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Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, Norma Burrowes, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge,...
- Release Date: 16th Sep 2013
- Catalogue No: 4785672
- Label: Decca
- Length: 31 hours 41 minutes
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Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part One (Sung in English)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Jenny Hill (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass (vocal)), Russell Burgess (baritone)
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1971-04-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
"Sire, Lord and Master"
"Jesus Went With His Disciples"
"O generous Love!"
"So That the Word Might Be Fulfilled"
"Thy Will Be Done, O God Of Love"
"The Band Then, Together With the Captain"
"To Release Me From the Prison"
"Simon Peter Also Followed Jesus From Afar"
"I'll Follow Thee Also"
"Now That Same Disciple Was Known Unto the High Priest"
"Ah, Who Would Dare To Smite Thee?"
"Now Annas Sent Him Bound Unto the High Priest"
"Ah! Take Flight"
"Peter, Who Denied His Lord"
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two (Sung in English)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass (vocal))
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1971-04-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
"Christ, Who Gave Us Life and Light"
"Then Led They Jesus From Caiaphas To the Judgement"
"Ah, King Of Heaven"
"And Pilate Said Unto Him"
"Look Yonder, O My Soul"
"Consider, How His Body"
"And When the Soldiers Had Plaited a Crown Of Thorns"
"Thy Bonds, O Christ, Have Set Us Free"
"But the Jews Cried Out and Said"
"Haste, Ye Souls Forlorn and Weary"
"And There Crucified They Him"
"Within My Heart, O Saviour"
"And Then Did the Soldiers"
"When His Life Had Reached Its End"
"And From That Hour He Took Her Unto His Own Home"
"The End Is Nigh"
"My Dearest Saviour, Wilt Thou Answer?"
"And Then Behold, the Veil Of the Temple Was Rent"
"My Heart, Behold How All the World"
"With Torrents Of Weeping"
"The Jews Therefore, Because It Was the Preparation"
"Help Us, Son Of God Most High"
"And After This, Joseph Of Arimethea"
"Farewell, O Weary, Broken Body"
"Lord Jesus, When We Come To Die"
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV151 'Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt'
- John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Heather Harper (soprano)
- Choir Of Wandsworth School, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-22
- Recording Venue: St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, London
1. "Süßer Trost, mein Jesu kommt"
2. "Erfreue dich, mein Herz"
3. "In Jesu Demut kann ich Trost"
4."Du teurer Gottessohn, nun hast du mir den Himmel aufgemacht"
5. "Heut' schleußt er wieder auf die Tür"
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV102 'Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben'
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor)
- Aldeburgh Festival Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1965-06-26
- Recording Venue: Blythburgh Church, Suffolk
1. "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben"
2. "Wo ist das Ebenbild"
3. "Weh, der Seele"
4. "Verachtest du den Reichtum seiner Gnade"
5. "Erschrecke doch"
6. "Beim Warten ist Gefahr"
7. "Heut' lebst du, heut' bekehre dich"
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV1046
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-17
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. (Allegro)
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
4. Menuetto: Trio I
5. Polacca; Trio II
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-17
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. (Allegro)
2. Andante
3. Allegro assai
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-17
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. (Allegro)
3. Allegro
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-17
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-17
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. Allegro
2. Affetuoso
3. Allegro
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-17
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. --
2. Adagio ma non tanto
3. Allegro
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
- Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Peter Pears (tenor), Mary Wells (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Charles Brett (countertenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-09-21
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Symphony
"Now the Night Is Chas'd Away"
"Let the Fifes and the Clarions....Dance"
"When a Cruel Long Winter"
"Hail! Great Parent Of Us All"
"Thus the Ever Grateful Spring"
"Here's the Summer, Sprightly Gay"
"See, My Many-Coloured Fields"
"Next, Winter Comes Slowly, Pale"
"Hail! Great Parent Of Us All" (Reprise)
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
- John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Charles Brett (countertenor), Owen Brannigan (bass (vocal)), Norma Burrowes (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Mary Wells (soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
- Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-09-21
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Prelude..."Come, All Ye Songsters Of the Sky"
"The Songsters...May the God Of Wit Inspire"
"Echo...Now Join Your Warbling Voices All"
