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Ludwig van Beethoven : Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-Flat Major, op. 16
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Gareth Morris (Flute); Cecil James (Bassoon); Leonard Brain (Oboe); Stephen Waters (Clarinet); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1955/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Gordon Jacob : Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano, op. 3
George Malcolm (Piano); Dennis Brain (French Horn); Gareth Morris (Flute); Cecil James (Bassoon); Leonard Brain (Oboe); Stephen Waters (Clarinet)
1957/07/22 - BBC Studios, London, England
Paul Hindemith : Sonata for Horn and Piano
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1953/01/28 - BBC Studios, London, England
Gilbert Vinter : Hunter's Moon for Horn and Orchestra
Dennis Brain (French Horn)
BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Vilem Tausky
1957/06/16 - BBC Studios, London, England
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Ludwig van Beethoven : Sextet for 2 Horns and String Quartet in E-Flat Major, op. 81/b
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Alan Civil (Horn)
English String Quartet
1957/02/18 - BBC Studios, London, England
Franz Schubert : Auf dem Strom, D 943
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Noel Mewton-Wood (Piano)
1953/01/28 - BBC Studios, London, England
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Divertimento for Wind Quintet, arr. Anthony Baines n°14 in B-Flat Major, K. 270
George Malcolm (Piano)
The Dennis Brain Wind Quintet
1957/07/22 - BBC Studios, London, England
Franz Joseph Haydn : Concerto for Horn and Orchestra n°1 in D Major, Hob. VII:d3
Dennis Brain (French Horn)
BBC Midland Orchestra conducted by Léo Wurmser
1957/01/21 - BBC Studios, London, England
Arnold Cooke : Arioso and Scherzo for Horn, Violin, 2 Violas and Cello
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Marjorie Lempfert (Viola)
Carter String Trio
1957/03/01 - BBC Studios, London, England
Jacques-François Ibert : Trois pièces brèves for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
The Dennis Brain Wind Quintet
1957/07/22 - BBC Studios, London, England
Darius Milhaud : La Chéminée du Roi Renée, Suite for Wind Quintet, op. 205
Dennis Brain (French Horn); Gareth Morris (Flute); Cecil James (Bassoon); Leonard Brain (Oboe); Stephen Waters (Clarinet)
1955/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Dennis Brain : The Early Horn, Dennis Brain demonstrates the sound and playing techniques of different horns
Dennis Brain (Speaker)
Dennis Brain (French Horn)
1955/07/23 - BBC Studios, London, England
| Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, When night her purple veil had softly spread CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8003-2 |  |
Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 626
Claire Watson (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jeanette Sinclair (Soprano); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo-Sopano); Jean Allister (Alto); Patricia Clark (Soprano); John Hahessy (Alto); Rosemary Philips (Voice); Michael Ronayne (Treble)
George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Purcell Singers / English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1959/09/29 & 1959/09/30 - BBC Studios, London, England
Henry Purcell : When night her purple veil, Cantata for Baritone, real. Britten
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Members of the Alberni String Quartet
1965/06/24, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Peter Pears : Schütz, Purcell, Bach, Händel, Schubert, Haydn & Britten LP (1) DECCA - 411 919-1, in search |  |
Heinrich Schütz : Symphoniae Sacrae - Venite ad Me, SWV 261
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin); Nona Liddell (Violin); Terence Weil (Cello); George Malcolm (Organ)
Henry Purcell : Morning hymn - Thou wakeful shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Terence Weil (Cello); George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Johann Sebastian Bach : Weihnachts Oratorium - Frohe Hirten, Eilt, Auch Eilt (Air)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Stuttgart Kammerorchester conducted by Karl Münchinger
1966/09/21, 1966/09/22, 1966/09/29, 1966/09/30 - The Church of Schloss Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, Germany
George Frideric Händel : L'Allegro ed il penseroso - There let Hymen oft appear (Air)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)
Philomusica of London conducted by David Willcocks
1960/09/17 - 1960/07/19, 1960/06/26 - 1960/09/28 - Decca Recording Studio No. 1, West Hampstead, London, England
George Frideric Händel : Acis and Galatea - Lo! Here my love (Recitative) / Love in her eyes sits playing (Air)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)
Philomusica of London conducted by Adrian Boult
1959/06 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
George Frideric Händel : Acis and Galatea - His hideous love provokes my rage (Recitative) / Love sounds th'alarm (Air)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)
Philomusica of London conducted by Adrian Boult
1959/06 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
Franz Schubert : An die Laute, D 905
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Franz Schubert : Geheimes, D 719
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Franz Schubert : Schwanengesang - Die Taubenpost, D 957/14
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Franz Joseph Haydn : Canzonettas, Book 2 - Sailor's song, Hob. XXVIa/31
