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CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Benjamin Britten

CATALOGUE NR: 4363972  (barcode: 0028943639729)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Noye's Fludde op.59 (complete). The Golden Vanity op.78.
CONDUCTOR: Russell Burgess
ARTISTS: Owen Brannigan   Sheila Rex   Wandsworth School Boys' Choir   Benjamin Britten

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: NMCD030  (barcode: 5023363003025)
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.75

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Les Illuminations op.18. Sinfonia da Requiem op.20. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22.
ORCHESTRA: CBS Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten and John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten    

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CATALOGUE NR: GEMMCD9177  (barcode: 0727031917724)
RECORD LABEL: Pearl
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22 (Britten). Balinese Ceremonial Music - piano duet: 4 hands (McPhee). Folk Song Arrangements - The Salley Gardens. Little Sir William. The ash grove. Oliver Cromwell. Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca - 2 pianos op.23/1. Mazurka elegiaca - 2 pianos op.23/2. Serenade - tenor, horn and strings op.31.
ORCHESTRA: Boyd Neel String Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Dennis Brain   Clifford Curzon

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CATALOGUE NR: 4218592  (barcode: 0028942185920)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Suite No.1 - cello op.72. Suite No.2 - cello op.80. Sonata for Cello and Piano op.65.
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Benjamin Britten    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the performance is never likely to be outshone'

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CATALOGUE NR: HTGCD229  (barcode: 5013993891796)
RECORD LABEL: Heritage
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 72 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 21-Nov-2011

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: The Early HMV Recordings
TRACKS: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22. Holy Sonnets of John Donne op.35 (Britten). Im Fruhling. Auf der Bruck (Schubert). Folk song settings by Britten / Grainger / Copland.
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten    

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CATALOGUE NR: 4756051  (barcode: 0028947560517)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 7 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 36.79
RELEASE DATE: 13-Nov-2006

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Britten conducts Britten
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D op.13. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor op.15. Symphony for Cello and Orchestra op.68. Sinfonia da Requiem op.20. Cantata misericordium op.69. Prelude and Fugue for Strings op.29. Simple Symphony op.4. Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge op.10. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra op.34. The Prince of the Pagodas op.57. Diversions for Piano left hand and Orchestra op.21. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22. The Holy Sonnets of John Donne op.35. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake op.74. Winter Words op.52. Tit for Tat. Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings op.31. Les Illuminations op.18. Nocturne op.60.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter   Mark Lubotsky   Mstislav Rostropovich   Benjamin Britten

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CATALOGUE NR: 0290062  (barcode: 5099902900629)
RECORD LABEL: EMI British Composers
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 19.39
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jul-2011

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: British Composers - Britten Berkeley & Rubbra
TRACKS: Peter Grimes op.33 : Whatever you say... Let her among you without fault cast the first stone / Now the Great Bear and Pleiades / Sunday morning - orchestra / Glitter of waves and glitter of sunlight / Wherefore I pray and beseech you / O all ye works of the Lord / In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home / Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness / Interlude VI / Grimes!... Steady There you are (Britten). Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22 : Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro / A che piu debb'io mai l'intensa voglia / Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume / Tu sa' ch'io so signior mie che tu sai / Rendete a gli occhi miei o fonte o fiume / S'un casto amor s'una pieta superna / Spirto ben nato in cui si specchia e vede (Britten). The Holy Sonnets of John Donne op.35 : Oh my black Soule! / Batter my heart / Oh might those sighes and teares / Oh to vex me / What if this present / Since she whom I loved / At the round earth's imagined corners / Thou hast made me / Death be not proud (Britten). The Rape of Lucretia op.37 : Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart / It is an axiom among kings / Here the thirsty evening / Lucretia! Lucretia! / With you two arm in arm again / Interlude: Tarquinius does not wait / Their spinning wheel unwinds / It is better to desire / The oatmeal slippers of sleep / None of the women move / She sleeps as a rose / Lucretia!... What do you want? / Go Tarquinius! / Interlude: Here in this scene you see / Oh! What a lovely day! / How hideous! Take them away! / Flowers bring to every year / Too late Junius / This dead hand lets fall / Is all this suffering and pain (Britten). Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby op.50 : Loth to Depart (Rubbra). Violin Concerto D minor op.15 original version : Moderato con moto / Vivace - Cadenza / Passacaglia - Andante lento - un poco meno mosso - Largamente lento - Lento e solenne (Britten). Threnody for a Soldier killed in Action (Michael Heming). Symphony No.5 in B flat op.63 (Rubbra). Piano Concerto in G op.55. Prelude and Fugue for 18-part string orchestra op.29 (Britten). Piano Concerto in D op.13 revised version (Britten). Horn Trio op.44 (Berleley). Six Preludes op.23 (Berleley). Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila op.27 : If Lord thy love for me is strong / Shepherd shepherd hark that calling! / Let mine eyes see thee / Today a shepherd and our kin. Three Greek Songs op.38 : Epitaph of Timas / Spring Song / To Aster. Five Poems by WH Auden op.58 : Among the leaves the small birds sing / O lurcher-loving collier black as night / What's in your mind my dove my coney / Eyes look into the well / Carry her over the water. Three Pieces op.5 for two pianos : Polka No.1. I sing of a maiden. The Lord is my shepherd op.91 No.1 (Berkeley).
CONDUCTOR: John Barbirolli and Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Nancy Evans   Joan Cross   Benjamin Britten

