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Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) The Collector's Edition (37CD)Жанр: Classical, 20th century || Страна-производитель диска: UK || Год издания: 2008 || Издатель (лейбл): EMI Classics || Номер по каталогу: 2175262 Дата записи: 1942-2005 || Аудиокодек: MP3 || Тип рипа: tracks || Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps || Продолжительность: 37CD, 42:07:07 Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: covers
CD01-CD14
CD01 - Sinfonia da Requiem / Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from 'Peter Grimes' / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (63:19)
Sinfonia da Requiem, op.20 (1939-1940) 01. 1. Lacrymosa [00:09:19] 02. 2. Dies irae [00:04:50] 03. 3. Requiem aeternam [00:07:26] Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, op.33a (1945) 04. 1. Dawn [00:03:44] 05. 2. Sunday Morning [00:03:44] 06. 3. Moonlight [00:04:35] 07.Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, op.33b (1945)[00:07:57] Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, op.33a (1945) 08. 4. Storm [00:04:24]The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 (1946) (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell) 09. Theme (Allegro maestoso e largamente) [00:01:56] 10. Var. A: Flutes and piccolo [00:00:35] 11. Var. B: Oboes (Lento) [00:01:07] 12. Var. C: Clarinets (Moderato) [00:00:39] 13. Var. D: Bassoons (Allegro alla marcia) [00:00:57] 14. Var. E: Violins (Brillante: alla polacca) [00:00:36] 15. Var. F: Violas (Meno mosso) [00:01:16] 16. Var. G: Cellos [00:00:59] 17. Var. H: Double basses (Comminciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro) [00:01:02] 18. Var. I: Harp (Maestoso) [00:00:49] 19. Var. J: Horns (L'istesso tempo) [00:00:52] 20. Var. K: Trumpets (Vivace) [00:00:30] 21. Var. L: Trombones and bass tuba (Allegro pomposo) [00:01:06] 22. Var. M: Percussion (Moderato) [00:01:58] 23. Fugue (Allegro molto) [00:02:45]Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek
(Recording: 11 & 12.I.1989, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool)
CD02 - Canadian Carnival / Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra / Scottish Ballad / An American Overture / Occasional Overture / The Building of the House (76:00)
01.Canadian Carnival (Kermesse Canadienne), op.19 (1939)[00:14:08] Diversions for piano (left hand) & orchestra, op.21 (1940, rev.1950, 1953-1954) 02. Theme [00:01:18] 03. Variation 1: Recitare [00:01:38] 04. Variation 2: Romance [00:01:20] 05. Variation 3: March [00:01:14] 06. Variation 4: Arabesque [00:01:50] 07. Variation 5: Chant [00:01:47] 08. Variation 6: Nocturne [00:02:00] 09. Variation 7: Badinerie [00:01:20] 10. Variation 8: Burlesque [00:01:36] 11. Variation 9: Toccata 1 - Toccata 2 - Cadenza [00:02:48] 12. Variation 10: Adagio [00:04:00] 13. Variation 11: Finale (Tarantella) [00:02:33] 14.Scottish Ballad, op.26 (1941)[00:15:23] 15.An American Overture (An Occasional Overture), op.27 (1941)[00:10:35] 16.Occasional Overture for orchestra, op.38 (1946)[00:07:18] 17.The Building of the House, op.79 (1967)[00:05:02]01:Wesley Warren trumpet City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 22 & 23.IV.1982, Cheltenham Town Hall) 02-13:Peter Donohoe piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 15–17.VII.1990, Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick) 14:Peter Donohoe, Philip Fowke pianos City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 22 & 23.IV.1982, Cheltenham Town Hall) 15-16:City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 23 & 24.V.1984, Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick) 17:CBSO Chorus, Simon Halsey chorus master City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 15–17.VII.1990, Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick)
CD03 - Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto / Young Apollo (74:29)
Piano Concerto, op.13 (1938, rev.1945) 01. Toccata [00:12:31] 02. Waltz [00:05:10] 03. Impromptu [00:08:47] 04. March [00:09:09] Violin Concerto, op.15 (1938-1939, rev.1950, 1954, 1965) 05. Moderato con moto [00:08:33] 06. Vivace [00:08:26] 07. Passacaglia (Andante lento) [00:14:12] 08.Young Apollo, op.16 (1939)[00:07:37]01-04:Leif Ove Andsnes piano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
(Recording: 21 & 23.X.1997, Symphony Hall, Birmingham) 05-07:Ida Haendel violin Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund
(Recording: 12 & 13.VI.1977, Guildhall, Southampton) 08:Peter Donohoe piano, Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard violins Peter Cole viola, Michal Kaznowski cello City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 22 & 23.IV.1982, Cheltenham Town Hall)
CD04 - Simple Symphony; Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge; Prelude and Fugue; Lachrymae (70:11)
Simple Symphony, op.4 (1934) 01. I. Boisterous Bourrée [00:02:55] 02. II. Playful Pizzicato [00:03:22] 03. III. Sentimental Sarabande [00:08:30] 04. IV. Frolicsome Finale [00:03:03] Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op.10 (1937) 05. Introduction and Theme [00:02:08] 06. Variation 1: Adagio [00:02:24] 07. Variation 2: March [00:01:09] 08. Variation 3: Romance [00:01:41] 09. Variation 4: Aria italiana [00:01:21] 10. Variation 5: Bourrée classique [00:01:18] 11. Variation 6: Wiener Waltzer [00:03:00] 12. Variation 7: Moto perpetuo [00:01:09] 13. Variation 8: Funeral March [00:03:42] 14. Variation 9: Chant [00:01:44] 15. Variation 10: Fugue and Finale [00:07:24] 16.Prelude and Fugue, op.29 (1943)[00:08:55] 17.Lachrymae, op.48a (1950)[00:16:20]Lars Anders Tomter viola (17) Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown 01-04:(Recording: I.1990, Uranienborg Church, Oslo) 05-15: (Recording: II.1988, Uranienborg Church, Oslo)
16-17: (Recording: XI.1991, Uranienborg Church, Oslo)
CD05 - Symphonic Suite from 'Gloriana' / Cello Symphony / Men of Goodwill (72:17)
Symphonic Suite from 'Gloriana', op.53a (1952-1953) 01. I. The Tournament [00:04:13] 02. II. The Lute Song [00:04:43] III. The Courtly Dances 03. March [00:00:48] 04. Coranto [00:01:07] 05. Pavane [00:02:16] 06. Morris Dance [00:01:02] 07. Galliard [00:01:54] 08. Lavolta [00:02:07] 09. IV. Gloriana moritura [00:07:46] Cello Symphony, op.68 (1963) 10. Allegro maestoso [00:13:25] 11. Presto inquieto [00:04:00] 12. Adagio [00:08:45] 13. Cadenza [00:03:21] 14. Passacaglia (Andante allegro) [00:08:12] 15.Men of Goodwill (Variations on a 'Christmas Carol' for orchestra)[00:08:30]01-09:Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa
(Recording: 14 & 15.XI.1994, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool) 10-14:Steven Isserlis cello City of London Sinfonia Nicholas Ward leader, Richard Hickox
(Recording: 12 & 14.III.1987, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 15:Minnesota Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner
(Recording: 16 & 17.V.1983, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis)
CD06 - Sinfonietta / Russian Funeral / Suite on English folk tunes: "A time there was...' / Matinées musicales / Soirées musicales / Rossini Suite (71:57)
