Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1

Decca: 4756020

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Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1

Label:

Decca

Catalogue No:

4756020

Discs:

8

Release date:

10th May 2004

Barcode:

0028947560203

Medium:

CD
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Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1


Britten:

Albert Herring

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 Terry (Harry)

English Chamber Orchestra

Billy Budd

Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), Robert Tear (Novice), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend), David Bowman (Donald), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Dennis Wicks (Dansker)

London Symphony Orchestra

Owen Wingrave

Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere)

English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir

Peter Grimes

Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Sir Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces), John Lanigan (Rector), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden


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Penguin Guide

2010

***

“An indispensable set, an obvious basis for any collection, large or small, offering the composer's definitive performances”

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