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This release is one of three new recordings issued in 2013 by EMI & Virgin Classics in honour of Britten's 100th birthday. Ian Bostridge, the internationally acclaimed tenor whose "attention to the text always matches Britten's own scrupulous word-setting", has recorded this album of songs by Benjamin Britten accompanied by Antonio Pappano. Featured are works he has never before recorded: 'Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo', 'Hölderlin Fragments', 'Songs From the Chinese', 'Winter Words' and Four English Songs from the last cycle 'Who are These Children?'. “an intoxicating contribution to the composer’s centenary.” Financial Times, 20th April 2013 “the English tenor has brought special qualities to Britten on disc: his cut-glass diction and an individuality of timbre that echoes the singer for whom the composer wrote most of his songs, his life partner, Peter Pears, without remotely resembling him...here he proves as compelling as this music’s creator” Sunday Times, 19th May 2013 “besides his usual intelligence and personality, Bostridge has acquired a richness of timbre that, combined with his control of vibrato, is invaluable in the Six Hölderlin Fragments...[Songs from the Chinese] becomes an unexpected highlight.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 | 
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28 pp booklet, essay and sung texts Britten was a prolific composer of songs throughout his creative life, producing over 100 settings for voice and piano, in addition to the works for voice and orchestra. His songs for voice and piano – of which this is the first in a two-volume 4CD cycle, contain settings by poets as diverse as Michelangelo, Hölderlin, Hardy, Pushkin, Auden and Soutar. The earliest songs date from 1922, when Britten was just nine years old – ‘Beware!’ and two other songs were from this period were reassessed by the composer in 1968, but not published until 1985. These rarities display little of the mature composer’s style, but they are confident and charming settings. The touching ‘Lilian’ and ‘The Joy of Grief’ are also early songs and receive their premiere recordings here. Mature Britten is represented by the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Winter Words and the 1965 cycle The Poet’s Echo. This survey of all Britten’s songs for voice and piano is a major project, and Malcolm Martineau has assembled some of the finest young singers of our time for this fascinating journey through repertoire that spans the period 1922–1971. “Martineau paces his survey of Britten’s songbook with the same lightly worn expertise he brings to his accompaniments, alternating lighter and darker material, innocent and knowing, in a way that maintains the listener’s interest.” Financial Times, 28th May 2011 *** “Martineau has gathered a gratifyingly formidable array of young British singing talent. Ben Johnson is commanding in an urgent, passionate reading of The Holy Sonnets of John Donne. Andrew Tortise conveys rapturously intense emotions in Canticle I...Perhaps the best is left until last, when Robin Tritschler gives a fresh-sounding Winter Words.” Sunday Times, 29th May 2011 **** “The John Donne sonnets (Ben Johnson) and The Poet's Echo (Katherine Broderick) are very fine, but the most compelling track is "Canticle 1", a masterpiece powerfully delivered by Andrew Tortise.” The Observer, 12th June 2011 “James Geer, a tenor with an instinct for the inflection of poetry that matches the composer's own, offers 'A Dirge'...Katherine Broderick brings by turns a forlorn beauty and a fiery plangency to the Pushkin settings of The Poet's Echo...We have a tiny and tantalising glimpse of tenor Nicky Spence...O that I had ne'er been married...a touching and memorable gem within this auspicious first volume.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2011 **** “Among so many potential successors to Peter Pears...two tenors stand out: Robin Tritschler, who gives a performance of exceptional tenderness in the ever-popular Winter Words, and Ben Johnson, whose string and intense singing of the Holy Sonnets of John Donne nails his colours to the Britten mast with impressive authority...As always, Malcolm Martineau's accompaniments are a constant source of inspiration on the journey.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 | | Onyx - ONYX4071 (CD - 2 discs) Normally: $25.00 Special: $12.50 |