Sinfonietta, op.1 (1932) 01. I. Pocco presto ed agitato [00:04:13] 02. II. Andante lento [00:06:38] 03. III. Tarantella: Presto vivace [00:03:55] 04.Russian Funeral ('War And Death', an impression for brass orchestra) (1936)[00:05:41] Suite on English Folk tunes, op.90 (1974) 05. I. Cakes and Ale [00:02:32] 06. II. The Bitter Withy [00:02:56] 07. III. Hankin Booby [00:02:30] 08. IV. Hunt the Squirrel [00:01:18] 09. V. Lord Melbourne [00:05:29] Matinées musicales, op.24 (1941) 10. March [00:02:48] 11. Nocturne [00:04:31] 12. Waltz [00:01:58] 13. Pantomime [00:03:37] 14. Moto perpetuo [00:02:54] Soirées musicales, op.9 (1936) 15. March [00:01:32] 16. Canzonetta [00:03:04] 17. Tirolese [00:02:07] 18. Bolero [00:02:07] 19. Tarantella [00:02:20] Rossini Suite (original version of Soirées musicales, op.9) 20. I. Allegro brillante [00:02:00] 21. II. Allegretto [00:02:10] 22. III. Allegretto [00:02:06] 23. IV. Bolero (Allegro moderato) [00:02:02] 24. V. Allegro con brio [00:01:17]01-03:Pauline Lowbury, Julian Tear violins (02) Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Harding
(Recording: 24, 26, 27 & 31.VIII.1997, Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London) 04:City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 1.XII.1994, Symphony Hall, Birmingham) 05-09:Peter Walden cor anglais City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 23 & 24.V.1984, Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick) 10-19:English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
(Recording: 10.III.1982, All Saints’ Church, Tooting, London) 20-24: Boys of the Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee chorus master (21, 24) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell leader, Steuart Bedford
(Recording: 9 & 10.V.1988, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh)
CD07 - The Prince of the Pagodas (act I-II) (78:01)
The Prince of the Pagodas, op.57 (1956)
(ballet in three acts) Act I 01. Prelude [00:02:16] The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom 02. The Fool and the Dwarf [00:01:50] 03. March and Courtiers dance [00:03:34] 04. Entry of the Pages and the Four Kings [00:02:21] 05. Variation of the King of the North [00:01:28] 06. Variation of the King of the East [00:02:41] 07. Variation of the King of the West [00:01:05] 08. Variation of the King of the South [00:01:37] 09. The Kings bow before the Emperor [00:00:58] 10. Variation of Princess Belle Epine [00:03:15] 11. Variation of Princess Belle Rose and Pas de Deux [00:05:53] 12. The Kings and Belle Rose [00:01:56] 13. Belle Epine and the Four Kings [00:02:30] 14. The Rage of the Kings [00:01:45] 15. Entry of the Four Winged Frogs [00:03:27] Act II, Scene 1: The Strange Journey of Belle Rose to the Pagoda Land 16. Introduction: Belle Rose borne in by the Frogs [00:01:29] 17. Waltz: Clouds, Stars and Moon [00:05:08] 18. Belle Rose borne in by the Frogs [00:00:42] 19. Entrée: Sea Horses, Fish Creatures and Waves [00:01:52] 20. Variation: Sea Horses [00:01:27] 21. Variation: Fish Creatures [00:03:21] 22. Coda [00:02:01] 23. Belle Rose borne in by the Frogs [00:00:41] 24. Pas de Deux: Male and Female Flames [00:01:21] 25. Variation: Male Flame [00:01:08] 26. Variation: Female Flame [00:01:19] 27. Coda [00:01:47] 28. Belle Rose, exhausted, borne in by the Frogs [00:01:03] Act II, Scene 2: The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of the Pagodas 29. Belle Rose [00:02:03] 30. The Pagodas [00:04:51] 31. The Salamander [00:03:15] 32. Pas de Deux: The Prince and Belle Rose [00:04:52] 33. Belle Rose hunts for the Prince [00:02:47]
CD08 - The Prince of the Pagodas (act III) (40:58)
Act III, Scene 1: The Palace of the Middle Kingdom 01. Empress Belle Epine [00:04:43] 02. The Old Emperor [00:03:05] 03. Appearance of Belle Rose and the Salamander [00:01:56] Act III, Scene 2: The Pagoda Palace 04. Transformation [00:04:26] 05. Pas de Six [00:02:00] 06. Variation I. Pas de Deux [00:03:46] 07. Variation II. Girl's solo [00:01:05] 08. Variation III. Boy's solo [00:01:04] 09. Variation III. Pas de Trois [00:01:53] 10. Variation III. Coda [00:01:21] 11. Pas de Caractere. The Emperor and the Fool [00:01:48] 12. Pas de Deux. Belle Rose and the Prince of the Pagodas [00:04:03] 13. Variation IV. The Prince [00:01:07] 14. Variation V. Belle Rose [00:02:25] 15. Finale [00:04:31] 16. Apotheosis [00:01:37]London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
(Recording: 23-29.V.1989, St. Augustine’s Church, Kilburn, London)
CD09 - Rhapsody for string quartet / Quartettino / Elegy for solo viola / String Quartet in D / Phantasy in F minor for string quintet (60:51)
01.Rhapsody for String Quartet (1929)[00:07:06] Quartettino for String Quartet (1930) 02. I. Andante - Allegro molto e con fuoco [00:05:58] 03. II. Poco adagio ma con moto [00:06:26] 04. III. Allegro molto vivace [00:03:05] 05.Elegy for solo viola (1930)[00:07:25] String Quartet in D (1931) 06. I. Allegro maestoso [00:08:17] 07. II. Lento ed espressivo [00:06:51] 08. III. Allegro giocoso [00:04:39] 09.Phantasy in F minor for String Quartet (1932)[00:10:59]Garfield Jackson viola (CD09: 05), Nicholas Logie viola (CD09: 06-09) Endellion String Quartet:
Andrew Watkinson, James Clark violins Garfield Jackson viola, David Waterman cello (Recording: 26-28.I, 17-19.III & 5-7.V.1986, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead and St. Michael’s, Highgate)
CD10 - Phantasy for oboe and string trio / Three Divertimenti / Alla Marcia / String Quartet No.1 (53:32)
01.Phantasy Quartet, op.2 for oboe and string trio (1932)[00:13:17] Three Divertimenti for String Quartet, also known as 'Go play, boy, play' (1933-1936) 02. I. March [00:03:45] 03. II. Waltz [00:02:45] 04. IV. Burlesque [00:03:21] 05.Alla Marcia for String Quartet (1933)[00:03:23] String Quartet No.1 in D major, op.25 (1941) 06. I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo [00:08:39] 07. II. Allegreto con slancio [00:03:00] 08. III. Andante calmo [00:11:28] 09. IV. Molto vivace [00:03:50]Endellion String Quartet:
Andrew Watkinson, James Clark violins Garfield Jackson viola, David Waterman cello (Recording: 26-28.I, 17-19.III & 5-7.V.1986, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead and St. Michael’s, Highgate)
String Quartet No.2 in C major, op.36 (1945) 01. I. Allegro calmo, senza rigore [00:07:51] 02. II. Vivace [00:03:40] 03. III. Chacony: Sostenuto [00:17:45] String Quartet No.3, op.94 (1975) 04. I. Duets: With moderate movement [00:05:24] 05. II. Ostinato: Very fast [00:03:01] 06. III. Solo: Very calm [00:05:30] 07. IV. Burlesque: Fast, con fuoco [00:02:16] 08. V. Recitative and Passacaglia [00:09:50]Endellion String Quartet:
Andrew Watkinson, James Clark violins Garfield Jackson viola, David Waterman cello (Recording: 26-28.I, 17-19.III & 5-7.V.1986, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead and St. Michael’s, Highgate)
CD12 - Cello Suites Nos.1-3 (73:05)
Suite for Solo Cello No.1, op.72 (1964) 01. Canto primo: Sostenuto e largamente [00:02:21] 02. I. Fuga: Andante moderato [00:03:59] 03. II. Lamento: Lento rubato [00:03:08] 04. Canto secondo: Sostenuto [00:01:11] 05. III. Serenata: Allegretto (pizzicato) [00:02:13] 06. IV. Marcia: Alla marcia moderato [00:03:31] 07. Canto terzo: Sostenuto [00:02:28] 08. V. Bordone: Moderato quasi recitative [00:03:04] 09. VI. Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto: Presto [00:03:32] Suite for Solo Cello No.2, op.80 (1967) 10. I. Declamato: Largo [00:04:30] 11. II. Fuga: Andante [00:04:43] 12. III. Scherzo: allegro molto [00:02:00] 13. IV. Andante lento [00:05:36] 14. V. Ciacona: Allegro [00:07:14] Suite for Solo Cello No.3, op.87 (1971) 15. I. Introduzione: Lento [00:02:35] 16. II. Marcia: Allegro [00:01:46] 17. III. Canto: Con moto [00:01:21] 18. IV. Barcarola: Lento [00:01:23] 19. V. Dialogo: Allegretto [00:01:43] 20. VI. Fuga: Andante espressivo [00:02:36] 21. VII. Recitativo: Fantastico [00:01:17] 22. VIII. Moto perpetuo: Presto [00:00:58] 23. IX. Passacaglia: Lento solenne [00:09:45]Truls Mørk cello (Recording: 11-16.X.1998 & 6.VI.2000, Ris Church, Oslo)[/b
