Jennifer Vyvyan

Soprano

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Britten : Owen Wingrave

CD (2) DECCA - 433200


Benjamin Britten : Owen Wingrave, op. 85
Peter Pears (Tenor); Sylvia Fisher; Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Heather Harper (Soprano); Nigel Douglas
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/12/01 to 1970/12/05 - Kingsway Hall, London, 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 : The Poet's Echo
Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano)
1968/07/17 to 1968/07/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Schumann : Scenes from Goethes Faust

CD (2) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 706-2


Robert Schumann : Scenes from Goethes Faust
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Meriel Dickinson (Contralto); Pauline Stevens (Contralto); Robert Lloyd; Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Jenny Hill (Soprano); Margaret Cable; John Elwes (Tenor); Neil Jenkins; John Noble
Aldeburgh Festival singers conducted by Benjamin Britten / Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/09/03, 1972/09/04, 1972/09/09 to 1972/09/12 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, 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 : 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 : 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

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

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

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

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

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

Gay : The Beggar's Opera

CD (1) PEARL - GEM 0225


Benjamin Britten : The Beggar's Opera, a ballad-opera by John Gay (1728) realized from the original airs by Benjamin Britten, op. 46
Peter Pears (Tenor); Nancy Evans (Contralto); Rose Hill; George James; Flora Nielsen; Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Norman Platt; Gladys Parr; Norman Lumsden (Bass); Catherine Lawson; Lesley Duff; Mildred Watson; Dennis Dowling; Roy Ashton; Max Worthley; John Highcock
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1948/09/22

Britten : A Midsummer night's dream

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Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/07/25

Britten : A Midsummer night's dream

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Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Forbes Robinson; Johanna Peters; George Maran; Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Marjorie Thomas; April Cantelo (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/06/10, Dress rehearsal for the premičre - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : A Midsummer night's dream

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Benjamin Britten : A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
Alfred Deller (Alto); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Forbes Robinson; Johanna Peters; George Maran; Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Marjorie Thomas; April Cantelo (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor)
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1960/06/11 - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : Owen Wingrave

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Benjamin Britten : Owen Wingrave, op. 85
Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Nigel Douglas; Sylvia Fisher; Heather Harper (Soprano)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/07/22 to 1970/07/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : Spring Symphony, Les Illuminations

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Benjamin Britten : Spring Symphony
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Norman Procter (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
1958/09/05, Edinurgh Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland

Benjamin Britten : Les Illuminations - from Being Beauteous to the End for Tenor and Strings, op. 18
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
1958/09/05, Edinburgh Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland

Schumann : Scenes from Goethes Faus

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Robert Schumann : Scenes from Goethes Faust
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Heather Harper (Soprano); Michael Rippon (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Meriel Dickinson (Contralto); Pauline Stevens (Contralto)
Aldeburgh Festival singers / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/06/11, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England