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German tenor Daniel Behle has won several prizes at international singing competitions, notably First prize in the International Robert Stolz Competition 2004, First prize in the Queen Sonja Competition 2005 in Oslo and second prize in the International Competition - Cologne 2002. On his first recording for Phoenix Edition he sings a collection of songs by Schubert, Beethoven, Grieg, Britten and Trojahn, beautifully accompanied by Oliver Schnyder. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Bach, J S: | Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben (from Christmas Oratorio) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger St John Passion, BWV245: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgement Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger Mass in B minor: Benedictus Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum St John Passion, BWV245: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgement John Shirley-Quirk, Gwynne Howell English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys Choir | Bennett, R R: | Tom O’Bedlam’s Song Joan Dickson (piano) | Berlioz: | L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25: Les pèlerins étant venus Goldsbrough Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, Colin Davis | Bridge: | Tis but a week When you are old Goldenhair So perverse Journey's end | Britten: | Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 Dennis Brain (horn) The Boyd Neel String Orchestra Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 At Night (from The Turn of the Screw) Peter Pears (Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Olive Dyer (Flora), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess) English Opera Group Orchestra Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart (from The Rape of Lucretia) English Chamber Orchestra Canticle II - Abraham & Isaac Op. 51 Norma Procter (alto) War Requiem, Op.66: Move him into the sun Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61 We committed his body to the deep (from Billy Budd) London Symphony Orchestra The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 How now my love? (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) Josephine Veasey (Hermia) London Symphony Orchestra Albert the Good! (from Albert Herring) English Chamber Orchestra May God bless the Queen (from 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 Canticle V: The Death of St. Narcissus, Op. 89 Osian Ellis (harp) The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me (from Death in Venice) English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (from Peter Grimes) Old Joe has gone fishing (from Peter Grimes) The bridge is down, we half swam over (from Peter Grimes) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House O Waly, Waly The foggy, foggy dew The Brisk Young Widow Le Roi s'en va-t'en chasse The Plough Boy | Busch, W: | The echoing green The Shepherd If thou wilt ease thine heart Come, o come, my life's delight Viola Tunnard (piano) | Bush, A: | Voices of the Prophets Alan Busch (piano) | Delius: | To Daffodils Viola Tunnard (piano) | Dieren: | Dream Pedlary Take, o take those lips away Viola Tunnard (piano) | Dowland: | I saw my Lady weepe In darkness let me dwell Julian Bream (guitar) | Elgar: | The Dream of Gerontius: Sanctus fortis London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge | Grainger: | Bold William Taylor | Handel: | Love in her eyes sits playing (from Acis and Galatea) Lo! Here my love (from Acis and Galatea) Thurston Dart (harpischord) Philomusica of London, Adrian Boult | Ireland: | The Land of Lost Content The Trellis Love and friendship Friendship in misfortune The One Hope | Lutoslawski: | Paroles tissées London Sinfonietta, Witold Lutoslawski | Moeran: | The Merry Month of May Viola Tunnard (piano) | Morley: | It was a lover and his lass Julian Bream (guitar) | Pilkington: | Rest sweet Nimphs Julian Bream (guitar) | Purcell: | When a cruel long winter (from The Fairy Queen) | Rainier: | Cycle for Declamation | Rosseter: | What then is love but mourning? Julian Bream (guitar) | Schubert: | Gute Nacht (No. 1 from Winterreise, D911) Der Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911) Frühlingstraum (No. 11 from Winterreise, D911) Der Leiermann (No. 24 from Winterreise, D911) Das Wandern (No. 1 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Der Neugierige (No. 6 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Der Jäger (No. 14 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Die böse Farbe (No. 17 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Ganymed, D544 (Goethe) | Schumann: | Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (No. 1 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Ich grolle nicht (No. 7 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Ich hab' im Traum geweinet (No. 13 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Die alten, bosen Lieder (No. 16 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48) Szenen aus Goethes Faust: Die ihr dies Haupt umschwebt im luft'gem Kreise Jenny Hill, Margaret Cable, John Elwes, Neil Jenkins, John Noble Aldeburgh Festival Singers, English Chamber Orchestra | Schütz: | Matthäus Passion: Jesus aber stund für dem Landpleger Meriel Dickinson, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon Heinrich Schütz Choir, Roger Norrington | Tippett: | Boyhood's End The Heart's Assurance Noel Mewton-Wood (piano) Songs for Ariel | Vaughan Williams: | On Wenlock Edge Zorian String Quartet |