CD13 - Piano Music (79:54)
Holiday Diary (suite for piano), op.5 (1934) 01. I. Early morning bathe [00:02:07] 02. II. Sailing [00:05:14] 03. III. Funfair [00:02:39] 04. IV. Night [00:06:58] Three Character Pieces for piano (1930) 05. I. Poco allggro vivace [00:01:57] 06. II. Poco andante grazioso [00:02:07] 07. III. Poco presto [00:03:01] 08.Night Piece (Notturno) for piano (1963)[00:05:23] From 'Sonatina Romantica' for piano (1940) 09. Moderato [00:04:39] 10. Nocturne [00:02:53] 11.Twelve Variations on a Theme for piano (1931)[00:08:41] Five Waltzes for piano (originally called Five Walztes) (1923-1925, 1969) 12. I. Rather fast and nervous [00:01:07] 13. II. Quick, with wit [00:01:39] 14. III. Dramatic [00:01:41] 15. IV. Rhythmic, not fast [00:03:30] 16. V. Variations: Quiet and simple - Flowing - Slow and sad [00:02:58] Two Lullabies for two pianos (1936) 17. Lullaby [00:03:19] 18. Lullaby for a retired Colonel [00:02:22] 19.Mazurka Elegiaca, op.23 No.2 for two pianos (1941)[00:08:24] Introduction and Rondo Alla Burlesca, op.23 No.1 for piano (1940) 20. Introduction [00:03:21] 21. Ronda alla burlesca [00:05:43]Stephen Hough piano (12-16) Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara pianos (Recording: VI.1990, Studio 7, BBC Manchester)
CD14 - Suite for violin and piano / Cello Sonata / Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe / Nocturnal after John Dowland (71:12)
Suite for violin and piano, op.6 (1934-1935) 01. Introduction: Andante maestoso [00:00:43] 02. I. March: Allegro alla marcia [00:02:54] 03. II. Moto perpetuo: Allegro molto e con fuoco [00:03:12] 04. III. Lullaby: Lento tranquillo [00:04:39] 05. IV. Waltz: Alla valse: vivace e rubato [00:04:30] Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, op.65 (1960-1961) 06. I. Dialogo: Allegro [00:07:53] 07. II. Scherzo piccicato: Allegretto [00:02:29] 08. III. Elegia: Lento [00:06:46] 09. IV. Marcia: Energico [00:02:18] 10. V. Moto perpetuo: Presto [00:02:50] Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, op.49 for solo oboe (1951) 11. 1. Pan (Senza misura) [00:02:27] 12. 2. Phaeton (Vivace ritmico) [00:01:22] 13. 3. Niobe (Andante) [00:02:50] 14. 4. Bacchus (Allegro pesante) [00:01:52] 15. 5. Narcissus (Lento piacevole) [00:03:14] 16. 6. Arethusa (Largamente) [00:02:33] Nocturnal after John Dowland:
Reflections on 'Come, heavy sleep' for guitar, op.70 (1963) 17. I. Musingly (Meditativo) [00:02:16] 18. II. Agitated (Molto agitativo) [00:00:55] 19. III. Restless (Inquieto) [00:02:00] 20. IV. Uneasy (Ansioso) [00:01:32] 21. V. March-like (Quasi una marcia) [00:01:36] 22. VI. Dreaming (Sognanti) [00:01:54] 23. VII. Gently rocking (Cullante) [00:00:56] 24. VIII. Passacaglia (Misurato) [00:04:50] 25. IX. Slow and quiet (Molto tranquillo) [00:02:29]01-05:Alexander Barantschik violin, John Adey piano (Recording: 14.XII.1994, Conway Hall, London) 06-10:Moray Welsh cello, John Lenehan piano (Recording: 1.XII.1994, Conway Hall, London) 11-16:Roy Carter oboe (Recording: 4 & 5.I.1995, All Saints’ Church, East Finchley, London) 17-25:Julian Bream guitar (Recording: ???.IX or X.1992, Forde Abbey, Dorset)
CD15-CD27
CD15 - War Requiem (beginning) (60:42)
War Requiem, op.66 (1961-1962) (Words from the Missa pro defunctis; poems by Wilfred Owen) Requiem aeternam 01. I. Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine [00:06:10] 02. II. What passing bells for these who die as cattle [00:02:20] 03. III. Kyrie eleison [00:01:28] Dies irae 04. I. Dies irae, dies illa [00:03:57] 05. II. Bugles sang, saddening the evening air [00:02:46] 06. III. Liber scriptus proferetur [00:02:46] 07. IV. Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to the Death [00:01:46] 08. V. Recordare Jesu pie [00:04:44] 09. VI. Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm [00:01:53] 10. VII. Dies irae, dies illa [00:01:17] 11. VIII. Lacrimosa dies illa [00:02:04] 12. IX. Move him into the sun [00:05:55] Offertorium 13. I. Domine Jesu Christe [00:03:33] 14. II. So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went [00:06:16] Sanctus 15. I. Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [00:03:19] 16. II. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini [00:02:52] 17. III. After the blast of lightning from the East [00:03:43] 18.Agnus Dei[00:03:45]
CD16 - War Requiem (conclusion) / Spring Symphony (67:51)
War Requiem, op.66 (1961-1962) (conclusion) Libera me 01. I. Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna [00:07:35] 02. II. It seemed that out of battle I escaped [00:09:47] 03. III. Let us sleep now...In paradisum [00:05:42] Spring Symphony, op.44 (1948-1949) Part I 04. 1. Introduction: Shine out (anon., 16th century) [00:09:44] 05. 2. The merry cuckoo (Edmund Spenser) [00:01:59] 06. 3. Spring, the sweet spring (Thomas Nashe) [00:01:58] 07. 4. The driving boy (George Peele, John Clare) [00:02:09] 08. 5. The morning star (John Milton) [00:03:17] Part II 09. 1. Welcome, maids of honour (Robert Herrick) [00:02:39] 10. 2. Waters above (Henry Vaughan) [00:02:32] 11. 3. Out of the lawn I lie in bed (W.H. Auden) [00:06:29] Part III 12. 1. When will my May come? (Richard Barnfield) [00:02:24] 13. 2. Fair and fair (George Peele) [00:02:20] 14. 3. Sound the flute! (William Blake) [00:01:20] 15. Finale: London, to thee I do present (Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher) [00:07:50]CD15-CD16 (01-03):Elisabeth Söderström soprano, Robert Tear tenor Sir Thomas Allen baritone, Mark Blatchly chamber organ Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Francis Grier
CBSO Chorus, Simon Halsey chorus master City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 27.II & 1 & 4.III.1983, The Great Hall, University of Birmingham) CD16 (04-15):Sheila Armstrong soprano, Dame Janet Baker contralto, Robert Tear tenor St. Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir, Keith Walters director of music London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox chorus master London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
(Recording: 28 & 29.VI.1978, Kingsway Hall, London)
CD17 - Hymn to St. Cecilia / A Ceremony of Carols / Missa Brevis in D / Festival Te Deum / Rejoice in the Lamb / Te Deum in C / Jubilate Deo (77:32)
