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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...

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...

The Virtuoso: Music from the Novel

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-05-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerina...
Performers: Mewton-Wood, Noel; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Goehr, Walter

Noel mewton-wood was a brilliant young australian pianist, whose life was cut tragically short at the age of just 31. This cd is timed to...continue...

The Age of Gold

1 CD / Pearl / 2005-07-26

Works: Franz Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D 943/Op. 119; Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for horn & piano; Michael Tippett: The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for sopr...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Mewton-Wood, Noel; Pears, Peter, Sir

These historic Britten recordings featuring Peter Pears were just recently discovered and restored. This broadcast of Frank Martin's 'Jedermann Monologues' documents the first UK performance...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...