Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten
Stephen Terry, Sylvia Fisher, April Cantelo, Sheila Amit, Anne Pashley, Sheila Rex, Peter Pears, Edgar Evans, Owen Brannigan, Joseph Ward, Johanna Peters, John Noble, Catherine Wilson, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2 - "My Flowers Are Few" 02:35
Owen Brannigan, Peter Pears, Lauris Elms, David Kelly, Claire Watson, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue - "You Sailed Your Boat" 03:04
Sylvia Fisher, April Cantelo, Johanna Peters, Edgar Evans, John Noble, Owen Brannigan, Sheila Rex, Peter Pears, Sheila Amit, Anne Pashley, Stephen Terry, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1 - "We Bring Great News To You" 04:51
Peter Pears, Raymond Nilsson, James Pease, Jean Watson, Geraint Evans, David Kelly, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1 - "Hi! Give Us a Hand" 03:18
Owen Brannigan, John Noble, Sheila Rex, Johanna Peters, April Cantelo, Edgar Evans, Catherine Wilson, Joseph Ward, Sylvia Fisher, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2 - "Er-humph! Er-humph! I'm No Great Shakes" 02:39
Claire Watson, Peter Pears, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2 - "This Unrelenting Work" 04:40
Geraint Evans, Jean Watson, Peter Pears, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1 - "Old Joe Has Gone Fishing" 02:28
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 7. "What Is More Gentle Than A Wind In Summer?" 03:28
Owen Brannigan, David Kelly, Peter Pears, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue - "Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!" 02:09
Nigel Douglas, Jennifer Vyvyan, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Sylvia Fisher, Benjamin Luxon, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2 - "I envy you, this fine old house" 02:36
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, Osian Ellis, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 4. "Midnight's Bell Goes Ting, Ting, Ting" 02:30
John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, Sylvia Fisher, Janet Baker, Nigel Douglas, Benjamin Luxon, Jennifer Vyvyan, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2 - "Paramore shall welcome Woe!" 07:03
John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "This Dead Hand Lets Fall" 04:08
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 8. "When Most I Wink, Then Do Mine Eyes Best See" 04:01
Keith Raggett, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Thomas Hemsley, Helen Watts, Kenneth McDonald, David Kelly, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present" 01:50
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, Roger Lord, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 6. "She Sleeps On Soft, Last Breaths" 04:30
Thomas Hemsley, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!" 04:46
Josephine Veasey, Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Stephen Terry, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Puppet? Why So?" 03:05
Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, The Bach Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae - "Lacrimosa...Move him into the Sun" 04:47
Claire Watson, Peter Pears, James Pease, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3 - "Peter, We've Come To Take You Home" 02:29
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 2. "Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep" 03:18
Alfred Deller, Stephen Terry, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Thomas Hemsley, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Flower Of This Purple Dye" 06:32
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Benjamin Luxon, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep" 07:37
Bryan Drake, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball" 04:13
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "The Prosperity Of the Etruscans" 07:19
Peter Pears, Osian Ellis, Barry Tuckwell, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 3. "Encintured With A Twine Of Leaves" 02:12
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, Denis Blyth, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 5. "But That Night When On My Bed I Lay" 03:02
John Shirley-Quirk, Nigel Douglas, Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Jennifer Vyvyan, Sylvia Fisher, Peter Pears, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2 - "Come in...It's me, Lechmere" 05:09
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Nocturne for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings, Op. 60 - 1. "On A Poet's Lips I Slept" 03:22
Peter Pears, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring In the Wood" 02:41
Peter Pears, Norma Burrowes, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford — Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1 - Prelude for the Witches - "Wayward Sisters" 03:19
Benjamin Britten [Piano], ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Gwynne Howell, John Shirley-Quirk, Sir Peter Pears — J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two - "Then Led They Jesus From Caiaphas To the Judgement" 04:53
Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, The Bach Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae - "Lacrimosa...Move him into the Sun" 06:49
Peter Pears, James Newby, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1 - "Boy! My Compliments To Mr. Redburn" 03:45
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "It Is An Axiom Among Kings" 02:33
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sir Peter Pears, Highgate School Choir, London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir, Simon Preston, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — "So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood" 06:10
Benjamin Britten [Piano], ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Gwynne Howell, Sir Peter Pears — J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two - "And From That Hour He Took Her Unto His Own Home" 01:49
John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Chorus, English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Curlew River, Op. 71 - "I beg your pardon, living in this famous place" 04:52
Peter Pears, Janet Baker, Norma Burrowes, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford — Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 3 - "See the flags and streamers curling" 03:19
Raymond Nilsson, John Lanigan, Owen Brannigan, Geraint Evans, Peter Pears, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2 - "Now!...Now!" 02:09