1 CD / Decca /
2012-12-11
Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Paroles tissées (Woven words), for tenor & 20 solo instruments; Symphony no 3
Performers:
Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors:
Rowicki, Witold; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble:
; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice, Poland (09/28/1972); Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (09/28/1972); The Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk (Aldeburgh Fe (09/28/19...continue...
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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...
$32.98
$28.48
DEC B001620002

6 DVD Video / Decca /
2010-07-13
Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Billy Budd, Op. 50; Owen Wingrave, Op. 85; The Beggar's Opera, ballad opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers:
Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors:
Britten, Benjamin; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Davies, Meredith
Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra
"This DVD is as close as we'll ever get to seeing how the originators visualized Peter Grimes. It has Peter Pears in the title role...continue...
Run Time: 545 min. Picture Format:
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$64.48
$55.48
DEC B001445909

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...
$37.48
$33.98
DEC B001437802

11 CD / Decca /
2008-11-11
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers:
Appelt, Hans-Dieter; Baratti, Walter; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bunnell, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Frese, Sieg...
Conductors:
Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Mehta, Zubin; Levine, James
$108.48
$96.98
DEC B001181302

1 DVD Video / Decca /
2008-07-08
Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33
Performers:
Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Drake, Bryan; Harper, Heather; Pears, Peter, Sir; Tear, Robert
Conductors:
Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
This is the first audio-visual recording of this essential opera, conducted by the composer. It is also the only version to star Peter Pears, who...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color Country of Origin: USA
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DEC B001147709

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...
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DEC B000827202

2 CD / Decca /
2006-10-10
Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers:
Brannigan, Owen; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Kells, Iris; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Lanigan, John; Nilsson, Raymond; Norman, Marcus; Pears, Peter, Sir; Pease, James; Studholme, Mario...
Conductors:
Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
"The Decca recording was one of the first great achievements of the stereo era. Few opera recordings can claim to be do definitive, with Peter...continue...
$25.98
$22.98
DEC B000747802

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...
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$22.98
DEC B000638902

10 CD / Decca /
2005-03-15
Works: Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64; Phaedra, Op. 93; The Rape of Lucretia; Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54; Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88; Gloriana, opera, Op. 53
Performers:
Adams, Stephen James; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Eric; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barstow, Josephine; Bates, Angela Vernon; Bauer, Michael; Bowen, Kenneth; Bowma...
Conductors:
Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble:
; Welsh National Opera Chorus
These recordings of the remaining five Britten operas in the Decca catalog are conducted by mixture of the composer and two colleagues, Steuart Bedford and...continue...
$74.48
$65.98
DEC B000410202

8 CD / Decca /
2004-10-12
Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; Owen Wingrave, opera, Op. 85; Billy Budd, Op. 50; Peter Grimes
Performers:
Amit, Sheila; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bowman, David; Brannigan, Owen; Bryn-Jones, Delme; Bush, Henry; Cantelo, April; Coleby, Geoffrey; Dempsey, Gregory; Douglas, Nigel; Drake, Brya...
Conductors:
Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
These recordings of four of Britten's operas conducted by the composer are all classics. Owen Wingrave remains unique as an audio recording and this reissue...continue...
$59.98
$50.98
DEC B000321302

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...
$18.98
$16.98
DEC 4438592
2 CD / Decca /
1985-03-11
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers:
Caballe, Montserrat; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Krause, Tom; Markov, Sabin; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pears, Peter, Sir; Poli, Pier Francesco; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors:
Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble:
John Alldis Choir
$35.98
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