Hymn to St. Cecilia, op.27 (1941-1942) 01. I. In a garden shady this holy lady [00:02:57] 02. II. I cannot grow [00:02:10] 03. III. O ear whose creatures cannot wish to fall [00:06:21] A Ceremony of Carols, op.28 (1942) 04. I. Procession [00:01:16] 05. II. Wolcum Yole! (Anon.) [00:01:23] 06. III. There is no rose [00:02:21] 07. IV. (a) That yongë child [00:01:53] 08. IV. (b) Balulalow (James, John and Robert Wedderburn) [00:01:38] 09. V. As dew in Aprille (Anon.) [00:00:58] 10. VI. This little babe (Robert Southwell) [00:01:25] 11. VII. Interlude (Andante pastorale) [00:03:34] 12. VIII. In freezing winter night (Robert Southwell) [00:04:11] 13. IX. Spring Carol (William Cornish) [00:01:12] 14. X. Deo gracias! (Anon.) [00:01:12] 15. XI. Recession [00:01:20] Missa Brevis in D, op.63 (1959) 16. I. Kyrie [00:01:34] 17. II. Gloria [00:02:50] 18. III. Sanctus [00:01:23] 19. IV. Benedictus [00:01:44] 20. V. Agnus Dei [00:02:33] 21.Festival Te Deum, op.32 (1944)[00:06:27] Rejoice in the Lamb, op.30 (1943) 22. 1. Rejoice in God, O ye Tongues [00:03:55] 23. 2. For I will consider my cat Jeoffrey [00:02:11] 24. 3. For the mouse is a creature of great personal valour [00:00:54] 25. 4. For the flowers are great blessings [00:02:01] 26. 5. For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour [00:02:25] 27. 6. For H is a spirit and therefore he is God [00:03:49] 28. 7. Hallelujah from the heart of God [00:01:12] 29.Te Deum, in C major (1934)[00:07:59] 30.Jubilate Deo, in C major (1961)[00:02:29]Richard Cross treble (01-03) James Clark, Julian Godlee trebles, Osian Ellis harp (04-15) Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony Sackville, Rory Phillips & James Clark trebles, Ian Hare organ (16-20) Simon Channing treble, James Lancelot organ (21) Simon Channing treble, James Bowman countertenor, Richard Morton tenor, Marcus Creed bass James Lancelot organ, David Corkhill percussion (22-28) Rory Phillips treble, James Lancelot organ (29) James Lancelot organ Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger (21-30) (Recording: 27.VII.1971 (1-3), 6, 7, 10.VII.1972 (4-20) & 18–20.III.1974 (21-30), Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge)
CD18 - A Hymn to the Virgin / Saint Nicolas / Hymn to St. Peter / A Hymn of St. Columba / Sacred and Profane (77:59)
01.A Hymn to the Virgin (1930)[00:03:31] Saint Nicolas, op.42 (1947-1948) 02. I. Introduction [00:05:52] 03. II. The Birth of Nicolas [00:02:37] 04. III. Nicolas devotes himself to God [00:04:50] 05. IV. He journeys to Palestine [00:07:49] 06. V. Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop [00:07:15] 07. VI. Nicolas from Prison [00:03:01] 08. VII. Nicolas and the Pickled Boys [00:06:41] 09. VIII. His Piety and Marvellous Works [00:05:24] 10. IX. The death of Nicolas [00:07:03] 11.Hymn to St Peter, op.56a (1955)[00:05:39] 12.A Hymn of St. Columba: Regis regum rectissimi (1962)[00:02:45] Sacred and Profane, op.91 (1974-1975) 13. 1. St. Godric's Hymn [00:01:55] 14. 2. I mon waxe wod [00:00:49] 15. 3. Lenten is come [00:02:29] 16. 4. The long night [00:01:33] 17. 5. Yif ic of luve can [00:02:31] 18. 6. Carol [00:01:26] 19. 7. Ye that pasen by [00:01:38] 20. 8. A death [00:03:01]01:Stephen Barton treble, Hugh Hudleston treble Warren Trevelyan-Jones tenor, Francis Pott bass Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
(Recorded: ???.I.1996, Winchester Cathedral) 02-10:Robert Tear tenor, Bruce Russell treble Andrew Davis & Ian Hare piano duet Cambridge Girls’ Choir
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner leader Sir David Willcocks
(Recording: 8-10.VII.1970, Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge) 11:Mark Emney, Peter Rowe trebles, Timothy Farrell organ Wandsworth School Choir, Russell Burgess
(Recording: 1968, Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London) 12:Mark Emney, Peter Rowe trebles Christopher Hughes, Timothy Farrell organ Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Wandsworth School Choir
Russell Burgess
(Recording: 16-19.XII.1968, Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London) 13-20:Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse
(Recording: 24-26.I.1992, St Giles in the Barbican, London)
CD19 - The Little Sweep / A Boy Was Born / A Shepherd's Carol (77:51)
The Little Sweep, op.45 (1949)
A Children’s Opera in three scenes
from 'Let’s Make an Opera: An Entertainment for Young People'
words by Eric Crozier Scene I: A January morning 01. 1. The Sweep's Song [00:01:51] 02. 2. Quartet [00:01:54] 03. 3. Duet [00:02:38] 04. 3a. Hide and Seek [00:01:20] 05. 4. Shanty [00:01:35] 06. 5. Ensemble [00:01:25] 07. 6. Marching Song [00:01:36] 08. 7. Trio [00:01:02] 09. 8. Aria [00:04:35] 10. 9. Sammy's Bath [00:02:44] Scene II: Later 11. 10. Ensemble [00:02:51] 12. 11. Pantomime [00:01:13] 13. 12. Scene [00:03:03] 14. 13. Finale [00:01:54] 15. 14. The Night Song [00:03:49] Scene III: The next morning 16. 15. Aria [00:02:55] 17. 16. Ensemble [00:01:59] 18. 17. Trio and Ensembe [00:03:06] 19. 18. Finale [00:02:37] A Boy was Born, op.3 (1932-1933)
(Choral variations for men’s, women’s and boys’ voices) 20. Theme: A Boy was Born [00:02:15] 21. Variation I. Lullay, Jesu [00:04:23] 22. Variation II. Herod [00:02:28] 23. Variation III. Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour [00:02:49] 24. Variation IV. The Three Kings [00:03:36] 25. Variation V. In the Bleak Mid-Winter [00:04:41] 26. Variation VI. Noël [00:09:09] 27.A Shepherd's Carol (1944)
(For unaccompanied chorus, words by W.H. Auden) [00:04:07]01-19: Black Bob (a brutal sweepmaster) - Robert Lloyd bass
Tom (the coachman from Woodbridge), Clem (his son and assistant) - Robert Tear tenor
Alfred (the gardener at Iken Hall), Sam (their new sweepboy, aged 8) - Sam Monck treble
Miss Baggott (the housekeeper at Iken Hall) - Heather Begg contralto
Juliet Brook (aged 14) - Catherine Benson soprano
Gay Brook (aged 13)} the children of Iken Hall - Cato Fordham soprano
Sophie Brook (aged 10) - Catherine Wearing soprano
Rowan (the nursery-maid to the Woodbridge cousins) - Mary Wells soprano
Jonny Crome (aged 15) - David Glick treble
Hugh Crome (aged 8) - Colin Huehns treble
Tina Crome (aged 8) - Katherine Willis soprano Finchley Children’s Music Group
Choral Scholars of King’s College, Cambridge
Medici String Quartet:
Paul Robertson, David Matthews violins Paul Silverthorne viola, Anthony Lewis cello John Constable & Francis Grier piano duet Tristan Fry percussion Sir Philip Ledger
(Recording: 16-18.XII.1977, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 20-26:London Sinfonietta Chorus
Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral, John Scott chorus master Terry Edwards 27:Sarah Leonard soprano, Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano Peter Hall tenor, Gordon Jones baritone London Sinfonietta Chorus, Terry Edwards
(Recording: X.1987 & IV.1988, St. Giles, Cripplegate, London)
CD20 - Noye's Fludde / AMDG / The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (77:32)
Noye's Fludde, op.59 (1957-1958) 01. 1. Lord Jesus, think on me [00:03:02] 02. 2. I God, that all this worlde hath wroughte [00:01:46] 03. 3. O, Lorde, I thanke thee lowde and still [00:02:44] 04. 4. Now in the name of God I will begyne [00:03:24] 05. 5. Wyffe, in this vessel we shall be kepte [00:00:51] 06. 6. Noye, Noye, take thou thy company [00:01:22] 07. 7. Sir! Heare are lions, leapardes, in [00:04:56] 08. 8. Wiffe, come in! why standest thou their? [00:04:57] 09. 9. It is good for to be still [00:03:36] 10. 10. Eternal Father, strong to save [00:04:29] 11. 11. Now forty dayes are fullie gone [00:05:13] 12. 12. Noye, take thy wife anone [00:02:53] 13. 13. Noye, heare I behette thee a heste [00:01:37] 14. 14. The spacious firmament on high [00:06:32] A.M.D.G. (‘Ad maiorem Dei gloriam’) (1939)
(words by Gerard Manley Hopkins) 15. Heaven-Haven [00:01:54] 16. O deus, ego amo te [00:02:05] 17. Rosa Mystica [00:04:06] 18. The Soldier [00:02:17] 19. Prayer II [00:04:36] 20. God's Grandeur [00:02:52] 21. Prayer I [00:02:10] 22.The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (1943)[00:09:57]01-14:The Voice of God - Richard Pasco
Noye - Donald Maxwell
Mrs Noye - Linda Ormiston
Sam - Alexander Gallifant
Ham - Timothy Lamb
Jaffett - Nicholas Berry
Mrs Sam - Catriona Johnson
Mrs Ham - Polly Hewetson
Mrs Jaffett - Joanna Brown
Animals and Birds - Schools from Salisbury and Chester Coull String Quartet:
Roger Coull, Philip Gallaway violins, David Curtis viola, John Todd cello; members of the Endymion Ensemble: John Whitfield recorder, Linda Houghton double bass Charles Fullbrook timpani; John Alley, Ian Watson piano duet, Alan Harwood organ Schools’ Orchestra from schools of Salisbury and Chester, Richard Hickox
(Recording: 16 & 17.IX.1989, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth) 15-21:London Sinfonietta Chorus, Terry Edwards
(Recording: X.1987 & IV.1988, St Giles, Cripplegate, London) 22:Baccholian Singers of London:
Rogers Covey-Crump, Ian Partridge, Ian Thompson, Paul Elliott tenors Ian Humphris, Stephen Varcoe baritone Michael George, Brian Etheridge bass (Recording: 18-20.VII.1976, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London)
CD21 - The Company of Heaven / Ballad of Heroes / Praise We Great Men (73:14)
The Company of Heaven (1937)
(Cantata for speakers, soprano solo, tenor solo, chorus, timpani, organ and strings)
(Words selected by R. Ellis Roberts) Part I: Before the Creation 01. 1. Chaos [00:06:58] 02. 2. The Morning Stars [00:02:41] Part II: Angels in Scripture 03. 1. Angels appear to Jacob, Elisha and Mary [00:05:24] 04. 2. Christ, the fair glory [00:03:52] 05. 3. War in Heaven [00:03:14] Part III: Angels in Common Life and at our Death 06. 1. Heaven is here [00:06:17] 07. 2. A thousand, thousand gleaming fires [00:04:14] 08. 3. Funeral March for a Boy [00:04:22] 09. 4. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High [00:04:05] 10. 5. There came out also at this time [00:03:16] 11. 6. Ye watchers and ye holy ones [00:05:15] Ballad of Heroes, op.14 (1939) 12. I. Funeral March (Randall Swingler) [00:05:39] 13. II. Scherzo (W.H. Auden) [00:04:23] 14. III. Recitative and Choral (Randall Swingler and W.H. Auden) [00:06:16] Praise We Great Men (1976, completed by Colin Matthews in 1977) 15. I. 'Praise we great men' [00:03:26] 16. II. 'Praise we the just' [00:02:22] 17. III. (Coda) [00:01:20]01-11:Peter Barkworth, Sheila Allen narrators Cathryn Pope soprano, Dan Dressen tenor Christopher Herrick organ London Philharmonic Choir, Richard Cooke chorus master English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Brunelle
(Recording: VI.1989; Henry Wood Hall, London) 12-17:Robert Tear tenor (12-14) Alison Hargan soprano, Mary King contralto Robert Tear tenor, Willard White bass CBSO Chorus, Simon Halsey chorus master City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 15-17.VII.1990, Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick)
CD22 - Les illuminations / Serenade for tenor, horn and strings / Now sleeps the crimson petal / Nocturne (75:49)
Les illuminations, op.18 (1939)
(for high voice and string orchestra)
(Poems by Arthur Rimbaud) 01. 1. Fanfare [00:02:05] 02. 2. Villes [00:02:30] 03. 3a. Phrase [00:01:07] 04. 3b. Antique ('To K.H.W.S.') [00:02:05] 05. 4. Royauté [00:01:40] 06. 5. Marine [00:00:59] 07. 6. Interlude ('To E.M.') [00:02:14] 08. 7. Being Beauteous ('To P.N.L.P.') [00:03:56] 09. 8. Parade [00:02:39] 10. 9. Départ [00:02:37] Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31 (1943) 11. Prologue [00:01:20] 12. 1. Pastoral (Cotton) [00:03:26] 13. 2. Nocturne (Tennyson) [00:03:29] 14. 3. Elegy (Blake) [00:04:10] 15. 4. Dirge (Anon.) [00:03:37] 16. 5. Hymn (Jonson) [00:02:03] 17. 6. Sonnet (Keats) [00:03:43] 18. Epilogue [00:01:30] 19.Now sleeps the crimson petal (Tennyson) (orch. Colin Matthews) (1943)[00:03:04] Nocturne for tenor, seven obligato instruments and string orchestra, op.60 (1958) 20. On a poet's lips I slept [00:03:30] 21. Below the thunders of the upper deep [00:03:29] 22. Encinctured with a twine of leaves [00:02:13] 23. Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting [00:02:24] 24. But that night when on my bed I lay [00:03:03] 25. She sleeps on soft, last breaths [00:04:38] 26. What is more gentle than a wind in summer [00:03:01] 27. When most I wink, then do my eyes best see [00:05:08]01-10:Heather Harper soprano Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner
(Recording: 18, 19 & 22.VI.1970, Old Banqueting Hall, Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne) 11-19:Neil Mackie tenor, Barry Tuckwell horn Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell leader Steuart Bedford
(Recording: 9 & 10.V.1988, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh) 20-27:Robert Tear tenor English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
(Recording: 24.XI.1987, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London)
CD23 - Quatre chansons françaises / Our Hunting Fathers / Folksong arrangements / Phaedra / Five French folksong arrangements (74:20)
Quatre chansons françaises (1928, edited by Colin Matthews 1982) 01. 1. Les Nuits de juin (Lento e molto rubato) (Victor Hugo) [00:02:50] 02. 2. Sagesse (Lento ma non troppo) (Paul Verlaine) [00:02:49] 03. 3. L'Enfance (Animato - Lento) (Victor Hugo) [00:04:30] 04. 4. Chansons d'automne (Moderato con molto moto ma sempre colla voce) (Paul Verlaine) [00:02:33] Our Hunting Fathers, op.8 (1936)
(Symphonic cycle for voice and orchestra) 05. Prologue [00:02:00] 06. 1. Rats Away (Anon.) [00:04:40] 07. 2. Messalina (Anon.) [00:06:55] 08. 3. Dance of Death (Thomas Ravenscroft) [00:06:29] 09. Epilogue and Funeral March [00:06:18] Folksong Arrangements (British Isles) 10. Little Sir William (1940) [00:02:32] 11. Come ye not from Newcastle? (1946) [00:01:25] 12. The Bonny Earl O'Moray (1940) [00:02:37] 13. Oliver Cromwell (1940) [00:00:48] Phaedra, op.93 (1975)
(Dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra) 14. In May, in brilliant Athens [00:06:32] 15. O Gods of wrath [00:03:14] 16. My time's too short, your highness [00:06:18] Folksong Arrangements (France) 17. La belle est au jardin d'amour (1942) [00:02:52] 18. Eho! Eho! (1942) [00:02:00] 19. Fileuse (1942) [00:01:56] 20. Quand j’etais chez mon père (1942) [00:02:00] 21. Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse (1942) [00:02:51]01-04:Jill Gomez soprano City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(Recording: 22 & 23.IV.1982, Cheltenham Town Hall) 05-13:Elisabeth Söderström soprano Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Armstrong
(Recording: 6 & 7.VI.1982, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea) 14-21:Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano Jane Salmon cello, Melvyn Tan harpsichord (14-16) Endymion Ensemble, Krysia Osostowicz leader John Whitfield
(Recording: 24 & 25.X,1986, St. John-at-Hackney, London)
CD24 - Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo / Holy Sonnets of John Donne / On This Island / Winter Words (73:41)