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 vast amount of twentieth-century English music and German Lieder. This anniversary collection features Pears in a wide selection of this repertory and it also charts his career as a recording artist from landmark recordings such as the first recording of Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (made in 1944) through to Britten's Canticle V The Death of St Narcissus (composed in 1974), recorded near the end of his career in 1976. Many recordings included here appear on CD for the first time as international releases. Performances of Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge, and of Tippett’s Songs for Ariel , are of especial interest, and in a different vein, Pears sings Lutoslawski’s Paroles tissées, which he commissioned. A true rarity is the first ever release of Schubert's Ganymed. Packaging is cap box; 28-page booklet features a new essay on Pears by George Hall. “so astute is his characterization and formidable his musical intelligence that he is able to portray the comic flavour of Albert Herring with as much conviction as the haunting melancholy of Death in Venice....All in all, a superb tribute to one of the most characterful and important singers of the twentieth century.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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anon.: | God Save The Queen arr. Britten London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | Britten: | Paul Bunyan Pop Wagner (Narrator), James Lawless (Paul Bunyan), Dan Dressen (Johnny Inkslinger), Elisabeth Comeaux Nelson (Tiny), Clifton Ware (Slim), James Bohn (Hel Helson), Phil Jorgenson (First Swede), Tim Dahl (Second Swede), Thomas Shaffer (Third Swede), Lawrence Weller (Fourth Swede), James McKeel (John Shears), James Westbrock (Western Union Boy), Maria Jette (Fido), Sue Herber (Moppet), Janis Hardy (Poppet) Orchestra & Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle Peter Grimes Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Marion Studholme (First Niece), Iris Kells (Second Niece), John Lanigan (Horace Adams) Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia Janet Baker (Lucretia), Peter Pears (Male Chorus), Heather Harper (Female Chorus), Benjamin Luxon (Tarquinius), Bryan Drake (Junius), John Shirley-Quirk (Collatinus), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Bianca), Jenny Hill (Lucia) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin 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, Benjamin Britten Billy Budd Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Mr Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), David Kelly (Mr Ratcliffe), Kenneth MacDonald (Red Whiskers), David Bowman (Donald), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Robert Tear (Novice), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Gloriana Josephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh), Willard White (Ballad Singer), Janice Watson (Lady in Waiting), John Shirley-Quirk (Recorder of Norwich), John Mark Ainsley (Spirit of the Masque) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Charles Mackerras The Turn of the Screw Peter Pears (Prologue/Quint), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Joan Cross (Mrs Grose), Olive Dyer (Flora), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Owen Wingrave Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs. Julien), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator), Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Death in Venice Peter Pears (Aschenbach), John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Old Gondolier/Hotel Manager/Hotel Barber/Leader of the Players/Voice of Dionysus), James Bowman (Voice of Apollo) English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Noye's Fludde Owen Brannigan (Noye), Sheila Rex (Mrs Noye), Trevor Anthony (The Voice of God), David Pinto (Sem), Darien Angadi (Ham), Stephen Alexander (Jaffett), Caroline Clack (Mrs Sem), Marie Thérèse Pinto (Mrs Ham), Eileen O'Donovan (Mrs Jaffett) English Chamber Orchestra, An East Suffolk Children's Orchestra, Norman Del Mar The Golden Vanity Benjamin Britten (piano) Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Russell Burgess Curlew River Peter Pears (Madwoman), John Shirley-Quirk (Ferryman), Harold Blackburn (Abbot), Bryan Drake (Traveller), Bruce Webb (Voice of Spirit) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten The Burning Fiery Furnace Peter Pears (Nebuchadnezzar), Bryan Drake (Astrologer), John Shirley-Quirk (Ananias), Robert Tear (Misael), Stafford Dean (Azarias), Peter Leeming (Herald) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten The Prodigal Son Peter Pears (Tempter/Abbot), John Shirley-Quirk (Father), Bryan Drake (Elder), Robert Tear (Younger Son) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten The Little Sweep, Op. 45 David Hemmings (Sam), Jennifer Vyvyan (Rowan), Nancy Thomas (Miss Baggot), April Cantelo (Juliet Brook), Trevor Anthony (Tom/Black Bob), Peter Pears (Clem/Alfred), Michael Ingram (Gay Brook), Marilyn Baker (Sophie Brook), Robin Fairhurst (John Crome), Lyn