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Benjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings / A Ceremony Of Carols / Missa Brevis

Album UK 1969 on Decca label
Classical (Modern)

LABELS: - Plum-coloured labels / silver text - Original large Eclipse logo without DECCA logo incorporated - "MADE IN ENGLAND BY THE DECCA RECORD CO. LTD." at 12 o'clock - "MONO RECORDINGS ELECTRONICALLY REPROCESSED TO GIVE STEREO EFFECT ON STEREO EQUIPMENT" above spindle hole - "Hawkes & Son." Publisher at 9 o'clock (Side 1) - "Boosey & Co." Publisher at 9 o'clock (Side 2) - "STEREO" at 6 o'clock - "℗ 1979" at 3 o'clock SLEEVE: - Front laminated - No flipbacks - Small circular hole on top right of sleeve back to show inner sleeve colour - "RED-MONO" / "BLUE-STEREO" - "U.S. Patents Applications No. 43212/68" under catalog number - Sleeve notes in English on back (uncredited) - "© 1969, The Decca Record Company Limited, London" - "Mono recording electronically reprocessed to give stereo effect on stereo equipment" along right-hand edge of sleeve back - "Cover: NORTH ANTRIM COAST" - "Sleeve printed in England by Robert Stace" - "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited" OTHER INFORMATION: - "Serenade" recorded at West Hampstead Studios on 25 November 1953 and first issued in June 1954 on Decca LXT 2941 - "Ceremony of Carols" recorded in Copenhagen on 20-22 September 1953 and first issued in December 1953 on Decca LW 5070 - "Missa Brevis" recorded at a service in Westminster Cathedral in January 1960 (?) and first issued on Decca CEP 654 in May 1960

     
Musicians
PortraitBenjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB
album by, conductor
PortraitPeter Pears voc, 1910-1986 GB
album by, tenor vocals
PortraitDennis Brain alp, 1921-1957 GB
album by, horn
PortraitSir Eugene Goossens , 1893-1962 GB
conductor
PortraitThe New Symphony Orchestra Of London ,
orchestra
PortraitCharles Cotton , 1630-1687 GB
text by
PortraitAlfred Lord Tennyson , 1809-1892 GB
text by
PortraitWilliam Blake , 1757-1827 GB
text by
PortraitAnonymous bvoc, acg,
text by
PortraitBen Johnson ,
text by
PortraitJohn Keats , 1795-1821 GB
text by
PortraitKøbenhavns Drengekor , GB
choir
PortraitEnid Simon , GB
harp, uncredited
PortraitJames, John And Robert Wedderburn ,
text by
PortraitRobert Southwell , 1561-1595 GB
text by
PortraitWilliam Cornysh , 1465-1523 GB
text by
PortraitWestminster Cathedral Choir , GB
choir
PortraitGeorge Malcolm hps, 1917-1997 GB
organ
Producers
G mastered by
Kenneth Wilkinson engineer, uncredited
John Culshaw producer, uncredited
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Serenade, Op. 31 - For Tenor Solo, Horn And StringsBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
2PrologueBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
3PastoraleBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
4NocturneBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
5Elegy (Blake)Benjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
6DirgeBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
7HymnBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
8SonnetBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
9EpilogueBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
10A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28Benjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
11ProcessionBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
12Wolcum Yole!Benjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
13There Is No RoseBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
14That Yongë ChildBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
15BalulalowBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
16As Dew In AprilleBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
17This Little BabeBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
18Interlude (Harp Solo)Benjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
19In Freezing Winter NightBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
20Spring CarolBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
21Deo GraciasBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
22RecessionBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
23Missa Brevis In D Major, Op. 63Benjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
24Kyrie EleisonBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
25GloriaBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
26SanctusBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
27BenedictusBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
28Agnus DeiBenjamin Britten ; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain
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