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op.22 (1940) 01. 1. Sì come nella penna (XVI) [00:02:03] 02. 2. A che più debb'io mai (XXXI) [00:01:20] 03. 3. Veggio co' bei vostri occhi (XXX) [00:03:11] 04. 4. Tu sa' ch'io so (LV) [00:01:46] 05. 5. Rendete a gli occhi miei (XXXVIII) [00:01:50] 06. 6. S'un casto amor (XXXII) [00:01:15] 07. 7. Spirito ben nato (XXIV) [00:04:51] Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op.35 (1935-1945) 08. 1. Oh my blacke soule [00:03:19] 09. 2. Batter my heart [00:01:13] 10. 3. O might those sighes and teares [00:03:04] 11. 4. Oh, to vex me [00:01:04] 12. 5. What if this present [00:02:57] 13. 6. Since she whom I loved [00:03:48] 14. 7. At the round earth's imagined corners [00:02:47] 15. 8. Thou hast made me [00:01:24] 16. 9. Death, be not proud [00:04:15] On This Island, op.11 (1937) 17. 1. Let the florid music praise! [00:03:08] 18. 2. Now the leaves are falling fast [00:01:58] 19. 3. Seascape [00:01:58] 20. 4. Nocturne [00:03:59] 21. 5. As it is; plenty [00:01:29] Winter Words, op.52 (1953) 22. 1. At day-close in November [00:01:34] 23. 2. Midnight on the Great Western (or the Journeying Boy) [00:04:45] 24. 3. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire) [00:01:53] 25. 4. The Little Old Table [00:01:21] 26. 5. The Choirmaster's Burial (or The Tenor Man's Story) [00:03:57] 27. 6. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales) [00:01:07] 28. 7. At the Railway Station, Upway (or The Convict and Boy with the Violin) [00:03:06] 29. 8. Before Life and After [00:03:03]01-07:Peter Pears tenor, Benjamin Britten piano (Recording: 20.XI.1942, No.3, Abbey Road Studios, London) 08-16:Peter Pears tenor, Benjamin Britten piano (Recording: 29.VIII & 12.XII.1947, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 17-21:Robert Tear tenor, Sir Philip Ledger piano (Recorded: 6.II.1973, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 22-29:Robert Tear tenor, Sir Philip Ledger piano (Recording: 14.I.1973, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London)
CD25 - The Five Canticles / Folksong arrangements (75:00)
The Five Canticles 01. 1. My Beloved is Mine, op.40 (1947) [00:07:53] 02. 2. Abraham and Isaac, op.51 (1952) [00:17:04] 03. 3. Still Falls the Rain, op.55 (1954) [00:11:42] 04. 4. Journey of the Magi, op.86 (1971) [00:12:16] 05. 5. The Death of Saint Narcissus, op.89 (1971) [00:07:49] Folksong Arrangements (British Isles) 06. The Plough Boy (a tune by William Shield) (1945) [00:01:50] 07. The Salley Gardens (Irish tune) (1940) [00:02:41] 08. The foggy, foggy dew (1942) [00:02:40] 09. There's none to soothe (Scottish) (1945) [00:01:48] 10. O Waly, Waly (from Somerset) (1946) [00:03:54] 11. The Ash Grove (Welsh tune) (1941) [00:03:00] 12.Greensleeves (folksong arrangement for voice and piano) (1940-1941)[00:02:17]Ian Bostridge tenor, David Daniels countertenor Christopher Maltman baritone, Timothy Brown horn Aline Brewer harp, Julius Drake piano (Recording: 11-17.IX.2001, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead, London)
CD26 - Songs / Folksong arrangements / Folk songs (70:55)
Two Songs by Thomas Hardy 01. 1. The Childrfen and Sir Nameless (1953) [00:02:51] 02. 2. If it's ever spring again (1953) [00:03:06] Beware!: Three Early Songs 03. 1. Beware (Longfellow, from the German) (1922) [00:01:02] 04. 2. O that I had ne'er been married (Burns) (1922) [00:01:23] 05. 3. Epitaph: The Clerk (Asquith) (1926) [00:00:52] 06.Not even summer yet (Burns) (1937)[00:02:05] Two songs by W.H. Auden (1937) 07. To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed [00:02:33] 08. Night covers up the rigid land [00:02:44] 09.The Oxen (1967)[00:03:10] Three Rhymes by William Soutar (1969) 10. Dawlie's Devotion [00:00:48] 11. Tradition [00:00:56] 12. The Gully [00:00:56] Tit for Tat (1928-1931, 1968) 13. 1. A Song Echantment [00:02:29] 14. 3. Silver [00:01:53] 15. 5. Tit for Tat [00:02:18] Two Ballads for voices and piano (1936) 16. 1. Mother Comfort (Montagu Slater) [00:03:41] 17. 2. Underneath the abject willow (W.H. Auden) [00:02:10]Folksong Arrangements (British Isles) 18. Sweet Polly Oliver (Old English tune) (1945) [00:01:55] (Moore’s Irish Melodies) 19. The Minstrel Boy (The Morreen) (1957) [00:02:28] (British Isles) 20. The Brisk Young Widow (Traditional) (1954) [00:02:14] 21. Ca' the Yowes (Robert Burns) (1951) [00:03:53] 22. The Lincolnshire Poacher (Traditional) (1959) [00:01:58] 23. O can ye sew cushions? (Scottish tune) (1940) [00:02:23] 24. The trees they grow so high (Somerset folksong) (1942) [00:03:17] 25. Early one morning (Traditional) (1957) [00:03:31] (Moore’s Irish Melodies) 26. How sweet the answer (The Wren) (1957) [00:02:12] (France) 27. Voici le printemps (Anon.) (1942) [00:02:00] (Moore’s Irish Melodies) 28. The last rose of summer (Groves of Blarney) (1957) [00:04:31] 29. Dear Harp of my Country (Kate Tyrrel) (1957) [00:02:32] 30. Oft in the stilly night (1957) [00:02:48]01-12:Neil Mackie tenor, Roger Vignoles piano (Recording: 27.V & 18.VII.1986, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 13-15:Jonathan Lemalu bass baritone, Malcolm Martineau piano (Recording: 16 & 17, 19 & 20.V.2005, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London) 16-17:Felicity Lott soprano, Ann Murray mezzo-soprano Graham Johnson piano (Recording: 20-22.VI.1991, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 18-24:Robert Tear tenor, Sir Philip Ledger piano (Recording: 22 & 23.IV.1974, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 25-30:Sarah Brightman soprano, Geoffrey Parsons piano (Recording: 2-4.VIII & 14.XI.1986, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London)
Realisatiions of music by Henry Purcell 01. The Queen's Epicedium, Z383 (1944) [00:07:54] from 'Orpheus Britannicus' (1946) 02. Sound the trumpet, Z327-22 [00:02:27] from 'The Indian Queen' (1947) 03. I attempt from love's sickness to fly, Z630-17h [00:02:46] 04.Lost is my quiet for ever, Z502 (1945)[00:03:20] from 'King Arthur' (1945) 05. Fairest Isle, Z628-38 [00:02:10] 06.What can we poor females do?, Z518 (1945)[00:01:18] from 'A Fool’s Preferment' (1943) 07. I'll sail upon the Dog-star, Z571-6 [00:01:15] 08.The knotting song, Z371 (1939)[00:03:02] 09.Man is for the woman made, Z605 (1945)[00:01:07] from 'Orpheus Britannicus' (1946) 10. Let sullen discord smile, Z321-6 [00:02:06] 11. Why should men quarrel?, Z630-4D [00:01:31] 12. So when the glittering Queen of Night, Z333-11 [00:04:07] 13. Thou tun'st this world, Z382-6 [00:02:10] 14. 'Tis holiday - Sound fame thy brazen trumpet, Z327-22 [00:02:47] 15.Die forelle (arrangement of Schubert’s song, D550) for voice and orchestra (1942)[00:02:00] 16.Frühlingsnacht (arrangement of Schumann’s song, Op.39 no.12) for voice and orchestra (1942)[00:01:13]01:Peter Pears tenor, Benjamin Britten piano (Recording: 30.VIII.1947, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 02-06:Felicity Lott soprano (05), Ann Murray mezzo-soprano (03) Graham Johnson piano (Recording: 20–22.VI.1991, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 07-09:Neil Mackie tenor, Roger Vignoles piano (Recording: 27.V & 18.VII.1986, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 10-16:Neil Mackie tenor Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Tunnell leader Steuart Bedford
(Recording: 9 & 10.V.1988, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh)
CD28-CD37
CD28 - Paul Bunyan (prologue, act I) (64:14)
Paul Bunyan, op.17 (1939-1941)
An operetta in two acts and a prologue
Libretto by W.H. Auden Prologue 01. Introduction [00:01:12] 02. Since the birth of the earth [00:03:34] 03. No. No. We do not want life to be slow [00:00:44] 04. Ooh! Ooh! O how terrible to be as old fashioned as a tree [00:01:46] 05. You are all to leave here [00:02:34] 06. It isn't very often the conservatives are wrong [00:03:10] 07. 1st ballad interlude: The cold wind blew through the crooked thorn [00:02:56] Act I, scene 1: A clearing in the forest 08. Bunyan's greeting [00:02:49] 09. Call of Lumberjacks [00:00:32] 10. Lumberjacks chorus: My birthplace was in Sweden [00:01:57] 11. Bunyan's welcome [00:00:21] 12. Quartet of Swedes: Swedish born and Swedish bred [00:01:17] 13. Western Union Boy's song: A telegram from oversea [00:01:37] 14. Cook's duet: Sam for soups, Ben for beans [00:03:35] 15. Animal trio: Ah! Miaou! The single creature lives a partial life [00:01:43] 16. Bunyan's goodnight (I) [00:00:33] 17. Exit of Lumberjacks: Down the line, Timberrr [00:00:46] 18. The Blues: Gold in the North came the blizzard to say [00:04:24] 19. Bunyan's goodnight (II) [00:00:53] 20. 2nd ballad interlude: The Spring came and the Summer and Fall [00:03:30] Act I, scene 2: The camp 21. Food chorus: Do I look the sort of fellow [00:04:02] 22. Chorus accusation: There now look what you have done [00:00:40] 23. Slim's song: In fair days and in foul, I come from open spaces [00:03:08] 24. Bunyan's return: Look, the Chief is back [00:01:03] 25. Inkslinger's song: It was out in the sticks [00:04:50] 26. Entrance of chorus [00:00:47] 27. Tiny's entrance [00:01:28] 28. Tiny's song: Ah! Whether the sun shine upon children playing [00:04:05] 29. Inkslinger's regret: All the little brooks of love [00:01:59] 30. Bunyan's goodnight (III) [00:02:04]
