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Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Remember your lovers - Tippett, etc / Ainsley, Burnside

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-11-04

Works: Michael Tippett: The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano; Music, for unison chorus, strings & piano ad lib; Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano; Songs for Ariel, for voi...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

"John Mark Ainsley is a very fine tenor, especially adept and engaging in English song repertoire. His performances here exemplify technical mastery combined with a...continue...

Britten, Finzi, Tippett / Mark Padmore, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-03-08

Works: Michael Tippett: Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano; Gerald Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14; Benjamin Britten: Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Hölde...
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

This enthralling new recording from Mark Padmore and Roger Vignoles finds its emotional heart in the theme of youth, and in particular the passage of...continue...

Tippett: Songs for Achilles, etc / Hill, Ball, Ogden

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-02-01

Works: Michael Tippett: Music, for unison chorus, strings & piano ad lib; Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord); Songs for Achilles, for tenor & guitar; Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & pian...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Hill, Martyn; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]

'Issued to mark the composer's ninetieth birthday, a most touching and eloquent tribute' (Gramophone)

'As the fullest representation at Tippett's solo vocal music in the...continue...