Fill Up the Bowl (Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears)
"See, Even Night Herself Is Here"
"I Am Come To Lock All Fast"
"One Charming Night"
"Hush, No More"
Dance For the Followers Of Night
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 3
- Peter Pears (tenor), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), James Bowman (countertenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-09-21
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Overture
"If Love's a Sweet Passion...I Press Her Hand"
"O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep"
"Now the Maids and the Men Are Making Of Hay"
A Dance Of Haymakers
"A Thousand, Thousand Ways"
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
- Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Mary Wells (soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass (vocal)), James Bowman (countertenor), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-09-21
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Hornpipe and Rondeau
Symphony
"Hark! Hark the Echoing Air"
"Sure the Dull God Of Marriage"
"See, I Obey"
"Turn Then Thine Eyes"
"My Torch Indeed...They Shall Be As Happy"
Chaconne
"They Shall Be As Happy"
Purcell: Celebrate this festival, Z321
- Heather Harper (soprano), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
- Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1967-03-02
- Recording Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
1. Symphony - Canzona
2. "Celebrate this Festival"
3. "Britain now, thy cares beguile"
4. "Celebrate this Festival"
5. "'Tis sacred, bid the Trumpet cease"
6. "Let sullen discord smile"
7. "Crown the Altar, deck the Shrine"
8. "Expected Spring at last is come"
9. "April who till now has mourn'd"
10. "Departing thus, you'll hear him say"
11. "Happy Realm beyond expressing"
12. "While for a righteous cause he arms"
13. "Return, fond Muse, the thoughts of war"
14. "Kindly treat Maria's day"
Purcell: Ciacona in G Minor, Z. 730
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-19
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'
- The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1956-06-19
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
1. Allegro assai
2. Adagio
3. Menuet (Allegretto)
4. Finale (Presto - Adagio)
Haydn: Symphony in E flat, H.I No. 55 - "The Schoolmaster"
- The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1956-06-19
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
1. Allegro di molto
2. Adagio, ma semplicemente
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Finale (Presto)
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1964-07-18
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Moderato
2. Adagio
3. Finale (Allegro molto)
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K183
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1971-09-29
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro
Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D major, K239 'Serenata Notturna'
- Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Raymond Keenlyside (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Adrian Beers (double bass)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-05
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
1. Marcia (Maestoso)
2. Menuetto - Trio
3. Rondeau (Allegretto - Adagio - Allegro)
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1971-02-28
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro con spirito
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-05-29
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
4. Finale (Allegro assai)
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-07-31
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Andante
3. Finale (Presto)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1966-06-14
- Recording Venue: Blythburgh Church, Suffolk
1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante cantabile
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
4. Molto allegro
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1962-06-10
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
4. Finale (Allegro)
Mozart: Si mostra la sorte, K209
- Peter Pears (tenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1962-06-10
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
Mozart: Per pieta, non ricercate KV 420
- Peter Pears (tenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1962-06-10
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414
- Benjamin Britten (piano)
- The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
- Recorded: 1956-06-19
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Rondeau (Allegretto)
Mozart: Sonata for Piano duet in C major, K521
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1966-06-19
- Recording Venue: Parish Church, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegretto
Mozart: Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K448
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1966-06-20
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Andante
3. Allegro molto
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
- Clifford Curzon (piano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-09-25
- Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
1. Allegro
2. Romance
3. Rondo (Allegro assai)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
- Clifford Curzon (piano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-09-25
- Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
1. Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Allegro
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1970-07-31
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante con moto
Schubert: Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821
- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-07-27
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Allegretto
Schubert: Divertissement in E minor D823a
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1965-06-22
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
Thema
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Debussy: En blanc et noir
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1967-06-20
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
1. Avec emportement
2. Lent. Sombre
3. Scherzando
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1965-06-22
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
1. Allegro molto moderato -
2. Largo
3. Allegro vivace
4. Tempo I
Schubert: Variations in A flat major on a original theme, D813
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1964-06-20
- Recording Venue: Aldeburgh Parish Church, Suffolk
Tema
Variation 1
Variation 2
Variation 3
Variation 4
Variation 5
Variation 6
Variation 7
Variation 8
Schubert: Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D812
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1965-06-22
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante
3. Scherzo & Trio - Allegro vivace
4. Allegro vivace
Schubert: Winterreise D911
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Gute Nacht
2. Die Wetterfahne
3. Gefrorne Tränen
4. Erstarrung
5. Der Lindenbaum
6. Wasserflut
7. Auf dem Flusse
8. Rückblick
9. Irrlicht
10. Rast
11. Frühlingstraum
12. Einsamkeit
13. Die Post
14. Der greise Kopf
15. Die Krähe
16. Letzte Hoffnung
17. Im Dorfe
18. Der stürmische Morgen
19. Täuschung
20. Der Wegweiser
21. Das Wirtshaus
22. Mut
23. Die Nebensonnen
24. Der Leiermann
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Das Wandern
2. Wohin?
3. Halt!
4. Danksagung an den Bach
5. Am Feierabend
6. Der Neugierige
7. Ungeduld
8. Morgengruß
9. Der Müllers Blumen
10. Tränenregen
11. Mein!
12. Pause
13. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande
14. Der Jäger
15. Eifersucht und Stolz
16. Die liebe Farbe
17. Die böse Farbe
18. Trockne Blumen
19. Der Müller und der Bach
20. Des Baches Wiegenlied
Excerpt,
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Die Taubenpost, D. 965a
Schubert: Der Einsame, D800
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Schubert: An die Laute D905
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
3. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
7. Ich grolle nicht
8. Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen
9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen
11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet
14. Allnächtlich im Traume seh' ich dich
15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es
16. Die alten, bösen Lieder
Schubert: Im Frühling, D882
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-13
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
Schubert: Nachtstück, D672 (Mayrhofer)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-13
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: An die Entfernte, D765 (Goethe)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-13
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D.777, Op. 59 / 4
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1972-12-01
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Abendstern, D806
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-13
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Excerpt,
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1972-12-01
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Das Fischermädchen (Heine)
Schubert: Sprache der Liebe D410 (A W von Schlegel)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1972-12-01
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Der Einsame, D800
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1972-12-01
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Der Geistertanz D116 (Matthisson)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1972-12-01
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Atys D585
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1972-12-01
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Auflösung, D807
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-13
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Nacht und Träume, D827
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-13
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1972-09-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Ouvertüre
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester - Erste Abteilung (Part One)
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Meriel Dickinson (contralto)
- Aldeburgh Festival Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1972-09-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Du kanntest mich, O kleiner Engel
Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche
Wie anders, Gretchen, war dir's
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester - Zweite Abteilung (Part Two)
- John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Margaret Cable (contralto), Felicity Palmer (soprano), John Elwes (tenor), Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Pauline Stevens (soprano), Neil Jenkins (tenor), John Noble (baritone), Jenny Hill (soprano)
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, Aldeburgh Festival Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1972-09-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Die ihr dies Haupt umschwebt im luft'gem Kreise
Des Lebens Pulse schlagen frisch-lebendig
Ich heiße der Mangel
Vier sah ich kommen
Die Nacht scheint tiefer tief hereinzudringen
Herbei! herbei! Herein! herein!
Ein Sumpf zieht am Gebirge hin
Ihn sättigt keine Lust
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester - Dritte Abteilung (Part Three)
- Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Harrison (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass (vocal)), Meriel Dickinson (contralto), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Pauline Stevens (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano)
- Aldeburgh Festival Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1972-09-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Waldung, sie schwankt heran
Ewiger Wonnebrand
Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen
Gerettet ist das edle Glied
Hier ist die Aussicht frei
Dir, der Unberührbaren
Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis
Schumann: Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102
- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-07-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Vanitas vanitatum (Mit Humor)
2. Langsam
3. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
4. Nicht zu rasch
5. Stark und markiert
Delius: Summer night on the river
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1967-06-02
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Delius: Aquarelles (2)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-05-31
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
Lento, ma non troppo
Gaily, but not too quick
Bridge: Christmas Dance 'Sir Roger de Coverley'
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-19
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
- Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), José Luis Garcia (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Bernard Richards (cello)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-05-31
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 / Part 1
- Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Choir of King's College Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1971-07-24
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Prelude
"Jesu, Maria, I Am Near To Death"
"Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul"
"Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus"
"Proficiscere, Anima Christiana"
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 / Part 2
- Peter Pears (tenor), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
- Choir of King's College Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1971-07-24
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
"I Went To Sleep"
"It Is a Member Of That Family Of Wondrous Beings"
"But Hark! Upon My Senses Comes a Fierce Hubbub"
"I See Not Those False Spirits"
"But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony"
"Thy Judgement Now Is Near"
"I Go Before My Judge"
"Softly and Gently"
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1964-06-14
- Recording Venue: Aldeburgh Parish Church, Suffolk
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Allegro
3. Largo
4. Allegro
Shostakovich: 7 Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127
- Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
- Recorded: 1968-06-24
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
1. Ophelia's Song (Pesnya Ofelii)
2. Hamayun, the Prophetic Bird (Gamayun, Ptitsa Veshchaya)
3. We Were Together (My Byli Vmeste)
4. The City Is Asleep (Gorod Spit)
5. The Storm (Burya)
6. Secret Signs (Tayniye Znaki)
7. Music (Muzyka)
Janáček: Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano
- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1967-06-27
- Recording Venue: Aldeburgh Parish Church, Suffolk
1. Con moto
2. Con moto
3. Allegro
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Zorian String Quartet
- Recorded: 1945-07-03
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
On Wenlock Edge
From Far, From Eve And Morning
Is My Team Ploughing?
