| Purcell : The Fairy Queen, Dido & Aeneas CD (2) DECCA - Double - 4685612 |  |
Henry Purcell : The Fairy Queen, A Masque, devised by Pears, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 629
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Mary Wells (Soprano); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Charles Brett (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); Ian Partridge (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten / English Chamber Orchestra (leader Kenneth Sillito) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/09/18 to 1970/09/21 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 626
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Felicity Lott (Soprano); Anna Reynolds (Mezzo-Sopano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Timothy Everett (Voice); Robert Tear (Tenor)
London Opera Chorus / Aldeburgh Festival Strings conducted by Steuart Bedford
1975/12/22 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
| Britten : Peter Grimes CD (2) DECCA - Legends - 467 682-2 |  |
Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes, Opera, op. 33
Peter Pears (Tenor); Claire Watson (Soprano); James Pease; David Kelly (Bass); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Lauris Elms; Jean Watson; Marion Studholme; Iris Kells; Raymond Nilsson; John Lanigan; Geraint Evans (Baritone); Marcus Norman
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / 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
| 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
| Britten : Noye's fludde CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 397-2 |  |
Benjamin Britten : Noye's fludde, op. 46
Owen Brannigan (Bass); Sheila Rex; Trevor Anthony (Bass); David Pinto; Darien Angadi; Stephen Alexander; Caroline Clarck; Marie-Thérèse Pinto; Eileen O'Donovan; Patricia Garrod; Margaret Hawes; Kathleen Petch; Gillian Saunders
Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin); Ivor McMahon (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Terence Weil (Cello); Stuart Knussen (Double-Bass); Stanley Taylor (Recorder); James Blades (Percussion); Ralph Downes (Organ); Viola Tunnard (Piano); Martin Penny (Piano)
Children / Ensemble conducted by Norman Del Mar
1961/07/05 & 1961/07/08 - Orford Parish Church, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : The Golden vanity, a vaudeville for boys and piano, op. 78
Mark Emney; John Wojciechowski; Barnaby Jago; Adrian Thompson (Tenor); Terry Lovell
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess)
1969/10/11 - St. John's, Smith Square, London, England
| Britten : Peter Grimes CD (3) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 4145772 |  |
Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes, Opera, op. 33
Peter Pears (Tenor); Claire Watson (Soprano); James Pease; David Kelly (Bass); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Lauris Elms; Jean Watson; Marion Studholme; Iris Kells; Raymond Nilsson; John Lanigan; Geraint Evans (Baritone); Marcus Norman
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / 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
| Britten : The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Billy Budd CD (3) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 417 429-2 |  |
Benjamin Britten : The Holy Sonnets of John Donne for Soprano/Tenor and Piano, op. 35
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1967/11/28 & 1967/11/29 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for Baritone and Piano, op. 74
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1966/12/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Billy Budd, Opera in 2 acts, revised version, op. 50
Peter Glossop (Baritone); Peter Pears (Tenor); Michael Langdon (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Bryan Drake (Baritone); David Kelly (Bass); Gregory Dempsey (Tenor); David Bowman (Baritone); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Robert Tear (Tenor); Robert Bowman (Tenor); Delme Bryn-Jones (Baritone); Eric Garrett (Baritone); Norman Lumsden (Bass); Nigel Rogers (Tenor); Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); Geoffrey Coleby (Baritone); James Newby (Treble); David Read; Henry Bush (Baritone)
Boys from Wandsworth School / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/12/07 to 1967/12/09, 1967/12/13 to 1967/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
| Britten : Albert Herring CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 421 849-2 LH2 |  |
Benjamin Britten : Albert Herring, Opera in 3 acts, op. 39
Sylvia Fisher; Johanna Peters; John Noble; Owen Brannigan (Bass); Edgar Evans; April Cantelo (Soprano); Joseph Ward; Catherine Wilson; Sheila Rex; Peter Pears (Tenor); Sheila Amit; Anne Pashley; Stephen Terry
Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin); Ivor McMahon (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Keith Harvey (Cello); Adrian Beers (Double-Bass); Richard Adeney (Flute); Peter Graeme (Oboe); Thea King (Clarinet); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Neil Sanders (Horn); James Blades (Percussion); Osian Ellis (Harp)
Ensemble conducted by Benjamin Britten
1964/04/03 to 1964/04/09 - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Britten : A Midsummer night's dream CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 425 664-2 |  |
Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Elizabeth Harwood; Stephen Terry; Richard Dakin; John Pryer; Ian Wodehouse; Gordon Clark; Eric Alder; John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano); Heather Harper (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Norman Lumsden (Bass); Kenneth Macdonald; David Kelly (Bass); Robert Tear (Tenor); Keith Raggett
Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1966/09/25 to 1966/10/04, 1966/10/15 - Walthamstow Assembly (Town) Hall, London, England
| Purcell : The Fairy Queen CD (1) DECCA - Serenata - 433 163-2 DM2 |  |
Henry Purcell : The Fairy Queen, A Masque, devised by Pears, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 629
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Mary Wells (Soprano); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Charles Brett (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); Ian Partridge (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten / English Chamber Orchestra (leader Kenneth Sillito) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/09/18 to 1970/09/21 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Händel : Acis and Galatea; Baroque Arias CD (2) DECCA - Serenata - 436 227-2 DM2, in search | |
George Frideric Händel : Acis and Galatea
Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano); David Galliver (Tenor)
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)
The St Anthony Singers / Philomusica of London conducted by Adrian Boult
1959/06 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
George Frideric Händel : Alcina - Tornami a vagheggiar
Anthony Lewis (Tenor)
Granville Jones (Harpsichord)
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
George Frideric Händel : Alcina - Ah! Ruggiero crudel...Ombre pallide
Anthony Lewis (Tenor)
Granville Jones (Harpsichord)
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
Giovanni Battista Bononcini : Griselda - Per la gloria
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
