ArtistInfo
Benjamin Britten
Britten Conducts Britten Operas II
Compil. 2004 on Decca label
Classical (Modern, Opera)
Recording dates: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", 1966 "Phaedra", 03/1977 "The Rape Of Lucretia", 07/1970 "The Turn Of The Screw", 01/1955 "Death In Venice", 04-05/1974 "Gloriana", 26/10-06/11/1992 "The Turn Of The Screw" Mono
Musicians
 | Benjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB adapted by (text), composed by, conductor, album by |
 | Peter Pears voc, 1910-1986 GB adapted by (text), tenor vocals |
 | Alan Opie voc, *1945 GB baritone vocals |
 | Benjamin Luxon voc, *1937 GB baritone vocals |
 | Bryan Drake , 1925-2002 GB baritone vocals |
 | Bryn Terfel voc, *1965 GB baritone vocals |
 | James Miller-Coburn baritone vocals |
 | Jonathan Summers voc, *1946 AU baritone vocals |
 | Keith Raggett voc, baritone vocals |
 | Peter Leeming , baritone vocals |
 | Robert Carpenter-Turner bs, voc, GB baritone vocals |
 | Thomas Hemsley voc, b, 1927-2013 GB baritone vocals |
 | David Kelly b, 1923-1996 GB bass vocals |
 | John Shirley-Quirk voc, 1931-2014 GB bass vocals |
| Michael Follis bass vocals |
 | Norman Lumsden voc, 1906-2001 bass vocals |
 | Owen Brannigan voc, 1908-1973 GB bass vocals |
 | Richard Van Allan voc, 1935-2008 GB bass vocals |
 | Willard White voc, b, *1946 GB bass vocals |
 | Choir Of Downside School, Purley , chorus |
| Chorus Of Boys From Emanuel School, Wandsworth chorus |
| Monmouth School Choir chorus |
 | Welsh National Opera Chorus , chorus |
 | Sir Charles Mackerras voc, 1925-2010 AU conductor |
 | Steuart Bedford p, *1939 GB conductor |
 | Helen Watts voc, 1927-2009 GB contralto vocals |
 | Alfred Deller voc, 1912-1979 GB countertenor vocals |
 | James Bowman voc, *1941 GB countertenor vocals |
 | Myfanwy Piper , libretto by |
 | Ronald Duncan , libretto by |
 | William Plomer , GB libretto by |
 | Anne Wilkens , GB mezzo-soprano vocals |
 | Della Jones voc, *1946 GB mezzo-soprano vocals |
 | Elizabeth Bainbridge voc, *1930 GB mezzo-soprano vocals |
 | Janet Baker voc, *1933 GB mezzo-soprano vocals |
| Janice Hooper Roe mezzo-soprano vocals |
| Jenevora Williams mezzo-soprano vocals |
 | Josephine Veasey voc, *1930 GB mezzo-soprano vocals |
| Penelope MacKay mezzo-soprano vocals |
 | English Chamber Orchestra , orchestra |
 | The English Opera Group , 1946-1980 GB orchestra |
 | The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra |
 | The Welsh National Opera Orchestra , orchestra |
| Angela Vernon Bates soprano vocals |
| Anna Vincent soprano vocals |
 | Arda Mandikian voc, 1924-2009 TR soprano vocals |
 | Elizabeth Harwood voc, 1938-1990 GB soprano vocals |
 | Heather Harper voc, ss, *1930 GB soprano vocals |
 | Iris Saunders voc, soprano vocals |
 | Janice Watson , GB soprano vocals |
 | Jennifer Vyvyan ss, voc, 1925-1974 GB soprano vocals |
 | Jenny Hill , soprano vocals |
 | Joan Cross , 1900-1993 GB soprano vocals |
 | Josephine Barstow voc, *1940 GB soprano vocals |
| Olive Dyer soprano vocals |
| Sheila Brand soprano vocals |
 | Yvonne Kenny , *1950 AU soprano vocals |
 | Stephen Terry voc, speech |
 | John Mark Ainsley voc, *1963 GB tenor vocals |
 | Kenneth Bowen , GB tenor vocals |
 | Kenneth Macdonald vn, GB tenor vocals |
| Neville Williams tenor vocals |
 | Peter Hoare voc, tenor vocals |
 | Philip Langridge voc, 1939-2010 GB tenor vocals |
 | Robert Tear voc, 1939-2011 GB tenor vocals |
| Stephen James Adams tenor vocals |
 | Robert Lowell , 1917-1977 US text by |
 | William Shakespeare , 1564-1616 GB text by |
 | David Hemmings voc, 1941-2003 GB treble vocals |
| Eric Adler treble vocals |
| Gordon Clerk treble vocals |
| Ian Wodehouse treble vocals |
 | John Pryer org, *1941 GB treble vocals |
