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Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, The London Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten - Nocturne, The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, A Birthday Hansel
Compil. 1986 on London Records label
Classical (Modern)
Titles of works given in shorter form on front cover, more fully on back and label. ℗ 1960, 1969, 1976 The Decca Record Company Limited, London. © 1986 The Decca Record Company Limited, London Made in Holland. BIEM/STEMRA. Philip Brett's sleeve note is printed on back cover alongside translations into French by J. Barnabé, into German by Gerd Uekermann, and into Italian by Fabio Perselli. A detailed insert gives English texts and translations into German and French only. The poems in all three song-cycles are translated into French by N. Lesieur, those in the Nocturne and the Donne Holy Sonnets into German by Uekermann. All these translations are attached to the general Decca copyright date of 1986. For the Burns cycle Decca's insert utilizes early nineteenth-century published translations into German.
Musicians
 | Benjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB composed by, conductor, piano, album by |
 | Peter Pears voc, 1910-1986 GB tenor vocals, album by |
 | The London Symphony Orchestra , album by |
 | William Waterhouse bsn, 1931-2007 GB bassoon |
 | Gervase de Peyer cl, *1926 GB clarinet |
 | Roger Lord ob, 1924-2014 english horn |
 | Alexander Murray flute |
 | Osian Ellis hrp, *1928 GB harp |
 | Barry Tuckwell alp, *1931 AU horn |
 | Alfred Lord Tennyson , 1809-1892 GB lyrics by |
 | John Donne , 1572-1631 GB lyrics by |
 | John Keats , 1795-1821 GB lyrics by |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley , 1792-1822 GB lyrics by |
 | Robert Burns , 1759-1796 GB lyrics by |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge , 1772-1834 GB lyrics by |
 | Thomas Middleton , GB lyrics by |
 | Wilfred Owen , 1893-1918 GB lyrics by |
 | William Shakespeare , 1564-1616 GB lyrics by |
 | William Wordsworth , 1770-1850 GB lyrics by |
| The London Symphony Orchestra [Strings] orchestra |
 | J. Barnabé , sleeve notes, french translation |
 | Gerd Uekermann , sleeve notes, german translation, text by, nocturne, holy sonnets: german translation |
 | Fabio Perselli , sleeve notes, italian translation |
| Heinrich Julius Heintze text by, burns: german translation |
| Karl Bartsch text by, burns: german translation |
| Theodor F. Kiebitz text by, burns: german translation |
 | Wilhelm Gerhard , DE text by, burns: german translation |
 | Nina Lesieur , text by, nocturne, holy sonnets, birthday hansel: translation |
| Denis Blyth timpani |
| Philipp Kaufmann translated by |
Producers
| Julian Easton artwork |
| Ann Bradbeer sleeve |
| Philip Brett sleeve notes |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nocturne For Tenor, Seven Obbligato Instruments And Strings, Op.60 | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, The London Symphony Orchestra | 23:10 | |
| 2 | The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Op.35, Nos.1-3 | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, The London Symphony Orchestra | 7:30 | |
| 3 | The Holy Sonnets Of John Donne, Op. 35, Nos. 4-9 | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, The London Symphony Orchestra | 15:15 | |
| 4 | A Birthday Hansel, Op.92 | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, The London Symphony Orchestra | 16:18 |
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