CD29 - Paul Bunyan (act II, appendix) (66:29)
Paul Bunyan, op.17 (1939-1941) Act II, scene 1: A clearing in the forest 01. Bunyan's good morning [00:03:14] 02. Shears’ Song: It has always been my dream [00:00:46] 03. Bunyan's warning [00:00:26] 04. Farmers’ Song: The shanty-boy invades the wood [00:02:11] 05. Farmers' exit [00:01:14] 06. The Mocking of Hel Helson: Heron, heron winging by [00:06:13] 07. Fido’s Sympathy: Won’t you tell me what’s the matter [00:00:43] 08. Cats’ Creed: Let Man the romantic in vision espy [00:01:48] 09. The Fight: What is it? What’s happening? [00:01:27] 10. Love Duet: Move, move from the trysting stone [00:02:28] 11. Mock Funeral March: Take away the body and lay it on the ice [00:04:45] 12. Hymn: O great day of discovery [00:03:05] 13. 3rd Ballad Interlude: So Helson smiled and Bunyan smiled [00:02:06] Act II, scene 2: The Christmas party 14. Rah! Another slice of turkey [00:01:55] 15. Dear friends, with your leave [00:01:02] 16. Carry her over the water [00:01:21] 17. Where we are is not very far [00:02:14] 18. A telegram from Hollywood [00:01:28] 19. We always knew that one day you [00:01:36] 20. Bunyan's farewell [00:02:13] 21. Litany: The campfire embers are black and cold [00:06:11] Appendix 22. Ouverture [00:05:08] 23. Inkslinger's Love Song [00:03:44] 24. Lullaby of Dream Shadows [00:09:00]Narrator - Pop Wagner (ballad singer)
The Voice of Paul Bunyan - James Lawless (spoken part)
Johnny Inkslinger (book-keeper) - Dan Dressen (tenor)
Tiny (daughter of Paul Bunyan) - Elisabeth Comeaux Nelson (soprano)
Hot Biscuit Slim (a good cook) - Clifton Ware (tenor)
Sam Sharkey - Vern Sutton (tenor)
Ben Benny - Merle Fristad (bass)
Hel Helson (foreman) - James Bohn (baritone)
Andy Anderson - Phil Jorgenson (tenor)
Pete Peterson - Tim Dahl (tenor)
Jen Jenson - Thomas Shaffer (bass)
Cross Crosshaulson - Lawrence Weller (bass)
John Shears (a farmer) - James McKeel (baritone)
Western Union Boy - James Westbrock (tenor)
Fido (a dog) - Maria Jette (high soprano)
Moppet - Sue Herber (mezzo-soprano)
Poppet - Janis Hardy (mezzo-soprano)
Four Cronies of Hel Helson - Richard Allison, Benjamin Allen, Stanford Felix, Jay Ramos (baritones)
Quartet of the Defeated (alto, tenor, baritone, bass)
Chorus of Old Trees (sopranos, altos, tenors, basses)
Four Young Trees (two sopranos, two tenors)
Three Wild Geese (soprano, two mezzo-sopranos)
Heron, Moon, Wind, Beetle, Squirrel (spoken parts) Chorus of Lumberjacks, Farmers and Frontier Women
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series
Philip Brunelle
(Recorded: 5 & 7.V.1987, Ordway Music Theatre, St Paul, Minnesota)
CD30 - Peter Grimes (prologue, act I-II) (72:06)
Peter Grimes, op.33 (1944-1945)
Libretto by Montagu Slater after the poem of George Crabbe Prologue 01. 1. Peter Grimes! [00:01:36] 02. 2. You sailed your boat round the coast [00:03:26] 03. 3. Peter Grimes, I here advise you! [00:02:13] 04. 4. The truth - the pity [00:01:57] 05. Interlude I: Dawn [00:03:19] Act I, scene 1 06. 1. Oh hang at open doors the net [00:05:01] 07. 2. Hi! Give us a hand! [00:03:33] 08. 3. I have to go from pub to pub [00:01:57] 09. 4. Let her among you without fault cast the first stone [00:02:56] 10. 5. Look! The storm cone! [00:02:42] 11. 6. And do you prefer the storm [00:03:52] 12. 7. They listen to money [00:01:29] 13. 8. What harbour shelters peace [00:01:06] 14. Interlude II: Storm [00:04:20] Act I, scene 2 15. 1. Past time to close! [00:04:39] 16. 2. Come on, boy! [00:02:12] 17. 3. Have you heard the cliff is down [00:01:37] 18. 4. Now the Great Bear and Pleiades [00:03:42] 19. 5. Old Joe has gone fishing [00:02:18] 20. 6. The bridge is down [00:01:45] 21. Interlude III: Sunday Morning [00:02:28] Act II, scene 1 (beginning) 22. 1. Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight [00:05:34] 23. 2. Child you're not too young to know [00:03:28] 24. 3. This unrelenting work [00:04:42]
CD31 - Peter Grimes (act II-III) (72:36)
Peter Grimes, op.33 (1944-1945) Act II, scene 1 (conclusion) 01. 4. Fool to let it come to this! [00:03:20] 02. 5. People:... No! I will speak! [00:02:01] 03. 6. We planned that their lives should have a new start [00:03:04] 04. 7. Now is gossip put on trial [00:02:21] 05. 8. From the gutter [00:05:03] 06. Interlude IV: Passacaglia [00:05:20] Act II, scene 2 07. 1. Go there! [00:03:14] 08. 2. in dreams I've built myself some kindlier home [00:03:57] 09. 3. Now!... Now! [00:02:09] 10. 4. Peter Grimes! Nobody here? [00:03:17] 11. Interlude V: Moonlight [00:04:21] Act III, scene 1 12. 1. Assign your prettiness to me [00:02:57] 13. 2. Mr Keene! [00:02:45] 14. 3. Come along, Doctor [00:02:50] 15. 4. Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness [00:05:07] 16. 5. Mr Swallow, Mr Swallow [00:01:59] 17. 6. Who holds himself apart, let his pride rise [00:03:44] 18. Interlude VI [00:02:34] Act III, scene 2 19. 1. Grimes! [00:05:10] 20. 2. Peter, we've come to take you home [00:02:47] 21. 3. To those who pass the Borough [00:04:28]Anthony Rolfe Johnson - Peter Grimes Felicity Lott - Ellen Orford Thomas Allen - Captain Balstrode Patricia Payne - Auntie Maria Bovino - Niece 1 Gillian Webster - Niece 2 Stuart Kale - Bob Boles Stafford Dean - Swallow Sarah Walker - Mrs Sedley Neil Jenkins - Rev. Horace Adams Simon Keenlyside - Ned Keene David Wilson-Johnson - Hobson Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Terry Edwards chorus master Bernard Haitink
(Recording: VI.1992, Watford Town Hall)
CD32 - The Turn Of The Screw (prologue, act I) (52:26)
The Turn of the Screw, op.54 (1954)
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the story by Henry James 01. Prologue [00:03:27] Act I 02. 1. Theme [00:01:04] 03. 2. Scene 1: The Journey [00:02:12] 04. 3. Variation I [00:00:36] 05. 4. Scene 2: The Welcome [00:03:42] 06. 5. Variation II [00:00:38] 07. 6. Scene 3: The Letter [00:02:58] 08. 7. Variation III [00:01:45] 09. 8. Scene 4: The Tower [00:03:41] 10. 9. Variation IV [00:00:24] 11. 10. Scene 5: The Window [00:09:07] 12. 11. Variation V [00:01:00] 13. 12. Scene 6: The Lesson [00:04:02] 14. 13. Variation VI [00:01:20] 15. 14. Scene 7: The Lake [00:05:11] 16. 15. Variation VII [00:01:25] 17. 16. Scene 8: At Night [00:09:44]
CD33 - The Turn Of The Screw (act II) (54:24)
The Turn of the Screw, op.54 (1954) Act II 01. 1. Variation VIII [00:04:44] 02. 2. Scene 1: Colloquy and Soliloquy [00:04:21] 03. 3. Variation IX [00:00:55] 04. 4. Scene 2: The Bells [00:07:31] 05. 5. Variation X [00:00:31] 06. 6. Scene 3: Miss Jessel [00:06:00] 07. 7. Variation XI [00:01:26] 08. 8. Scene 4: The Bedroom [00:05:02] 09. 9. Variation XII [00:01:22] 10. 10. Scene 5: Quint [00:00:54] 11. 11. Variation XIII [00:01:07] 12. 12. Scene 6: The Piano [00:03:14] 13. 13. Variation XIV [00:00:36] 14. 14. Scene 7: Flora [00:03:48] 15. 15. Variation XV [00:01:34] 16. 16. Scene 8: Miles [00:11:10]Ian Bostridge - The Prologue/Peter Quint Joan Rodgers - The Governess Julian Leang - Miles Caroline Wise - Flora Jane Henschel - Mrs Grose Vivian Tierney - Miss Jessel Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
