Bach : Matthäus-Passion

CD (3) DECCA - Ovation - 414 057-2 DM3


Johann Sebastian Bach : Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Peter Pears (Tenor); Hermann Prey (Baritone); Elly Ameling (Soprano); Marga Höffgen (Contralto); Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor); Tom Krause (Bass); Heinz Blankenburg (Bass); August Messthaler (Bass)
Johannes Brüning (Violin); Johannes Koch (Viola da gamba); Klaus Schochow (Flute); Robert Dohn (Flute); Hartmut Strebel (Recorder); Gerhard Braun (Recorder); Helmut Winschermann (Oboe); Hanspeter Weber (Oboe); Helmut Renz (Oboe da caccia); Siegfried Barchet (Cello); Wilhelm Nossek (Cembelo); Herbert Anton (Bassoon); Eva Hölderlin (Organ); Helmut Rothweiler (Organ)
Stuttgart Hymnus Boys' Choir / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Karl Münchinger
1964/07/28 - Church of Schloss Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, Germany

Britten : Billy Budd

AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search


Benjamin Britten : Billy Budd, Opera in 2 acts, revised version, op. 50
Peter Pears (Tenor); Joseph Ward; Michael Langdon (Bass); Dennis Noble (Baritone); Dennis Dowling; Roger Stalman (Bass); Max Worthley; Tudor Evans; Trevor Anthony (Bass); Alexander Young (Tenor); Andrew Gold; George Hancock; Stanley Riley; George Prangnell; Lloyd Strauss-Smith; Ranken Bushby; George Stearn-Scott
BBC Men's Chorus / Choir of Watford Boys' Grammar School / BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/11/08 - Camden Theatre, London, England

Stravinsky : Violin concerto, Ode, Persephone

AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search


Igor Stravinsky : Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major
Jeanne Gauthier (Violin)
Italian Radio and Television Turin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
1954/04/23 - RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy

Igor Stravinsky : Ode, Elegiacal Chant in 3 Parts
Italian Radio and Television Turin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
1954/04/23 - RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy

Igor Stravinsky : Perséphone
Madeleine Milhaud (Speaker)
Richard Lewis (Tenor)
Italian Radio and Television Turin Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
1954/04/23 - RAI Auditorium, Turin, Italy

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

Stravinsky : The Rake's Progress

CD (2) GALA - GL 100.567


Igor Stravinsky : The Rake's Progress, Opera in 3 acts
Raphaël Arié (Bass); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Robert Rounseville (Tenor); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Nell Tangeman (Mezzo-Sopano); Jennie Tourel (Soprano); Hugues Cuenod (Tenor); Emanuel Menkes (Bass)
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Chorus (chorus master Vittore Veneziani) / Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
1951/09/11 - Teatro la Fenice, Venice, Italy

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

Milhaud conducts Milhaud

CD (1) DUTTON LABORATORIES - SBDB 9711


Darius Milhaud : Suite Française, op. 248
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Darius Milhaud
1946/01/02 - Carnegie Hall, New York, USA

Darius Milhaud : Concerto for Piano and Orchestra n°1, op. 127
Marguerite Long (Piano)
Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F. conducted by Darius Milhaud
1935/04/05 - Paris, France

Darius Milhaud : Concertino de Printemps, op. 135
Louis Kaufman (Violin)
Membres de l 'Orchestre de la Radiodiffusion Française conducted by Darius Milhaud
1949/10 - Paris, France

Darius Milhaud : Concerto for Violin and Orchestra n°2
Louis Kaufman (Violin)
Membres de l 'Orchestre de la Radiodiffusion Française conducted by Darius Milhaud
1949/10 - Paris, France

Darius Milhaud : Scaramouche, op. 165b
Phyllis Sellick (Piano); Cyril Smith (Piano)
1948/11/09 - Studio N°3, Abbey Road, London, England

Darius Milhaud : Concertino de Printemps, op. 135
Yvonne Astruc (Violin)
Orchestra conducted by Darius Milhaud
1933 - Paris, France

Walton : Belshazzar's Feast, Two Pieces for String, Scapino, Façades Suites, Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Siesta

