Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961)

Home Page / Discography by Works

Last Update 01/11/2006 - recordings@online.fr


Britten and Pears : The Early Recordings

LP (2) EMI CLASSICS - RLS 748


Benjamin Britten : Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for Tenor and Piano, op. 22
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1942/11/20 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : The Holy Sonnets of John Donne for Soprano/Tenor and Piano, op. 35
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/29 & 1947/12/12 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/27 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Trad. : Come you not from Newcastle ? (Hullah's song-book: English), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/27 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Trad. : O Waly, Waly (from Somerset), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/11/15 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Trad. : The foggy, foggy dew (from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/27 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Trad. : The king is gone a-hunting, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/29 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Percy Aldridge Grainger : The jolly sailor song
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/11/15 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Percy Aldridge Grainger : Six Dukes went a fishin'
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/11/15 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Aaron Copland : Old American Songs, Set 1 - The boatmen's dance (minstrel song 1843)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/30 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Aaron Copland : Old American Songs, Set 1 - Long Time Ago
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/30 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Aaron Copland : Old American Songs, Set 1 - The dodger (campaign song)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/29 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Aaron Copland : Old American Songs, Set 1 - Simple Gifts
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/29 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Aaron Copland : Old American Songs, Set 1 - I bought me a cat
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/30 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Franz Schubert : Im Frühling, D 882
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/29 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Franz Schubert : Auf der Bruck, D 853
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/11/15 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Henry Purcell : Odes & elegies - The Queen's epicedium, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/30 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Henry Purcell : Fantasia n°13 in F Major, A 746 "Upon one note"
Benjamin Britten (Viola)
Zorian String Quartet
1946/11/04 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Britten and Pears : A Recital of English songs - 1972

AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING


Henry Purcell : Thou wakeful shepherd that does Israel keep, Z. 198 "A Morning Hymn"
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : The Indian Queen - I attempt from Love's sickness to fly, real. Britten, Z. 630
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : Hears not my Phyllis, real. Britten, Z. 371 "The knotting song"
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Joseph Haydn : Canzonettas, Book 2 - She never told her love, Hob. XXVIa/34
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Joseph Haydn : Canzonettas, Book 2 - Sailor's song, Hob. XXVIa/31
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

John Ireland : The Land of Lost Content
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

John Ireland : The Trellis
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Germany

Benjamin Britten : Winter Words, Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for High Voice and Piano, op. 52
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Percy Aldridge Grainger : Six Dukes went a fishin'
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Miller of Dee (Hullar's Song Book - English), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The foggy, foggy dew (from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/09/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England