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All recordings previously released.
Includes program notes in English and English, French, Italian, and Latin words printed as text with English translations in booklet (53 p. : ports.) laid in container.
Benjamin Britten, conductor with various soloists and ensembles.
Works recorded March, 1954-Nov. 1972 in London.
Vocal works sung in Italian, Latin, English or French.
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CD 1. Piano concerto, op. 13 (34:03) (Sviatoslav Richter, piano; English Chamber Orchestra) ; Violin concerto, op. 15 (30:10) (Mark Lubotsky, violin; English Chamber Orchestra) -- CD 2. Symphony for cello and orchestra, op. 68 (34:03) (Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; English Chamber Orchestra) ; Sinfonia da requiem, op. 20 (20:28) (New Philharmonia Orchestra) ; Cantata misericordium, op. 69 (19:48) (Peter Pears, tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra) -- CD 3. Prelude and Fugue, op. 29 : for eighteen-part string orchestra (9:16) ; Simple symphony, op. 4 : for string orchestra (17:19) ; Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10 : for string orchestra (26:46) (English Chamber Orchestra) -- CD 4. The young person's guide to the orchestra, op. 34 : Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell (16:30) (London Symphony Orchestra) ; The prince of the pagodas, op. 57 : ballet in three acts. Act one (32:17). Act two (32:55) (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) -- CD 5. [The prince of the pagodas]. Act three (35:03) (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) ; Diversions, op. 21 : for piano (left hand) and orchestra (23:59) (Julius Katchen, piano; London Symphony Orchestra) ; Seven sonnets of Michaelangelo, op. 22 (16:34) (Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano) -- CD 6. The holy sonnets of John Donne, op. 35 (23:10) (Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano) ; Songs and proverbs of John Blake, op. 74 (25:32) (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Benjamin Britten, piano) ; Winter words, op. 52 : lyrics and ballads of Thomas Hardy (20:27) (Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano) ; Tit for tat (8:46) (John Shirley-Quirk, baritone; Benjamin Britten, piano) -- CD 7. Serenade, op. 31 : for tenor, horn, and strings (23:52) (Peter Pears, tenor; Barry Tuckwell, horn; London Symphony Orchestra) ; Les illuminations, op. 18 : for soprano or tenor and string orchestra (22:04) (Peter Pears, tenor; English Chamber Orchestra) ; Nocturne, op. 60 : for tenor, seven obbligato instruments, and string orchestra (26:24) (Peter Pears, tenor; Alexander Murray, flute; Gervase de Peyer, clarinet; Roger Lord, English horn; William Waterhouse, bassoon; Barry Tuckwell, horn; Osian Ellis, harp; Denis Blyth, timpani; London Symphony Orchestra).
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