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Special offer. British Music Collection - Benjamin Britten - The Rarities
Norma Procter, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, András Schiff et al
Special offer. British Music Collection - Benjamin Britten - The Rarities
Norma Procter, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, András Schiff et al
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Britten:
Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51
Work length16:18
- Norma Procter (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1957-02-25
- Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London
Work length14:47
- Gabriel Jeney (piano), Zoltan Jeney (piano)
- Recorded: 1966-07-22
- Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London
Britten:
A Birthday Hansel, Op. 89
Work length16:17
- Peter Pears (tenor), Osian Ellis (harp)
- Recorded: 1976-02-20
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Britten:
Cantata Academica, (Carmen basiliense) Op.62 (1959)
Work length20:51
- Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass)
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- George Malcolm
- Recorded: 1961-03-17
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Bonorum summun omnium; 2. Quae bene beateque
Track length2:56
3. At huius caelestis; 5. Tum vero Aeneas Sylvius virtus
Track length3:23
6. Et Gubernacula; 7. Ut Ad Longaeva Tempora
Track length3:41
8. Docendi ac discendi
Track length3:30
9. Rhenana erga omnes; 10. Ut instissime; 11. O cives..
Track length4:33
12. Nos autem cuncti; 13. Vigeatque academia libera
Track length2:48
Work length7:01
- John Iveson (director)
- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Recorded: 1979-06
- Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
Work length19:45
- Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-12-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Work length18:55
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
- Russell Burgess, Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1969-10-11
- Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London
Work length16:07
- Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-07-27
- Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
No. 1, Echo
Track length2:38
No. 2, My Heart, I Fancied It Was Over
Track length1:40
No. 3, Angel
Track length2:16
No. 4, The Nightingale and the Rose
Track length4:31
No. 5, Epigram
Track length0:45
No. 6, Lines Written During a Sleepless Night
Track length4:17
Britten:
6 Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61
Work length11:48
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Menschenbeifall
Track length1:20
2. Die Heimat
Track length1:56
3. Sokrates und Alcibiades
Track length2:18
4. Die Jugend
Track length1:49
5. Hälfte des Lebens
Track length2:02
6. Die Linien des Lebens
Track length2:23
Work length5:31
- Heinz Holliger (oboe), András Schiff (piano)
- Recorded: 1991-07-03
- Recording Venue: Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset
1. The Grasshopper
Track length3:27
2. The Wasp
Track length2:04
