Britten : the performer : complete Decca recordings / Bach, Debussy, Elgar, Mozart, Purcell, Schubert, Schumann.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, conductor, instrumentalist.

Decca Records (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Naxos Music Library.

Language:

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Vocal music.

Instrumental music.

Genre:

Vocal music.

Streaming audio.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Other Title:

Performer

Complete Decca recordings

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Decca, [2015]

System Details:

digital

audio file

Contents:

St. John Passion, BWV 245 / J.S. Bach ; sung in the English translation by Imogen Holst (Pears, Howell, Shirley-Quirk, Harper, Hodgson, Tear ; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir ; Apr. 2-8, 1971) (131 min.)

Cantatas : Susser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt, BWV 151 (Harper, Watts, Pears, Shirley-Quirk ; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir ; London, Dec. 22, 1968) (19 min.) ; Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102 (Baker, Pears, Fischer-Dieskau, Aldeburgh Festival Singers ; Blythburgh, June 26, 1965) (25 min.). Brandenburg concertos, BWV 1046

BWV 1051 (David Mason, trumpet, Philip Ledger, harpsichord) (The Maltings, Snape ; Dec. 9-17, 1968) / J.S. Bach

The Fairy Queen, Z 629 : abridged version for concert performance devised by Peter Pears, ed. & realised by Britten & Imogen Holst (Vyvyan, Bowman, Pears, Partridge, Shirley-Quirk, et al. ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; The Maltings ; Sept. 18-21, 1970) (96 min.) ; Celebrate this festival : 1693 birthday ode for Queen Mary (text, Nahum Tate), Z 321 (Harper, Veasey, Bowman, Pears, Shirley-Quirk, Ambrosian Singers ; London, Mar. 2, 1967 ; live performance) (33:16) ; Chacony in G minor for strings, Z 730, ed. Britten (The Maltings, Dec. 18-19, 1968) (7 min.) / Purcell

Symphonies. No 45 in F♯ minor : "Farewell" (24 min.) ; No 55 : "Schoolmaster" (21:35) / Haydn (Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra ; June 19, 1956 ; live perfromances). Cello concerto, H. VIIb, I (Rostropovich, cello ; cadenzas by Britten ; Kingsway Hall, London, July 16-18, 1964) (26 min.) / Haydn

Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (The Maltings, Sept. 29, 1971) (23:17) ; Serenata notturna in D, K 239 (The Maltings, May 1968) (12:32) ; Symphony no 29 in A, K 201 (The Maltings, Feb. 28, 1971) (24:33) / Mozart

Symphonies. No 40 in G minor, K 550 (The Maltings, May 29, 1968) (37:45) ; No 38 in D, K 504 : "Prague" (The Maltings, July 1970) (32:52) / Mozart

Symphonies. No 41 in C major, K 551 : "Jupiter" (Blythburgh Church, June 14, 1966) (36:13) ; No 39 in E♭, K 543 (29:47) ; [2 concert arias] : Si mostra la sorte, K 209 (4:11) ; Per pietà, non ricercate, K 420 (6:54) (Pears ; BBC Maida Vale Studios, June 10, 1962) / Mozart

Piano concerto no 12 in A, K 414 (Britten, piano & conductor ; Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, June 19, 1956) (25 min.) ; Sonata for piano four hands in C, K 521 (with Sviatoslav Richter ; Parish Church, Aldeburgh, June 19, 1966) (28:12) ; Sonatas for two pianos in D, K 448 (with Richter) (The Maltings, June 20, 1967) (23:36) / Mozart

Piano concertos. No 20 in D minor, K 466 (32:10) ; No 27 in B♭, K 595 (32:03) (Clifford Curzon, piano ; The Maltings, Sept. 24-25, 1970) / Mozart

Symphony in B minor, D 759 : "Unfinished" (The Maltings, July 30-31, 1970) (25:06) ; Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D 821 (with Rostropovich, cello ; The Maltings, July 22-27, 1968) (28:40) ; Andantino varié [piano 4 hands, from Divertimento] D 823 (with Richter ; Jubilee Hall, June 22, 1965) (9:03) / Schubert

En blanc et noir [2 pianos] (with Richter ; The Maltings, June 20, 1967) (16:16) / Debussy

Fantasy in F minor, D 940 (Jubilee Hall, June 22, 1965) (17:39) ; Variations in A♭, D 813 (Parish Church, Aldeburgh, June 20, 1964) (18 min.) ; Grand duo in C, D 812 (Jubilee Hall, June 22, 1965) (39:30) / Schubert

Die Winterreise, D 911 : song cycle ; text, Wilhelm Müller (Pears ; Kingsway Hall, London, Oct. 6-21, 1963) (73:07) / Schubert

