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Britten : Our Hunting Fathers, On This Island, A Charm of Lullabies

LP (1) BBC RECORDS - REGL 414


Benjamin Britten : Our hunting fathers, Symphonic Cycle for Tenor and Orchestra, op. 8
Peter Pears (Tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1961/06/11 - BBC Studios, London, 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

Benjamin Britten : A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41
Helen Watts (Contralto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1962/03/31 - BBC Studios, London, 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

Handel : L'Allegro ed il Penseroso, Ode for St Cecilia's Day

CD (2) DECCA - Double - 460 287-2


George Frideric Händel : L'Allegro ed il penseroso, HWV 55
Elsie Morison (Soprano); Jacqueline Delman (Soprano); Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Hervey Alan (Bass)
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)
The St Anthony Singers / 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 : Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
April Cantelo (Soprano); Ian Partridge (Tenor)
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by David Willcocks

Britten : Spring Symphony, Cantata Academica, Hymn to St Cecilia

CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 396-2 LM


Benjamin Britten : Spring Symphony
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Norman Procter (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Chorus of boys from Emanuel School, London / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/11/22 to 1960/11/24, 1960/11/26 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Cantata Academica, für Soli, Chor und Orchester, op. 62 "Carmen Basiliense"
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
Harold Lester (Piano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Malcolm
1961/03/17 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Hymn to St Cecilia
Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Malcolm
1961/03/17 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Britten : A Midsummer night's dream

CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 425 664-2


Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Elizabeth Harwood; Stephen Terry; Richard Dakin; John Pryer; Ian Wodehouse; Gordon Clark; Eric Alder; John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano); Heather Harper (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Norman Lumsden (Bass); Kenneth Macdonald; David Kelly (Bass); Robert Tear (Tenor); Keith Raggett
Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1966/09/25 to 1966/10/04, 1966/10/15 - Walthamstow Assembly (Town) Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : The rarities

CD (2) DECCA - The British Music Collection - 468 811-2


Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
Norman Procter (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1957

Benjamin Britten : Gemini Variations, twelve variations and fugue on an epigram of Kodály. Quartet for two (or four) players: flute, violin and piano 4 hands, op. 73
Gabriel Jeney (Piano); Gabriel Jeney (Violin); Zoltan Jeney (Piano); Zoltan Jeney (Flute)
1965/07

Benjamin Britten : Cantata Academica, für Soli, Chor und Orchester, op. 62 "Carmen Basiliense"
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
Harold Lester (Piano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Malcolm
1961/03/17 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : A Birthday Hansel for High Voice and Harp, op. 92
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1976/02/18 & 1976/02/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Russian funeral
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble conducted by John Iveson
1979 - St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, England

Benjamin Britten : Cantata misericordium for tenor, baritone, chorus and small orchestra, op. 69
Peter Pears (Tenor); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1963/12/05, 1963/12/06, 1963/12/09 & 1963/12/10 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Children's Crusade, a ballad for children's voices and orchestra, op. 82
Mark Emney; John Wojciechowski; Raymond Hares; Stephen Daniels; Adrian Thompson (Tenor); Colin Morris; Graham Preston; Barnaby Jago
Ian Cobb (Piano); John Clegg (Piano); Johnatan Smith (Organ); Eric Crees (Percussion); John Tobin (Percussion); Chris Tingley (Percussion); Richard Courtney (Percussion); Brian Elton (Percussion); Graham Harbage (Percussion)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / Wandsworth School Boys Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1969/10/10 & 1969/10/11 - St. John's, Smith Square, London, England

Benjamin Britten : The Poet's Echo
Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano)
1968/07/17 to 1968/07/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for Voice and Piano, op. 61
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Two insect pieces for Oboe and Piano
Heinz Holliger (Oboe); András Schiff (Piano)
1991/07 - Forde Abbey, Chard, England

Bach : Matthäus-Passion

CD (3) EMI CLASSICS - 63058


Johann Sebastian Bach : Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Peter Pears (Tenor); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Christa Ludwig (Contralto); Walter Berry (Bass); John Carol Case (Baritone); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Geraint Evans (Baritone); Helen Watts (Contralto); Wilfred Brown (Tenor)
Gareth Morris (Flute); Arthur Ackroyd (Flute); Sidney Sutcliffe (Oboe); Peter Newbury (Oboe da caccia); Hugh Bean (Violin); Bela Dekany (Violin); Desmond Dupré (Viola da gamba); George Malcom (Harpsichord); Viola Tunnard (Harpsichord); Raymond Clark (Cello); James W. Merrett (Double-Bass); Ralph Downes (Organ)
Boys of the Hampstead Parish Church Choir / Philharmonia Orchestra and Chrorus conducted by Otto Klemperer
1961 - Kingsway Hall, London, England