Jean Watson
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedPeter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)
Orchestra and Chorus of...
Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Remastered CD
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Marion Studholme (First Niece), Iris Kells (Second Niece), John...
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Astrid Varnay (Sieglinde), Ramon Vinay (Siegmund), Hans Hotter (Wotan) & Martha Mödl (Brünnhilde)
Joseph Keilberth
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Ramón Vinay (Siegmund), Kurt Böhme (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Amy Shuard (Sieglinde), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) & Ursula Boese (Fricka)
Covent Garden Orchestra & Opera Chorus, Franz Konwitschny
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Peter Pears - Anniversary Tribute
Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), Dennis Brain (horn), Peter Pears (Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Olive Dyer (Flora), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Norma Procter (alto), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), Benjamin Luxon (Owen...
so astute is his characterization and formidable his musical intelligence that he is able to portray the comic flavour of Albert Herring with as much conviction as the haunting melancholy of... —
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Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1
Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen...
An indispensable set, an obvious basis for any collection, large or small, offering the composer's definitive performances —
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