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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

Ariadne - Bach: Mass in B minor / Enescu, BBC Chorus, et al

2 CD / Somm / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"
Performers: Boyce, Bruce; Danco, Suzanne; Malcolm, George; McCallum, David; Moore, Douglas S.; Pears, Peter, Sir; Spinks, Charles; Walker, Norman
Conductors: Enescu, George; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Jacques, Reginald
Ensemble: ; Jacques Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra

This performance is important for the quality of the singing as well as for Enescu's impressive overall conception. The singing of both Peter Pears in...continue...

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...

Bach: Matthäuspassion

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Berry, Walter; Brown, Wilfred; Case, John Carol; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Ludwig, Christa; Pears, Peter, Sir; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto

Bach: Mass in B Minor / Giulini, Baker, Pears, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Carlo Maria Giulini / John Amis: Carlo Maria Giulini in conversation with John Amis (Interview)
Performers: Hill, Jenny; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Carlo Maria Giulini is regarded as one of the great choral conductors of his generation, spearheaded by his celebrated interpretation of Verdi's Requiem (BBC 4029)...continue...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Münchinger, Ameling

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 1997-06-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Ameling, Elly; Krause, Tom; Pears, Peter, Sir; Watts, Helen
Conductors: Münchinger, Karl
Ensemble: Lübeck Kantorei ; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Bach: St John Passion / Britten, Pears, Howell, Harper et al

2 CD / Decca / 1995-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Aronowitz, Cecil; Ballardie, Quintin; Beers, Adrian; Brown, James; Burgess, Russell; Farrell, Timothy; Gatt, Martin; Graeme, Peter; Harper, Heather; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Hill, Jen...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast),...continue...

Bach: Cantatas BWV 67, 108 & 127 / Karl Richter

1 CD / Teldec / 1993-03-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 67, "Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ," BWV 67; Cantata no 108, "Es ist euch gut, das ich hingehe" BWV 108; Cantata no 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und G...
Performers: Bilgram, Hedwig; Donderer, Georg; Engen, Keith; Fahberg, Antonia; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shann, Edgar; Sonnleithner, Fritz
Conductors: Richter, Karl
Ensemble: Munich Bach Choir; Munich State Opera Orchestra Members