| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Decca: 478 2409--478 2414 (labels) |
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Previously released material |
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"ADD = analogue to digital remaster"--Container |
| Performer |
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 |
| Event |
Recorded in various locations between 1944 and 1976 |
| Notes |
Sung in German, Italian, French, Latin, and English |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (High voice) with chamber orchestra.
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Songs (High voice) with lute.
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Song cycles.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Oratorios -- Excerpts
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Masses -- Excerpts
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Passion music -- Excerpts
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Masses -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Oratorios -- Excerpts.
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Song cycles.
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Songs (High voice) with chamber orchestra.
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Songs (High voice) with lute.
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
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Brain, Dennis, 1921-1957
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Bream, Julian
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Ellis, Osian
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Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994.
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English Chamber Orchestra
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London Symphony Orchestra
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London Sinfonietta
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