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CATALOGUE NR: ELQ4805055  (barcode: 0028948050550)
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Peter Pears - The Decca Premieres
TRACKS: Serenade for tenor horn and strings op.31 : Prologue / Pastoral / The day's grown old / Nocturne - The splendour falls on castle walls / Elegy - O Rose thou art sick! / Dirge - This ae nighte / Hymn - Queen and huntress chaste and fair / Sonnet - O soft embalmer of the still midnight / Epilogue. Folksong settings : The Salley Gardens / Little Sir William / Oliver Cromwell / The Ash Grove / The Bonny / Earl O'Moray / Heigh ho! Heigh hi! / Sweet Polly Oliver / There's none to soothe. Folksong settings : La belle est au jardin d'amour / Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse / Voici le printemps / La fileuse / Quand j'etais chez mon pere (Britten). On Wenlock Edge (Vaughan Williams). Corpus Christi (Warlock).
ORCHESTRA: Boyd Neel Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Dennis Brain   Zorian Qt

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10111  (barcode: 0095115111123)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 15-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Colin McPhee  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Balinese Ceremonial Music (transcribed for 2 pianos by Colin McPhee). Tabuh-Tabuhan - toccata for Orchestra and Two Pianos (McPhee). Suite from the Ballet 'The Prince of the Pagodas' op.57 (Britten arr. Mitchell and Cooke).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Slatkin
ARTISTS: Elizabeth Burley   John Alley   Benjamin Britten   Colin McPhee

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Balinese Ceremonial Music recorded 1941 - Dec-2003 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CHSA5017  (barcode: 0095115501726)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 15-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Colin McPhee  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Balinese Ceremonial Music (transcribed for 2 pianos by Colin McPhee). Tabuh-Tabuhan - toccata for Orchestra and Two Pianos (McPhee). Suite from the Ballet 'The Prince of the Pagodas' op.57 (Britten arr. Mitchell and Cooke).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Slatkin
ARTISTS: Elizabeth Burley   John Alley   Benjamin Britten   Colin McPhee

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CATALOGUE NR: HTGCD234  (barcode: 5013993893592)
RECORD LABEL: Heritage
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TRACKS: Die Schone Mullerin. 3 Lieder.
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1960-1961

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CATALOGUE NR: 4783577  (barcode: 0028947835776)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.45
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RELEASE DATE: 19-Mar-2012

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Mstislav Rostropovich - Complete Decca Recordings
TRACKS: CD1 Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor D821 (Schubert). Stucke im Volkston op.102 (Schumann). Cello Concerto in C major HobVIIb:1 (Haydn). CD2 Suite for Cello No.1 op.72 (Britten). Suite for Cello No.2 op.80 (Britten). CD3 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra op.68 (Britten). Sonata for Cello and Piano (Frank Bridge). Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor (Debussy). CD4 Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in F major op.5/1 (Beethoven). Sonata for Cello and Piano No.4 in C major op.102/1 (Beethoven). Sonata for Cello and Piano No.5 in D major op.102/2 (Beethoven). CD5 Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in G minor op.5/2 (Beethoven). Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3 in A major op.69 (Beethoven).
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Benjamin Britten   Sviatoslav Richter  

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CATALOGUE NR: 4668222  (barcode: 0028946682227)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2000

