Britten : Death in Venice

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Benjamin Britten : Death in Venice, opera in two acts, op. 88
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); David Bowman (Baritone); Kenneth Bowen (Tenor); Stuart Harling; Michael Bauer; Anne Wilkins; Iris Saunders; Janice Hooper Roe; Robert Carpenter Turner; Neville Williams; Stephen James Adams; Peter Leeming; Sheila Brand; Anna Vincent; Michael Follis; Angela Vernon Bates; Ronald Murdock
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford, supervised by Benjamin Britten
1974/04/18 to 1974/04/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Saint John Passion

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Johann Sebastian Bach : Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Peter Pears (Tenor); Gwynne Howell (Bass); Jenny Hill (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Philip Langridge (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)
William Bennett (Flute); Norman Knight (Flute); Peter Graeme (Oboe); James Brown (Oboe); James Brown (English Horn); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Quintin Ballardie (Viola); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Bernard Richards (Cello); Adrian Beers (Double-Bass); Timothy Farrell (Organ); Philip Ledger (Harpsichord)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/03/31 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Lutoslawski : Paroles Tissées; Berkeley : Four Ronsard Sonnets; Bedford : Tentacles of The Dark Nebula

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Witold Lutoslawski : Paroles tisées
Peter Pears (Tenor)
London Sinfonietta conducted by Witold Lutoslawski
1972/09/27 to 1972/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Lennox Berkeley : Four Ronsard Sonnets - Set 2 for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
Peter Pears (Tenor)
London Sinfonietta conducted by Lennox Berkeley
1972/09/27 to 1972/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

David Bedford : The Tentacles of the dark nebula
Peter Pears (Tenor)
London Sinfonietta conducted by David Bedford
1972/09/27 to 1972/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : The Heart of the Matter

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Benjamin Britten : The Heart of the Matter - 1.Prologue : Fanfare, Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire?, a sequence of music with words by Edith Sitwell, revised Peter Pears
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn); Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : The Heart of the Matter - 2.The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low, Fanfare, a sequence of music with words by Edith Sitwell, revised Peter Pears
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : The Heart of the Matter - 3.In the hour when the sapphire of the bone, a sequence of music with words by Edith Sitwell, revised Peter Pears
Peter Pears (Speaker)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : The Heart of the Matter - 4.Song : We are the darkness in the heat of the day, a sequence of music with words by Edith Sitwell, revised Peter Pears
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : The Heart of the Matter - 5.In such a heat of the earth, a sequence of music with words by Edith Sitwell, revised Peter Pears
Peter Pears (Speaker)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : Canticle III - "Still Falls the Rain" for Tenor, Horn and Piano, op. 55
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn); Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : The Heart of the Matter - 7.I see Christ's wounds weep in the Rose on the wall, a sequence of music with words by Edith Sitwell, revised Peter Pears
Peter Pears (Speaker)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : The Heart of the Matter - 8.Epilogue : Fanfare, So, out of the dark, a sequence of music with words by Edith Sitwell, revised Peter Pears
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn); Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18

Benjamin Britten : Winter Words - Appendix : If it's ever Spring again, Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for High Voice and Piano, op. 52
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Winter Words - Appendix : The Children and Sir Nameless, Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for High Voice and Piano, op. 52
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Three Early Songs - Beware! for Medium Voice and Piano
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Three Early Songs - O that I had ne'er been married for Medium Voice and Piano
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Three Early Songs - Epitaph : The Clerk for Medium Voice and Piano
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Not even summer yet, Song for High Voice and Piano
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Two Songs by W.H. Auden - To lie flat on the back for High Voice and Piano
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Two Songs by W.H. Auden - Night covers up the rigid land for High Voice and Piano
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : The Oxen for Solo Voice and Piano, arr. Peter Pears "Christmas eve, and twelve of the clock"
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Who are these children? - Appedix : Dawtie's Devotion, Lyrics, Rhymes and Riddles by William Soutar for Tenor and Piano, op. 84
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Who are these children? - Appedix : The Gully, Lyrics, Rhymes and Riddles by William Soutar for Tenor and Piano, op. 84
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Who are these children? - Appedix : Tradition, Lyrics, Rhymes and Riddles by William Soutar for Tenor and Piano, op. 84
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Henry Purcell : Seven Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - I'll sail upon the Dog-star for High or Medium Voice and Piano, real. Britten, Z. 571/6
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Henry Purcell : The Knotting Song for High or Medium Voice and Piano, real. Britten, Z. 371
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Henry Purcell : Six Songs - Man is for the woman made for High or Medium Voice and Piano, real. Britten, Z. 605/3
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Roger Vignoles (Piano)
1986/05/27 and 1986/07/18 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland

Benjamin Britten : Now sleeps the crimson petal for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland

Henry Purcell : Suite of Songs from Orpheus Britannicus for High Voice and Orchestra, real. Britten
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland

Franz Schubert : Die Forelle, orch. Britten, D 550
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland

Robert Schumann : Liederkreis - Frühlingsnacht, orch. Britten, op. 39/12
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland

Benjamin Britten : Rossini Suite for Boys' Voices and Chamber Ensemble
Boys of the Choir of Paisley Abbey / Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland

Trad. : The bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune) for High Voice and Orchestra, arr. Britten
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland

Trad. : Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk) for High Voice and Orchestra, arr. Britten
Neil Mackie (Tenor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford
1988/05/09 and 1988/05/10 - Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scottland