Britten: The Way to The Sea

This page lists all recordings of The Way to The Sea, by Benjamin Britten (1913-76) on CD.

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Britten on Film

Britten on Film


Britten:

Coal Face

first recording

Night Mail

first complete recording

The Way to The Sea

Negroes

The Tocher (Rossini Suite)

Telegrams

The King’s Stamp

Men Behind The Meters

When you're feeling like expressing your affection (Auden)


Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Choir of King Edwards’ Boys School, Birmingham, Martyn Brabbins

A comprehensive collection of premiere recordings of all the surviving music that Benjamin Britten wrote during the 1930s for the General Post Offi ce (GPO), Southern Railways and other organisations.

“Britten's short period with the GPO Film Unit and other similar organisations proved to be key training for his musico-dramatic skills. The performances, by the BCMG and assorted choirs and soloists, are first-rate.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2007 ****

“Writing film scores quickly, for strictly limited performance forces, was an inestimable professional training, as was collaboration with Auden. The results, as laid out in this 10-part sequence, are fascinating.” Sunday Times

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Benjamin Britten 100 - The Complete* works

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


includes

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. Britten

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


Extra postage costs:
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Decca - 4785364

(CD - 65 discs)

Normally: $262.75

Special: $236.50

Scheduled for release on 17 June 2013. Order it now and we will deliver it as soon as it is available.

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