Vaughan (Hugh Crome), Gabrielle Soskin (Tina Chrome) Orchestra of the English Opera Group, Alleyn's School Choir, Benjamin Britten Children's Crusade Op. 82 Benjamin Britten (piano) Russell Burgess The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Plymouth Town – ballet BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn Night Mail The Tocher (Rossini Suite) The King’s Stamp Negroes The Way to The Sea Telegrams Peace of Britain Men Behind The Meters Coal Face Love from a Stranger Johnson over Jordan Suite The Rescue of Penelope Parts 1 and 2 The Company of Heaven The Sword in the Stone Russian Funeral On the Frontier War Requiem, Op. 66 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ) London Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten Spring Symphony, Op. 44 Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Proctor, Peter Pears Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten Cantata Academica, Op. 62 Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Benjamin Britten Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 London Symphony Chorus, George Malcolm St Nicolas, Op. 42 Peter Pears (tenor) Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 The Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Cantata Misericordium, Op. 69 Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Benjamin Britten A Boy was Born, Op. 3 Corpus Christi Carol A Wealden Trio: Christmas Song of the Women Christ's Nativity A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 The Holly and the Ivy Songs from "Friday Afternoons", Op. 7 Psalm 150, Op. 67 3 Two-Part Songs Two Two-Partsongs The birds A Hymn to the Virgin Jubilate Deo in E flat major (1934) Te Deum in C Advance Democracy Deus in adjutorium meum (Psalm 70) A.M.D.G. Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Text: The Oxford Book of Ballads) Chorale after an Old French Carol Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32 Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest A Wedding Anthem, Op. 46 Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a Antiphon, Op. 56b Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63 Westminster Cathedral Choir, George Malcolm Jubilate Deo in C major (1961) Brian Runnett (organ) Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest Venite Exultemus Domino Choir of Trinity College, Richard Marlow A Hymn of Saint Columba Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest Voices for Today, Op. 75 Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks Sacred and Profane, Op. 91 The Wilbye Consort, Peter Pears Welcome Ode Op. 95 Suffolk Schools' Orchestra, Jubilee Choir, Keith Shaw Praise We Great Men Alison Hargan (soprano), Mary King (mezzo), Robert Tear (tenor), Willard White (bass) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Quatre Chansons Françaises Jill Gomez City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8 Peter Pears (tenor) Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Les illuminations, Op. 18 Sandrine Piau (soprano) Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings Peter Pears (tenor); Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Phaedra, Op. 93 Janet Baker (mezzo) English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Canticles I-V Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), James Bowman (countertenor) A Birthday Hansel, Op. 92 The Heart of the Matter Tit for Tat On this Island, Op. 11 Cabaret Songs Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and pianoforte, Op. 41 (1947) Winter Words, Op. 52 If it's ever Spring again (Hardy) The Children and Sir Nameless (Hardy) Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61 Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 Ekho poeta (The Poet's Echo) Op. 76 Who are these children?, Op. 84 Dawtie’s Devotion The Gully Tradition Folksongs (selection) Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Simple Symphony, Op. 4 Soirées musicales (after Rossini), Op. 9 Matinées musicales (after Rossini), Op. 24 Rondo Concertante for piano and strings Untitled Fragment for strings Two Portraits Double Concerto Movements for a Clarinet Concerto for clarinet and strings Piano Concerto, Op. 13 Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 Mont Juic – Suite of Catalan Dances, Op.12 (with Lennox Berkeley) Young Apollo, Op. 16 Canadian Carnival Overture, Op. 19 Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21 Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 An American Overture Prelude & Fugue for 18 strings, Op. 29 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Men of Goodwill (Variations on a Christmas Carol for orchestra) Variations on an Elizabethan Theme Occasional Overture, Op. 38 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 In memoriam Dennis Brain for 4 horns and strings The Building of the House Overture Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A Time there was', Op. 90 Lachrymae for viola & strings, Op. 48a Reflection for viola & piano Elegy for unaccompanied viola Lachrymae for viola & piano, Op. 