Britten Conducts Britten: Operas I: Albert Herring · Billy Budd · Owen Wingrave · Peter Grimes

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Albert Herring, op. 39
2▶CD: Albert Herring, op. 39
3▶CD: Owen Wingrave, op. 85
4▼CD: Owen Wingrave, op. 85
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1Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. There was a boy, a Wingrave born
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
baritone vocals [Owen Wingrave]:
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) (in 1970-11)
bass-baritone vocals [Spencer Coyle]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (in 1970-11)
choir vocals:
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator]:
Peter Pears (tenor) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
partial recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
6:54
2Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. I envy you, this fine old house
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
baritone vocals [Owen Wingrave]:
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) (in 1970-11)
bass-baritone vocals [Spencer Coyle]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (in 1970-11)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Julian]:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Miss Wingrave]:
Sylvia Fisher (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Coyle]:
Heather Harper (soprano) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Julian]:
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Lechmere]:
Nigel Douglas (British operatic tenor and writer) (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator]:
Peter Pears (tenor) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
partial recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
2:37
3Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. Paramore shall welcome woe!
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
baritone vocals [Owen Wingrave]:
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) (in 1970-11)
bass-baritone vocals [Spencer Coyle]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (in 1970-11)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Julian]:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Miss Wingrave]:
Sylvia Fisher (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Coyle]:
Heather Harper (soprano) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Julian]:
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Lechmere]:
Nigel Douglas (British operatic tenor and writer) (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator]:
Peter Pears (tenor) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
partial recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
7:03
4Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. And with his friend young Lechmere played
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
baritone vocals [Owen Wingrave]:
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) (in 1970-11)
bass-baritone vocals [Spencer Coyle]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Miss Wingrave]:
Sylvia Fisher (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Coyle]:
Heather Harper (soprano) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
partial recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
4:38
5Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. Now you may save your scornful looks
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
baritone vocals [Owen Wingrave]:
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
partial recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
5:38
6Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. Ah, Owen, what shall I do?
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
baritone vocals [Owen Wingrave]:
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) (in 1970-11)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Julian]:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Lechmere]:
Nigel Douglas (British operatic tenor and writer) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
partial recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
7:41
7Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. Is that you, Coyle?
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
bass-baritone vocals [Spencer Coyle]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Coyle]:
Heather Harper (soprano) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
partial recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
2:58
8Owen Wingrave, op. 85: Act 2. Come in...It's me, Lechmere
producer:
David Harvey (producer)
bass-baritone vocals [Spencer Coyle]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone) (in 1970-11)
choir vocals:
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir (in 1970-11)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Julian]:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Miss Wingrave]:
Sylvia Fisher (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Coyle]:
Heather Harper (soprano) (in 1970-11)
soprano vocals [Mrs Julian]:
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Lechmere]:
Nigel Douglas (British operatic tenor and writer) (in 1970-11)
tenor vocals [Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator]:
Peter Pears (tenor) (in 1970-11)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra (in 1970-11)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1970-11)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1970-11)
recording of:
Owen Wingrave: Act II (in 1970-11)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:
Myfanwy Piper
part of:
Owen Wingrave
5:02
9Billy Budd, op. 50: Prologue. "I am an old man"
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1967-12)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1967-12)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1967-12)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-12)
recording of:
Billy Budd: Prologue. "I am an old man" (in 1967-12)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1949 until 1960)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) (from 1949 until 1950) and Eduard Morgan Forster (from 1949 until 1950)
part of:
Billy Budd (2-act version)
5:02
10Billy Budd, op. 50: Act I, Scene I. "Pull, my bantams!"
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1967-12)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1967-12)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1967-12)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-12)
recording of:
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Pull, my bantams!" (in 1967-12)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1949 until 1960)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) (from 1949 until 1950) and Eduard Morgan Forster (from 1949 until 1950)
part of:
Billy Budd: Act I (2-act version)
6:59
11Billy Budd, op. 50: Act I, Scene I. "Guard boat! Indomitable!"
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1967-12)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1967-12)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1967-12)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-12)
recording of:
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Guard boat! Indomitable!" (in 1967-12)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1949 until 1961)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) (from 1949 until 1950) and Eduard Morgan Forster (from 1949 until 1950)
part of:
Billy Budd: Act I (2-act version)
3:16
12Billy Budd, op. 50: Act I, Scene I. "First man forward!"
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1967-12)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1967-12)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1967-12)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-12)
recording of:
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "First man forward!" (in 1967-12)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1949 until 1960)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) (from 1949 until 1950) and Eduard Morgan Forster (from 1949 until 1950)
part of:
Billy Budd: Act I (2-act version)
2:25
13Billy Budd, op. 50: Act I, Scene I. "Your name?"
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1967-12)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1967-12)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1967-12)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-12)
recording of:
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Your name?" (in 1967-12)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1949 until 1960)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) (from 1949 until 1950) and Eduard Morgan Forster (from 1949 until 1950)
part of:
Billy Budd: Act I (2-act version)
2:42
14Billy Budd, op. 50: Act I, Scene I. "Billy Budd, king of the birds!"
producer:
John Culshaw
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1967-12)
conductor:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1967-12)
balance engineer:
Gordon Parry (engineer) (in 1967-12)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1967-12)
recording of:
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Billy Budd, king of the birds!" (in 1967-12)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1949 until 1960)
librettist:
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) (from 1949 until 1950) and Eduard Morgan Forster (from 1949 until 1950)
part of:
Billy Budd: Act I (2-act version)
2:34
5▶CD: Billy Budd, op. 50
6▶CD: Billy Budd, op. 50
7▶CD: Peter Grimes, op. 33
8▶CD: Peter Grimes, op. 33

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manufactured in:Germany
printed in:Germany
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 2004)
ASIN:US: B0001Y4JHU [info]
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