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
Cantata, BWV 32 "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen"
Heather Harper (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Peter Graeme (Oboe); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Philip Ledger (Harpsichord)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Mass for 5 Voices, 6-part Chorus, Violin, Orchestra and Continuo in B Minor, BWV 232
Jenny Hill (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus / New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
1972/07/10 - St. Paul's Cathedral, Londre, England
CD (2) BBC - Legends - BBCL4062-2
Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Peter Pears (Tenor); Gwynne Howell (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Heather Harper (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Robert Tear (Tenor); Russell Burgess (Bass); Jenny Hill (Soprano); John Tobin (Tenor); Adrian Thompson (Tenor)
Richard Adeney (Flute); Norman Knight (Flute); Peter Graeme (Oboe); James Brown (Oboe); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Quintin Ballardie (Viola); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Adam Skeaping (Viola da gamba); Robert Spencer (Lute); Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Timothy Farrell (Organ); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Adrian Beers (Double-Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/05/02, 1971/05/03, 1971/05/05, 1971/05/07 & 1971/05/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - Double Decca - 443 859-2 DF2
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) |
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
Billy Budd, Opera in 2 acts, revised version, op. 50
Peter Glossop (Baritone); Peter Pears (Tenor); Michael Langdon (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Bryan Drake (Baritone); David Kelly (Bass); Gregory Dempsey (Tenor); David Bowman (Baritone); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Robert Tear (Tenor); Robert Bowman (Tenor); Delme Bryn-Jones (Baritone); Eric Garrett (Baritone); Norman Lumsden (Bass); Nigel Rogers (Tenor); Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); Geoffrey Coleby (Baritone); James Newby (Treble); David Read; Henry Bush (Baritone)
Boys from Wandsworth School / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/12/07 to 1967/12/09, 1967/12/13 to 1967/12/15 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
CD (3) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 417 429-2
Canticle IV - "The Journey of the Magi" for Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone and Piano, op. 86
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/21 & 1972/11/22 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 425 716-2
Curlew River, a parable for church performance, op. 71
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Harold Blackburn; Bryan Drake (Baritone); Bruce Webb; Edmund Bohan; Edgar Boniface; Patrick Healy; Michael Kehoe; Peter Leeming; William McKinney; David Reed; Gerald Stern; Robert Tasman
Richard Adeney (Flute); Neil Sanders (Horn); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Stuart Knussen (Double-Bass); Osian Ellis (Harp); James Blades (Percussion); Philip Ledger (Organ)
Ensemble conducted by Benjamin Britten
1965/06/08 to 1965/06/12 - Orford Parish Church, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 421 858-2
Death in Venice, opera in two acts, op. 88
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); David Bowman (Baritone); Kenneth Bowen (Tenor); Stuart Harling; Michael Bauer; Anne Wilkins; Iris Saunders; Janice Hooper Roe; Robert Carpenter Turner; Neville Williams; Stephen James Adams; Peter Leeming; Sheila Brand; Anna Vincent; Michael Follis; Angela Vernon Bates; Ronald Murdock
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Bedford, supervised by Benjamin Britten
1974/04/18 to 1974/04/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (2) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 669-2
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Andrea Velis (Tenor)
Metropolitan Opera Association Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1974/12/14 - Metropolitan Opera House, New York, USA
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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
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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
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The Burning fiery furnace, a parable for church performance
Peter Pears (Tenor); Bryan Drake (Baritone); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Robert Tear (Tenor); Stafford Dean; Peter Leeming; Graham Allum; Peter Bedford; Carl Duggan; David Hartley; John McKenzie; Clive Molloy; Malcolm Rivers; Robert Alder; Paull Boucher; James Newby (Treble); Stephen Price; Christopher Taylor
Richard Adeney (Flute); Neil Sanders (Horn); Roger Brenner (Alto Trombone); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Keith Marjoram (Double-Bass); Osian Ellis (Harp); James Blades (Percussion); Philip Ledger (Organ)
Ensemble conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/05/23 to 1967/05/27 - Orford Parish Church, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - ADRM - 414 663-2
The Prodigal son, op. 81
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Bryan Drake (Baritone); Robert Tear (Tenor); Paschal Allen; Carl Duggan; David Hartley; Phillip Hooper; Peter Leeming; Clive Molloy; Paul Wade; Gerald Beauchamp; Michael Butler; Jonathan Fox; Richard Hopkins; David Rookwood
Richard Adeney (Flute); Philip Jones (Trumpet); Neil Sanders (Horn); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Keith Marjoram (Double-Bass); Osian Ellis (Harp); James Blades (Percussion); Philip Ledger (Organ)
Ensemble conducted by Benjamin Britten
1969/05/21 & 1969/05/22 - Orford Parish Church, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 425 713-2
The Rape of Lucretia, Opera, op. 37
Benjamin Luxon (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor); Heather Harper (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Bryan Drake (Baritone); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Elizabeth Bainbridge; Jenny Hill (Soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/07/20 to 1970/07/25 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - 425 666-2
Tit for Tat
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/22 & 1972/11/23 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - Eloquence - 476 8492
War Requiem, op. 66
Gwyneth Jones (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Elmar Schloter (Organ)
Tölzer Knabenchor / Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Rafael Kubelik
1976/09/12 - Ottobeuren, Bavaria, Germany
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Frederick Delius (1862-1934) |
Sea drift
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox
1980/04 - Kingsway Hall, London, England
CD (2) DECCA - Double - 448 170-2 DF2
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) |
The Dream of Gerontius
Yvonne Minton (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/07/19 to 1971/07/24 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (2) DECCA - Double - 448 170-2 DF2
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) |
Kindertotenlieder
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1966/06/14, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) |
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Heather Harper (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Aldeburgh Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) BBC - Legends - BBCL4119-2
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) |
Celebrate this festival "Birthday ode for Queen Mary, 1693"
Heather Harper (Soprano); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano); David Bowman (Baritone); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/01 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
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Heather Harper (Soprano); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/02 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
CD (1) DECCA - Britten at Aldeburgh - 466 819-2 DM
Dulcibella, whene'er I sue for a kiss, real. Britten, Z. 482
James Bowman (Countertenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Let the dreadful engines of eternal will, Z. 578/3
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary - Selections, Z. 323 "Come, ye sons of art"
Peter Pears (Speaker)
Heather Harper (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ensemble conducted by Philip Ledger
1970/06/05 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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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
CD (2) DECCA - Double - 4685612; CD (1) DECCA - Serenata - 433 163-2 DM2
When Myra sings, real. Britten, Z. 521
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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When the cock begins to crow, real. Britten
James Bowman (Countertenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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James Bowman (Countertenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1972/11/22 & 1972/11/23 - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - Eloquence - 476 8492
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) |
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
CD (2) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 706-2
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) |
Kleine geistliche Konzerten, anderer Theil - Die Seele Christi heilige mich
Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); James Bowman (Countertenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/26 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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Trad. |
Bold William Taylor, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 159-2 LM
Shallow Brown, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/07 & 1968/12/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 159-2 LM
Shenandoah, arr. Grainger
John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / Linden Singers conducted by Steuart Bedford
1972/11 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 159-2 LM