Peter Pears, tenor ; Benjamin Britten, piano, conductor ; Dennis Brain, horn ; Julian Bream, lute ; Osian Ellis, harp ; Witold Lutosławski, conductor ; English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta; with various other performers, ensembles, and conductors. Recorded in various locations between 1944 and 1976. Previously released material. "ADD = analogue to digital remaster"--Container. Compact discs. Booklet with biographical notes in English, French and German in booklet (26 p.) inserted in container.
Contents:
CD 1. Serenade for tenor, horn and strings ; Seven sonnets of Michaelangelo ; Canticle II ; Opera excerpts / Britten -- CD 2. Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente ; The holy sonnets of John Donne ; Canticle V ; War requiem and opera excerpts / Britten -- CD 3. Folksongs / Britten ; Lute songs / Dowland, Rosseter, Pilkington, Morley ; Passion excerpts / Schütz, Bach ; Excerpts / Handel, Purcell, Elgar -- CD 4. Lieder / Schubert, Schumann ; Choral work excerpts / Schumann, Berlioz ; Paroles tissées / Lutosławski -- CD 5. Twentieth-century English songs / Vaughan Williams, Tippett, Delius, Moeran, Van Dieren, Bush -- CD 6. Twentieth-century English songs / Warlock, Grainger, Busch, Ireland, Bridge, Bennett, Rainier.
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