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Britten the Performer 12 -Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2000-01-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Reynolds, Anna
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Britten the Performer 14 - Britten: Lachrymae, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2000-01-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, song cycle for high voice & orchestra, Op. 8; Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain"; Lachry...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Major, Margaret; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"'Our Hunting Fathers,' one of Britten's earliest mature works, is another searing orchestral song cycle. Until Ian Bostridge's excellent account issued in 1998, all other...continue...

Britten the Performer 7 - Britten, Bridge, Holst

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-08-17

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Building of the House, overture for chorus & orchestra, Op. 79; Frank Bridge: The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100; Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Gustav Holst: A...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Graeme, Peter
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Holst, Imogen
Ensemble: Chorus of East Anglian Choirs; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Britten the performer 9 - Handel, Britten / Harper, Pears

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-08-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Benjamin Britten: Hankin Booby, folk dance for wind & drums; Choral Dances (6) from Gloriana, for chorus (or tenor, chorus & harpsichord)...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Ellis, Osian; Harper, Heather; Harvey, Keith; Jones, Philip; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Britten the performer 2 - Tchaikovsky: Serenade, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-04-20

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Suite for Orchestra no 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"; Legend (When Jesus Christ was but a child...
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Whenever a group of colleagues gathered to play music with Ben, there was always a special atmosphere of high quality work, mutual respect, affection and...continue...