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Britten The Performer

Complete Decca Recordings

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, Norma Burrowes, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge,...

Britten The Performer

Britten The Performer

Complete Decca Recordings

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, Norma Burrowes, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge,...

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This set brings together for the first time Britten's complete Decca recordings as pianist and conductor in which he performs music by other composers - an astonishing variety of music that ranges from large-scale choral works by Bach and Purcell to Schumann and Elgar, as well as orchestral works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. Solo vocal repertory is generously represented with important works by Schubert and Schumann and early twentieth-century English song. Chamber music features Britten the pianist in partnership with two of Britten's closest collaborators: Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter.

During the research and preparation for this set a major discovery was made. The existence of a few unpublished Schubert songs was already known and a few works which had never appeared on CD already ensured their inclusion at the planning stage. However the discovery of an unpublished tape containing almost 50 minutes of Mozart (including Symphony No. 40) with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded in Kingsway Hall in December 1963 was a genuine once in a lifetime discovery!

Included in the booklet are:-

Article by Britten scholar Dr Philip Reed assesses Britten’s contribution as a performer

Article on Pears and Britten performing Winterreise by one of today’s great accompanists and writers on music, Graham Johnson

Artists

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, Norma Burrowes, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Josephine Veasey (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano/director), Sviatoslav Richter (piano duet), Clifford Curzon (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano), Elizabeth Harwood, Elisabeth Harrison, Felicity Palmer, Meriel Dickinson, Jenny Hill, Margaret Cable, John Elwes, Neil Jenkins, John Noble, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Robert Lloyd, Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, Martin Lovett, Viola Tunnard, Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Keith Harvey, Richard Adeney, Philip Jones, Julian Bream, Philip Ledger

Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Ambrosian Singers, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus, Zorian String Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra (members), The Ambrosian Singers, Chorus Of East Anglian Choirs