Giovanni Paisiello : Nel cor più non mi sento
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
Nicoló Piccinni : Buona figliuola - Furia di donna
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
Thomas Augustine Arne : Love in a village - Traveller benighted
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
Thomas Augustine Arne : Artaxerxes - Soldier tir'd
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
William Shield : Rosina - When William at eve
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
William Shield : Rosina - Whilst with village maids
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town Hall, London, England
William Shield : Rosina - Light as thistledown
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Philomusica of London
1959/05 - Watford Town 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
| Britten : The Rape of Lucretia In CD (2) GALA - GL 100.560 | |
Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia, Opera, op. 37
Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Edmund Donleavy; Owen Brannigan (Bass); Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Margaret Ritchie; Anna Pollak
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Reginald Goodall
1946/10/02 - Amsterdam, Holland
| Kathleen Ferrier : Songs my Father Taught Me CD (1) GALA - GL 318 |  |
Kathleen Ferrier : Songs my father taught me
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
1949 - New York, USA
George Frideric Händel : Seleme - Where're you walk
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
Claudio Monteverdi : Arianna - Lasciatemi morire
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
Antonio Lotti : Arminio - Pur dicesti
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
Christoph Willibald von Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice - Che faro senza Euridice
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
Franz Schubert : Lachen und Weinen, D 777
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
Johannes Brahms : Sonntag, op. 47/3
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
Trad. : The Spanish lady
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Kathleen Ferrier (Piano)
1950 - Montreal, Canada
Kathleen Ferrier : Interview in Montreal
Kathleen Ferrier (Speaker)
1950 - Montreal, Canada
Johannes Brahms : Auf dem See, op. 59/2
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Frederick Stone (Piano)
1952/02/04
Franz Schubert : Rastlose Liebe
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Frederick Stone (Piano)
1952/09/29
Franz Schubert : Wasserfluth
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Frederick Stone (Piano)
1952/09/29
Johannes Brahms : Es schauen die Blumen, op. 96/3
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Frederick Stone (Piano)
1952/02/04
Johannes Brahms : Der Jäger, op. 95/4
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Frederick Stone (Piano)
1952/02/04
Johannes Brahms : Ruhe Süssliebchen in Schatten, op. 33/9
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
Frederick Stone (Piano)
1952/02/04
Benjamin Britten : Gerald Moore and Benjamin Britten talking about Kathleen's singing of folk-songs
Gerald Moore (Speaker); Benjamin Britten (Speaker); Peter Pears (Speaker)
Gerald Moore : Gerald Moore describes Kathleen's appraoch to singing
Gerald Moore (Speaker); Peter Pears (Speaker)
Roy Henderson : Roy Henderson, Kathleen's teacher, talks about Kathleen's voice and technique
Roy Henderson (Speaker); Peter Pears (Speaker)
Lennox Berkeley : Four poems of St. Teresa of Avila, op. 27
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto)
String Orchestra conducted by Arnold Goldsbrough
1948/04/14
Benjamin Britten : Benjamin Britten recalls Kathleen's singing of the role of Lucretia in his opera
Benjamin Britten (Speaker); Peter Pears (Speaker)
John Francis : John Francis (flautist) describes the impact of Kathleen's performance of Lucretia on the orchestral players
John Francis (Speaker); Peter Pears (Speaker)
Benjamin Britten : Benjamin Britten sums up the qualities of Kathleen Ferrier's voice
Benjamin Britten (Speaker); Peter Pears (Speaker)
Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia - Act2 : Duet, Lucretia! Lucretia !
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
Glyndebourne Opera Orchestra conducted by Reginald Goodall
1946/10/04
| Britten : The Rape of Lucretia - Excerpts CD (1) MUSIC & ARTS - 901 |  |
Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia - Excerpts
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Edmund Donleavy; Owen Brannigan (Bass); Anna Pollak; Margaret Ritchie
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1946/10/05 - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Holland
| Britten : The Rape of Lucretia CD (2) PEARL - GEMS 0231 |  |
Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia, Opera, op. 37
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Frederick Sharpe; Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Anna Pollak; Margaret Ritchie
Glyndebourne Opera Orchestra conducted by Reginald Goodall
1946/10/11
Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia - Here is the thirsty evening
Peter Pears (Tenor); Dennis Dowling; Norman Lumsden (Bass); Frederick Sharpe
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Reginald Goodall, supervised by Benjamin Britten
1947/07/17 - EMI Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Stratton, Incidental music for the Ronald Duncan play
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1949/10/14
| Britten : A Midsummer night's dream AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/07/25
| Britten : A Midsummer night's dream AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING | |
Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Forbes Robinson; Johanna Peters; George Maran; Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Marjorie Thomas; April Cantelo (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/06/10, Dress rehearsal for the première - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Britten : A Midsummer night's dream AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Forbes Robinson; Johanna Peters; George Maran; Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Marjorie Thomas; April Cantelo (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/06/11 - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Britten : Peter Grimes VIDEO UNRELEASED RECORDING | |
Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes, Opera, op. 33
Peter Pears (Tenor); Heather Harper (Soprano); Bryan Drake (Baritone); Michael Rippon (Bass); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Ann Robson; Elizabeth Bainbridge; Jill Gomez (Soprano); Anne Pashley; Gregory Dempsey (Tenor); Robert Tear (Tenor); David Bowman (Baritone); Monti De Lyle; Simon Laing
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1969/02 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Britten : The Rape of Lucretia AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia, Opera, op. 37
Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Edmund Donleavy; Owen Brannigan (Bass); Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Margaret Ritchie; Anna Pollak
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1946/10/05 - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Holland