Britten conducts Britten

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Julius Katchen (piano), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Alexander Murray (flute), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Roger Lord (cor anglais), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Osian Ellis (harp), Denis Blyth (timpani) English Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), Robert Tear (Novice), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend), David Bowman (Donald), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), 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), Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Sir Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces), John Lanigan (Rector), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson) English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince), Dame Janet Baker (Lucretia), Peter Pears (Male Chorus), Heather Harper (Female Chorus), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Lucia), Jenny Hill (Bianca), Benjamin Luxon (Tarquinius), John Shirley-Quirk (Collatinus), Bryan Drake (Junius), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Peter Pears (Prologue/Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Joan Cross (Mrs Grose), Olive Dyer (Flora), Peter Pears (Aschenbach), John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller, Elderly Fop etc), James Bowman (Apollo), Josephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, English Opera Group Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, Sir Charles Mackerras