| Richard Dakin treble vocals |
| Christopher Cornall vocals |
| Dominic Gill vocals |
| Ronald Murdock vocals |
 | Stuart Harling , vocals |
Producers
| Christian Strover chorus master |
| Derrick Herdman chorus master |
| Gareth Jones chorus master |
| Gordon Parry engineer |
| James Brown engineer |
| James Lock engineer |
| John Dunkerley engineer |
| Kenneth Wilkinson engineer |
| Simon Eadon engineer |
| Andrew Cornall producer |
| John Culshaw producer |
| Ray Minshull producer |
Composers
| Benjamin Britten |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 2 | Act I | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 3 | Introduction ... Over Hill, Over Dale | Benjamin Britten | 4:04 | |
| 4 | Oberon Is Passing | Benjamin Britten | 3:06 | |
| 5 | Well, Go Thy Way | Benjamin Britten | 3:25 | |
| 6 | How Now, My Love? | Benjamin Britten | 4:33 | |
| 7 | Be It On Lion, Bear Or Wolf | Benjamin Britten | 3:40 | |
| 8 | Welcome Wanderer! | Benjamin Britten | 4:30 | |
| 9 | Is All Our Company Here? | Benjamin Britten | 7:37 | |
| 10 | Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring In The Wood | Benjamin Britten | 2:41 | |
| 11 | Through The Forest Have I Gone | Benjamin Britten | 1:45 | |
| 12 | Stay, Tho' Thou Kill Me | Benjamin Britten | 5:15 | |
| 13 | Come, Now A Roundel, And A Fairy Song | Benjamin Britten | 1:59 | |
| 14 | You Spotted Snakes | Benjamin Britten | 2:14 | |
| 15 | What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake | Benjamin Britten | 1:47 | |
| 16 | Act II | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 17 | Introduction | Benjamin Britten | 3:20 | |
| 18 | Are We All Met? | Benjamin Britten | 7:36 | |
| 19 | I See Their Knavery | Benjamin Britten | 3:05 | |
| 20 | Be Kind And Courteous To This Gentleman | Benjamin Britten | 1:17 | |
| 21 | Hail, Mortal, Hail! | Benjamin Britten | 5:14 | |
| 22 | I Have A Reas'nable Good Ear In Music | Benjamin Britten | 3:39 | |
| 23 | How Now, Mad Spirit | Benjamin Britten | 3:06 | |
| 24 | Flower Of This Purple Dye | Benjamin Britten | 6:32 | |
| 25 | Puppet? Why So? | Benjamin Britten | 3:05 | |
| 26 | This Is Thy Negligence | Benjamin Britten | 2:10 | |
| 27 | Up And Down | Benjamin Britten | 6:02 | |
| 28 | On The Ground, Sleep Sound | Benjamin Britten | 3:05 | |
| 29 | Act III | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 30 | Scene 1 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 31 | Introduction ... My Gentle Robin | Benjamin Britten | 7:12 | |
| 32 | Helena! - Hermia! - Demetrius! - Lysander! | Benjamin Britten | 4:46 | |
| 33 | When My Cue Comes, Call Me | Benjamin Britten | 3:37 | |
| 34 | Have You Sent To Bottom's House? | Benjamin Britten | 3:10 | |
| 35 | Scene 2 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 36 | Orchestra March ... Now, Fair Hippolyta | Benjamin Britten | 7:25 | |
| 37 | If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will | Benjamin Britten | 1:20 | |
| 38 | Gentles, Perchance You Wonder | Benjamin Britten | 1:16 | |
| 39 | In This Same Interlude | Benjamin Britten | 1:11 | |
| 40 | O Grim-Look'd Night | Benjamin Britten | 1:52 | |
| 41 | O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans | Benjamin Britten | 2:30 | |
| 42 | You Ladies, You | Benjamin Britten | 0:47 | |
| 43 | This Lanthorn Doth The Horned Moon Present | Benjamin Britten | 1:51 | |
| 44 | Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee For Thy Sunny Beams | Benjamin Britten | 1:52 | |
| 45 | Asleep, My Love? | Benjamin Britten | 2:32 | |
| 46 | Come, Your Bergomask | Benjamin Britten | 2:46 | |
| 47 | Now The Hungry Lion Roars | Benjamin Britten | 5:04 | |
| 48 | Phaedra, Op.93 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 49 | In May, In Brilliant Athens | Benjamin Britten | 6:38 | |
