British Music Collection - Benjamin Britten - The Rarities
Norma Procter, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, András Schiff et al
Contents
Britten: Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51
- Norma Procter (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1957-02-25
- Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London
Britten: Gemini Variations Op. 73
- Gabriel Jeney (piano), Zoltan Jeney (piano)
- Recorded: 1966-07-22
- Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London
Britten: A Birthday Hansel, Op. 89
- Peter Pears (tenor), Osian Ellis (harp)
- Recorded: 1976-02-20
- Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Britten: Cantata Academica, (Carmen basiliense) Op.62 (1959)
- Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass (vocal))
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- George Malcolm
- Recorded: 1961-03-17
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Bonorum summun omnium; 2. Quae bene beateque
3. At huius caelestis; 5. Tum vero Aeneas Sylvius virtus
6. Et Gubernacula; 7. Ut Ad Longaeva Tempora
8. Docendi ac discendi
9. Rhenana erga omnes; 10. Ut instissime; 11. O cives..
12. Nos autem cuncti; 13. Vigeatque academia libera
Britten: Russian Funeral
- John Iveson (director)
- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Recorded: 1979-06
- Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
Britten: Cantata Misericordium, Op. 69
- Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1963-12-14
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Britten: Children's Crusade Op. 82
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
- Russell Burgess, Benjamin Britten
- Recorded: 1969-10-11
- Recording Venue: St. John's Smith Square, London
Britten: Ekho poeta (The Poet's Echo) Op. 76
- Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
- Recorded: 1968-07-27
- Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
1. Echo
2. My Heart
3. Angel
4. The Nightingale and the Rose
5. Epigram
6. Lines Written During a Sleepless Night
Britten: 6 Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61
- Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1961-11-09
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
1. Menschenbeifall
2. Die Heimat
3. Sokrates und Alcibiades
4. Die Jugend
5. Hälfte des Lebens
6. Die Linien des Lebens
Britten: Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano
- Heinz Holliger (oboe), András Schiff (piano)
- Recorded: 1991-07-03
- Recording Venue: Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset
1. The Grasshopper
2. The Wasp