(Recording: 17-19.I.2002, Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk)
CD34 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (act I-II) (77:13)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op.64 (1960)
Libretto from the play by William Shakespeare
adapted by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears Act I 01. 1. Introduction. The wood, deepening twilight. Over hill, over dale [00:04:12] 02. 2. Oberon is passing fell and wrath [00:03:04] 03. 3. Well, go thy way [00:03:44] 04. 4. How now my love? [00:04:29] 05. 5. Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull [00:03:41] 06. 6. Welcome wanderer!... I know a bank [00:05:04] 07. 7. Is all our company here [00:07:37] 08. 8. Fair love, you faint with wand'ring in the wood [00:02:43] 09. 9. Through the forest have I gone [00:01:39] 10. 10. Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius [00:05:08] 11. 11. Come now a roundel and a fairy song [00:02:04] 12. 12. You spotted snakes with double tongue [00:02:19] 13. 13. What thou seest when thou dost wake [00:02:11] Act II (beginning) 14. 1. Introduction. The wood [00:03:27] 15. 2. Are we all met? [00:07:23] 16. 3. I see their knavery [00:03:14] 17. 4. Be kind and courteous to this gentleman [00:01:16] 18. 5. Hail, mortal, hail! [00:05:36] 19. 6. I have a reas'nable good ear in music [00:05:21] 20. 7. How now, mad spirit? [00:02:50]
CD35 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (act II-III) (77:11)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op.64 (1960) Act II (conclusion) 01. 8. Flower of this purple dye [00:06:47] 02. 9. Puppet? Why, so? [00:03:41] 03. 10. This is thy negligence [00:01:48] 04. 11. Up and down, up and down [00:06:51] 05. 12. On the ground, sleep sound [00:03:29] Act III 06. 1.Introduction: The wood early next morning: My gentle Robin, see'st thou this sweet sight [00:08:07] 07. 2. Helena! Hermia! Demetrius! Lysander! [00:07:10] 08. 3. When my cue comes, call me [00:04:26] 09. 4. Have you sent to Bottom's house - Change of Scene: Theseus' palace [00:05:13] 10. 5. Now, fair Hippolyta [00:05:20] 11. 6. If we offend, it is with our good will [00:01:23] 12. 7. Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show [00:01:28] 13. 8. In this same interlude it dith befall [00:01:11] 14. 9. O grim-look'd night, O night with hue so black [00:01:57] 15. 10. O wall, full often hast thou heard my moans [00:02:47] 16. 11. You ladies, you whose gentle hearts do fear [00:00:50] 17. 12. This lanthon doth the horned moon present [00:01:56] 18. 13. Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams [00:01:59] 19. 14. Asleep, my love? [00:02:48] 20. 15. Come, your Bergomask [00:02:58] 21. 16. Now the hungry lion roars [00:04:52]James Bowman - Oberon Lillian Watson - Tytania Dexter Fletcher - Puck John Graham-Hall - Lysander Henry Herford - Demetrius Della Jones - Hermia Jill Gomez - Helena Norman Bailey - Theseus Penelope Walker - Hippolyta Rustics:
Donald Maxwell - Bottom Roger Bryson - Quince Adrian Thompson - Flute Andrew Gallacher - Snug Robert Horn - Snout Richard Suart - Starveling Fairies:
Simon Hart - Cobweb Gregory Pierre - Peaseblossom Andrew Mead - Mustardseed Nicholas Watson - Moth Trinity Boys’ Choir, David Squibb director City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
(Recording: XI.1990, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London)
CD36 - The Rape Of Lucretia (abridged version) (73:55)
The Rape of Lucretia, op.37 (1946)
(An opera in two acts)
Libretto by Ronald Duncan after André Obey’s play 'Le Viol de Lucrèce'
abridged recording of the revised version (1947) Act I, scene 1 01. 1. Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart [00:02:22] 02. 2. It is an axiom among kings [00:02:25] 03. 3. Here the thirsty evening [00:04:25] 04. 4. Lucretia! Lucretia! [00:03:54] 05. 5. With you two arm in arm again [00:04:33] 06. 6. Interlude: Tarquinius does not wait [00:02:46] Act I, scene 2 07. 1. Their spinning wheel unwinds [00:05:27] 08. 2. It is better to desire [00:04:47] 09. 3. The oatmeal slippers of sleep [00:01:43] 10. 4. None of the women move [00:05:33] Act II, scene 1 11. 1. She sleeps as a rose [00:04:25] 12. 2. Lucretia - What do you want [00:03:08] 13. 3. Go, Tarquinius [00:02:16] 14. 4. Interlude- Here in this scene you [00:03:52] Act II, scene 2 15. 1. Oh! What a lovely day [00:04:28] 16. 2. How hideous! Take them away! [00:01:23] 17. 3. Flowers brings to every year [00:03:17] 18. 4. Too late, Junius [00:03:59] 19. 5. This dead hand lets fall [00:04:21] 20. 6. Is all this suffering and pain [00:04:40]Male Chorus - Peter Pears tenor
Female Chorus - Joan Cross soprano
Collatinus, a Roman General - Norman Lumsden bass
Junius, a Roman General - Denis Dowling baritone
Prince Tarquinius, son of the Etruscan tyrant, Tarquinius Superbus - Frederick Sharp baritone
Lucretia, wife of Collatinus - Nancy Evans contralto
Bianca, Lucretia’s nurse - Flora Nielsen mezzo-soprano
Lucia, Lucretia’s maid - Margaret Ritchie soprano Reginald Goodall piano English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra:
Jack Kessler, David Wolfsthal violins, Bernard Davis viola, George Roth cello Robert Meyer double bass, Enid Simon harp John Francis flute, piccolo, bass flute John Wolfe oboe, cor anglais Stephen Waters clarinet, bass clarinet Edward Wilson bassoon David Burditt horn, Herbert Wilson percussion Reginald Goodall
(Recording: 16-19.VII. & 19.X.1947, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London)
CD37 - Scenes from Peter Grimes / Folksong arrangements (51:21)
Scenes from Peter Grimes (1948) 01. Act I, scene 1: Whatever you say Let her among you without fault [00:03:01] 02. Act I, scene 2: Now the Great Bear and Pleiades [00:03:22] 03. Interlude III: Sunday Morning [00:02:20] 04. Act II, scene 1: Glitter of waves [00:03:49] 05. Act II, scene 1: Wherefore, I pray and beseech you [00:03:30] 06. Act II, scene 1: O all ye works of the Lord [00:05:50] 07. Act II, scene 2: In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home [00:04:31] 08. Act III, scene 1: Embroidery in childhood [00:04:15] 09. Interlude VI [00:02:29] 10. Act III, scene 2: Grimes!...Steady. There you are [00:06:10] Folksong Arrangements 11. The Plough Boy (Tune by W. Shield) (1947) [00:02:05] 12. Come you not from Newcastle? (Hullah's Song-Book: English) (1947) [00:01:16] 13. The Foggy, Foggy Dew (from Suffolk) (1947) [00:02:42] 14. The King is gone a-hunting (from France) (1950) [00:02:18] 15. O Waly, Waly (from Somerset) (1950) [00:03:36]01-10:Peter Grimes, a fisherman - Peter Pears tenor
Ellen Orford, a widow, schoolmistress of the Borough - Joan Cross soprano
Rev. Horace Adams, the rector - Tom Culbert tenor Herbert Dawson organ BBC Theatre Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Alan Melville & John Clements chorus masters Reginald Goodall
(Recording: 12, 14, 16 & 17.VII.1948, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London) 11-15:Peter Pears tenor, Benjamin Britten piano (Recording: 11-13: 27.VIII.1947, 14: 29.IX.1950, 15: 15.XI.1950, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London)
