Britten conducts Britten: Opera Vol.2

Benjamin Britten

• Released on 01/01/1993 by Decca Music Group Ltd.
• Main artists: Benjamin Britten
• Genre: Classical

A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 (Benjamin Britten)

1 "Over Hill, Over Dale"

Richard Dakin 00:04:04

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

2 "Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"

Alfred Deller 00:03:06

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

3 "Well, Go Thy Way"

Alfred Deller 00:03:24

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

4 "How Now My Love?"

Peter Pears 00:04:32

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

5 "Be It On Lion, Bear, Or Wolf, Or Bull"

Alfred Deller 00:03:40

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

6 "Welcome Wanderer!"

Alfred Deller 00:04:30

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

7 "Is All Our Company Here?"

Norman Lumsden 00:07:36

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

8 "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring In the Wood"

Peter Pears 00:02:41

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

9 "Through the Forest Have I Gone"

Stephen Terry 00:01:45

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

10 "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"

Peter Pears 00:05:14

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

11 "Come, Now A Roundel and A Fairy Song"

Elizabeth Harwood 00:01:58

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

12 "You Spotted Snakes With Double Tongue"

Richard Dakin 00:02:14

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

13 "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"

Alfred Deller 00:01:46

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 (Benjamin Britten)

14 Introduction: The wood

00:03:19

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

15 "Are We All Met?"

Owen Brannigan 00:07:36

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

16 "I See Their Knavery"

Owen Brannigan 00:03:05

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

17 "Be Kind and Courteous To This Gentleman"

Elizabeth Harwood 00:01:16

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

18 "Hail, Mortal, Hail!"

Richard Dakin 00:05:14

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

19 "I Have A Reas'nable Good Ear In Music"

Owen Brannigan 00:03:39

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

20 "How Now, Mad Spirit?"

Alfred Deller 00:03:05

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

DISC 2

1 "Flower Of This Purple Dye"

Peter Pears 00:06:32

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

2 "Puppet? Why So?"

Peter Pears 00:03:05

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

3 "This Is Thy Negligence"

Alfred Deller 00:02:09

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

4 "Up and down, Up and Down"

Peter Pears 00:06:02

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

5 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2: "On The Ground, Sleep Sound"

00:03:04

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir, Choir, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Choir of Downside School, Purley, Choir, MainArtist - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1966 Decca Music Group Limited

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 (Benjamin Britten)

6 "My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"

Alfred Deller 00:07:12

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

7 "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"

Peter Pears 00:04:46

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act III (Benjamin Britten)

8 When My Cue Comes, Call Me

Owen Brannigan 00:03:37

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 (Benjamin Britten)

9 "Have You Sent To Bottom's House?"

Norman Lumsden 00:03:09

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

10 "Now, Fair Hippolyta"

Peter Pears 00:07:24

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

11 "If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will"

Peter Pears 00:01:20

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

12 "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"

Norman Lumsden 00:01:16

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Lumsden, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

13 "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"

Peter Pears 00:01:10

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

14 "O Grim-Look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"

Owen Brannigan 00:01:51

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

15 "O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"

Kenneth McDonald 00:02:30

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

16 "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"

David Kelly 00:00:46

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

17 "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"

Peter Pears 00:01:50

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Kelly, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josephine Veasey, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Raggett, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

18 "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee For Thy Sunny Beams"

Owen Brannigan 00:01:52

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Author - Thomas Hemsley, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

19 "Asleep, My Love?"

Peter Pears 00:02:31

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Brannigan, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenneth McDonald, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

20 "Come, Your Bergomask"

John Shirley-Quirk 00:02:46

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

21 "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"

Richard Dakin 00:05:03

JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Mordler, Producer, Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Harwood, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Author, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Author - Alfred Deller, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephen Terry, Voice, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Clark, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Dakin, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Pryor, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Wodehouse, Treble, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

DISC 3

Phaedra, Op. 93 (Benjamin Britten)

1 In May, In Brilliant Athens

(Dame) Janet Baker 00:06:37

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janet Baker, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steuart Bedford, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1977 Decca Music Group Limited

2 Oh Gods Of Wrath

(Dame) Janet Baker 00:02:50

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janet Baker, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steuart Bedford, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1977 Decca Music Group Limited

3 My Time's Too Short, Your Highness

(Dame) Janet Baker 00:05:55

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - John Dunkerley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janet Baker, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steuart Bedford, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Racine, transl. Robert Lowell, Author - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1977 Decca Music Group Limited

The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 (Benjamin Britten)

4 "Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart"

Peter Pears 00:02:38

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Duncan, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Assistant Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited

5 "It Is An Axiom Among Kings"

Peter Pears 00:02:33

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heather Harper, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Duncan, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Assistant Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited

6 "Here the Thirsty Evening"

Peter Pears 00:02:53

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Peter Pears, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Duncan, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Assistant Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited

7 "Who Reaches Heaven First"

Peter Pears 00:02:32

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Luxon, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Drake, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Duncan, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Assistant Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited

8 "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"

Peter Pears 00:04:13

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Luxon, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Drake, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Duncan, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Assistant Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited

9 "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"

Peter Pears 00:04:29

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Luxon, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Pears, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Drake, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ronald Duncan, Author - James Lock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer, Assistant Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer

℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited

About the album

• 10 disc(s) - 173 track(s)
• Total length: 11:04:16

• Main artists: Benjamin Britten
• Composer: Benjamin Britten
• Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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