CD (1) EMI CLASSICS - 63381


William Walton : Beslshazzar's Feast
Dennis Noble (Baritone)
Huddersfield Choral Society / Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Brass Bands conducted by William Walton
1943/01/03 & 1943/01/10 - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England

William Walton : Henry V - Two Pieces for String (I. Passacaglia. The Death of Falstaff, II. Touch her soft lips and part)
Philharmonia String Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1945/10/12 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Scapino, A Comedy Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1951/10/19 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Façade - First Suite for Orchestra (I. Polka, II. Valse, III. Swiss Jodelling Song. Lento, IV. Tango-Pasodoblé. Lento, V. Tarantella-Sevillana)
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1936/03/05 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Façade - Second Suite for Orchestra (I. Fanfare. Vivo, II. Scotch Rhapsody. Molto vivace, III. Country Dance. Allegretto piacevole, IV. Noche Espagnole. Maestoso, V. Popular Song. Grazioso, VI. Old Sir Faulk. Tempo di Fox-trot)
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1936/03/05 & 1938/10/25 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : The First of the Few - Prelude and Fugue : The Spitfire
Laurance Turner (Violin)
Hallé Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1943/06/24 - Housldsworth Hall, Manchester, England

William Walton : Siesta
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1938/10/25 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

The Walton Edition

CD (4) EMI CLASSICS - 65005


William Walton : Symphony n°1
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1951/10/17 to 1951/10/19 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Beslshazzar's Feast
Donald Bell (Baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chrorus conducted by William Walton
1959/02/02 to 1959/02/05 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B Minor
Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1969/07/12 to 1969/07/15 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin (Viola)
New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1968/10/09 to 1968/10/11 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Partita for Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1959/02/06 to 1959/92/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Johannesburg Festival, Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1957/03/26 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Façade - First Suite for Orchestra (I. Polka, II. Valse, III. Swiss Jodelling Song. Lento, IV. Tango-Pasodoblé. Lento, V. Tarantella-Sevillana)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1955/04/20 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Façade - Second Suite for Orchestra (I. Fanfare. Vivo, II. Scotch Rhapsody. Molto vivace, III. Country Dance. Allegretto piacevole, IV. Noche Espagnole. Maestoso, V. Popular Song. Grazioso, VI. Old Sir Faulk. Tempo di Fox-trot)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1957/03/26 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Portsmouth Point, An Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1953/03/21 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : The Wise Virgins - Suite from the Ballet (only V. Sheep may safely graze)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1953/03/21 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : The Wise Virgins, Ballet in One Act, Orchestrated from music of J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Sadler's Wells Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1940/07/24 & 1940/08/08 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Hamlet - Funeral March, arr. by Muir Mathieson
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1963/10/15 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Richard III - Prelude, arr. by Muir Mathieson
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1963/10/15 & 1963/10/16 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Richard III - A Shakespeare Suite (I. Fanfare, II. Music plays, III. The Princes in the Tower, IV. With drum and colours, V. I would I knew thy heart, VI. Trumpets sound), arr. by Muir Mathieson
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1963/10/15 & 1963/10/16 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Henry V - Suite (I. Overture. The Globe Playhouse, II. Passacaglia. The Death of Falstaff, III. Charge and Battle, IV. Touch her soft lips and part, V. Agincourt Song), arr. by Muir Mathieson
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1963/10/15 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : The First of the Few - Prelude and Fugue : The Spitfire
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1963/10/16 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

William Walton : Henry V, Music for the Film
Laurence Olivier (Speaker)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chrorus conducted by William Walton
1946/08/27, 1946/08/28, 1946/10/12, 1946/10/13, & 1946/11/13 - Studio N°1, Abbey Road, London, England

Walton : Troilus and Cressida (Excerpts)

CD (1) EMI CLASSICS - British Composers - 64199


William Walton : Troilus and Cressida (Excerpts), Opera in Three Acts
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Richard Lewis (Tenor); Monica Sinclair (Contralto); Geoffrey Walls (Bass-Baritone); John Hauxvell (Baritone); Lewis Thomas (Tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by William Walton
1955/04/18 to 1955/04/20 & 1955/05/16 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

William Walton : Troilus and Cressida - Act II, Scene 1, Is anyone there ?
Marie Collier (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by William Walton
1968/02/26 & 1968/02/27 - Kingsway Hall, London, England