48 Suite Op. 6 Reveille Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano Temporal Variations for oboe & piano Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe, Op. 49 Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3 Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70 Suite for harp in C major, Op. 83 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Temas 'Sacher' String Quartet in F Major (1928) Miniature Suite Rhapsody for String Quartet Quartettino Phantasy in F minor for string quintet Alla Marcia Three Divertimenti String Quartet in D major (1931) String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 Phantasy Quartet for Oboe & String Trio, Op. 2 Alpine Suite for Recorder Trio Scherzo for Recorder Quartet Fanfare for St. Edmondsbury for three trumpets Lamentation - Voluntary on a Theme of Thomas Tallis They Walk Alone: Prelude Village Organist's Piece Prelude & Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria Gemini Variations Op. 73 Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, op.23 No.1 Mazurka Elegiaca op.23 no.2 Five Waltzes for piano A Little Idyll Three Character Pieces Variations (12) on a Theme Two Lullabies for Two Pianos Holiday Diary Op. 5 for solo piano Sonatina romantica (1940) Night Pieces (Notturno) for piano Variations for piano solo | Gay: | The Beggar's Opera Yvonne Kenny (Lucy Lockit), Ann Murray (Mrs Peachum), Anne Collins (Mrs Peachum), Philip Langridge (Macheath), John Rawnsley (Lockit ), Robert Lloyd (Peachum), Christopher Gillett (Filch), Nuala Willis (Mrs Trapes), Declan Mulholland (Beggar) Steuart Bedford | Purcell: | Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) arr. 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CD 62 Making Music with Britten – A Memoir Written, produced and narrated by Jon Tolansky CD 63 War Requiem Rehearsal CD 64 Historic Recordings (1944 – 1953) Including the first recording of the Serenade, Op. 31 (1944), Mazurka elegiaca (with Clifford Curzon) and Sinfonia da Requiem (1953 Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Britten) CD 65 Supplementary Recordings (1955 – 1989) Including 5 songs from Friday Afternoons (with John Hahessy and Britten accompanying) and the original 3rd movement from the Piano Concerto. DVD The 1967 Recording of the Burning Fiery Furnace – a film by Tony Palmer
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of England’s greatest composer since Henry Purcell, Decca Classics presents the ultimate Britten box Britten and Decca enjoyed a unique relationship with the composer, recording most of his key works for the label. Decca’s 1963 set of the War Requiem remains one of the fastest-selling classical releases of all time. The recordings not in the Decca catalogue have been licensed from other companies including EMI, Virgin Classics, Naxos and Warner – a total of 18 rights holders have assisted to make this extraordinary achievement possible, plus the endorsement & support of the Britten-Pears Foundation. Benjamin Britten was born 22nd November 1913, the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music. Over four intensely creative decades he went on to publish over 100 works, of which the most important dominated and shaped their respective genres – opera with Peter Grimes, the choral oratorio with War Requiem, music to inspire newcomers (Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra), the Song Cycle (Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings). The sheer range is astonishing. Britten is the subject of a colossal campaign, Britten100, under the auspices of the Britten-Pears Foundation who have invested £6.5 million in further driving international awareness of the composer. This 65-CD edition is guaranteed to appeal to Britten enthusiasts worldwide. · Individually numbered, limited edition (1 to 3,000) · 208-page hardback book including:- - A gallery of original LP sleeves, arranged chronologically from 1953 onwards - Copious Recording session pictures and beautiful Aldeburgh landscapes newly photographed - ‘Choosing a Record Company’ by discographer Philip Stuart - ‘Ben – A Tribute to Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)’ by John Culshaw (originally published in Gramophone Magazine, February 1977) - Peter Glossop’s Memoir on the role of Billy Budd and working with Britten - Complete alphabetical index of works included in the edition. · The set is organised into 4 main sections, each with its own individual book: The Operas; Stage & Screen; Voices; Instruments · Each book contains a detailed article by Andrew Huth, full track listings and recording information. · 4 bonus CDs - including a series of interviews by Jon Tolansky, first recordings and rarities never before released on CD and the War Requiem rehearsal sequence · New War Requiem hi-res transfer from original master tapes · The set also features the Tony Palmer film on the making of the 1967 recording of The Burning Fiery Furnace, an unrivalled look at John Culshaw and the Decca team at work
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