| Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, When night her purple veil had softly spread CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8003-2 |  |
Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 626
Claire Watson (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jeanette Sinclair (Soprano); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo-Sopano); Jean Allister (Alto); Patricia Clark (Soprano); John Hahessy (Alto); Rosemary Philips (Voice); Michael Ronayne (Treble)
George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Purcell Singers / English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1959/09/29 & 1959/09/30 - BBC Studios, London, England
Henry Purcell : When night her purple veil, Cantata for Baritone, real. Britten
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Members of the Alberni String Quartet
1965/06/24, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| 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
| Drottningholms Slottsteater 1922-1992 In CD (1) CAPRICE RECORDS - CAP 21512, in search |  |
Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas - When I am laid in earth, Z. 626
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
English Opera Group Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten
1962/05/16 - Slottsteater, Drottningholm, Sweden
| 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
| The National Anthem 45 rpm (1) DECCA - CEP 736 |  |
Thomas Augustine Arne : God Save the Queen, Orchestral arrangement of the National Anthem by Britten
London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1961/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Johann Sebastian Bach : Suite, Air n°3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Adrian Boult
Mono
Johann Sebastian Bach : Cantata, Sheep may safely graze, arr. Bantock, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt"
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Adrian Boult
Mono
Henry Purcell : Trumpet voluntary, arr. Wood
The Trumpeters of Kneller Hall, Royal Military School of Music / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn
Mono
| Aldeburgh Festival, 1953 LP (1) DECCA - LXT 2798, in search | |
William Byrd : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Theme for String Orchestra, arr. Imogen Holst "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Arthur Oldham : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 1, Allegro non troppo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Michael Tippett : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 2, A Lament, Andante espressivo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Lennox Berkeley : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 3, Andante for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 4, Quick and Gay for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Humphrey Searle : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 5, Nocturne, Adagio for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
William Walton : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 6, Finale, Presto giocoso for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Thomas Augustine Arne : Alfred - Ode in honor of Great Britain, Masque "Rule Britannia"
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : O Lord, grant the Queen a long life
Alfred Deller (Alto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Norman Lumsden (Bass)
Ralph Downes (Organ)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Thomas Augustine Arne : Fairy prince - Now all the air shall ring, Masque
Arda Mandikian (Soprano); Gladys Whitred (Soprano)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Bach : Cantatas n°151 & 102; Purcell : Birthday Ode for Queen Mary CD (1) DECCA - Britten at Aldeburgh - 466 819-2 DM |  |
Johann Sebastian Bach : Cantata, BWV 102 "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben"
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Aldeburgh Festival Singers (Choir) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1965/06/26, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Johann Sebastian Bach : Cantata, BWV 151 "Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt"
Heather Harper (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/22 - St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England
Henry Purcell : Celebrate this festival "Birthday ode for Queen Mary, 1693"
Heather Harper (Soprano); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/02 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
| 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 : Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Winter Words, On this Island CD (1) DECCA - Eloquence - 476 8492 |  |
Benjamin Britten : Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for Tenor and Piano, op. 22
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/07/17 & 1954/07/18 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Winter Words, Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for High Voice and Piano, op. 52
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1954/03/16 & 1954/03/17 - Decca Studios, London, England
Benjamin Britten : On this Island - Let the florid music praise, op. 11
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1955/09/08, 1955/09/09, 1955/09/30, 1955/10/07 & 1955/10/23 - Decca Recording Studios, West Hampstead, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Who are these children?, Lyrics, Rhymes and Riddles by William Soutar for Tenor and Piano, op. 84
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/22 & 1972/11/23 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Tit for Tat
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/22 & 1972/11/23 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - Sweeter than roses, real. Britten
James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/28 & 1972/11/29 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : When the cock begins to crow, real. Britten
James Bowman (Countertenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/22 & 1972/11/23 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| English Music for Strings CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 425 160-2 LM |  |
Henry Purcell : Chacony for Srtings, ed. Britten in G Minor, Z. 730
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/18 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Edward Elgar : Introduction and allegro, or String Quartet and String Orchestra, op. 47
Emanuel Hurwitz (Violin); Jose Luis Garcia (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Bernard Richards (Cello)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/18 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Simple Symphony for Strings, op. 4
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/05/29 to 1968/05/31 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Frederick Delius : Two aquarelles, orch. Fenby
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/05/31, 1968/12/18 & 1968/12/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Franck Bridge : Sir Roger de Coverley for Strings
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/18 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Prelude and Fugue for 18 Strings, op. 29
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Aldeburgh Festival, 1953 LP (1) DECCA - LONDON - LL 808, in search | |
William Byrd : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Theme for String Orchestra, arr. Imogen Holst "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Arthur Oldham : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 1, Allegro non troppo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Michael Tippett : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 2, A Lament, Andante espressivo for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Lennox Berkeley : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 3, Andante for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 4, Quick and Gay for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Humphrey Searle : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 5, Nocturne, Adagio for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
William Walton : Variation on an Elizabethan Theme - Variation 6, Finale, Presto giocoso for String Orchestra "Sellinger's round"
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra (Strings) (leader Olive Zorian) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Thomas Augustine Arne : Alfred - Ode in honor of Great Britain, Masque "Rule Britannia"
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : O Lord, grant the Queen a long life
Alfred Deller (Alto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Norman Lumsden (Bass)
Ralph Downes (Organ)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Thomas Augustine Arne : Fairy prince - Now all the air shall ring, Masque
Arda Mandikian (Soprano); Gladys Whitred (Soprano)
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1953/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival, Opening Concert - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Britten : Canticles CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 425 716-2 |  |
