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Johann Sebastian Bach (1675-1750)

Cantata, BWV 151 "Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt"
Heather Harper (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/22 - St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England
CD (1) DECCA - Britten at Aldeburgh - 466 819-2 DM

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
CD (3) EMI CLASSICS - 63058

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41
Helen Watts (Contralto)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1962/03/31 - BBC Studios, London, England
LP (1) BBC RECORDS - REGL 414

A Midsummer night's dream, Opera in 3 acts, op. 64
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 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
CD (2) DECCA - The British Music Collection - 468 811-2; CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 396-2 LM

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759)

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
CD (2) DECCA - Double - 460 287-2