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part One (Sung in English)
Work length39:46
"Sire, Lord and Master"
Track length9:57
"Jesus Went With His Disciples"
Track length2:58
"O generous Love!"
Track length1:08
"So That the Word Might Be Fulfilled"
Track length1:16
"Thy Will Be Done, O God Of Love"
Track length0:55
"The Band Then, Together With the Captain"
Track length0:49
"To Release Me From the Prison"
Track length5:33
"Simon Peter Also Followed Jesus From Afar"
Track length0:18
"I'll Follow Thee Also"
Track length3:59
"Now That Same Disciple Was Known Unto the High Priest"
Track length3:37
"Ah, Who Would Dare To Smite Thee?"
Track length1:29
"Now Annas Sent Him Bound Unto the High Priest"
Track length2:37
"Ah! Take Flight"
Track length3:39
"Peter, Who Denied His Lord"
Track length1:31
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two
Work length1:30:19
"Christ, Who Gave Us Life and Light"
Track length1:01
"Then Led They Jesus From Caiaphas To the Judgement"
Track length4:53
"Ah, King Of Heaven"
Track length1:59
"And Pilate Said Unto Him"
Track length2:23
"Look Yonder, O My Soul"
Track length3:06
"Consider, How His Body"
Track length9:26
"And When the Soldiers Had Plaited a Crown Of Thorns"
Track length6:59
"Thy Bonds, O Christ, Have Set Us Free"
Track length1:14
"But the Jews Cried Out and Said"
Track length4:40
"Haste, Ye Souls Forlorn and Weary"
Track length5:05
"And There Crucified They Him"
Track length2:33
"Within My Heart, O Saviour"
Track length1:03
"And Then Did the Soldiers"
Track length4:27
"When His Life Had Reached Its End"
Track length1:25
"And From That Hour He Took Her Unto His Own Home"
Track length1:49
"The End Is Nigh"
Track length6:49
"My Dearest Saviour, Wilt Thou Answer?"
Track length5:51
"And Then Behold, the Veil Of the Temple Was Rent"
Track length0:29
"My Heart, Behold How All the World"
Track length1:03
"With Torrents Of Weeping"
Track length7:06
"The Jews Therefore, Because It Was the Preparation"
Track length2:23
"Help Us, Son Of God Most High"
Track length1:09
"And After This, Joseph Of Arimethea"
Track length3:10
"Farewell, O Weary, Broken Body"
Track length7:49
"Lord Jesus, When We Come To Die"
Track length2:27
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV151 'Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt'
Work length19:04
1. "Süßer Trost, mein Jesu kommt"
Track length8:34
2. "Erfreue dich, mein Herz"
Track length1:28
3. "In Jesu Demut kann ich Trost"
Track length6:41
4."Du teurer Gottessohn, nun hast du mir den Himmel aufgemacht"
Track length1:19
5. "Heut' schleußt er wieder auf die Tür"
Track length1:02
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV102 'Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben'
Work length26:09
1. "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben"
Track length6:27
2. "Wo ist das Ebenbild"
Track length1:22
3. "Weh, der Seele"
Track length5:45
4. "Verachtest du den Reichtum seiner Gnade"
Track length3:23
5. "Erschrecke doch"
Track length4:55
6. "Beim Warten ist Gefahr"
Track length1:31
7. "Heut' lebst du, heut' bekehre dich"
Track length2:46
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV1046
Work length21:33
1. (Allegro)
Track length4:21
2. Adagio
Track length4:05
3. Allegro
Track length4:42
4. Menuetto: Trio I
Track length3:52
5. Polacca; Trio II
Track length4:33
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047
Work length12:20
1. (Allegro)
Track length5:27
2. Andante
Track length3:52
3. Allegro assai
Track length3:01
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048
Work length11:54
1. (Allegro)
Track length6:49
3. Allegro
Track length5:05
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049
Work length16:46
1. Allegro
Track length7:26
2. Andante
Track length4:08
3. Presto
Track length5:12
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050
Work length21:37
1. Allegro
Track length10:36
2. Affetuoso
Track length5:36
3. Allegro
Track length5:25
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051
Work length18:13
1. --
Track length7:01
2. Adagio ma non tanto
Track length4:54
3. Allegro
Track length6:18
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
Work length56:02
Symphony
Track length6:49
"Now the Night Is Chas'd Away"
Track length2:41
"Let the Fifes and the Clarions....Dance"
Track length2:07
