Britten the Performer

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1Shepherd's Hey
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
Shepherd’s Hey (Morris dance tune)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger2:19
2Willow Willow
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
Old-English Popular Music: No. 1. Willow, Willow (for voice, strings and guitar or harp)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (from 1910 until 1911)
arranger:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1912)
arrangement of:
Old-English Popular Music: No. 1. Willow, Willow (for voice and piano)
Percy Grainger4:05
3I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger3:00
4Bold William Taylor
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
Bold William Taylor
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger3:40
5There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger2:02
6My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (in 1912)
Percy Grainger5:40
7Lord Maxwell's Goodnight
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
Lord Maxwell’s Goodnight (for orchestra)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger3:31
8The Duke of Marlborough - Fanfare
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger2:20
9Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) and Viola Tunnard (pianist)
recording of:
Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger3:06
10Scotch Strathspey and Reel
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
Scotch Strathspey and Reel
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (from 1901 until 1902)
Percy Grainger7:56
11The Pretty Maid Milkin' Her Cow... The Sprig O' Thyme
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
The Pretty Maid Milkin' Her Cow
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger4:04
12Lisbon
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
Lincolnshire Posy: I. Lisbon (Sailor's Song)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (in 1937)
part of:
Lincolnshire Posy
Percy Grainger1:27
13The Lost Lady Found
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
The Lost Lady Found
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961)
Percy Grainger2:56
14Shallow Brown
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
recording of:
Shallow Brown
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (from 1910-08 until 1910-12-17)
is based on:
Shallow Brown
Percy Grainger5:35
15Sweeter Than Roses (ed. Britten)
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
countertenor vocals:
James Bowman (UK countertenor)
recording of:
Six Songs: Sweeter than roses
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
arrangement of:
Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country, Z. 585: I. "Sweeter than roses"
Henry Purcell3:26
16Sailor's Song, Hob. XXVIa:31 (1794/95)
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
recording of:
Sailor's Song, Hob. XXVIa:31
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXVIa:31)
Joseph Haydn2:11
17The Wanderer
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
recording of:
The Wanderer, Hob. XXVIa:32
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXVIa:32)
Joseph Haydn4:22
18Sympathy, Hob. XXVIa:33
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
recording of:
Sympathy, Hob. XXVIa:33
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXVIa:33)
Joseph Haydn2:48
19She Never Told her Love, Hob. XXVIa:34 (1794/95)
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
recording of:
She Never Told Her Love, Hob. XXVIa:34
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXVIa:34)
Joseph Haydn3:50
20Piercing Eyes, Hob. XXVIa:35
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
recording of:
Piercing Eyes, Hob. XXVIa:35
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXVIa:35)
Joseph Haydn1:34
21Content, Hob. XXVIa:36
piano:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
tenor vocals:
Peter Pears (tenor)
recording of:
Content, Hob. XXVIa:36
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXVIa:36)
Joseph Haydn4:49
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includes:Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata / Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston / Debussy: Cello Sonata by Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Schumann (Robert Schumann, German classical composer), Debussy (French composer); Rostropovich (Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist/conductor), Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)