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English Song - works by Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Warlock, et al. / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-05-04

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Come, Phyllis; Philip Rosseter: When Laura Smiles; What Then Is Love But Mourning; Sweet, Come Again; What is a Day?; John Dowland: Second ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Peter Pears' voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin...continue...

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

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Auger, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballe, Montserrat; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, J...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

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...

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...

Britten: Les Illuminations; War Requiem

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-07-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; War Requiem, Op. 66; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7)
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Even though Ansermet was a great fan of Britten, he was never able to record his works because of their recording contracts with Decca. This...continue...
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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...

Peter Warlock: Collected 78rpm Recordings

2 CD / Divine Art / 2009-10-01

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite; Serenade for string orchestra; The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Captain Stratton's Fancy, for voice & piano; Good ale, for voice & piano; Flow not fas...
Performers: Armstrong, John; Cope, Cecil [Baritone Vocal]; Dawson, Peter; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Goss, John; Griffen, Eric [Piano]; Henderson, Roy; Jones, Parry; Magaloff, Nikita; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Natzke, ...
Conductors: Bernard, Anthony; Barbirolli, John; Lambert, Constant; ; Woodgate, Leslie
Ensemble: ; Trio Pasquier

One of England's great songwriters, Philip Heseltine, better known as Peter Warlock was once described as one of the most colorful talents in English 20th-century...continue...

Heavenly Love, Earthly Joy / Bream, Pears

1 CD / RCA Records / 2007-01-16

Works: Thomas Morley: Absence, hear thou my protestation, song for voice with lute & bass viol; First Booke of Ayres; Who is it that this darke night, song for voice with lute & bass viol; Philip Rosseter: ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Pears, Peter, Sir

"This reissue of two concert performances--from London's Wigmore Hall in 1963 and Conway Hall in 1969--makes delightful and frequently very compelling listening, given the superlative...continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Britten, LSO, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2006-05-16

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Pears, Peter, Sir; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Melos Ensemble of London

"Britten's own 1963 recording of the War Requiem comes near to the ideal. The digital remastering...brings added textural refinement and makes this recording sound newly...continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Giulini, Woytowica, Pears, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir; Wilbrink, Hans; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Melos Ensemble of London

"The only "War Requiem" I know that gets to me as this one does is Britten's own.. This is a 'bel canto' performance all the...continue...

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...

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