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Offer,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 Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

In his insert-notes, Christopher Palmer has pertinent things to say about the sexual climate of Britten's last opera, Death in Venice; but these seem to become of less consequence as you listen... More…

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Contents

Britten: Death in Venice

Work length2:25:10
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  • Michael Follis (voice), Peter Pears (tenor), Neville Williams (bass-baritone), Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Keith Jones (voice), Angela Vernon Bates (voice), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Stuart Harling (baritone), Michael Bauer (voice), Ronald Murdock (voice), Sheila Brand (voice), Anna Vincent (voice), James Bowman (countertenor), Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano), Iris Saunders (soprano), Penelope McKay (soprano), Stephen James Adams (voice), Janice Hooper Roe (voice), Peter Leeming (baritone), Robert Carpenter Turner (voice)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford
  • Recorded: 1974-04-18
  • Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

"My Mind Beats On"

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"Who's That? A Foreigner, a Traveller No Doubt"

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"Hey There, Hey There, You!"

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"Serenissima...Low-Lying Clouds, Unending Grey"

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Overture: Venice

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"Ah, Serenissima!"

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"Mysterious Gondola"

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"We Are Delighted To Greet the Signore"

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"Was I Wrong To Come?"

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"There Is Indeed In Every Artist's Nature"

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"Children's Games: Adziu, Adziu"

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"Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"

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"Naturally, Signore, I Understand"

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"Here Will I Stay, Here Dedicate My Days"

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"First, the Race!"

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"The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me"

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"So, It Has Come To This"

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"Guardate, Signore!"

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"Do I Detect a Scent?"

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"Careful Search Now Leads Me To Them"

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"This Way For the Players, Signori"

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"Fiorir Rose In Mezo Al Giasso"

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"One Moment, If You Please"

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"In These Last Years"

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"So It Is True"

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"Receive the Stranger God"

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"The Empty Beach: Do What You Will With Me"

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"Yes! A Very Wise Decision"

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"Hurrah For the Piazza"

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"Chaos, Chaos and Sickness"

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"The Wind Still Blows From the Land"

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Interlude: "Ah, No!"

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