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About the artist Peter Pears

Pears studied at the Royal College of Music on an opera scholarship and later with Elena Gerhardt (1883-1961). In 1934 he joined the BBC Singers and toured in the USA with them, becoming a member of the Glyndebourne chorus in 1938. In 1939 he returned to America to give a number of recitals with Benjamin Britten, with whom he formed a lifelong partnership. Returning to Britain in 1943, Pears joined the Sadler's Wells Opera Company, where he created the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes in 1945. In the following years Pears sang the leading tenor roles in Britten's operas, including The Rape of Lucretia (1946), Albert Herring (1947), Billy Budd (1951), Gloriana (1953), The Turn of the Screw (1954), A Midsummer Night's Dream (which he co-adapted with Britten) (1960), the dramatic church parable Curlew River (1964), Owen Wingrave (1970), and Death in Venice (1973). He was also renowned for his role as the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion and for his interpretation of Elizabethan lute songs in partnership with Julian Bream. With Britten he founded and organized the Aldeburgh Festival (1948) and the Britten-Pears School for advanced studies in music.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Peter Pears

CATALOGUE NR: NCDB4931  (barcode: 7044581349311)
RECORD LABEL: Aurora
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.65
RELEASE DATE: 12-Mar-2001

COMPOSER: Arne Nordheim
TITLE: Epitaffio
TRACKS: Epitaffio. Doria. Greening.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Per Dreier
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Peter Lloyd   David Stranger  

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CATALOGUE NR: HTGCD236  (barcode: 5013993893790)
RECORD LABEL: Heritage
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2012

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: English Opera Group Orchestra / Benjamin Britten - The Little Sweep - Let's make an opera Opus 45. Jennifer Vyvyan / Helen Watts / Peter Pears / Owen Brannigan / Harold Lester / London Symphony Orchestra / George Malcolm - Cantata Academica Opus 62.
ORCHESTRA: English Opera Group Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten and George Malcolm
ARTISTS: Jennifer Vyvyan   Helen Watts   Peter Pears   Owen Brannigan

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CATALOGUE NR: 4256662  (barcode: 0028942566620)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: The Rape of Lucretia opus 37 (complete). Phaedra - mezzo-soprano and ensemble opus 93.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Peter Pears   Heather Harper   Benjamin Luxon

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the seductive beauty of the writing - Britten then at his peak - is caught splendidly, the melodies and tone-colours as ravishing as any he ever conceived'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782345  (barcode: 0028947823452)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 27.49
RELEASE DATE: 17-May-2010

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Peter Pears - Anniversary Tribute
TRACKS: Serenade for tenor horn and strings Opus 31. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Opus 22. The Turn of the Screw Opus 54 : Act 1 - Variation VII Scene 8 At Night - Miles!. The Rape of Lucretia Opus 37 : Act 1 scene 1 Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart. Canticle II Abraham and Isaac Opus 51. Peter Grimes Opus 33 : Act 1 scene 2 Now the Great Bear and Pleiades / Old Joe has gone fishing / The bridge is down we half swam over. War Requiem Opus 66 : Dies irae / Move him into the sun. Six Holderlin Fragments Opus 61. Billy Budd Opus 50 : Act 2: Epilogue / We committed his body to the deep. The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Opus 35. A Midsummer Night's Dream Opus 64 : What now my love?. Albert Herring Opus 39 : Albert the Good!. Owen Wingrave Opus 85 : May God bless the Queen. Canticle V The Death of St Narcissus Opus 89. Death in Venice Opus 88 : The boy Tadzio shall inspire me (Britten). Folksongs - The foggy foggy dew / A brisk young widow / O Waly Waly / Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse / The plough boy. Acis and Galatea : Lo! Here my love! / Love in her eyes sits playing (Handel). Lute songs - I saw my lady weep (Dowland). What then is love but mourning (Rosseter). Rest sweet nymphs (Pilkington). It was a lover and his lass (Morley). In darkness let me dwell (Dowland). The Fairy Queen : Oberon's Birthday / When a cruel long winter (Henry Purcell). Matthaus-Passion SWV479 : Jesus aber stund fur dem Landpflegers (Heinrich Schutz). Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV248 : Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben (JS Bach). Matthaus-Passion BWV244 : Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte des Landplegers / O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden / Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten (JS Bach). Mass in B minor BWV232 : Benedictus. St John Passion BWV245 : Then they lead Jesus from Calaphas to the judgement hall (JS Bach). The Dream of Gerontius Opus 38 : Sanctis fortis Sanctus Deus (Elgar). Ganymed D544. Winterreise D911 : Gute Nacht / Der Lindenbaum / Fruhlingstraum / Der Leiermann. Die schone Mullerin D795 : Das Wandern / Der Neugierige / Der Jager / Die liebe Farbe (Schubert). Dichterliebe Opus 48 : Im wunderschönen Monat Mai / Ich grolle nicht / Ich hab' im Traum geweinet / Die alten bosen Lieder. Szenen aus Goethes Faust - Zweite Abteilung : Number 4 Ariel Sonnenaufgang / Die ihr dies Haupt umschwebt im luft'gen (Schumann). L'Enfance du Christ : Deuxieme partie: La Fuite en Egypte / Les pelerins etant venus (Berlioz). Paroles tissees (Lutoslawski). On Wenlock Edge (Vaughan Williams). Boyhood's End. The Heart's Assurance (Tippett). To Daffodils (Delius). The Merry Month of May (Moeran). Dream Pedlary (Bernard van Dieren). Songs for Ariel (Tippett). Voices of the Prophets Opus 41 (Alan Bush). Piggesnie. Along the Stream (Warlock). Bold William Taylor (Grainger). The Echoing Green. The Shepherd. If thou wilt ease thine heart. Come o Come my life's delight (William Busch). The Land of Lost Content. The Trellis (Ireland). 'Tis but a week. Goldenhair. When you are old. So perverse. Journey's End (Bridge). Tom O'Bedlams Song (Richard Rodney Bennett). Love and Friendship. Friendship in Misfortune. The One Hope (Ireland ). Cycle for Declamation (Priaulx Rainier).
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Julian Bream   Dennis Brain   Noel Mewton-Wood

