley / James Gilchrist, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Lennox Berkeley: D'un vanneur de blé aux vents (Andante); Tombeaux, songs (5) after poems by Jean Cocteau, for soprano (or tenor) & piano; How Love Came In, for medium voice & piano; Bells of ...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Nicholls, Alison; Tilbrook, Anna

"How many of us have had the opportunity of hearing a programme of his songs such as this new album by the English tenor, James...continue...

Lennox Berkeley: Ruth / Hickox, Rigby, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Ruth, opera in 3 scenes, Op. 50
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; Rigby, Jean; Rutter, Claire; Tucker, Mark; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

Unlike Berkeley's 'A Dinner Engagement', Ruth is a serious opera, based on the Old Testament story of the marriage of Boaz of Bethlehem to the...continue...

English Choral Music / Robinson, Choir of St. John's College

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Justorum Animae, Op. 38/1; Edward Elgar: Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Give unto the Lord, Op. 74; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Call ("Come, my way"), song ...
Performers: Bungard, Jonathan; Clayton, Allan; Durant, Benjamin; Farrington, Iain; Geidt, James; Giles, Benedict; Goldring, William; Harrison, Ben; Lepage-Dean, Oliver; Lyon, Edward; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Tr...

The rich sounds of the highly acclaimed Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge can be sampled in this expansive collection, which explores the impressive legacy...continue...

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
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Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Lennox Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement, opera in 1 act, Op. 45
Performers: Collins, Anne; Fischer, Blake; Kenny, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Rigby, Jean; Rutter, Claire; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

"The opera is a total delight, and so is the recording. Excellent diction and characterization are heard from all, with many a subtle sly inflection...continue...

Britten, Berkeley: Auden Songs / Jones, Langridge, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Poems (5) of W. H. Auden, for high voice & piano, Op. 53; Night covers up the rigid land, for voice & piano, Op. 14/2; Lay your sleeping head my love, for high voice & piano, Op. 14/...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Jones, Della; Langridge, Philip

"Langridge has become the Britten tenor par excellence. He has a unique individual sound though perhaps not the most beautiful voice - it is nasal,...continue...