"When a Cruel Long Winter" (Ed. Britten & Holst)
Track length2:47
"Hail! Great Parent Of Us All"
Track length2:15
"Thus the Ever Grateful Spring"
Track length2:47
"Here's the Summer, Sprightly Gay"
Track length1:14
"See, My Many-Coloured Fields"
Track length3:04
"Next, Winter Comes Slowly, Pale"
Track length2:55
"Hail! Great Parent Of Us All" (Reprise)
Track length2:16
Prelude..."Come, All Ye Songsters Of the Sky"
Track length2:31
"The Songsters...May the God Of Wit Inspire"
Track length1:57
"Echo...Now Join Your Warbling Voices All"
Track length2:13
"Fill Up the Bowl"
Track length6:34
"See, Even Night Herself Is Here"
Track length5:21
"I Am Come To Lock All Fast"
Track length0:43
"One Charming Night"
Track length2:15
"Hush, No More"
Track length4:04
Dance For the Followers Of Night
Track length1:29
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 3
Work length39:13
Overture
Track length1:45
"If Love's a Sweet Passion...I Press Her Hand"
Track length2:43
"O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep"
Track length7:51
"Now the Maids and the Men Are Making Of Hay"
Track length3:42
A Dance Of Haymakers
Track length0:55
"A Thousand, Thousand Ways"
Track length3:06
Hornpipe and Rondeau
Track length2:32
Symphony
Track length1:24
"Hark! Hark the Echoing Air"
Track length2:29
"Sure the Dull God Of Marriage"
Track length2:26
"See, I Obey"
Track length1:49
"Turn Then Thine Eyes"
Track length1:09
"My Torch Indeed...They Shall Be As Happy"
Track length2:57
Chaconne
Track length3:33
"They Shall Be As Happy"
Track length0:52
Purcell: Celebrate this festival, Z321
Work length33:04
1. Symphony - Canzona
Track length1:57
2. "Celebrate this Festival"
Track length1:35
3. "Britain now, thy cares beguile"
Track length1:56
4. "Celebrate this Festival"
Track length0:43
5. "'Tis sacred, bid the Trumpet cease"
Track length0:50
6. "Let sullen discord smile"
Track length3:22
7. "Crown the Altar, deck the Shrine"
Track length3:01
8. "Expected Spring at last is come"
Track length1:46
9. "April who till now has mourn'd"
Track length2:21
10. "Departing thus, you'll hear him say"
Track length1:38
11. "Happy Realm beyond expressing"
Track length3:26
12. "While for a righteous cause he arms"
Track length3:39
13. "Return, fond Muse, the thoughts of war"
Track length3:42
14. "Kindly treat Maria's day"
Track length3:08
Purcell: Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730
Work length7:04
Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'
Work length24:26
  • The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1956-06-19
  • Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
1. Allegro assai
Track length5:29
2. Adagio
Track length7:12
3. Menuet (Allegretto)
Track length3:38
4. Finale (Presto - Adagio)
Track length8:07
Haydn: Symphony No. 55 in E flat major 'Schoolmaster'
Work length21:56
  • The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1956-06-19
  • Recording Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
1. Allegro di molto
Track length5:36
2. Adagio, ma semplicemente
Track length7:38
3. Menuetto - Trio
Track length4:21
4. Finale (Presto)
Track length4:21
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Work length26:00
1. Moderato
Track length9:46
2. Adagio
Track length9:32
3. Finale (Allegro molto)
Track length6:42
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K183
Work length23:15
1. Allegro con brio
Track length8:13
2. Andante
Track length5:59
3. Menuetto
Track length3:52
4. Allegro
Track length5:11
Mozart: Serenade No. 6 in D major, K239 'Serenata Notturna'
Work length12:31
1. Marcia (Maestoso)
Track length3:35
2. Menuetto - Trio
Track length4:16
3. Rondeau (Allegretto - Adagio - Allegro)
Track length4:40
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201
Work length24:30
1. Allegro moderato
Track length7:06
2. Andante
Track length9:06
3. Menuetto
Track length3:03
4. Allegro con spirito
Track length5:15
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Work length37:44
1. Molto allegro
Track length7:41
2. Andante
Track length16:19
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
Track length4:20
4. Finale (Allegro assai)
Track length9:24
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
Work length32:51
1. Adagio - Allegro
Track length14:57
2. Andante
Track length11:55
3. Finale (Presto)
Track length5:59