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1944-1976

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CATALOGUE NR: 4256632  (barcode: 0028942566323)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Midsummer Night's Dream - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Alfred Deller   Peter Pears   Heather Harper   Robert Tear

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Britten again proves himself an ideal interpreter of his own music and draws virtuoso playing from the LSO'

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CATALOGUE NR: 2165719  (barcode: 5099921657191)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.00
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RELEASE DATE: 24-Nov-2008
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COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: The Hidden Heart
TRACKS: A Life of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
ARTISTS: Peter Pears      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 60 minutes / Subtitles: French English German - Apr-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: GL100560  (barcode: 8712177037476)
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.59

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Rape of Lucretia - complete
TRACKS: Bonus tracks: Billy Budd - highlights.
ORCHESTRA: English Opera Group Orchestra and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall and Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Kathleen Ferrier   Peter Pears   Joan Cross   Theodor Uppman

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Recorded Amsterdam 2-Oct-1946 / London 1-Dec-1951

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CATALOGUE NR: 0743330  (barcode: 0044007433300)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 26-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Owen Wingrave - complete
ARTISTS: Peter Pears      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: by the BBC - Britten Pears Collection

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CATALOGUE NR: VEL3125  (barcode: 7619930312515)
RECORD LABEL: Cascavelle Ansermet Collection
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
RELEASE DATE: 19-Jul-2010

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: War Requiem. Les Illuminations. Seven Early Songs.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
CONDUCTOR: Ernest Ansermet
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Heather Harper   Suzanne Danco   Chloe Owen

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1967 / 1953 / 1959

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CATALOGUE NR: 222933  (barcode: 4011222229335)
RECORD LABEL: Documents
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.49

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Turn of the Screw - complete
ORCHESTRA: English Opera Group Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Jennifer Vyvyan   David Hemmings   Joan Cross

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40462  (barcode: 0684911404623)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 16-Oct-2000

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: War Requiem
ORCHESTRA: New Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Maria Giulini and Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Melos Ensemble   Wandsworth School Boys' Choir   Peter Pears   Hans Wilbrink

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 6-Apr-1969 Royal Albert Hall London - Feb-2001 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2001 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This 1969 live performance has not been bettered - it has great conviction: the drama and the tragedy are powerfully conveyed.' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: VAI1034  (barcode: 0089948103424)
RECORD LABEL: VAI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 34.75
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Billy Budd - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Theodor Uppman   Friedrich Dalberg   Geraint Evans

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: world premiere performance 01-Dec-1951 - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: NMCD030  (barcode: 5023363003025)
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.99
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COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Les Illuminations opus 18. Sinfonia da Requiem opus 20. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo opus 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: 4676822  (barcode: 0028946768228)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 09-Apr-2001

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Peter Grimes - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Claire Watson   Geraint Evans   Owen Brannigan

- Jul-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4756020  (barcode: 0028947560203)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 8 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 45.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-May-2004

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Britten conducts Britten - Opera 1
TRACKS: Peter Grimes - complete. Billy Budd - complete. Albert Herring - complete. Owen Wingrave - complete.
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'an indispensable set'

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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 Opus 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 Opus 23/1. Mazurka elegiaca - 2 pianos Opus 23/2. Serenade - tenor, horn and strings Opus 31.
ORCHESTRA: Boyd Neel String Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Dennis Brain   Clifford Curzon

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CATALOGUE NR: 4256722  (barcode: 0028942567221)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-1990

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Turn of the Screw - complete
ORCHESTRA: English Opera Group Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   David Hemmings   Joan Cross   Jennifer Vyvyan

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'though the recording is mono, the very dryness and the sharpness of focus give an extra intensity to the composer's own incomparable reading of his most compressed opera'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4174282  (barcode: 0028941742827)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 38.29

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Billy Budd - complete
TRACKS: Billy Budd opus 50 - complete. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake opus 74. The Holy Sonnets of John Donne opus 35.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   John Shirley-Quirk   Owen Brannigan   Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'it is interesting that, though the orchestra sounds dim and limp at the start, Britten as conductor whips up searing tension through the opera'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4363952  (barcode: 0028943639521)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Les Illuminations opus 18. Serenade opus 31. Nocturne opus 60.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Barry Tuckwell    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Pears, as always, is the ideal interpreter, the composer a most efficient conductor, and the fiendishly difficult obbligato parts are played superbly'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4256692  (barcode: 0028942566927)
RECORD LABEL: London
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Death in Venice - complete
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Steuart Bedford
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   John Shirley-Quirk   James Bowman  

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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