David Willcocks

Conductor

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


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 : War Requiem

CD (2) DECCA - 414 383-2


Benjamin Britten : War Requiem, op. 66
Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Simon Preston (Organ)
Bach Choir conducted by David Willcocks / Highgate School Choir (chorus master Edward Chapman) / Melos Ensemble London / London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1963/01/03 to 1963/01/05, 1963/01/07, 1963/01/08 & 1963/01/10 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

25 years at the Aldeburgh Festival

In LP (2) DECCA - 5BB 120, in search


George Frideric Händel : Ode for Saint Cecilia's day - Trumpet's loud clangour
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Chorus of East Anglian Choirs / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/06/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

George Frideric Händel : Ode for Saint Cecilia's day - But bright Cecilia
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Chorus of East Anglian Choirs / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/06/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Voices for Today, op. 75
Cambridge University Musical Society / Choristers of King's College, Cambridge conducted by David Willcocks
1966/06/08 - Ely Cathedral, Cambridge, England

Benjamin Britten : Suite - 2nd Movement for Harp, op. 83
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1969/06/24 - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

The World of Royal Music

CD (1) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 436 403-2 DWO


George Frideric Händel : Zadok the priest
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Willcocks
1963

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

Some Glories of Elizabethan Music

CD (1) IMP - Collectors Series - IMPX 9009


Thomas Morley : It was a lover and his lass
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Lute)
1955/09/30 & 1955/10/01

John Johnson : Greensleeves, with Francis Cutting
Anthony Rooley (Lute); James Tyler (Lute)

John Wilbye : Madrigals, set 2 - Weep, mine eyes, edit. Fellowes
The Wilbye Consort conducted by Peter Pears
1965/11/26 & 1965/11/29 - BBC Studios, London, England

Famaby : His Toye
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)

Famaby : Tower Hill
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)

Thomas Tallis : The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet - Part 1
Andrew Davis (Organ)
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge conducted by David Willcocks

William Byrd : Mass in Four Parts - Agnus Dei, edit. Willcocks
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge conducted by David Willcocks

Thomas Weelkes : As Vestas Was From Latmos Hill Descending
London Cornet & Sackbut Ensemble / Elizabethan Consort of Viols / Purcell Consort of Voices conducted by Grayston Burgess

John Dowland : My Lord Willobyes's Welcome Home
Robert Spencer (Lute)

John Dowland : I saw my lady weep
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Lute)
1955/09/30 & 1955/10/01

Anthony Holborne : Heigh-Ho, Holiday
Musica Reservata conducted by Michael Morrow

John Wilbye : Sweet Honey Sucking Bee, edit. Fellowes
The Wilbye Consort conducted by Peter Pears
1965/11/26 & 1965/11/29 - BBC Studios, London, England

John Bull : Regina Galliard And Myself
Thurston Dart (Harpsichord)

Thomas Tomkinsw : When David Heard That Absalom Was Slaim - Full Anthem, edit. Fellowes
Christopher Gower (Organ)
The Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford conducted by Bernard Rose

William Byrd : Sing Joyfully - Full Anthem
Chorister of St. Paul's Chathedral / Purcell Consort of Voices / London Cornet & Sackbut Ensemble / Elizabethan Consort of Viols conducted by Grayston Burgess