Die schöne Müllerin, D 795 : song cycle ; text, Wilhelm Müller (Pears ; Kingsway Hall, London, Oct. 1959) (63:33). [Three songs] (Pears ; Kingsway Hall, London, Apr. 29, 1959] : Die Taubenpost, D 957 no 14 (D 965a) (text, Seidl) (3:44) ; Der Einsame, D 800 (text, Lappe) (4:14) ; An die Laute, D 905 (text, Rochlitz) / Schubert

Dichterliebe, op. 48 : song cycle, text, Heine (Pears ; Kingsway Hall, Oct. 1963) / Schumann (29:08)

[13 songs] (with Pears ; The Maltings ; Dec. 10-13, 1968 & Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 1972) : Im Frühling, D 882 (Schulze) (4:43) ; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774 (Graf Stolberg) (3:40) ; Nachtstück, D 672 (Mayrhofer) (6:20) ; An die Entfernte, D 765 (Goethe) (3:19) ; Lachen und Weinen, D 777 (Rückert) (1:47) ; Abendstern, D 806 (Mayrhofer) (2:13) ; Das Fischermädchen, D 957 no 10 (Heine) (2:03) ; Sprache der Liebe, D 410 (Schlegel) (2:07) ; Der Einsame, D 800 (Lappe) (4:27) ; Der Geistertanz, D 116 (Matthisson) (1:45) ; Atys, D 585 (Mayrhofer) (4:59) ; Auflösung, D 807 (Mayrhofer) (2:15) ; Nacht und Träume, D 827 (Collin) (4:28) / Schubert

Szenen aus Goethes Faust (Fischer-Dieskau, Harwood, Shirley-Quirk, Pears, Vyvyan, Palmer, et al., Wandsworth School Choir, Aldeburgh Festival Singers ; The Maltings, Sept. 3-12, 1972) (118 min.) ; 5 Stücke im Volkston, op. 102 [for cello (Rostropovich) & piano] (Kingsway Hall, July 19-21, 1961) (18 min.) / Schumann

Summer night on the river (The Maltings, June 2, 1967 ; previously unissued) / Delius (5:50)

2 Aquarelles : "To be sung of a summer's night on the water". Lento (2:46) ; Gaily (2:35) / Delius ; orch. Fenby (The Maltings, May 31, 1968)

Sir Roger de Coverley : for string orchestra / Bridge (The Maltings, Dec. 18-19, 1968) (4:28)

Introduction and allegro : for string quartet & string orchestra, op. 47 (The Maltings, May 31, 1968) / Elgar (14:09)

The dream of Gerontius : [oratorio], op. 38 / Elgar ; text, John Henry Newman (Pears, Minton, Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; The Maltings, July 19-24, 1971) (91 min)

Cello sonata, op. 40 (with Rostropovich ; Parish Church, Aldeburgh, June 14, 1964) (25:13) ; 7 Blok romances, op. 127 (with Vishnevskaya, soprano & Emanuel Hurwitz, violin ; The Maltings, June 24, 1968) (25:15) / Shostakovich

Pohádka [cello & piano] (with Rostropovich ; Parish Church, Aldeburgh, June 24, 1968) (11:40) / Janác̆ek

On Wenlock edge [song cycle] ; text, A.E. Housman, from A Shropshire lad (Pears, Zorian String Quartet ; Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London ; July 2-3, 1945) / Vaughan Williams (20:20)

Phantasie quartet (Brainin, violin, Schidhof, viola, Lovett, cello, Britten, piano ; The Maltings, June 22, 1967) (12:06) ; Cello sonata (Rostropovich ; The Maltings, July 22-27, 1968) (23:15) / Bridge

Cello sonata (Rostropovich ; Kingsway Hall, July 19-21, 1961) (12:27) / Debussy

Folksong settings. Shepherd's hey ; Willow, willow ; I'm seventeen come Sunday ; Bold William Taylor ; There was a pig went out to dig ; My Robin is to the greenwood gone ; Lord Maxwell's goodnight ; Let's dance gay in the green meadow ; Scotch strathspey and reel : "What shall we do with a drunken sailor" ; The pretty maid milkin' her cow ; The sprig o'thyme ; Lisbon : Lincolnshire posy no 1 ; The lost lady found : Lincolnshire posy no 6 ; Shallow brown / Grainger (Pears, Shirley-Quirk, Bowman, Ambrosian Singers, Tunnard ; The Maltings, Nov. 7-8, 1968)

Sweeter than roses : no 1 from Pausanias, Z 585 / Purcell ; realised by Britten (James Bowman, countertenor ; The Maltings, Nov. 20-29, 1972) (3:28)

