Peter Pears - Anniversary Tribute
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...
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... — More…
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Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
- Dennis Brain (french horn), Peter Pears (tenor)
- Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1944-10-08
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Prologue
Pastoral
Nocturne
Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1954-03-17
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Sonetto XVI
Sonetto XXXI
Sonetto XXX
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One
- 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
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1
- 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"
Britten: Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51
- 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
- Peter Pears (tenor), Geraint Evans (baritone), David Kelly (bass (vocal)), Marion Studholme (soprano), Iris Kells (soprano), Claire Watson (soprano), Raymond Nilsson (tenor), James Pease (baritone), Jean Watson (mezzo-soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1958-12-09
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
"Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"
"Old Joe Has Gone Fishing"
"The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over"
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies irae
- 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
Britten: 6 Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Menschenbeifall
2. Die Heimat
3. Sokrates und Alcibiades
4. Die Jugend
5. Hälfte des Lebens
6. Die Linien des Lebens
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2
- Peter Pears (tenor)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1967-12-15
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"We Committed His Body To the Deep"
Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1967-11-30
- Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
1. Oh, My Blacke Soule!
2. Batter My Heart
3. Oh Might Those Sighes and Teares