David Hemmings

Soprano

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Britten : The turn of the screw

CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - 425 672-2


Benjamin Britten : The Turn of the screw, Opera, op. 54
Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); David Hemmings (Soprano); Olive Dyer (Soprano); Joan Cross (Soprano); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo-Sopano)
Olive Zorian (Violin); Suzanne Rosza (Violin); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Terence Weil (Cello); Francis Baines (Double-Bass); John Francis (Flute); Joy Boughton (Oboe); Stephen Waters (Clarinet); Vernon Elliott (Bassoon); Charles Gregory (Horn); Enid Simon (Harp); James Blades (Percussion); Martin Isepp (Piano)
Ensemble conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/01/03 ro 1955/01/07 - Decca Studios, London, England

Britten : St. Nicolas, Rejoice in the lamb

CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 425 714-2


Benjamin Britten : Saint Nicolas
Peter Pears (Tenor); David Hemmings (Soprano)
Ralph Downes (Organ)
Girls' Choir of Sir John Leman School, Beccles / Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/04/13 & 1955/04/14 - Aldeburgh Parish Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Rejoice in the lamb, op. 30
Michael Hartnett (Treble); Jonathan Steele (Alto); Philip Todd (Tenor); Donald Francke (Bass)
George Malcolm (Organ)
Purcell Singers conducted by Benjamin Britten
1957/04/02 - All Souls' Church, Langham Place, London, England

Britten : The Little Sweep, Gemini Variations, Children's Crusade

CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 393-2 LM


Benjamin Britten : The Little Sweep, Opera in 1 act, op. 45
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); April Cantelo (Soprano); John Noble; Edgar Evans; David Hemmings (Soprano); Joseph Ward; Catherine Wilson; Sheila Rex; Norman Lumsden (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Dennis Dowling
Choir of Alleyn's School / English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/10/01 & 1955/10/02 - Decca Recording Studio No. 1, West Hampstead, London, England

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 : 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

Holland Festival, a Dutch miracle : fifty years 1947-1997

In CD (5) GLOBE - GLO 6903


Benjamin Britten : The Turn of the screw - Long sighing flight of the night-winged bird (Act I - Final scene), Opera, op. 54
Peter Pears (Tenor); David Hemmings (Soprano); Arda Mandikian (Mezzo-Sopano); Olive Dyer (Soprano); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Lotte Medak (Soprano)
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1955/07/13 - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Holland