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Work length36:09
1. Allegro vivace
Track length11:29
2. Andante cantabile
Track length11:26
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
Track length4:30
4. Molto allegro
Track length8:44
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Work length29:44
1. Adagio - Allegro
Track length10:52
2. Andante con moto
Track length9:01
3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
Track length4:00
4. Finale (Allegro)
Track length5:51
Mozart: Si mostra la sorte, K209
Work length4:11
Mozart: Per pieta, non ricercate KV 420
Work length6:54
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414
Work length25:03
1. Allegro
Track length9:18
2. Andante
Track length9:07
3. Rondeau (Allegretto)
Track length6:38
Mozart: Sonata for Piano duet in C major, K521
Work length28:08
1. Allegro
Track length12:56
2. Andante
Track length7:44
3. Allegretto
Track length7:28
Mozart: Sonata for 2 pianos in D major, K448
Work length23:34
1. Allegro con spirito
Track length7:44
2. Andante
Track length9:59
3. Allegro molto
Track length5:51
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
Work length32:58
1. Allegro
Track length15:05
2. Romance
Track length10:01
3. Rondo (Allegro assai)
Track length7:52
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
Work length32:02
1. Allegro
Track length14:19
2. Larghetto
Track length8:57
3. Allegro
Track length8:46
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Work length25:07
1. Allegro moderato
Track length13:35
2. Andante con moto
Track length11:32
Schubert: Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821
Work length28:37
1. Allegro moderato
Track length13:30
2. Adagio
Track length4:34
3. Allegretto
Track length10:33
Schubert: Divertissement in E minor D823a
Work length9:04
Thema
Track length1:10
Variation 1
Track length1:21
Variation 2
Track length1:13
Variation 3
Track length1:15
Variation 4
Track length4:05
Debussy: En blanc et noir
Work length16:12
1. Avec emportement
Track length4:27
2. Lent. Sombre
Track length7:32
3. Scherzando
Track length4:13
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940
Work length17:37
1. Allegro molto moderato -
Track length4:20
2. Largo
Track length2:19
3. Allegro vivace
Track length5:50
4. Tempo I
Track length5:08
Schubert: Variations in A flat major on a original theme, D813
Work length17:58
Tema
Track length1:34
Variation 1
Track length1:24
Variation 2
Track length1:24
Variation 3
Track length1:46
Variation 4
Track length1:27
Variation 5
Track length1:54
Variation 6
Track length1:25
Variation 7
Track length3:25
Variation 8
Track length3:39
Schubert: Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D812
Work length39:28
1. Allegro moderato
Track length13:05
2. Andante
Track length9:46
3. Scherzo & Trio - Allegro vivace
Track length5:40
4. Allegro vivace
Track length10:57
Schubert: Winterreise D911
Work length1:12:56
1. Gute Nacht
Track length5:50
2. Die Wetterfahne
Track length2:00
3. Gefrorne Tränen
Track length2:14
4. Erstarrung
Track length3:11
5. Der Lindenbaum
Track length5:07
6. Wasserflut
Track length3:48
7. Auf dem Flusse
Track length3:33
8. Rückblick
Track length2:23
9. Irrlicht
Track length2:18
10. Rast
Track length3:19
11. Frühlingstraum
Track length4:38
12. Einsamkeit
Track length2:54
13. Die Post
Track length2:00
14. Der greise Kopf
Track length2:51
15. Die Krähe
Track length2:19
16. Letzte Hoffnung
Track length2:03
17. Im Dorfe
Track length4:11
18. Der stürmische Morgen
Track length0:55
19. Täuschung
Track length1:09
20. Der Wegweiser
Track length3:52
21. Das Wirtshaus
Track length4:30
22. Mut
Track length1:30
23. Die Nebensonnen
Track length3:02
24. Der Leiermann
Track length3:19
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
Work length1:02:26
1. Das Wandern
Track length2:27
2. Wohin?
Track length2:02
3. Halt!
Track length1:28
4. Danksagung an den Bach
Track length2:22
5. Am Feierabend
Track length2:28
6. Der Neugierige
Track length4:18
7. Ungeduld
Track length2:37
8. Morgengruß
Track length3:54
9. Der Müllers Blumen
Track length3:30
10. Tränenregen
Track length5:06
11. Mein!
Track length2:07
12. Pause
Track length4:28
13. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande
Track length2:07
14. Der Jäger
Track length1:17
15. Eifersucht und Stolz
Track length1:33
16. Die liebe Farbe
