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Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

73 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Symphonic Etudes in Variation Form, WoO 6; Moderato; Songs (5) for voi...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brainin, Norbert [Violin]; Cole, Vinson; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Cox, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fleming, Renée; Frank, Pamela; Glennie, Evelyn; Kremer, Gidon; Kroyt...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Perahia, Murray; Mehta, Zubin; Haitink, Bernard; ; Davis, Colin; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years. This limited edition box...continue...

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...

The Britten-Pears Collection [6 DVD]

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.
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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...

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...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Legends - Schubert: Winterreise / Pears, Britten

1 CD / Decca Import / 2000-07-18

Works: Franz Schubert: Gute Nacht ("Fremd bin ich eingezogen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/1 (Op. 89/1); Die Wetterfahne ("Der Wind spielt mit der Wetterfahne"), song for voice & piano (Wi...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

"What is so striking about the Pears performance is its intensity...The recording and the CD transfer are exceptionally successful in bringing in a sense of...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 1 - Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rossini

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-04-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: In the garden, near the ford, for soprano, mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 46/4; Evening, duet for soprano, mezzo-soprano & p...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Britten, Benjamin; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir

"...what glorious Brahms it is! ...Music-making of this kind, so compelling and expressive, affectively detailed and abundantly warm, would be difficult to find in today's...continue...

Britten the performer 2 - Tchaikovsky: Serenade, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-04-20

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Suite for Orchestra no 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"; Legend (When Jesus Christ was but a child...
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Whenever a group of colleagues gathered to play music with Ben, there was always a special atmosphere of high quality work, mutual respect, affection and...continue...