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Twenty Century English Songs

LP (1) ARGO - ZRG 5439


Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Couperin : La Sultane - Overture and Allegro; Bizet : Symphony n°1; Saint-Saens : Piano Concerto n°4

CD (1) AS DISC - AS 535


Trad. : American National Anthem
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinsky
1944/10/29

François Couperin : La Sultane - Overture and Allegro, Orchestral version by Darius Milhaud
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinsky
1944/10/29

Georges Bizet : Symphony n°1 in C Major
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinsky
1944/10/29

Camille Saint-Saëns : Concerto for Piano and Orchestra n°4 in C Minor, op. 44
Robert Casadesus (Piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinsky
1944/10/29 - Carnegie Hall, New York, USA

Schumann : Liederkreis; Faure : La bonne chanson; Schubert : Lieder; Purcell : Arias; Britten : Folksongs

CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8006-2


Henry Purcell : The Indian Queen - I attempt from Love's sickness to fly, real. Britten, Z. 630
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : Not all my torments, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - I'll sail upon the dog-star, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : There's not a swain of the plain, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : Man is for the woman made, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Auflösung, D 807
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1958/06/15, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Sterne, D 939
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1958/06/15, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Nachtviolen, D 752
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1958/06/15, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Robert Schumann : Liederkreis, op. 39
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1958/06/15, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gabriel Faure : La Bonne chanson, op. 61
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1958/06/15, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Sally in our alley, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Tom Bowling, Charles Dibdin, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Lincolnshire poacher, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/06/22, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Schubert : Lieder; Britten : On this Island, Folksongs; Wolf : Lieder & Others

CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8015-2


Franz Schubert : Atys, D 585
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Abendstern, D 806
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Auflösung, D 807
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Ganymed, D 544
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Nähe des Geliebten, D 162
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : An die Entfernte, D 765
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Musensohn, D 764
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : On this Island, op. 11
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/06/18, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°13, Im Frühling
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°43, Lied eines Verliebten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°39, Denk es, o Seele !
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°37, Heimweh
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°51, Bei einer Traung
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°4, Jägerlied
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°11, An eine Äolsharfe
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Songs in As You Like It and Twelfth Night - Under the greenwood tree
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Songs in As You Like It and Twelfth Night - Come away death
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Roger Quilter : Shakespeare songs - O mistress mine, op. 6/2
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Roger Quilter : Shakespeare songs - Fear no more the heat o' the sun, op. 23/1
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Warlock : Take, O take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel - Come unto these yellow sands for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/06/04, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Sir Peter Pears : The Land of Lost Content

CD (1) BELART - 461 5502 10


John Ireland : The Land of Lost Content
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

John Ireland : The Trellis
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : 'Tis but a week
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Goldenhair
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : When you are old
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : So Perverse
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Franck Bridge : Journey's End
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/10/14 to 1963/10/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Michael Tippett : Songs for Ariel for medium voice and piano (or harpsichord)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/12/14 & 1964/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Alan Bush : Voices of the Prophets
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Bush (Piano)

Frederick Delius : To Daffodils
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Ernest John Moeran : The Merry Month of May
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Dream Pedlary
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Bernard Van Dieren : Take, o take those lips away
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Piggesnie
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Peter Warlock : Along the Stream - from Saudades
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Echoing Green
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : The Shepherd
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : If thou wilt ease thine heart
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

William Busch : Come, oh come, my life's delight
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Viola Tunnard (Piano)

Highlights from the 1977 Aldeburgh Autumn Chamber Music Festival, Britten and Schubert

LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197


Franz Schubert : Scherzo in D-Flat Major, D 593/2
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
1977/09/27 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Andante in A Major, D 604
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
1977/09/27 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Four Ländler, D 366
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
1977/09/27 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Die Wetterfahne, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Erstarrung, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Die Krähe, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Der Wegweiser, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Die Post, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Unglückliche, D 713
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Amalia, D 195
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Sehnsucht, D 636
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Jüngling am Bache, D 30
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Flüchtling, D 402
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Quartettsatz in C Minor, D 703
Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/28 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Piano Quintet - Theme and Variations, Finale in A Major, D 667 "Trout"
Clifford Curzon (Piano); Rodney Slatford (Double-Bass)
Members of the Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/28 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Quintet - Adagio and Scherzo in C Major, D 956
William Pleeth (Cello)
Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/29 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Eight Folk Song Arrangements - She's like the swallow for High Voice and Harp, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Eight Folk Song Arrangements - I married me a wife for High Voice and Harp, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : A Ceremony of Carols - Interlude for Solo Harp, op. 28
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Folk Song Arrangements Vol. 6 - England, I will give my love an apple for High Voice and Guitar, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Folk Song Arrangements Vol. 6 - England, Master Kilby for High Voice and Guitar, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Sonata - Menuetto and Trio for Piano, arr. Bream in G Major, D 894
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Quartet - Menuetto and Trio for Strings in B-Flat Major, D 112
Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Elly Ameling (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Licht und Liebe
Elly Ameling (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle III - "Still Falls the Rain" for Tenor, Horn and Piano, op. 55
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Civil (Horn); Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/09/30 - 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

Britten : A Birthday Hansel, Two Scottish Folk Songs, Suite for Harp, Second Lute Song from Gloriana, Canticle 5

LP (1) DECCA - SXL 6788


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 : Canticle V - "The Death of Narcissus" for Tenor and Harp, op. 89
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/06/17 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Suite for Harp, op. 83
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/02/20 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Gloriana - Second lute song of the Earl of Essex, op. 53
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/02/19 & 1976/02/20 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Two scottish folk songs - O can ye sew cushion ?, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/02/19 & 1976/02/20 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Two scottish folk songs - Ca' the yowes, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/02/19 & 1976/02/20 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : Folksongs arrangements

LP (1) DECCA - SXL 6793


Trad. : The ash grove (Welsh tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Little Sir William (Somerset folk song), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Come you not from Newcastle ? (Hullah's song-book: English), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : I will give my love an apple, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The last rose of summer, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Early one morning, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : There's none to soothe (Hullah's song-book - Scottish), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : How sweet the answer, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The ministrel boy, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Oft in the stilly night, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Sweet Polly Oliver (old English tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : O Waly, Waly (from Somerset), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The foggy, foggy dew (from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Sailor-boy, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Master Kilby, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Soldier and the Sailor, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Il est quelqu'un sur terre, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : La belle est au jardin d'amour, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : La fileuse, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/03 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Salute to Percy Grainger

CD (1) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 159-2 LM


Trad. : Shepherd's hey, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Willow, willow, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : I'm seventeen come Sunday, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : There was a pig went out to dig, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : My Robin is to the greenwood gone, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Lord Maxwell's goodnight, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The Duke of Marlborough fanfare, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Let's dance gay in green meadow, arr. Grainger
Viola Tunnard (Piano); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Scotch Strathspey and reel, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The pretty maid milkin' her cow, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The sprig of thyme, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Lisbon, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : The lost lady found, arr. Grainger
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Shallow Brown, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Molly on the shore, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Shenandoah, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / Linden Singers conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Irish tune from County Derry, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Brigg fair, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Linden Singers conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Green bushes, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten - Pears : Folksongs

CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - ARDM The British Collection - 430 063-2


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. : Tom Bowling, Charles Dibdin, 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

Trad. : A brisk young widow (Somerset Tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : O Waly, Waly (from Somerset), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Sweet Polly Oliver (old English tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Early one morning, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The ash grove (Welsh tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Come you not from Newcastle ? (Hullah's song-book: English), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : La belle est au jardin d'amour, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The ministrel boy, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : How sweet the answer, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The last rose of summer, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Avenging and bright, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Oft in the stilly night, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The Miller of Dee (Hullar's Song Book - English), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Ca' the yowes, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Britten : Serenade, Folksongs; Walton : Façade

