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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... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Release Date: 17th May 2010
Catalogue No: 4782345
Label: Decca
Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

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

Work length24:10

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Dennis Brain (french horn), Peter Pears (tenor)
Boyd Neel Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1944-10-08
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Prologue

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Pastoral

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Nocturne

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Elegy

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Dirge

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Hymn

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Sonnet

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Epilogue

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Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22

Work length16:58

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1954-03-17
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sonetto XVI

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Sonetto XXXI

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Sonetto XXX

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Sonetto LV

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Sonetto XXXVIII

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Sonetto XXXII

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Sonetto XXIV

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Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One

Work length10:24

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Peter Pears (tenor), David Hemmings (boy soprano), Arda Mandikian (soprano), Olive Dyer (soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
English Opera Group
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1955-01-07
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night

Track length10:24

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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1

Work length2:40

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Peter Pears (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1970-07-25
Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

"Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart"

Track length2:40

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Britten: Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51

Work length16:18

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Norma Procter (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1957-02-25
Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1

Work length7:44

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Peter Pears (tenor), Geraint Evans (baritone), David Kelly (bass (vocal)), Iris Kells (soprano), Raymond Nilsson (tenor), James Pease (baritone), Jean Watson (mezzo-soprano), Marion Studholme (soprano), Claire Watson (soprano)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1958-12-09
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"

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"Old Joe Has Gone Fishing"

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"The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over"

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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies irae

Work length4:52

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Peter Pears (tenor), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bach Choir
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1963-01-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

2i. Move Him into the Sun

Track length4:52

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Britten: 6 Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61

Work length11:49

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1961-11-09
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Menschenbeifall

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2. Die Heimat

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3. Sokrates und Alcibiades

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4. Die Jugend

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5. Hälfte des Lebens

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6. Die Linien des Lebens

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Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2

Work length4:39

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Peter Pears (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1967-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"We Committed His Body To the Deep"

Track length4:39

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Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35

Work length23:06

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1967-11-30
Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk

1. Oh, My Blacke Soule!

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2. Batter My Heart

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3. Oh Might Those Sighes and Teares

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4. Oh, To Vex Me

Track length1:09

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5. What If This Present

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6. Since She Whom I Loved

Track length3:28

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7. At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners

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8. Thou Hast Made Me

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9. Death, Be Not Proud

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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1

Work length4:37

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Peter Pears (tenor), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1966-10-05
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"How Now My Love?"

Track length4:37

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Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2

Work length7:30

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Peter Pears (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1964-04-08
Recording Venue: Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall

"Albert The Good!"

Track length7:30

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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1

Work length8:22

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Nigel Douglas (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Sylvia Fisher (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1970-12-04
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"May God bless the Queen"

Track length8:22

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Britten: Canticle V: The Death of St. Narcissus, Op. 89

Work length7:19

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Peter Pears (tenor), Osian Ellis (harp)
Recorded: 1976-02-20
Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1

Work length4:28

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Peter Pears (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Steuart Bedford
Recorded: 1974-04-26
Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

"The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me"

Track length4:28

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trad.: The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Work length2:34

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1961-11-09
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

trad.: A Brisk Young Widow

Work length2:02

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1961-11-09
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

trad.: O Waly, Waly ('The Water is Wide')

Work length3:34

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1961-11-09
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

trad.: Le Roi s'en va-t'en chasse

Work length2:13

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1961-11-09
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

trad.: The Plough Boy

Work length1:59

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1961-11-09
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I

Work length6:40

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Peter Pears (tenor), Thurston Dart (continuo)
Philomusica of London
Sir Adrian Boult
Recorded: 1959-06-04
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Lo! Here my love!

Track length0:34

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Love in her eyes sits playing

Track length6:06

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Dowland: I saw my Lady weepe

Work length4:15

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Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute)
Recorded: 1955-10-01
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Rosseter: What then is love but mourning?

Work length2:52

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Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute)
Recorded: 1955-10-01
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Pilkington: Rest sweet Nimphs

Work length4:31

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Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute)
Recorded: 1958-09-30
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Morley: It was a lover and his lass

Work length2:31

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Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute)
Recorded: 1955-10-01
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Dowland: In darkness let me dwell

Work length4:49

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Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute)
Recorded: 1955-10-01
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1

Work length2:47

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Peter Pears (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1970-09-21
Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

"When a Cruel Long Winter"

Track length2:47

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Schütz: Matthäus Passion

Work length6:05

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Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
Schütz Choir of London
Sir Roger Norrington
Recorded: 1971-05-20
Recording Venue: St. John's, Smith Square

Jesus aber stund für dem Landpleger

Track length6:05

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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 4

Work length5:13

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Peter Pears (tenor)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Church of Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart

No. 41 Aria "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben"

Track length5:13

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Bach, J S: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2

Work length5:34

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Peter Pears (tenor)
Stuttgart Hymnus Boys Choir, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1964-07
Recording Venue: Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart

No. 53, Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte - No. 54, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden - No. 55, Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten

Track length5:34

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232: Sanctus

Work length4:53

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Peter Pears (tenor)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Recorded: 1957-12-08
Recording Venue: Herkulessaal, Munich

Benedictus

Track length4:53

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Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two

Work length4:55

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Peter Pears (tenor), 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

"Then Led They Jesus From Caiaphas To the Judgement"

Track length4:55

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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 / Part 1

Work length10:37

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Peter Pears (tenor)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 1971-07-24
Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

"Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus"

Track length10:37

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Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)

Work length4:18

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1968-12
Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