| 50 | O Gods Of Wrath | Benjamin Britten | 2:51 | |
| 51 | My Time's Too Short; Your Highness | Benjamin Britten | 5:56 | |
| 52 | The Rape Of Lucretia, Op.37 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 53 | Act I | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 54 | Scene 1 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 55 | Rome Is Now Ruled By The Etruscan Upstart | Benjamin Britten | 2:38 | |
| 56 | It Is An Axiom Among Kings | Benjamin Britten | 2:33 | |
| 57 | Here The Thirsty Evening Has Drunk The Wine Of Light | Benjamin Britten | 2:53 | |
| 58 | Who Reaches Heaven First Is The Best Philosopher | Benjamin Britten | 2:32 | |
| 59 | Maria Was Unmasked | Benjamin Britten | 4:14 | |
| 60 | Collatinus Is Politically Astute | Benjamin Britten | 4:29 | |
| 61 | There Goes A Happy Man! | Benjamin Britten | 4:15 | |
| 62 | Tarquinius Does Not Dare | Benjamin Britten | 2:26 | |
| 63 | My Horse! My Horse! | Benjamin Britten | 3:07 | |
| 64 | Scene 2 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 65 | Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds Dreams | Benjamin Britten | 5:19 | |
| 66 | Listen! I Heard A Knock | Benjamin Britten | 2:35 | |
| 67 | Time Treads Upon The Hands Of Women | Benjamin Britten | 3:42 | |
| 68 | The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep | Benjamin Britten | 7:37 | |
| 69 | Act II | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 70 | Scene 1 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 71 | The Prosperity Of The Etruscans | Benjamin Britten | 7:19 | |
| 72 | She Sleeps As A Rose | Benjamin Britten | 5:26 | |
| 73 | Within This Frail Crucible Of Light | Benjamin Britten | 4:26 | |
| 74 | Lucretia! | Benjamin Britten | 5:57 | |
| 75 | Interlude: Here In This Scene You See Virtue Assailed By Sin | Benjamin Britten | 4:07 | |
| 76 | Scene 2 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 77 | Oh! What A Lovely Day! | Benjamin Britten | 4:27 | |
| 78 | We'll Leave The Orchids | Benjamin Britten | 4:59 | |
| 79 | Flowers Bring To Every Year The Same Perfection | Benjamin Britten | 3:24 | |
| 80 | You Were Right | Benjamin Britten | 3:52 | |
| 81 | Lucretia! Lucretia! | Benjamin Britten | 2:57 | |
| 82 | Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me | Benjamin Britten | 3:30 | |
| 83 | This Dead Hand | Benjamin Britten | 4:09 | |
| 84 | Epilogue: Is That All? | Benjamin Britten | 5:20 | |
| 85 | The Turn Of The Screw, Op.54 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 86 | Act I | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 87 | Prologue | Benjamin Britten | 2:48 | |
| 88 | Theme: The Journey | Benjamin Britten | 3:26 | |
| 89 | Variation I: The Welcome | Benjamin Britten | 4:08 | |
| 90 | Variation II: The Letter | Benjamin Britten | 3:52 | |
| 91 | Variation III: The Tower | Benjamin Britten | 5:50 | |
| 92 | Variation IV: The Window | Benjamin Britten | 9:59 | |
| 93 | Variation V: The Lesson | Benjamin Britten | 4:45 | |
| 94 | Variation VI: The Lake | Benjamin Britten | 6:37 | |
| 95 | Variation VII: At Night | Benjamin Britten | 10:45 | |
| 96 | Act II | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 97 | Variation VIII: Colloquy And Soliloquy | Benjamin Britten | 8:36 | |
| 98 | Variation IX: The Bells | Benjamin Britten | 8:30 | |
| 99 | Variation X: Miss Jessel | Benjamin Britten | 6:20 | |
| 100 | Variation XI: The Bedroom | Benjamin Britten | 5:28 | |
| 101 | Variation XII: Quint | Benjamin Britten | 2:07 | |
| 102 | Variation XIII: The Piano | Benjamin Britten | 4:52 | |
| 103 | Variation XIV: Flora | Benjamin Britten | 4:54 | |
| 104 | Variation XV: Miles | Benjamin Britten | 11:43 | |
