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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 | 
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John Graham-Hall (Albert), Patricia Johnson (Lady Billows), Alan Opie (Sid), Jean Rigby (Nancy), Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike), Elizabeth Gale (Miss Wordsworth), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Mr Gedge), Alexander Oliver (Mr Upfold), Richard Van Allan (Superintendent Budd), Patricia Kern (Mum), Maria Bovino (Emmie), Bernadette Lord (Cis), Richard Peachey (Harry) Glyndebourne Festival Opera & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Peter Hall (dir.) “If all opera DVDs were as successful as this 1985 Glyndebourne production of Albert Herring, a DVD guide would hardly be necessary...John Gunter's sets are imaginatively, charmingly real, and the casting could hardly be improved on...the whole show is conducted marvellously by Bernard Haitink. Moreover Peter Hall's direction is unerringly prescient. Excellent sound too.” Penguin Guide, 2010 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Christopher Gillett (Albert), Josephine Barstow (Lady Billows), Gerald Finley (Sid), Ann Taylor (Nancy), Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike), Robert Lloyd (Budd), Peter Savidge (Mr Gedge), Della Jones (Mum), Susan Gritton (Miss Wordsworth), Stuart Kale (Mr Upfold) Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford “Vivid as Hickox's traversal of the score for Chandos may be, Bedford's is just that much more alert, crisper. With his long experience of Britten in the theatre, dating back to Death in Venice under the composer's aegis, his timing carries unique authority and, in better sound than the old Decca set can now offer, he even has the edge over the composer's obviously definitive reading. Bedford's players are at least as accomplished as Hickox's, and are caught in a more immediate, less reverberant acoustic.
As for the singers, in almost every case Bedford's are the equal of, or superior to, Hickox's and several surpass Britten's. For instance, Albert was never one of Peter Pears's happiest assumptions; Christopher Gillett makes a more credible mother's boy and does well when he decides to break loose. Where the crucial role of Lady Billows is concerned, Josephine Barstow's commanding performance may not quite be on a par with Sylvia Fisher for Britten, but the difference is small. Susan Gritton gives us a dotty and cleanly sung Miss Wordsworth (Margaret Ritchie, the role's creator, must have sounded like this), Robert Lloyd is a simpleton of a Budd (as well sung as any), and Felicity Palmer makes a wonderfully fussy Florence Pike.
It only remains to laud once again the score's many delights as regards technical mastery and subtle characterisation, and to suggest you hurry off to enjoy a real bargain.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Gillett in the title-tole has a clear, youthful-sounding tenor...What secures the set's success is the way that in the ensembles Bedford secures such crispness, wittily lifting rhythms, making the music swagger. At the Naxos reissue price this is a phenomenal bargain” Penguin Guide, 2010 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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James Gilchrist (Albert), Pamela Helen Stephen (Nancy), Roderick Williams (Sid), Stephen Richardson (Mr Budd), Rebecca Evans (Miss Wordsworth), Alan Opie (Mr Gedge), Anne Collins (Mum), Susan Bullock (Lady Billows), Robert Tear (Mr Upfold), Sally Burgess (Florence Pike) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox “Richard Hickox more than any rival brings out the fun of Britten's comic chamber opera, lifting rhythms in an infectious way. The result is warm and welcoming...James Gilchrist is outstanding, with a tenor light enough to sound wimpish in the first half of the opera, and then to convey the anger of the character in the monologue that marks his change of heart” Penguin Guide, 2010 *** | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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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 “Having shown us the grim and nasty side of Aldeburgh life at the beginning of the 19th century in Peter Grimes, Britten had fun with its parochial aspects at the end of the century in his comic opera Albert Herring, a tale of a motherdominated shop assistant elected May King because of his virtue, and who is slipped a laced drink at his crowning and goes off for a night on the tiles, after which he asserts himself. For some tastes, it's proved too parochial; some who otherwise admire the composer are repelled by its self-regarding whimsicality. The possible cure for these people is to listen to Britten's own recording, here marvellously transferred to CD and showing again what a genius the producer John Culshaw was. Britten finds all the humour in the piece, but he gives it a cutting-edge and is totally successful in conveying the proximity of comedy to tragedy in the remarkable ensemble where Albert is thought to have been killed.
With the English Chamber Orchestra on peak form, all kinds of Bergian echoes in the score are revealed and some, too, of Verdi's Falstaff (Act 3). There's also Sir Peter Pears's brilliant performance as Albert, a genuine piece of perceptive singing-acting. The cast is well-nigh ideal.
If only Britten had written more comic operas.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Britten's own 1964 recording of the comic opera, Albert Herring, remains a delight. Peter Pears' portrait of the innocent Albert is full of unique touches. Sylvia Fisher is a magnificant Lady Billows. The recording remains astonishingly vivid.” Penguin Guide | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | |
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| |  | Britten: Albert HerringThe Royal Theatre, Copenhagen - September 15, 1949Libretto by Eric Crozier and Directed by Basil Coleman
Peter Pears (Albert), Joan Cross (Lady Billows), Gladys Parr (Florence Pike), Margaret Ritchie (Miss Wordsworth), Otakar Kraus (Mr Gedge), Roy Ashton (Mr Upfold), Norman Lumsden (Spt. Budd), Denis Dowling (Sid), Nancy Evans (Nancy), Catherine Lawson (Mum), Anne Sharp (Emmie), Elisabeth Parry (Cis), Alan Thompson (Harry) The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten This live recording is of a performance given by the English Opera Group, conducted by the composer in the Theatre Royal, Copenhagen on 15th September 1949. It is a fascinating document, coming, as it does, only two years after the first performance of the opera and with no less than eleven members of the original cast still in the team. The composer’s studio recording of Albert Herring was not made until 1964, and, excellent though it is, by then Peter Pears was the only role-creator still in the cast. All limitation of the sound quality aside, this is a wonderful survivor and one of the earliest recorded examples of Britten and the EOG in performance. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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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 |
“An indispensable set, an obvious basis for any collection, large or small, offering the composer's definitive performances” Penguin Guide, 2010 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Britten: | Young Apollo, Op. 16 Double Concerto Two Portraits Sinfonietta, Op. 1 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op. 33b BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 Daniel Hope (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Watkins Lachrymae for viola & strings, Op. 48a Nicholas Bone (viola) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, William Conway Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3 William Butt (cello) War Requiem, Op. 66 Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson American Boychoir, Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur The Rescue of Penelope Parts 1 and 2 Dame Janet Baker & Lorraine Hunt Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano Phaedra, Op. 93 Dame Janet Baker & Lorraine Hunt Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano Billy Budd Thomas Hampson & Anthony Rolfe Johnson Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano Albert Herring DVD 1 Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Bernard Haitink A Midsummer Night's Dream DVD 2 Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Bernard Haitink Peter Grimes DVD 3 The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 DVD 4 Darcey Bussell & Jonathan Cope The Royal Ballet, Ashley Lawrence |
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| |  | Benjamin Britten 100 - The Complete* works* includes all works with opus numbers and all works commercially recorded to date. Includes folksongs, excludes Purcell realisations and Hindmarsh’s arrangements of incidental music to King Arthur and World of the Spirit
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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