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Britten: The Little Sweep; Cantata Academica

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Little Sweep, children's opera, Op. 45; Cantata academica, for voices, chorus & orchestra, Op. 62
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Lester, Harold; Pears, Peter, Sir; Vyvyan, Jennifer
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Malcolm, George

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
Britten conducting his own music is always (well, almost always) the performance against which all others must be compared....continue...

Joan Sutherland: A Portrait

3 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-03-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Acis and Galatea; The Messiah; Alcina; Samson; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Charle...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Lewis, Anthony

Gramophone Magazine
In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes,...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...

Handel: Acis & Galatea Scenes / Sutherland, Boult, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Dart, Thurston; Galliver, David; Pears, Peter, Sir; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: Philomusica of London

Originally issued on LP by Decca in 1960, this vintage recording, representing a rare collaboration of Peter Pears and Joan Sutherland, has been out of...continue...

Britten: Cello Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, etc / Britten

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-09-04

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Cantata misericordium, for tenor, baritone, chorus, string quartet, strings, piano, harp & tympani,
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Pears, Peter, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1963-1964)....continue...

Britten Conducts Britten Vol 4

7 CD / Decca / 2007-02-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Concerto for Piano in D major, Op. 13; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 15; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Cantata misericordium, for tenor, bar...
Performers: Blyth, Denis; Britten, Benjamin; de Peyer, Gervase; Ellis, Osian; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Katchen, Julius; Lubotsky, Mark; Murray, Alexander; Pears, Peter, Sir; Richter, Sviatoslav; Rostropovich, ...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

This is the fourth volume in the Collector Editions series, devoted to the music of English composer Benjamin Britten. It features authoritative performances by the...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