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Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3; Concerto for Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic

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...

Legacy: Rostropovich and Britten - Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations; Pezzo capriccioso; Britten: Gloriana (exc.) / English CO, Aldeburgh Festival Singers, Peter Pears [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 62; Romeo & Juliet Fantasy...
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

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Rostropovich's way with the Variations on a Rococo Theme, to which he gives rich tone and a high level of expressiveness, is altogether winning, and...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
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The Voice of Peter Pears - Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Grainger, Copland et al. / Peter Pears, tenor, Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-10-06

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Philip Rosseter: What Then Is Love But Mourning; John Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Thomas Morley...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

This Regis disc celebrates the uniqueness of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive voices in collaborations with life-long musical partners Benjamin Britten and Julian...continue...

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...

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 / Heritage Masters / 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...

Music for Voice & Guitar by Britten, Walton, Seiber / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-01-31

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...

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; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
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...

The Original Jacket Collection: Julian Bream

10 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-04

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Aria with Variations, for guitar (music by Frescobaldi arranged by Segovia); Mateo Albéniz: Sonata for piano in D major, Op.13; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Maguire, Hugh; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Weil, Terence; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Davis, Colin;
Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Eugene Goossens perform Britten

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-02-04

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Winter Words, Op. 52; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir

“Peter Pears has perhaps never done anything finer than his performance of Winter Words. Each year his voice has been growing a fuller, more flexible...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...

Britten: Peter Grimes

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-01-26

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Kells, Iris; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Lanigan, John; Nilsson, Raymond; Pears, Peter, Sir; Pease, James; Studholme, Marion; Watson, Clair...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

"Few opera recordings can claim to be so definitive, with Pears, for whom it was written, in the name-part, and a first-rate cast. Britten conducts...continue...
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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...

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

Britten: Owen Wingrave / Pears, Baker, Harper, Luxon, Shirley-Quirk [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2009-07-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame; Harper, Heather; Luxon, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John

Based on a story by Henry James, 'Owen Wingrave' was commissioned by the BBC as an opera for television. Originally broadcast in color in 1971,...continue...
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Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono, Enhanced Dolby Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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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 Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

Benjamin Britten - The Collector's Edition

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Canadian Carnival, for orchestra, Op...
Performers: Adey, John; Allen, Benjamin; Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Allison, Richard; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bailey, Norman; Ballard, Jerem...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Paavo, Järvi; Berglund, Paavo; Brown, Iona; Yuasa, Takuo; Hickox, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Harding, Daniel; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bedford, Steuart; Knu...
Ensemble: ; Endymion Ensemble

Benjamin Britten was without question one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. This 37-CD set features all of his most beloved works, giving...continue...

Composers in Person

22 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38; Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39; Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43; A Bit Drunk (Kicsit ázottan), burlesque for piano n...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bartok, Bela; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Croiza, Claire; C...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Hindemith, Paul; Khachaturian, Aram; Honegger, Arthur; Straram, Walther; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Coppola, Piero; Glazunov, Alexander; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Pfitzner, Hans; Milhaud, ...
Ensemble: ; Percurama Percussion Ensemble

These 22 CDs offer a stunning range of modern composers performing their own works either on the piano, organ or violin, or else from behind...continue...

Britten: Albert Herring / Britten, English Opera Group

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
Performers: Ashton, Roy; Cross, Joan; Dowling, Denis; Evans, Nancy; Kraus, Otakar; Lawson, Catherine; Lumsden, Norman; Parr, Gladys; Parry, Elisabeth; Pears, Peter, Sir; Ritchie, Margaret; Sharp, Anne; Thompson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Opera Group Orchestra

The current recording is of a performance given by the English Opera Group, conducted by the composer and directed by Basil Coleman, in the Theatre...continue...

Britten: Billy Budd / Mackerras, Pears, Glossop [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Glossop, Peter; Langdon, Michael; Luxon, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

This recording was the first film of any Britten opera and is the only version to star Peter Pears, who originated the role of Captain...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Schubert: Winterreisse; Britten: Folksongs / Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Benjamin Britten: Folksong Arrangement(s)
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Produced by legendary Decca producer John Culshaw, 'Winterreise' is staged, and introduced with a brief voice-over. The 'Folk Songs' originate in a 'Celebrity Recital' film,...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Britten: Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears [DVD]

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...
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Country of Origin: USA
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William Walton: Façade; Henry V Music; Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-04-15

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

Late Recordings - Britten, Berkeley, Bach / Dennis Brain

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-01-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31; Sir Lennox Berkeley: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 44; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Performers: Brain, Dennis; Horsley, Colin; Parikian, Manoug; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Neel, Boyd
Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra Strings

"The performances on this album are a pure pleasure. Dennis Brain is certainly one of the greatest horn players ever recorded, and one of only...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...