| 105 | Death In Venice, Op.88 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 106 | Act I | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 107 | Scene 1: Munich | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 108 | My Mind Beats On And No Words Come | Benjamin Britten | 4:57 | |
| 109 | Who's That? A Foreigner | Benjamin Britten | 4:53 | |
| 110 | Scene 2: On The Boat To Venice | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 111 | Hey There, Hey There, You! | Benjamin Britten | 3:48 | |
| 112 | Serenissima, Serenissima | Benjamin Britten | 2:55 | |
| 113 | Overture: Venice | Benjamin Britten | 2:36 | |
| 114 | Scene 3: The Journey To The Lido | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 115 | Ah Serenissima! | Benjamin Britten | 5:20 | |
| 116 | Mysterious Gondola | Benjamin Britten | 1:42 | |
| 117 | Scene 4: The First Evening At The Hotel | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 118 | We Are Delighted To Greet The Signore | Benjamin Britten | 4:09 | |
| 119 | Was I Wrong To Come | Benjamin Britten | 6:13 | |
| 120 | There Is Indeed In Every Artist's Nature | Benjamin Britten | 2:41 | |
| 121 | Scene 5: On The Beach | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 122 | Adziù! Adziù! | Benjamin Britten | 10:04 | |
| 123 | Scene 6: The Foiled Departure | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 124 | Aou'! Stagando, Aou'! | Benjamin Britten | 4:51 | |
| 125 | Naturally, Signore, I Understand | Benjamin Britten | 7:56 | |
| 126 | Scene 7: The Games Of Apollo | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 127 | Here I Will Stay | Benjamin Britten | 9:44 | |
| 128 | First The Race | Benjamin Britten | 5:08 | |
| 129 | The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me | Benjamin Britten | 4:17 | |
| 130 | Act II | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 131 | So It Has Come To This | Benjamin Britten | 4:38 | |
| 132 | Scene 8: The Hotel Barber's Shop (i) | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 133 | Guardate, Signore! | Benjamin Britten | 2:20 | |
| 134 | Scene 9: The Pursuit | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 135 | Do I Detect A Scent? | Benjamin Britten | 6:25 | |
| 136 | Careful Search Now Leads Me To Them | Benjamin Britten | 7:48 | |
| 137 | Scene 10: The Strolling Players | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 138 | This Way For The Players | Benjamin Britten | 4:26 | |
| 139 | Fiorir Rose In Mezzo | Benjamin Britten | 4:11 | |
| 140 | Scene 11: The Travel Bureau | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 141 | One Moment, If You Please | Benjamin Britten | 2:01 | |
| 142 | In These Last Years | Benjamin Britten | 2:56 | |
| 143 | Scene 12: The Lady Of The Pearls | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 144 | So It Is True | Benjamin Britten | 4:22 | |
| 145 | Scene 13: The Dream | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 146 | Receive The Stranger God | Benjamin Britten | 3:46 | |
| 147 | Scene 14: The Empty Beach | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 148 | Do What You Will Wh Me | Benjamin Britten | 2:00 | |
| 149 | Scene 15: The Hotel Barber's Shop (ii) | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 150 | Yes, A Very Wise Decision | Benjamin Britten | 2:23 | |
| 151 | Scene 16: The Last Visit To Venice | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 152 | Hurrah For The Piazza | Benjamin Britten | 2:54 | |
| 153 | Chaos, Chaos And Sickness | Benjamin Britten | 4:24 | |
| 154 | Scene 17: The Departure | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 155 | The Wind Still Blows From The Land | Benjamin Britten | 4:17 | |
| 156 | Ah, No! | Benjamin Britten | 5:07 | |
