BBC Legends Import > Pears, Peter, Sir

Bach: Mass in B minor / Enescu, Ferrier

2 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2011-11-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Boyce, Bruce; Danco, Suzanne; Malcolm, George; Moore, Douglas; Pears, Peter, Sir; Spinks, Charles; Walker, Norman
Conductors: Enescu, George
Ensemble: BBC Chorus

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 15 - Schubert, Britten, Wolf: Lieder

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

Works: Franz Schubert: Atys, D 585; Abendstern, D 806; Auflösung ("Verbirg dich, Sonne"), song for voice & piano, D. 807; Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Nähe des Geliebten ("Ich denke dein"), song fo...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

"As Graham Johnson remarks in his notes, the rare combination of Britten and Fischer-Dieskau in Schubert is musically electric, with each artist daring the other...continue...

Britten the performer 6 - Schumann, Fauré, et al / Pears

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

Works: Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Z 578; History of King Richard II, Z 581; I'll sail upon the Dog Star; There's Not a Swain (from "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"), song, Z. 587/1; Man is for the woman made,...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

"This is prime music-making. Pears is heard at his very best--steady, clear enunciation...and a master of the fine art of 'doing nothing', which is to...continue...

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 1 - Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rossini

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

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: In the garden, near the ford, for soprano, mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 46/4; Evening, duet for soprano, mezzo-soprano & p...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Britten, Benjamin; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir

"...what glorious Brahms it is! ...Music-making of this kind, so compelling and expressive, affectively detailed and abundantly warm, would be difficult to find in today's...continue...

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...