Offer,Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1
Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen...
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Contents
Britten: Albert Herring
- Sylvia Fisher (soprano), April Cantelo (soprano), Sheila Amit (soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Joseph Ward (tenor), Peter Pears (tenor), Catherine Wilson (soprano), Sheila Rex (mezzo-soprano), Johanna Peters (soprano), John Noble (baritone), Stephen Terry (voice), Edgar Evans (tenor), Anne Pashley (soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1964-04-03
- Recording Venue: Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
"Flor-ence! Tell The Midwife!"
"Doctor Jessop's Midwife"
"I Hope We're Not Too Early, Florence?"
Britten: Owen Wingrave
- Nigel Douglas (tenor), Sylvia Fisher (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-12-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Prelude
"You've Got Your Maps There?"
"At Last It's Out"
Britten: Billy Budd
- Peter Pears (tenor), Eric Garrett (baritone), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Robert Bowman (tenor), Geoffrey Coleby (baritone), Michael Langdon (bass), Henry Bush (baritone), James Newby (treble), David Kelly (bass), Gregory Dempsey (tenor), Peter Glossop (baritone), Robert Tear (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Norman Lumsden (bass), Delme Bryn-Jones (baritone), Bryan Drake (baritone), Nigel Rogers (tenor), David Bowman (baritone)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1967-12-07
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"I Am An Old Man Who Has Experienced Much"
"Pull, My Bantams!"
"Guard Boat! Indomitable!"
Britten: Peter Grimes
- Geraint Evans (baritone), David Kelly (bass), Peter Pears (tenor), Claire Watson (soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Jean Watson (mezzo-soprano), Lauris Elms (mezzo-soprano), Raymond Nilsson (tenor), Iris Kells (soprano), James Pease (baritone), John Lanigan (tenor), Marion Studholme (soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1958-12-02
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
"Peter Grimes!"
"You Sailed Your Boat"
"Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!"