Johann Sebastian Bach (1675-1750) |
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) |
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
CD (1) PEARL - GEM 0225
The Rape of Lucretia, Opera, op. 37
Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Edmund Donleavy; Owen Brannigan (Bass); Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Margaret Ritchie; Anna Pollak
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Reginald Goodall
1946/10/02 - Amsterdam, Holland
CD (2) GALA - GL 100.560
Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Edmund Donleavy; Owen Brannigan (Bass); Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Margaret Ritchie; Anna Pollak
English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1946/10/05 - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Holland
AUDIO UNRELEASED RECORDING, in search
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Owen Brannigan (Bass); Frederick Sharpe; Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Anna Pollak; Margaret Ritchie
Glyndebourne Opera Orchestra conducted by Reginald Goodall
1946/10/11
CD (2) PEARL - GEMS 0231
The Rape of Lucretia - Excerpts
Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Joan Cross (Soprano); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Edmund Donleavy; Owen Brannigan (Bass); Anna Pollak; Margaret Ritchie
English Opera Group (Chamber Orchestra) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1946/10/05 - Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Holland
CD (1) MUSIC & ARTS - 901
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) |
The Rake's Progress, Opera in 3 acts
Raphaël Arié (Bass); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Robert Rounseville (Tenor); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Nell Tangeman (Mezzo-Sopano); Jennie Tourel (Soprano); Hugues Cuenod (Tenor); Emanuel Menkes (Bass)
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Chorus (chorus master Vittore Veneziani) / Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Orchestra conducted by Igor Stravinsky
1951/09/11 - Teatro la Fenice, Venice, Italy
CD (2) GALA - GL 100.567