Track length3:58
17. Die böse Farbe
Track length1:52
18. Trockne Blumen
Track length3:30
19. Der Müller und der Bach
Track length4:10
20. Des Baches Wiegenlied
Track length7:12
Excerpt,Schubert: Schwanengesang, D957
Work length3:44
Die Taubenpost, D. 965a
Track length3:44
Schubert: Der Einsame, D800
Work length4:14
Schubert: An die Laute D905
Work length1:52
Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Work length29:11
1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
Track length1:40
2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
Track length0:54
3. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
Track length0:37
4. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'
Track length1:45
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen
Track length0:56
6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
Track length2:25
7. Ich grolle nicht
Track length1:44
8. Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen
Track length1:26
9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
Track length1:26
10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen
Track length2:03
11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
Track length1:03
12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
Track length2:34
13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet
Track length2:11
14. Allnächtlich im Traume seh' ich dich
Track length1:22
15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es
Track length2:41
16. Die alten, bösen Lieder
Track length4:24
Schubert: Im Frühling, D882
Work length4:43
Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774
Work length3:40
Schubert: Nachtstück, D672 (Mayrhofer)
Work length6:20
Schubert: An die Entfernte, D765 (Goethe)
Work length3:19
Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D777
Work length1:47
Schubert: Abendstern, D806
Work length2:12
Excerpt,Schubert: Schwanengesang, D957
Work length2:03
Das Fischermädchen (Heine)
Track length2:03
Schubert: Sprache der Liebe D410 (A W von Schlegel)
Work length2:07
Schubert: Der Einsame, D800
Work length4:27
Schubert: Der Geistertanz D116 (Matthisson)
Work length1:45
Schubert: Atys D585
Work length4:59
Schubert: Auflösung, D807
Work length2:15
Schubert: Nacht und Träume, D827
Work length4:27
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Work length8:09
Ouvertüre
Track length8:09
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester - Erste Abteilung (Part One)
Work length17:00
Du kanntest mich, O kleiner Engel
Track length5:05
Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche
Track length4:59
Wie anders, Gretchen, war dir's
Track length6:56
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester - Zweite Abteilung (Part Two)
Work length47:29
Die ihr dies Haupt umschwebt im luft'gem Kreise
Track length10:48
Des Lebens Pulse schlagen frisch-lebendig
Track length7:34
Ich heiße der Mangel
Track length2:22
Vier sah ich kommen
Track length8:14
Die Nacht scheint tiefer tief hereinzudringen
Track length2:54
Herbei! herbei! Herein! herein!
Track length5:15
Ein Sumpf zieht am Gebirge hin
Track length5:12
Ihn sättigt keine Lust
Track length5:10
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester - Dritte Abteilung (Part Three)
Work length44:48
Waldung, sie schwankt heran
Track length2:43
Ewiger Wonnebrand
Track length1:53
Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Füßen
Track length6:47
Gerettet ist das edle Glied
Track length11:09
Hier ist die Aussicht frei
Track length4:23
Dir, der Unberührbaren
Track length8:35
Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis
Track length9:18
Schumann: Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102
Work length18:11
1. Vanitas vanitatum (Mit Humor)
Track length3:28
2. Langsam
Track length3:29
3. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
Track length5:35
4. Nicht zu rasch
Track length2:30
5. Stark und markiert
Track length3:09
Delius: Summer night on the river
Work length5:53
Delius: Aquarelles (2)
Work length5:22
Lento, ma non troppo
Track length2:48
Gaily, but not too quick
Track length2:34
Bridge: Christmas Dance 'Sir Roger de Coverley'
Work length4:24
Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
Work length14:10
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 / Part 1
Work length36:00
Prelude
Track length9:04
