Johann Sebastian Bach (1675-1750) |
Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Peter Pears (Tenor); Gwynne Howell (Bass); Jenny Hill (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Philip Langridge (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)
William Bennett (Flute); Norman Knight (Flute); Peter Graeme (Oboe); James Brown (Oboe); James Brown (English Horn); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Quintin Ballardie (Viola); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Bernard Richards (Cello); Adrian Beers (Double-Bass); Timothy Farrell (Organ); Philip Ledger (Harpsichord)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/03/31 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) |
Liebeslieder, Waltzes for Voices and Piano Duet, op. 52
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)
Benjamin Britten (Piano); Claudio Arrau (Piano)
1968/05/14, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8001-2
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) |
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 première - Jubilee Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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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
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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
CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 425 664-2
Cantata misericordium for tenor, baritone, chorus and small orchestra, op. 69
Peter Pears (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)
BBC Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1963/11/22 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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War Requiem, op. 66
Heather Harper (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)
Simon Preston (Organ)
Melos Ensemble London conducted by Benjamin Britten / Boys from Emanuel School (chorus master Christian Strover) / London Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Frederic Jackson) / BBC Chorus and Choral Society conducted by Meredith Davies / BBC Symphony Orchestra (leader Hugh Maguire) conducted by Meredith Davies
1964/08/04 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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Henry Purcell (1659-1695) |
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
LP (3) L'OISEAU-LYRE - OL 50139/41
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) |
Oedipus Rex
Jean Cocteau (Speaker)
Helmut Melchert (Tenor); Irma Kolassi (Soprano); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone); Roger Stalman (Bass); Duncan Robertson (Tenor); Michael Langdon (Bass)
BBC Chorus (chorus master Alan Melville) / BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
1959/11/09 - Royal Festival Hall, London, England
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