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Offer,Britten: Serenade, Nocturne and Les Illuminations

Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn)

London Symphony Orchestra & English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Pears, as always, is the ideal interpreter, the composer a most efficient conductor, and the fiendishly difficult obbligato parts are played superbly. — Penguin Guide, 2010, 4 out of 4 stars
  • Catalogue No: 4363952
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 72 minutes

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Contents

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Work length24:04
$6.80
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  • Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1963-05-24
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Prologue

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Pastoral - The Day's Grown Old

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Nocturne - The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls

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Elegy - O Rose, Thou Art Sick

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Dirge - This Ae Night

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Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair

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Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight

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Epilogue

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Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18

Work length22:07
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  • Peter Pears (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1966-12-20
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

I. Fanfare

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II. Villes

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IIIa. Phrase

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IIIb. Antique

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IV. Royauté

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V. Marine

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VI. Interlude

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VII. Being beauteous

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VIII. Parade

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IX. Départ

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Britten: Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Work length26:26
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  • Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Osian Ellis (harp), Denis Blyth (timpani), Roger Lord (cor anglais), Alexander Murray (flute), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1959-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. "On A Poet's Lips I Slept"

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2. "Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep"

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3. "Encintured With A Twine Of Leaves"

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4. "Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting"

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5. "But That Night When On My Bed I Lay"

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6. "She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths"

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7. "What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer?"

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8. "When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See"

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