Canzonettas, H. XXVIa. No 31 : Sailor's song (Anne Hunter) ; No 32 : The wanderer (Hunter) ; No 33 : Sympathy (after Metastasio) ; No 34 : She never told her love (Shakespeare) ; No 35 : Piercing eyes (anon.) ; No 36 : Content (anon.) / Haydn (Pears ; Kingsway Hall, Nov. 6-9, 1961) (19:30)

Twelve songs, op. 48 / Holst (texts, Humbert Wolfe) (The Maltings, Nov. 1967) (25:35)

[7 songs] : Tis but a week (Gerald Gould) ; Goldenhair (James Joyce) ; When you are old (Yeats) ; So perverse (Robert Bridges) ; Journey's end (Humbert Wolfe) / Bridge (with Pears ; Kingsway Hall, Oct. 1963, except last 2 songs, Decca Studios, Sept.-Oct. 1955) (13:10)

Is my team ploughing? / Butterworth (text by A.E. Housman from A Shropshire lad) (3:45) ; In youth is pleasure / Ernest Moeran (text, R. Wever) (2:23) ; Yarmouth Fair / Peter Warlock (Hal Collins) (1:45) (Pears ; Decca Studios, Sept.-Oct. 1955)

The land of lost content [song cycle] (A.E. Housman). The Lent lily ; Ladslove ; Goal and wicket ; The vain desire ; The encounter ; Epilogue (10:22) / John Ireland

The trellis (Aldous Huxley) (2:42) ; Three songs. Love and friendship (E. Brontë) (1:48) ; Friendship in misfortune (anon.) (1:43) ; The one hope (D.G. Rossetti) (3:36) ; I have twelve oxen (anon.) (1:44) / Ireland (Pears ; Kingsway Hall, Oct. 1963, except last song, Decca Studios, Sept.-Oct. 1955)

How love came in / Lennox Berkeley (Robert Herrick) (1:16)

Three Chinese lyrics / Arthur Oldham (E.D. Edwards, based on anon. Chinese texts) (2:57) (Pears ; Decca Studios, Sept.-Oct. 1955)

Songs for Ariel. Come unto these yellow sands ; Full fathom five ; Where the bee sucks / Tippett (Shakespeare, from The tempest) (Pears ; Kingsway Hall, Dec. 1964) (4:10)

Ganymed, D 544 (Goethe) (4:17) ; Du liebst mich nicht, D 756 (Platen-Hallermunde) (incomplete rec. ; 2:50) ; Lachen und Weinen, D 777 (Rückert) (1:57) (BBC Maida Vale Studio, London, Feb. 1952). [Songs, with Pears, rec. 1954, 1959 & 1964, in Kingsway Hall, or The Maltings] : Der Einsame, D 800 (Lappe) (4:15) ; Du bist die Ruh, D 776 (Rückert) [1954 rec.] (4:10) ; Der Musensohn, D 764 (Goethe) (2:08) ; Der zürnenden Diana, D 707 (Mayrhofer) [1954 rec.] (4:45) ; Sprache der Liebe, D 410 (Schlegel) (1:45) ; Harfenspieler I, D 478 [Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt] (Goethe) (4:15) ; Der Musensohn, D 764 (Goethe) (2:08) ; Du bist die Ruh, D 776 [1959 rec.] (4:27) ; Geheimes, D 719 (Goethe) (1:35) ; Die Stadt, D 957 no 11 (Heine) (2:30) ; Harfenspieler III, D 480 [Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass] (Goethe) (2:50) ; Dass sie hier gewesen, D 775 (Rückert) (3:30) ; Der zürnenden Diana, D 707 [1964 rec.] (4:53) ; Ganymed, D 544 (4:15) / Schubert

Variations on an Elizabethan theme "Sellinger's round" / Britten (Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra) (Kingsway Hall, Apr. 29, 1959) (ca. 15 min.)

Fanfare from Gloriana, op. 53 (28 secs.) / Britten ; God save the Queen (2 min) (ive, The Maltings, June 2, 1967)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 / Handel (Heather Harper, Pears, Chorus of East Anglican Choirs) (The Maltings, June 2, 1967) (34 min.)

Overture to Cosi fan tutte, K 588 (London Symphony Orchestra) (4:56) ; [Concert arias] : Si mostra la sorte propizia, K 209 (4:08) ; Per pietà, non ricercate, K 420 (6:37) (Pears ; English Chamber Orchestra) ; Maurerische Trauermusik, K 477 (London Symphony Orchestra) (5:54) ; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550 (London Symphony Orchestra) (26:39) / Mozart (Kingsway Hall, Dec. 5-9, 1963; unissued).

Participant:

Benjamin Britten, piano, conductor ; with various other performers.

OCLC:

1250276549

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