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composer:Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
librettist:Myfanwy Piper
part of:Death in Venice (act) (order: 1)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 1. "My mind beats on" (Aschenbach)partialPeter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford4:57
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 1. "Who's that? A foreigner" (Aschenbach)partialPeter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford4:53
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 2. "Hey there, hey there" (Youths)partialJohn Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, Stuart Harling, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford3:48
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 2. "Serenissima… Low-lying clouds" (Youths, Aschenbach)partialPeter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford2:55
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 2. Overture "Venice"partialEnglish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford2:36
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 3. "Ah Serenissima!" (Aschenbach)partialPeter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Bauer, Kenneth Bowen, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford5:20
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 3. "Mysterious gondola" (Aschenbach)partialPeter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford1:42
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 4. "Was I wrong to come" (Aschenbach)partialNeville Williams, Peter Pears, Iris Saunders, Anne Wilkens, Stephen James Adams, Janice Hooper Roe, Robert Carpenter Turner, Peter Leeming, Penelope McKay, Sheila Brand, Angela Vernon Bates, Anna Vincent, Michael Follis, Kenneth Bowen, Stuart Harling, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford6:13
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 4. "We are delighted to greet the Signore" (Hotel Manager)partialJohn Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford4:09
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 5. "There is indeed in every artist's nature" (Aschenbach)partialPeter Pears, Iris Saunders, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford2:41
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 5. (Children's games)… "Adziù! Adziù!" (Chorus)partialPeter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford10:04
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 6. "Aou'! Stagando, aou'!" (Gondolier)partialJohn Shirley-Quirk, Robert Carpenter Turner, Sheila Brand, Stephen James Adams, Anne Wilkens, Stuart Harling, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford4:51
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 6. "Naturally, Signore, I understand" (Hotel Manager)partialJohn Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Bowen, Peter Pears, Ronald Murdock, Michael Bauer, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford7:56
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 7. "First the race!" (Chorus)partialNeville Williams, James Bowman, Anne Wilkens, Iris Saunders, Janice Hooper Roe, Robert Carpenter Turner, Stephen James Adams, Peter Leeming, Penelope McKay, Sheila Brand, Anna Vincent, Michael Follis, Angela Vernon Bates, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford5:08
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 7. "Here I will stay, here dedicate my days" (Aschenbach)partialNeville Williams, Peter Pears, James Bowman, Anne Wilkens, Iris Saunders, Janice Hooper Roe, Robert Carpenter Turner, Stephen James Adams, Peter Leeming, Penelope McKay, Sheila Brand, Anna Vincent, Michael Follis, Angela Vernon Bates, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford9:43
1974-04 – 1974-05Death in Venice: Act 1, Scene 7. "The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me" (Aschenbach)partialPeter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford4:17
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "I have always kept a close watch on my development"partialPhilip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:46
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "My mind beats on"partialPhilip Langridge, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox5:39
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 1 (Munich). "Who's that?"partialPhilip Langridge, Alan Opie, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox4:39
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 2 (On the Boat to Venice). "Hey there, hey there, you!"Alan Opie, Graham Titus, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox6:53
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 2 (On the Boat to Venice). Overture "Venice"partialCity of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox2:35
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 3 (The Journey to the Lido). "Ah Serenissima!"partialPhilip Langridge, Alan Opie, Edward Price, Andrew Murgatroy, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox5:09
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 3 (The Journey to the Lido). "Mysterious gondola"partialPhilip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:30
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "How does such beauty come about?"partialPhilip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:35
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "So I am led to Venice once again"partialPhilip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox3:27
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "The Lido is so charming, is it not?"partialPhilip Langridge, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox3:41
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 4 (The First Evening at the Hotel). "We are delighted to greet the Signore"partialAlan Opie, Philip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox2:52
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Adziù! Adziù!"partialBBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox3:31
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Ah, how peaceful to contemplate the sea"partialPhilip Langridge, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox2:51
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "As one who strives to create beauty"partialPhilip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:34
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "Le bele fragole"partialPhilip Langridge, Alison Smart, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox2:21
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 5 (On the Beach). "The wind is from the West"partialPhilip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox2:27
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "A thousand apologies to Signore"partialAlan Opie, Philip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox3:44
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "Aou! Stagando, aou!"partialAlan Opie, Simon Birchall, Jennifer Adams-Barbaro, John Bowley, Siân Menna, Stephen Charlesworth, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox4:49
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "I am become like one of my early heroes"partialPhilip Langridge, Vernon Kirk, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:52
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "Naturally, Signore, I understand"partialAlan Opie, Philip Langridge, Andrew Murgatroy, Vernon Kirk, Edward Price, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox3:39
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 6 (The Foiled Departure). "There you are, Signore, just in time"partialPhilip Langridge, Andrew Murgatroy, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:08
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Beneath a dazzling sky the sea"partialMichael Chance, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:17
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "First, the race!"partialBBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox0:53
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Measure to fight"partialMichael Chance, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:03
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "No boy, but Phoebus of the golden hair"partialMichael Chance, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:57
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Phaedrus learned what beauty is"partialMichael Chance, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox2:05
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "See where Hyacinthus plays"partialMichael Chance, BBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox2:47
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me"partialPhilip Langridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox4:10
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Try your skill"partialBBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox0:49
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Up and over"partialBBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1:08
2004-07-21 – 2004-07-24Death in Venice: Act I, Scene 7 (The Games of Apollo). "Young discobolus"partialBBC Singers, Stephen Betterridge, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox0:53