English Opera Group
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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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Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack)
Peter Jarvis and His Drum Corps, Hank Williams, Trevor Anthony (speaker), Owen Brannigan (bass), David Pinto (boysoprano), Darian Angadi (boysoprano), Stephen Alexander (boysoprano), Caroline Clack (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Merlin Channon, The Drifting...
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Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Peter Pears (Prologue/Quint), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Joan Cross (Mrs Grose), Olive Dyer (Flora), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel)
English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten
As Sir Colin Davis has shown on Philips, there's room for an alternative interpretation of this remarkable work, but this superb first recording will remain as documentary-historical evidence... —
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Special offer. Britten: Albert Herring
Peter Pears (Albert), Joan Cross (Lady Billows), Gladys Parr (Florence Pike), Margaret Ritchie (Miss Wordsworth), Otakar Kraus (Mr Gedge), Roy Ashton (Mr Upfold), Norman Lumsden (Spt. Budd), Denis Dowling (Sid), Nancy Evans (Nancy), Catherine Lawson (Mum), Anne Sharp (Emmie), Elisabeth Parry (Cis),...
Pears was not at his best, but in Britten's hands it is clear that, without losing any pathos, Albert Herring was first and foremost a superior piece of theatrical fun. —
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Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack)
Peter Jarvis and His Drum Corps, Hank Williams, Trevor Anthony (speaker), Owen Brannigan (bass), David Pinto (boysoprano), Darian Angadi (boysoprano), Stephen Alexander (boysoprano), Caroline Clack (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Merlin Channon, The Drifting...
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Britten: The Little Sweep; Gemini Variations; Children's Crusade
Nancy Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Trevor Anthony (bass), Peter Pears (tenor), Gabreille Soskin (soprano), Lyn Vaughan (boysoprano), Michael Ingram (boysoprano), Marilyn Baker (soprano), Robin Fairhurst (boysoprano), April Cantelo (soprano), David Hemmings (boysoprano), Gabriel...
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Britten: The Little Sweep
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass) & Harold Lester (piano)
English Opera Group Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm
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Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Peter Pears (Prologue/Quint), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Joan Cross (Mrs Grose), Olive Dyer (Flora), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel)
The English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace (The Complete Works)
Bryan Drake (baritone), Peter Leeming (baritone), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Robert Tear (tenor), Stafford Dean (bass (vocal)), Peter Pears (tenor), Robert Alder (singer), Paull Boucher (singer), James Newby (treble), Stephen Price (singer), Christopher Taylor (singer), English Opera Group Chorus,...
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Walton: Façade - An Entertainment
Peter Pears (vocals), Edith Sitwell (vocals)
English Opera Group Ensemble, Anthony Collins
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