"Jesu, Maria, I Am Near To Death"
Track length5:52
"Rouse Thee, My Fainting Soul"
Track length4:35
"Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus"
Track length10:30
"Proficiscere, Anima Christiana"
Track length5:59
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 / Part 2
Work length54:50
"I Went To Sleep"
Track length8:18
"It Is a Member Of That Family Of Wondrous Beings"
Track length5:47
"But Hark! Upon My Senses Comes a Fierce Hubbub"
Track length5:36
"I See Not Those False Spirits"
Track length7:21
"But Hark! A Grand Mysterious Harmony"
Track length7:21
"Thy Judgement Now Is Near"
Track length7:26
"I Go Before My Judge"
Track length6:44
"Softly and Gently"
Track length6:17
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Work length25:11
1. Allegro non troppo
Track length11:00
2. Allegro
Track length3:11
3. Largo
Track length7:19
4. Allegro
Track length3:41
Shostakovich: 7 Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127
Work length25:05
1. Ophelia's Song (Pesnya Ofelii)
Track length2:54
2. Hamayun, the Prophetic Bird (Gamayun, Ptitsa Veshchaya)
Track length3:48
3. We Were Together (My Byli Vmeste)
Track length2:45
4. The City Is Asleep (Gorod Spit)
Track length3:11
5. The Storm (Burya)
Track length1:52
6. Secret Signs (Tayniye Znaki)
Track length5:02
7. Music (Muzyka)
Track length5:33
Janáček: Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano
Work length11:38
1. Con moto
Track length4:53
2. Con moto
Track length3:53
3. Allegro
Track length2:52
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Work length20:20
On Wenlock Edge
Track length3:24
From Far, From Eve And Morning
Track length2:15
Is My Team Ploughing?
Track length3:42
Oh, When I Was In Love With You
Track length0:43
Bredon Hill
Track length6:47
Clun
Track length3:29
Bridge: Phantasie For Piano Quartet In F Sharp Minor, H.94
Work length11:58
  • Benjamin Britten (piano), Martin Lovett (cello), Peter Schidlof (viola), Norbert Brainin (violin)
  • Recorded: 1967-06-22
  • Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor, H125
Work length23:15
1. Allegro ben moderato
Track length10:24
2. Allegro ma non troppo - Molto allegro e agitato
Track length12:51
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Work length12:24
1. Prologue (lent)
Track length5:04
2. Sérénade (Modérément animé)
Track length3:26
3. Finale (Animé)
Track length3:54
Grainger: Shepherd's Hey
Work length2:18
Grainger: Willow Willow
Work length4:05
Grainger: I'm seventeen come Sunday
Work length2:59
Grainger: Bold William Taylor
Work length3:39
Grainger: There was a Pig went out to Dig
Work length2:01
Grainger: My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone
Work length5:40
  • Members of the English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1968-12-07
  • Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Lord Maxwell's Goodnight
Work length3:30
Grainger: 'The Duke of Marlborough' Fanfare
Work length2:19
  • Members of the English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1968-12-07
  • Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow
Work length3:06
Grainger: Scotch Strathspey and Reel
Work length7:56
Grainger: The Pretty Maid Milkin' Her Cow...The Sprig O' Thyme
Work length4:03
Grainger: Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
Work length1:26
  • Members of the English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1968-12-07
  • Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Grainger: The Lost Lady Found
Work length2:55
Grainger: Shallow Brown
Work length5:35
Purcell: Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585)
Work length3:25
Haydn: Sailor's Song, Hob. XXVIa:31
Work length2:11
Haydn: The Wanderer
Work length4:22
Haydn: Sympathy, Hob. XXVIa:33
Work length2:47
Haydn: She Never Told Her Love, Hob. XXVIa:34
Work length3:50
Haydn: Piercing Eyes, Hob. XXVIa:35
Work length1:33
Haydn: Transport of Pleasure 'Content', Hob. XXVIa:36
Work length4:49
Holst: Humbert Wolfe Songs
Work length26:04
Persephone
Track length1:15
Things Lovelier
Track length1:14
Now In These Fairylands
Track length1:33
A Little Music
Track length1:50
The Thought
Track length2:00
The Floral Bandit
Track length2:11
Envoi
Track length4:08
The Dream City
Track length3:25
Journey End
Track length2:11
In the Street Of Lost Time
Track length1:11
Rhyme
Track length1:38