Originals - Britten: Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

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...

Mozart, Britten, Schumann, Milhaud, et al / Brain

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-09-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 3 in E flat major, K. 447; Divertimento for 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons and 2 Horns no 14 in B flat major, K 270; Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & s...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Hollingsworth, John;
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble

This compilation is very important because both the Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 and Britten Serenade broadcasts have literally been 'discovered' in the BBC archives...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: Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings, Les Illuminations, Nocturne

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Les Illuminations; Nocturne, Op. 60
Performers: Blyth, Denis; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ellis, Osian; Murray, Alexander; Pears, Peter, Sir; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]; Waters, Willie Anthony
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Britten, Benjamin

The three orchestral song cycles collected here are central to the Britten canon of recorded repertoire and whereas Pears' other recordings of the Serenade and...continue...

Britten: Song Cycles

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Winter Words, Op. 52; On this Island, Op. 11; Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Tit for Tat; Hen...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John

The names of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears are forever linked by their personal and creative partnership. Composer and interpreter have rarely enjoyed so long-standing...continue...

Igor Stravinsky Conducts His Own Works - Apollo, etc

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-05-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Oedipus rex; Chorale for Piano; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Jeu de cartes; Symphony in Three Movements
Performers: Bergmann, Maria; Hessenland, Werner; Krebs, Helmut; Modl, Martha; Pears, Peter, Sir; Rehfuss, Heinz; Rohr, Otto van
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Northwest German Radio Chorus; Southwest German Radio Wind Quintet, Baden-Baden

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 Conducts Britten Operas Vol 2

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...

Facets of Benjamin Britten

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 19 in F major, K 459; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, K 493; Benjamin Britten: Folksongs (7), Volume 1; Little Sir William, for voic...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin;
Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet; English Chamber Orchestra

Britten's empathy with Mozart is already legendary, as pianist and accompanist he has been praised for many decades, and as composer there is little more...continue...

Britten Conducts Britten Operas Vol 1

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...

Britten: Billy Budd / Britten, London SO

3 CD / Decca Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Songs and Proverbs of W. Blake, song cycle for baritone & piano, Op. 74; Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Bowman, David; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brannigan, Owen; Britten, Benjamin; Bryn-Jones, Delme; Bush, Henry; Coleby, Geoffrey; Dempsey, Gregory; Drake, Bryan; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Garrett, ...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

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: Britten, Benjamin; Giulini, Carlo Maria
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...

Britten: The Turn of the Screw / Britten, English Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-09-10

Works: Benjamin Britten: Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54
Performers: Cross, Joan; Dyer, Olive; Hemmings, David; Mandikian, Arda; Pears, Peter, Sir; Vyvyan, Jennifer
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Opera Group Orchestra

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Cross, Joan; Dalberg, Frederick; Davies, Rhoderick; Edmund Donleavy; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Flynn, Peter; Kraus, Otakar; Langdon, Michael; Pears, Peter, Sir; Pollak, Anna; Ritchi...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald; Britten, Benjamin

Britten the Performer 14 - Britten: Lachrymae, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2000-01-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, song cycle for high voice & orchestra, Op. 8; Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain"; Lachry...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Major, Margaret; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"'Our Hunting Fathers,' one of Britten's earliest mature works, is another searing orchestral song cycle. Until Ian Bostridge's excellent account issued in 1998, all other...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...

Britten the performer 6 - Schumann, Fauré, et al / Pears

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-08-17

Works: Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Z 578; History of King Richard II, Z 581; I'll sail upon the Dog Star; There's Not a Swain (from "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"), song, Z. 587/1; Man is for the woman made,...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

"This is prime music-making. Pears is heard at his very best--steady, clear enunciation...and a master of the fine art of 'doing nothing', which is to...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

Britten: Les Illuminataions, etc /Barbirolli, Pears, Britten

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, Op. 22
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Britten's only rival as an interpreter of his own music on record is Stravinsky, yet in his Aspen Award speech of 1964, he stated that...continue...

Britten: Billy Budd

3 CD / Video Artists International / 1995-01-31

Works: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Cameron, John; Dalberg, Frederick; Davies, Rhoderick; Drake, Bryan; Etheridge, Brian; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Flynn, Peter; Hobson, Alan; Jones, Emlyn; Langdon, Michael; Lewis, Ronal...

Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations / Britten, Pears

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 1993-05-03

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31; Les illuminations, Op. 18
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

If you're looking for the quintessential Benjamin Britten recording look no further. In one of Britten's most renowned compositions Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings...continue...