CD (1) DECCA - The British Music Collection - 468 801-2


Benjamin Britten : Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dennis Brain (French Horn)
Boyd Neel String Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1944/05/25 & 1944/10/08 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Façade, An Entertainment
Edith Sitwell (Speaker); Peter Pears (Speaker)
John Francis (Flute); Stephen Waters (Clarinet); Temple Savage (Bass Clarinet); Michael Krein (Alto sax); David Mason (Trumpet); James Blades (Percussion); Anthony Pini (Cello); Terence Weil (Cello)
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Anthony Collins
1953

Trad. : Sally in our alley, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1959/10/30 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The last rose of summer, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Avenging and bright, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

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 : The Rape of Lucretia, Scenes from Peter Grimes, Folksongs arrangements

CD (2) EMI CLASSICS - British Composers - CMS 764727 2


Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia, Opera, op. 37
Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Norman Lumsden (Bass); Dennis Dowling; Frederick Sharpe; Nancy Evans (Contralto); Flora Nielsen; Margaret Ritchie
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Reginald Goodall, supervised by Benjamin Britten
1947/07/16 to 1947/07/19, 1947/10/19 - EMI Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Trad. : La belle est au jardin d'amour, arr. Britten
Sophie Wyss (Soprano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1943/05/26 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse, arr. Britten
Sophie Wyss (Soprano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1943/05/26 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : Voici le printemps, arr. Britten
Sophie Wyss (Soprano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1943/05/26 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : La fileuse, arr. Britten
Sophie Wyss (Soprano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1943/05/26 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : Quand j'étais chez mon père, arr. Britten
Sophie Wyss (Soprano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1943/05/26 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Little Sir William (Somerset folk song), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The ash grove (Welsh tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1945/06/18 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : Heigh ho! heigh hi !, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1945/06/18 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : Sweet Polly Oliver (old English tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1946/01/15 - Decca Studios, London, England

Trad. : There's none to soothe (Hullah's song-book - Scottish), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1946/01/15 - Decca Studios, 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. : 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

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

Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes - Scenes
Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Tom Culbert
BBC (Theatre) Chorus / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Reginald Goodall, supervised by Benjamin Britten
1948/07/12, 1948/07/14, 1948/07/16 & 1948/07/17 - EMI Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Britten : The Heart of the Matter

CD (2) EMI CLASSICS - British Composers - CZS 5 74346 2


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

Legendary British Performers

In DVD (1) EMI CLASSICS - Classic Archive - 3884619, in search


Franck Bridge : Go not happy day
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/05/07 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/05/07 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : The shooting of his dear
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/05/07 - BBC Centre, London, England

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Quartet - Andante for Piano and Strings n°1 in G Minor, K. 478
Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Terence Weil (Cello); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/05/07 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964/05/07 - BBC Centre, London, England

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 : Michelangelo Sonnets, Canticle I, 4 Folksongs, Winter Words

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Benjamin Britten : Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for Tenor and Piano, op. 22
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1985/07/05 & 1985/07/06

Benjamin Britten : Canticle I - "My beloved is mine and I am his" for Soprano/Tenor and Piano, op. 40
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1985/07/05 & 1985/07/06

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1985/07/05 & 1985/07/06

Trad. : The Trees they grow so high (Somerset folk song), arr. Britten
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1985/07/05 & 1985/07/06

Trad. : Little Sir William (Somerset folk song), arr. Britten
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1985/07/05 & 1985/07/06

Trad. : O Waly, Waly (from Somerset), arr. Britten
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1985/07/05 & 1985/07/06

Benjamin Britten : Winter Words, Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for High Voice and Piano, op. 52
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1985/07/05 & 1985/07/06

Britten : Winter Words, Michelangelo Sonnets

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Benjamin Britten : Winter Words, Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for High Voice and Piano, op. 52
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/03/17 - Grand Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society, Leningrad, Russia

