Works: Benjamin Britten: Songs from the Chinese, song cycle for high voice & guitar, Op. 58; Master Kilby, for high voice & guitar (Folk Songs, Vol. 6); Folksong Arrangements, Set 6 "England"; Sailor-boy, f...
Performers:
Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Pears, Peter, Sir
This album brings together composers and musicians who stood at a nexus of excellence in British musical life in the 1950s and 60s. They are...continue...
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...
Works: William Walton: Façade, for reciter & ensemble; Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer); Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"
Performers:
Pears, Peter, Sir Conductors:
Collins, Anthony; Walton, William; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir Ensemble:
; English Opera Group Ensemble