Oh, When I Was In Love With You
Bredon Hill
Clun
Bridge: Phantasie For Piano Quartet In F Sharp Minor, H.94
- Norbert Brainin (violin), Peter Schidlof (viola), Martin Lovett (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1967-06-22
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor, H125
- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-07-27
- Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape
1. Allegro ben moderato
2. Allegro ma non troppo - Molto allegro e agitato
Debussy: Cello Sonata
- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-07-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Prologue (lent)
2. Sérénade (Modérément animé)
3. Finale (Animé)
Grainger: Shepherd's Hey
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Willow Willow
- Peter Pears (tenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra, Members
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: I'm seventeen come Sunday
- Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Bold William Taylor
- John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: There was a Pig went out to Dig
- Ambrosian Singers
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone
- English Chamber Orchestra, Members
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight
- Peter Pears (tenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: 'The Duke of Marlborough' Fanfare
- English Chamber Orchestra, Members
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow
- Viola Tunnard (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Scotch Strathspey and Reel
- Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: The Pretty Maid Milkin' Her Cow...The Sprig O' Thyme
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
- English Chamber Orchestra, Members
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: The Lost Lady Found
- Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Shallow Brown
- John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
- Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1968-12-08
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Purcell: Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585)
- James Bowman (countertenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1972-11-29
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Haydn: Sailor's Song, Hob. XXVIa:31
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Haydn: The Wanderer
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Haydn: Sympathy, Hob. XXVIa:33
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Haydn: She Never Told Her Love, Hob. XXVIa:34
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Haydn: Piercing Eyes, Hob. XXVIa:35
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Haydn: Transport of Pleasure 'Content', Hob. XXVIa:36
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Holst: Humbert Wolfe Songs
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1967-11-30
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Persephone
Things Lovelier
Now In These Fairylands
A Little Music
The Thought
The Floral Bandit
Envoi
The Dream City
Journey End
In the Street Of Lost Time
Rhyme
Betelgeuse
Bridge: Tis but a week
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Bridge: Goldenhair
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Bridge: When you are old
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Bridge: So perverse
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Bridge: Journey's end
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Bridge: Love went a-riding
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Butterworth, G: A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Is My Team Ploughing?
Moeran: In youth is pleasure
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Warlock: Yarmouth Fair
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Ireland: The Land of Lost Content
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
The Lent Lily
Ladslove
Goal & Wicket
The Vain Desire
The Encounter
Epilogue
Ireland: The Trellis
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Ireland: Love and friendship
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Ireland: Friendship in misfortune
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Ireland: The One Hope
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1963-10-21
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Ireland: I Have Twelve Oxen
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Berkeley, L: How Love Came In
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Oldham, A: Three Chinese Lyrics
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1955-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Herd Boy's Song
Fishing
Pedlar Of Spells
Tippett: Songs for Ariel
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1964-12-15
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Full Fathom Five
Where The Bee Sucks
Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-02
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht D756 (Platen)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-02
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D.777, Op. 59 / 4
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-02
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
Schubert: Der Einsame, D800
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1954-07
Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1954-07
Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1954-07
Schubert: Der Zurnenden Diana D707 (Mayrhofer)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1954-07
Schubert: Sprache der Liebe D410 (A W von Schlegel)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1954-07
Schubert: Harfenspieler I 'Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt', D478
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Schubert: Geheimes, D719 (Goethe)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Excerpt,
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1959-04-29
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Die Stadt
Schubert: Harfenspieler III 'Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass', D480
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
"Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß"
Schubert: Dass sie hier gewesen! D775 (Rückert)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Der Zurnenden Diana D707 (Mayrhofer)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-12
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Byrd: Sellinger's Round - variations for keyboard - Variations on an Elizabethan Theme
- The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1953-06-20
- Recording Venue: Parish Church, Aldeburgh
Theme
Variation 1 - Allegro non troppo
Variation 2 - Lament
Variation 3 - Andante
Variation 4 - Quick & Gay
Variation 5 - Nocturne
Variation 6 - Finale - Presto giocoso
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 - Act 1 Scene 1
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1967-06-02
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Fanfare
Britten: The National Anthem (God Save The Queen)
- Chorus Of East Anglian Choirs, English Chamber Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1967-06
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76
- Peter Pears (tenor), Heather Harper (soprano), Keith Harvey (cello), Philip Jones (trumpet), Richard Adeney (flute), Julian Bream (lute), Philip Ledger (organ), Philip Ledger (harpsichord)
- English Chamber Orchestra, Chorus Of East Anglian Choirs
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1967-06-02
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Overture
From Harmony, From Heav'nly Harmony...When Nature Underneath A Heap
From Harmony, From Heav'nly Harmony
What Passion Cannot Music Raise And Quell
The Trumpet's Loud Clangour
March
But Bright Cecilia
As From Pow'r Of Sacred Lays
Excerpt,
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-12-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Overture
Mozart: Si mostra la sorte, K209
- Peter Pears (tenor)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-12-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Mozart: Per pieta, non ricercate KV 420
- Peter Pears (tenor)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-12-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-12-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-12-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Molto allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
4. Finale. Allegro assai