Trad. : I wonder as I wander, Christmas carol, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/03/17 - Grand Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society, Leningrad, Russia

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963/03/17 - Grand Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society, Leningrad, Russia

Benjamin Britten : Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for Tenor and Piano, op. 22
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1966/03/28 - Grand Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society, Leningrad, Russia

Trad. : The ash grove (Welsh tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1966/03/28 - Grand Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society, Leningrad, Russia

Trad. : Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1966/03/28 - Grand Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic Society, Leningrad, Russia

Facets of Benjamin Britten

CD (1) PEARL - GEM 0220


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Concerto for Piano and Orchestra n°19 in F Major, K. 459
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1951

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Quartet for Piano and String Quartet in E-Flat Major, K. 493
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Amadeus String Quartet
1953/06/23

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : Little Sir William (Somerset folk song), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : The Miller of Dee (Hullar's Song Book - English), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : Sweet Polly Oliver (old English tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : The bonny Earl o' Moray (Scottish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : The ash grove (Welsh tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : A brisk young widow (Somerset Tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : There's none to soothe (Hullah's song-book - Scottish), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Trad. : Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/17 - Decca Recording Studio No. 3, London, England

Britten : Historical Recordings

CD (1) PEARL - GEMM CD 9177


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 : Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dennis Brain (French Horn)
Boyd Neel String Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1944/05/25 & 1944/10/08 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The Music of Bali - Pemungkah, overture to shadow-play, transcr. by Colin McPhee
Colin McPhee (Piano); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1941/04 - New York, USA

Trad. : The Music of Bali - Rébong, love music from shadow-play, transcr. by Colin McPhee
Colin McPhee (Piano); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1941/04 - New York, USA

Trad. : The Music of Bali - Gambangan, intermezzo, transcr. by Colin McPhee
Colin McPhee (Piano); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1941/04 - New York, USA

Trad. : The Music of Bali - Lagu délem, music from shadow-play, transcr. by Colin McPhee
Colin McPhee (Piano); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1941/04 - New York, USA

Trad. : The Music of Bali - Tabu telu, ceremonial music, transcr. by Colin McPhee
Colin McPhee (Piano); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1941/04 - New York, USA

Trad. : The ash grove (Welsh tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Little Sir William (Somerset folk song), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Trad. : Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1944/01/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Two compositions for piano duet - Introduction and rondo alla burlesca, op. 23/1
Benjamin Britten (Piano); Clifford Curzon (Piano)
1944/01/05 - Decca Studios, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Two compositions for piano duet - Mazurka elegiaca, op. 23/2
Benjamin Britten (Piano); Clifford Curzon (Piano)
1944/01/05 - Decca Studios, London, England

Vaughan Williams : Folk dances, songs & carols, On Wenlock Edge, Fantasia on a Theme by Thoma Tallis, Symphonies n°4 & 5

CD (2) PEARL - GEMS 0062


Trad. : A Series of eight folk dances, arr. Cecil J. Sharp
National Folk Dance Orchestra conducted by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Trad. : A Series of ten folk songs and carols, arr. Vaughan Williams
English Singers
1927/12

Ralph Vaughan Williams : On Wenlock Edge
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Zorian String Quartet
1945/06/02 & 1945/06/03 - Decca Studios, London, England

Ralph Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on a Theme by Thoma Tallis
Boyd Neel String Orchestra conducted by Boyd Neel, supervised by Ralph Vaughan Williams
1934

Ralph Vaughan Williams : Symphony n°4 in F minor
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ralph Vaughan Williams
1937/10/11 - EMI Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Ralph Vaughan Williams : Symphony n°5 in D major
Hallé Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli
1944/02/17

Music for Voice & Guitar

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Benjamin Britten : Songs from the Chinese
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1963/09/17 to 1963/09/20, 1964/03/13 - Kenwood House, Adam Library, London, England