| 157 | Gloriana, Op.53 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 158 | Act I | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 159 | Scene 1 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 160 | Prelude | Benjamin Britten | 2:20 | |
| 161 | The Tournament | Benjamin Britten | 4:19 | |
| 162 | Recitative And Fight | Benjamin Britten | 1:25 | |
| 163 | Entrance Of The Queen | Benjamin Britten | 1:29 | |
| 164 | Recitative | Benjamin Britten | 1:08 | |
| 165 | The Two Lords' Explanation | Benjamin Britten | 1:24 | |
| 166 | Raleigh's Song | Benjamin Britten | 1:43 | |
| 167 | Ensemble Of Reconciliation | Benjamin Britten | 4:53 | |
| 168 | Recitative And Final March | Benjamin Britten | 1:29 | |
| 169 | Scene 2 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 170 | Prelude And Dialogue | Benjamin Britten | 2:02 | |
| 171 | The Queen's Song | Benjamin Britten | 1:57 | |
| 172 | Cecil's Song Of Government | Benjamin Britten | 1:56 | |
| 173 | Recitative And Essex's Entry | Benjamin Britten | 2:36 | |
| 174 | First Lute Song | Benjamin Britten | 1:59 | |
| 175 | Second Lute Song | Benjamin Britten | 3:44 | |
| 176 | The Frst Duet For The Queen And Essex | Benjamin Britten | 4:13 | |
| 177 | Soliloquy And Prayer | Benjamin Britten | 5:10 | |
| 178 | Act II | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 179 | Scene 1 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 180 | Prelude And Welcome | Benjamin Britten | 4:03 | |
| 181 | The Masque | Benjamin Britten | 11:48 | |
| 182 | Finale | Benjamin Britten | 2:52 | |
| 183 | Scene 2 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 184 | Prelude And Song | Benjamin Britten | 2:14 | |
| 185 | Duet | Benjamin Britten | 1:25 | |
| 186 | Double Duet | Benjamin Britten | 1:47 | |
| 187 | Quartet | Benjamin Britten | 3:38 | |
| 188 | Scene 3 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 189 | Pavane | Benjamin Britten | 2:10 | |
| 190 | Conversation | Benjamin Britten | 1:21 | |
| 191 | Galliard | Benjamin Britten | 1:50 | |
| 192 | Conversation And The Queen's Entrance | Benjamin Britten | 1:04 | |
| 193 | Lavolta | Benjamin Britten | 1:25 | |
| 194 | Conversation | Benjamin Britten | 0:49 | |
| 195 | Morris Dance | Benjamin Britten | 1:04 | |
| 196 | Recitative | Benjamin Britten | 0:25 | |
| 197 | The Queen's Burlesque | Benjamin Britten | 1:49 | |
| 198 | Quartet | Benjamin Britten | 2:51 | |
| 199 | March | Benjamin Britten | 0:47 | |
| 200 | The Queen's Announcement | Benjamin Britten | 2:05 | |
| 201 | Ensemble | Benjamin Britten | 3:09 | |
| 202 | Coranto | Benjamin Britten | 1:14 | |
| 203 | Act III | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 204 | Scene 1 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 205 | Prelude | Benjamin Britten | 2:55 | |
| 206 | Essex's Intrusion | Benjamin Britten | 0:57 | |
| 207 | The Second Duet Of The Queen And Essex | Benjamin Britten | 8:01 | |
| 208 | The Dressing-Table Song | Benjamin Britten | 2:46 | |
| 209 | The Entrance Of Cecil | Benjamin Britten | 1:04 | |
| 210 | Cecil's Report | Benjamin Britten | 0:48 | |
| 211 | Discussion | Benjamin Britten | 0:58 | |
| 212 | The Queen's Decision | Benjamin Britten | 1:38 | |
| 213 | Scene 2 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 214 | Ballad - Rondo | Benjamin Britten | 10:35 | |
| 215 | Scene 3 | Benjamin Britten | ||
| 216 | Prelude And Verdict | Benjamin Britten | 6:16 | |
| 217 | Cecil's Warning | Benjamin Britten | 0:57 | |
| 218 | The Queen's Dilemma | Benjamin Britten | 1:30 | |
| 219 | Trio | Benjamin Britten | 2:31 | |
| 220 | Lady Essex's Pleading | Benjamin Britten | 2:36 | |
| 221 | Penelope Rich's Pleading | Benjamin Britten | 1:41 | |
| 222 | Epilogue | Benjamin Britten | 8:51 |
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