Benjamin Britten : Canticle I - "My beloved is mine and I am his" for Soprano/Tenor and Piano, op. 40
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Hahessy (Alto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/01/12 & 1961/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Canticle III - "Still Falls the Rain" for Tenor, Horn and Piano, op. 55
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn); Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/04/29 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
Benjamin Britten : Canticle IV - "The Journey of the Magi" for Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone and Piano, op. 86
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/21 & 1972/11/22 - 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 : 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
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - Sweeter than roses, real. Britten
James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/28 & 1972/11/29 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, 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
| 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 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
| Purcell : Let the night perish 78 rpm Set (1) HMV, in search | |
Henry Purcell : Let the night perish
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1950/09/30 - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England
| Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus, There's not a swain of the plain 78 rpm Set (1) HMV, in search | |
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - If music be the food of love
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/30, 2 different takes - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - I'll sail upon the dog-star, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/30, 2 different takes - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - Let the night perish
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/30, 2 different takes - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England
Henry Purcell : There's not a swain of the plain, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/30, 2 different takes - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - Sweeter than roses, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1947/08/30, 2 different takes - EMI Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England
| Purcell : The Fairy Queen LP (3) L'OISEAU-LYRE - OL 50139/41 | |
Henry Purcell : The Fairy Queen, A Masque, devised by Pears, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 629
Thomas Hemsley (Bass); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Elsie Morison (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Whitworth (Countertenor); Trevor Anthony (Bass); Peter Boggis (Countertenor)
The Saint Anthony Singers / Boyd Neel Orchestra conducted by Anthony Lewis
1957
| Gluck : Oefeo ed Euridice; Purcell : Dido and Aeneas CD (2) MUSIC & ARTS - 295 | |
Christoph Willibald von Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Elisabeth Speiser; Elizabeth Gale
Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard
1982
Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas - Excerpts
John Lawrensen; Jeanette Sinclair (Soprano)
Israel Baker (Violin)
English Opera Group Chorus / English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1962 - Slottsteater, Drottningholm, Sweden
| 3 Voices and piano AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Henry Purcell : When Myra sings, real. Britten, Z. 521
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - Sweeter than roses, real. Britten
James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : Dulcibella, whene'er I sue for a kiss, real. Britten, Z. 482
James Bowman (Countertenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : Let the dreadful engines of eternal will, Z. 578/3
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : When the cock begins to crow, real. Britten
James Bowman (Countertenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
James Bowman (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Hugo Wolf : Three Michelangelo Lieder
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°23, Auf ein altes Bild
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Hugo Wolf : Spanisches Liederbuch - n° 3, Nun wandre, Maria
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Hugo Wolf : Mörike Lieder - n°25, Schlafendes Jesuskind
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Canticle IV - "The Journey of the Magi" for Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone and Piano, op. 86
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Heinrich Schütz : Kleine geistliche Konzerten, anderer Theil - Die Seele Christi heilige mich
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Britten - Pears recital VIDEO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
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 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
| Dowland, Purcell and Schubert recital AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
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 VIDEO UNRELEASED RECORDING | |
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 VIDEO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
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
| Music for a Royal Occasion : a concert to celebrate the re-opening of Snape Maltings Concert Hall VIDEO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Benjamin Britten : Gloriana - Fanfare, op. 53
Trumpeters of the Royal School of Music, Kneller Hall conducted by Lt.-Col. C. H. Jaeger
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Thomas Augustine Arne : God Save the Queen, Orchestral arrangement of the National Anthem by Britten
Aldeburgh Festival singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry VIII : Consort for woodwind
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
William Byrd : O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen to rejoice in thy strength
Aldeburgh Festival singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Imogen Holst
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Henry Purcell : Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary - Selections, Z. 323 "Come, ye sons of art"
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Heather Harper (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ensemble conducted by Philip Ledger
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy : Symphony - Excerpts n°3 in A Minor, op. 56 "Scottish"
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Gloriana - Tournament, op. 53
Aldeburgh Festival singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Gloriana - Second lute song of the Earl of Essex, op. 53
Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Benjamin Britten : Gloriana - Apotheosis, op. 53
Aldeburgh Festival singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
| Purcell : Chacony for Srtings AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Henry Purcell : Chacony for Srtings, ed. Britten in G Minor, Z. 730
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1963, Proms - Royal Albert Hall, London, England
| Purcell : Chacony for Srtings AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Henry Purcell : Chacony for Srtings, ed. Britten in G Minor, Z. 730
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/08/01, King's Lynn Festival - St Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn, England
| Purcell : Songs AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Henry Purcell : The Indian Queen - I attempt from Love's sickness to fly, real. Britten, Z. 630
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963 - Leipzig, Germany
Henry Purcell : Songs from Orpheus Britannicus - Sweeter than roses, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963 - Leningrad, Russia
Henry Purcell : There's not a swain of the plain, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963 - Leningrad, Russia
Henry Purcell : Man is for the woman made, real. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963 - Leningrad, Russia
Henry Purcell : Thou wakeful shepherd that does Israel keep, Z. 198 "A Morning Hymn"
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1963 - Leningrad, Russia
| Purcell, Bridge, Shostakovich and Britten recital AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search | |
Henry Purcell : When night her purple veil, Cantata for Baritone, real. Britten
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Members of the Alberni String Quartet
1965/06/24, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Franck Bridge : Trio rhapsody
Dennis Simons (Violin); Howard Davis (Violin); John White (Viola)
1965/06/24, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
Dmitri Shostakovich : Quartet n°8 in C Minor, op. 110
Alberni Quartet
1965/06/24, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, 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)
1965/06/24, Aldeburgh Festival - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England