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British Music Collection - Benjamin Britten - The Rarities

Norma Procter, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, András Schiff et al

2 Presto CDs

$15.25

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Contents

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

Britten: Gemini Variations Op. 73

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 (vocal))
  • 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

Britten: Russian Funeral

Work length7:01
  • John Iveson (director)
  • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1979-06
  • Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London

Britten: Cantata Misericordium, Op. 69

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

Britten: Children's Crusade Op. 82

Work length18:55
  • Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
  • Russell Burgess, Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1969-10-11
  • Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London

Britten: Ekho poeta (The Poet's Echo) Op. 76

Work length16:07
  • Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-07-27
  • Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk

1. Echo

Track length2:38

2. My Heart

Track length1:40

3. Angel

Track length2:16

4. The Nightingale and the Rose

Track length4:31

5. Epigram

Track length0:45

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

Britten: Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano

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