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Trad. : The foggy, foggy dew (from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/10/30 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Trad. : Sally in our alley, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/10/30 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Trad. : The Lincolnshire poacher, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/10/30 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Serenade - Nocturne for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/05/23 & 1963/05/24 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes - Act II, Scene 2, Peter Grimes. Go there! Go there! Go there!, Opera
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
1958/12/02, 1958/12/03, 1958/12/07 to 1958/12/09 - Walthamstow Assembly (Town) Hall, London, England
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Benjamin Britten : Saint Nicolas
Peter Pears (Tenor); David Hemmings (Soprano)
Ralph Downes (Organ)
Girls' Choir of Sir John Leman School, Beccles / Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/04/13 & 1955/04/14 - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Rejoice in the lamb, op. 30
Michael Hartnett (Treble); Jonathan Steele (Alto); Philip Todd (Tenor); Donald Francke (Bass)
George Malcolm (Organ)
Purcell Singers conducted by Benjamin Britten
1957/04/02 - All Souls' Church, Langham Place, London, England
| Britten : Spring Symphony, Cantata Academica, Hymn to St Cecilia CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 396-2 LM |  |
Benjamin Britten : Spring Symphony
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Norman Procter (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Chorus of boys from Emanuel School, London / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/11/22 to 1960/11/24, 1960/11/26 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Cantata Academica, für Soli, Chor und Orchester, op. 62 "Carmen Basiliense"
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
Harold Lester (Piano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Malcolm
1961/03/17 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Hymn to St Cecilia
Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Malcolm
1961/03/17 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
| Benjamin Britten : The rarities CD (2) DECCA - The British Music Collection - 468 811-2 |  |
Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
Norman Procter (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1957
Benjamin Britten : Gemini Variations, twelve variations and fugue on an epigram of Kodály. Quartet for two (or four) players: flute, violin and piano 4 hands, op. 73
Gabriel Jeney (Piano); Gabriel Jeney (Violin); Zoltan Jeney (Piano); Zoltan Jeney (Flute)
1965/07
Benjamin Britten : Cantata Academica, für Soli, Chor und Orchester, op. 62 "Carmen Basiliense"
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
Harold Lester (Piano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Malcolm
1961/03/17 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : A Birthday Hansel for High Voice and Harp, op. 92
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/02/18 & 1976/02/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Russian funeral
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble conducted by John Iveson
1979 - St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, England
Benjamin Britten : Cantata misericordium for tenor, baritone, chorus and small orchestra, op. 69
Peter Pears (Tenor); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1963/12/05, 1963/12/06, 1963/12/09 & 1963/12/10 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Children's Crusade, a ballad for children's voices and orchestra, op. 82
Mark Emney; John Wojciechowski; Raymond Hares; Stephen Daniels; Adrian Thompson (Tenor); Colin Morris; Graham Preston; Barnaby Jago
Ian Cobb (Piano); John Clegg (Piano); Johnatan Smith (Organ); Eric Crees (Percussion); John Tobin (Percussion); Chris Tingley (Percussion); Richard Courtney (Percussion); Brian Elton (Percussion); Graham Harbage (Percussion)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / Wandsworth School Boys Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1969/10/10 & 1969/10/11 - St. John's, Smith Square, London, England
Benjamin Britten : The Poet's Echo
Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano)
1968/07/17 to 1968/07/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for Voice and Piano, op. 61
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Two insect pieces for Oboe and Piano
Heinz Holliger (Oboe); András Schiff (Piano)
1991/07 - Forde Abbey, Chard, England
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Igor Stravinsky : In memoriam Dylan Thomas, Dirge-canons and song for tenor voice, string quartet and four
trombones
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Theo Giesen (Violin); Peter Esser (Violin); Theo Plümacher (Viola); Helmut Küfer (Cello); Willy Walther (Trombone); Joseph Feck (Trombone); Wilhelm Wendlandt (Trombone); Kurt Federowitz (Trombone)
Ensemble conducted by René Leibowitz
1956/12/10 - KM, Großer Sendesaal, Köln, Germany
George Frideric Händel : Acis and Galatea
Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Elwes (Tenor); Michael Rippon (Bass); Mary Clarkson (Soprano); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Christopher Hirons (Violin); David Woodcock (Violin); Joan Dickson (Cello); Marilyn Samson (Cello); Gareth Hulse (Oboe); Colin Kellett (Oboe); John Turner (Recorder); George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Ensemble conducted by George Malcolm
1977/06/14 - Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England