Trad. : Master Kilby, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1963/09/17 to 1963/09/20, 1964/03/13 - Kenwood House, Adam Library, London, England

Trad. : The shooting of his dear
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1963/09/17 to 1963/09/20, 1964/03/13 - Kenwood House, Adam Library, London, England

Trad. : Sailor-boy, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1963/09/17 to 1963/09/20, 1964/03/13 - Kenwood House, Adam Library, London, England

Trad. : I will give my love an apple, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1963/09/17 to 1963/09/20, 1964/03/13 - Kenwood House, Adam Library, London, England

Trad. : The Soldier and the Sailor, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1963/09/17 to 1963/09/20, 1964/03/13 - Kenwood House, Adam Library, London, England

Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten at Snape Maltings 1972

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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. : 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

Britten - Pears recital

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Henry Purcell : The Indian Queen - I attempt from Love's sickness to fly, real. Britten, Z. 630
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1956/02/19 - Tokyo, Japan

Henry Purcell : The Mock Marriage - Man is for the woman made, Z. 605
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1956/02/19 - Tokyo, Japan

Benjamin Britten : Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for Tenor and Piano, op. 22
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1956/02/19 - Tokyo, Japan

Trad. : The Miller of Dee (Hullar's Song Book - English), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1956/02/19 - Tokyo, Japan

Trad. : The Salley gardens (Irish tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1956/02/19 - Tokyo, Japan

Trad. : Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1956/02/19 - Tokyo, Japan

Britten : Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, Bold William Taylor

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Benjamin Britten : Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for Voice and Piano, op. 61
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/10/23 - Hunter College, New York City, USA

Trad. : Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1969/10/23 - Hunter College, New York City, USA

Britten and Pears : A Recital of English songs - 1972

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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

Dowland, Purcell and Schubert recital

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Trad. : Have you seen but a white lily grow ?
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1949/11 - Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

John Dowland : In darkness let me dwell
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1949/11 - Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - I'll sail upon the dog-star, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1949/11 - Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Henry Purcell : There's not a swain of the plain, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1949/11 - Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Franz Schubert : Auf der Bruck, D 853
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1949/11 - Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Franz Schubert : Am see, D 746
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1949/11 - Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Franz Schubert : Im Frühling, D 882
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1949/11 - Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Happy Birthday, Sir Peter

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Henry Purcell : Man is for the woman made, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : The foggy, foggy dew (from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : O Waly, Waly (from Somerset), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : Sweet Polly Oliver (old English tune), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : Sally in our alley, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : Tom Bowling, Charles Dibdin, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : The Lincolnshire poacher, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : The plough boy (tune by W. Shield), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Trad. : Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1964 - BBC Centre, London, England

Her Majesty the Queen opens the Queen Elizabeth Hall

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Thomas Augustine Arne : God Save the Queen, Orchestral arrangement of the National Anthem by Britten
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Henry Purcell : Celebrate this festival "Birthday ode for Queen Mary, 1693"
Heather Harper (Soprano); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano); David Bowman (Baritone); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Arthur Bliss : River Music 1967
Ambrosian Singers conducted by Arthur Bliss
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Thomas Augustine Arne : Concerto - Two Movements for Harpsichord and Orchestra n°5
George Malcom (Harpsichord)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Gloriana, Choral Dances for Tenor Solo, Harp and Chorus
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
Ambrosian Singers conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Trad. : Shepherd's hey, arr. Grainger
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Trad. : Bushes and briars, arr. Vaughan Williams
Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano)
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Trad. : Hankin Booby, Folk Dance for Wind and Drums, arr. Britten
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Trad. : Mowing the barley, arr. Williamson
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Voices : Spotlight on Peter Pears

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Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
James Bowman (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/21 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Songs from the Chinese
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1963 - BBC Studios, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle V - "The Death of Narcissus" for Tenor and Harp, op. 89
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/06/17 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : O Waly, Waly (from Somerset), arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1976/06/17 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England