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Piano Duets
TRACKS: Fantasy in F minor D940. Variations in A flat major D813. Grand Duo in C major D812.
ARTISTS: Benjamin Britten   Sviatoslav Richter    

'superb performances' - Oct-2000 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: GEM0227  (barcode: 0727031022725)
RECORD LABEL: Pearl
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jul-2005

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Age of Gold
TRACKS: Auf dem Strom (Schubert). An die ferne Geliebte (Beethoven). Sonata for piano & horn (Hindemith). The Heart's Assurance (Tippett). Six monologues from Hoffmannsthal's Jedermann (Martin).
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Dennis Brain   Noel Mewton-Wood   Benjamin Britten

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 28-Jan-1953 / 9-Jan-1948 BBC broadcasts

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CATALOGUE NR: 4758239  (barcode: 0028947582397)
RECORD LABEL: Decca The Originals
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
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RELEASE DATE: 19-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sonata for arpeggione and piano D821 (Schubert). Funf Stucke im Volkston op.102 (Schumann). Sonata for cello and piano (Debussy).
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich   Benjamin Britten    

- May-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 0743257  (barcode: 0044007432570)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 09-Jun-2008

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Britten-Pears Collection
TRACKS: Winterreise D911 (Schubert). Folksongs (Britten). Bonus : Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten discuss Winterreise.
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 DVD 9 / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo DTS 5.1 Surround Sound / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: 1964 in black & white Britten 1968 Bonus & 1970 in colour Schubert / Subtitles: None - Aug-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4663822  (barcode: 0028946638224)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2000

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Winterreise
ARTISTS: Benjamin Britten   Peter Pears    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'What is so striking about the Pears performance is its intensity.' Penguin Guide

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CATALOGUE NR: ELQ4801273  (barcode: 0028948012732)
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Frederick Delius  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Peter Pears - A Treasury of English Song
TRACKS: To Daffodils (Delius). The Merry Month of May (Moeran). Dream Pedlary (Van Dieren). Take o take those lips away (Van Dieren). Piggensie (Warlock). Along the stream (Warlock). Bold William Taylor (Grainger). Two Songs of William Blake (Busch). If thou wilt ease thine heart (Busch). Come o come my life's delight (Busch). 'Tis but a week (Bridge). Goldenhair (Bridge). When you are old (Bridge). So perverse (Bridge). Journey's End (Bridge). The Land of Lost Content (Ireland). The Trellis (Ireland). Three Songs (Ireland). Songs for Ariel (Tippett). Voices of Prophets (Alan Bush). Nine Folksong settings (Britten). Go not happy day (Bridge). Is my team ploughing (Butterworth). I have twelve oxen (Ireland). In youth is pleasure (Moeran). Yarmouth fair (Warlock). Persephone (Holst). How love came in (Berkeley). Let the florid music praise! (Britten). Three Chinese Lyrics (Oldham). Love went a-riding (Bridge). Tom O'Bedlam's Song (Bennett). Cycle for Declamation (Rainier).
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Viola Tunnard   Alan Bush

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1954-1964 - Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: ELQ4802327  (barcode: 0028948023271)
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 18-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Gustav Holst
TRACKS: Peter Pears / Benjamin Britten - Twelve Songs op.48. Purcell Singers / Imogen Holst - Ave Maria op.9b. Three Welsh Folk Songs. The Song of the Blacksmith. Two Part-Songs. Two Carols. BBC Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult - The Hymn of Jesus op.37.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Boult and Imogen Holst
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Purcell Singers  

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CATALOGUE NR: ELQ4802328  (barcode: 0028948023288)
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 18-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Gustav Holst
TRACKS: Peter Pears / Norbert Brainin - Four Songs for Voice and Violin op.35. Purcell Singers / Imogen Holst - This have I done for my true love op.34. Jesu Thou the Virgin-born op.20b. Purcell Singers / Imogen Holst / Edward Selwyn / Cecil Aronowitz - Two Carols. Richard Adeney / Peter Graeme / Cecil Aronowitz - Terzetto for flute oboe and viola. Purcell Singers / Imogen Holst - Six Canons. The Evening-Watch op.43 No.1. Purcell Singers / English Chamber Orchestra / Imogen Holst - Six Choruses.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Imogen Holst
ARTISTS: Purcell Singers   Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Cecil Aronowitz

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