Excerpt, Schubert: Winterreise D911

Work length18:48

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Gute Nacht

Track length5:49

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5. Der Lindenbaum

Track length5:08

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11. Frühlingstraum

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24. Der Leiermann

Track length3:14

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Excerpt, Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795

Work length12:05

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1959-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Das Wandern

Track length2:27

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6. Der Neugierige

Track length4:20

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14. Der Jäger

Track length1:18

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16. Die liebe Farbe

Track length4:00

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Excerpt, Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48

Work length9:59

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Track length1:37

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7. Ich grolle nicht

Track length1:44

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13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet

Track length2:11

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16. Die alten, bösen Lieder

Track length4:27

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Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester - Zweite Abteilung (Part Two)

Work length10:49

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Peter Pears (tenor), Margaret Cable (contralto), John Elwes (tenor), Neil Jenkins (tenor), John Noble (baritone), Jenny Hill (soprano)
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

Track length10:49

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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 / Partie 2: La fuite en Egypte

Work length6:53

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Peter Pears (tenor)
The St. Anthony Singers, Goldsbrough Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
Recorded: 1960-10-10
Recording Venue: Battersea Town Hall, London

Les pèlerins étant venus

Track length6:53

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Lutosławski: Paroles tissées

Work length15:13

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Peter Pears (tenor)
London Sinfonietta
Witold Lutosławski
Recorded: 1972-09-28
Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge

Work length20:18

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Zorian String Quartet
Recorded: 1945-07-03
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

On Wenlock Edge

Track length3:23

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From Far, From Eve And Morning

Track length2:15

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Is My Team Ploughing?

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Oh, When I Was In Love With You

Track length0:43

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Bredon Hill

Track length6:47

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Clun

Track length3:28

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Tippett: Boyhood's End

Work length11:52

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Peter Pears (tenor), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano)
Recorded: 1953
Recording Venue: --, --

What, then did I want? What did I ask to have?

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To rise each morning and to look out on the sky...

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To climb trees and put my hand down in the deep hot nest of the Bienteveo...

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To ride at noon on the hottest days...

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To lie on my back on the rust-brown grass in January

Track length2:36

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Tippett: The Heart's Assurance

Work length17:36

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Peter Pears (tenor), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano)
Recorded: 1953
Recording Venue: --, --

1. Song

Track length2:44

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2. The Heart's Assurance

Track length2:10

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3. Compassion

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4. The Dancer

Track length2:03

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5. Remember your Lovers

Track length6:18

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Delius: To Daffodils

Work length2:21

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Moeran: The Merry Month of May

Work length1:52

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Dieren: Dream Pedlary

Work length2:23

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Dieren: Take, o take those lips away

Work length2:17

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Tippett: Songs for Ariel

Work length4:10

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Come Unto These Yellow Sands

Track length1:40

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Full Fathom Five

Track length1:32

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Where The Bee Sucks

Track length0:58

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Bush, A: Voices of the Prophets

Work length17:51

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Peter Pears (tenor), Alan Busch (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

For Behold, I Create A New Heaven And A New Earth

Track length3:31

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So At Length The Spirit Of Man Will Reach Out

Track length4:38

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Rouse Up

Track length1:00

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Over The Years I Hear Strong Voices Rise

Track length8:42

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Warlock: Piggesnie

Work length0:55

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Warlock: Along the Stream

Work length2:27

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Grainger: Bold William Taylor

Work length3:41

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Busch, W: The echoing green

Work length1:51

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Busch, W: The Shepherd

Work length1:31

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Busch, W: If thou wilt ease thine heart

Work length3:04

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Busch, W: Come, o come, my life's delight

Work length1:31

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Peter Pears (tenor), Viola Tunnard (piano)
Recorded: 1964-12-15
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Ireland: The Land of Lost Content

Work length10:23

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

The Lent Lily

Track length2:21

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Ladslove

Track length2:17

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Goal & Wicket

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The Vain Desire

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The Encounter

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Epilogue

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Ireland: The Trellis

Work length2:42

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bridge: Tis but a week

Work length1:43

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bridge: Goldenhair

Work length1:32

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bridge: When you are old

Work length3:36

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bridge: So perverse

Work length1:15

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bridge: Journey's end

Work length3:12

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Bennett, R R: Tom O’Bedlam’s Song

Work length9:26

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Peter Pears (tenor), Joan Dickson (cello)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Ireland: Love and friendship

Work length1:50

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Ireland: Friendship in misfortune

Work length1:42

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Ireland: The One Hope

Work length3:36

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Rainier: Cycle for Declamation

Work length8:22

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Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1963-10-21
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Wee Cannot Bid The Fruits

Track length2:10

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In The Wombe Of The Earth

Track length1:53

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Nunc, lento sonitu

Track length4:19

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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.

Artists

Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), Dennis Brain (horn), Peter Pears (Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Olive Dyer (Flora), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Norma Procter (alto), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), 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), Osian Ellis (harp), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano), Alan Busch (piano), Thurston Dart (harpischord), Julian Bream (guitar), Meriel Dickinson, Gwynne Howell, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Jenny Hill, Margaret Cable, John Elwes, Neil Jenkins, John Noble, Viola Tunnard (piano), Joan Dickson (piano)

The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Zorian String Quartet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Philomusica of London, Heinrich Schütz Choir, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Goldsbrough Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, London Sinfonietta, Aldeburgh Festival Singers, Steuart Bedford, Adrian Boult, Roger Norrington, Karl Münchinger, Eugen Jochum, Colin Davis, Witold Lutoslawski

Reviews

2011 edition

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.

Offer,Peter Pears - Anniversary Tribute

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