Betelgeuse
Track length3:28
Bridge: Tis but a week
Work length1:44
Bridge: Goldenhair
Work length1:32
Bridge: When you are old
Work length3:36
Bridge: So perverse
Work length1:15
Bridge: Journey's end
Work length3:11
Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day
Work length1:21
Bridge: Love went a-riding
Work length1:40
Butterworth, G: A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
Work length3:47
Is My Team Ploughing?
Track length3:47
Moeran: In youth is pleasure
Work length2:24
Warlock: Yarmouth Fair
Work length1:38
Ireland: The Land of Lost Content
Work length10:19
The Lent Lily
Track length2:18
Ladslove
Track length2:17
Goal & Wicket
Track length1:05
The Vain Desire
Track length1:55
The Encounter
Track length1:06
Epilogue
Track length1:38
Ireland: The Trellis
Work length2:39
Ireland: Love and friendship
Work length1:49
Ireland: Friendship in misfortune
Work length1:43
Ireland: The One Hope
Work length3:34
Ireland: I Have Twelve Oxen
Work length1:44
Berkeley, L: How Love Came In
Work length1:18
Oldham, A: Three Chinese Lyrics
Work length2:58
Herd Boy's Song
Track length1:17
Fishing
Track length0:43
Pedlar Of Spells
Track length0:58
Tippett: Songs for Ariel
Work length4:12
Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Track length1:40
Full Fathom Five
Track length1:32
Where The Bee Sucks
Track length1:00
Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)
Work length4:22
Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht D756 (Platen)
Work length2:52
Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D777
Work length1:50
Schubert: Der Einsame, D800
Work length4:20
Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
Work length4:24
Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
Work length2:07
Schubert: Der Zurnenden Diana D707 (Mayrhofer)
Work length4:44
Schubert: Sprache der Liebe D410 (A W von Schlegel)
Work length1:53
Schubert: Harfenspieler I 'Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt', D478
Work length4:11
Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
Work length2:04
Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
Work length4:24
Schubert: Geheimes, D719 (Goethe)
Work length1:38
Excerpt,Schubert: Schwanengesang, D957
Work length2:31
Die Stadt
Track length2:31
Schubert: Harfenspieler III 'Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass', D480
Work length2:45
"Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß"
Track length2:45
Schubert: Dass sie hier gewesen! D775 (Rückert)
Work length3:32
Schubert: Der Zurnenden Diana D707 (Mayrhofer)
Work length4:47
Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)
Work length4:14
Byrd: Sellinger's Round - variations for keyboard - Variations on an Elizabethan Theme
Work length15:09
  • The Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1953-06-20
  • Recording Venue: Parish Church, Aldeburgh
Theme
Track length1:31
Variation 1 - Allegro non troppo
Track length1:00
Variation 2 - Lament
Track length3:50
Variation 3 - Andante
Track length1:39
Variation 4 - Quick & Gay
Track length1:57
Variation 5 - Nocturne
Track length2:13
Variation 6 - Finale - Presto giocoso
Track length2:59
Britten: Gloriana, Op.53 - Act 1 Scene 1
Work length0:29
Fanfare
Track length0:29
anon.: God Save The Queen
Work length2:24
Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76
Work length32:29
Overture
Track length3:30
"From Harmony, From Heav'nly Harmony...When Nature Underneath A Heap"
Track length3:33
" From Harmony, From Heav'nly Harmony"
Track length3:53
"What Passion Cannot Music Raise And Quell"
Track length8:25
"The Trumpet's Loud Clangour"
Track length3:48
March
Track length1:08
"But Bright Cecilia"
Track length1:08
"As From Pow'r Of Sacred Lays"
Track length7:04
Excerpt,Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Work length4:50
Overture
Track length4:50
Mozart: Si mostra la sorte, K209
Work length4:04
Mozart: Per pieta, non ricercate KV 420
Work length6:33
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477
Work length5:52
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Work length26:26
1. Molto allegro
Track length8:07
2. Andante
Track length7:28
3. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio
Track length4:15
4. Finale (Allegro assai)
Track length6:36
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