Edith Sitwell
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British Music Collection - Britten & Walton
RecommendedPeter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Sitwell (narrator)
Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Anthony Collins
This disc includes one of the great highlights of the whole Britten discography, that first magical recording of the Serenade, with Pears in fresh, youthful voice and Dennis Brain's marvellous... —
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Building a Library, November 1999, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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William Walton
Legendary Recordings
Peter Pears and Edith Sitwell, Sir Laurence Olivier
The English Opera Group Ensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins, Sir William Walton, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Dame Edith Sitwell's simple essential 1954 recording of Façade. With her impeccably clear and unflustered delivery, she relishes every inimitable turn of phrase and inspires a comparably charismatic... —
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20th Century British Works
Edith Sitwell (narrator), Constant Lambert (narrator), Hamilton Harty (piano), Alan Whitehead (male alto), Robert Murchie (flute), John Armstrong (tenor), Terence McDonagh (cor anglais), Peter Pears (tenor), Ann Wood (contralto)
St. Michael's Singers, Halle Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra,...
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Special offer. Walton: Façade - An Entertainment
Carole Boyd & Zeb Soanes (reciters)
Ensemble, John Wilson
[Carole Boyd and Zeb Soanes’s] alliance with the customarily attentive John Wilson and his razor-sharp seven-piece ensemble is infectiously enjoyable. Sitwell’s modernist verse is delivered... —
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Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 1: Anthony Bernard, Sir William Walton
Roy Henderson (baritone, speaker), New English Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Constant Lambert (narrator), Edith Sitwell (narrator), Frederick Riddle (viola), Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Bernard, Sir William Walton
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Classic Walton
Wilhelm Pitz, Donald Bell (leadvocalist), Peter Pears (tenor), Edith Sitwell (narrator), Philharmonia Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Sir William Walton, Anthony Collins
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Walton: Façade - An Entertainment
Peter Pears (vocals), Edith Sitwell (vocals)
English Opera Group Ensemble, Anthony Collins
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Special offer. Delius: In a Summer Garden; Summer Night on the River; Walton: Façade
Peter Pears (narrator), Edith Sitwell (narrator), London Symphony Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Anthony Collins
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The British Music Collection
Leon Fleisher (piano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Isaac Stern (violin), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Zino Francesatti (violin), Edith Sitwell (narrator), Walter Cassel (baritone)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony...
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