If Music be the Food of Love - Britten: Saint Nicolas Op.42, A Ceremony of Carols Op.28, etc

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[CD1]
Saint Nicolas op. 42
Text: Eric Crozier

1. Introduction 05:14
2. The Birth of Nicolas 02:23
3. Nicolas devotes himself to God 04:18
4. He journeys to Palestine 07:29
5. Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop 06:49
6. Nicolas from prison 03:01
7. Nicolas and the Pickled Boys 06:25
8. His Piety and Marvellous Works 05:07
9. The Death of Nicolas 06:19

Total Time 47:08

Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
David Hemmings (Knabensopran / boy soprano)
Ralph Downes (Orgel / organ)
Girls' Choir of Sir John Leman School, Beccles
Boys' Choir of Ipswich School Preparatory Department
Boys Voices of the Choir of St. Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, Dirigent / conductor . aufg. / recorded in: 1955

[CD2]
A Ceremony of Carols op. 28
1. I. Procession 19:44
2. II. Wolcum Yole 01:19
3. III. There is no rose 01:58
4. IVa. That yonge child 01:34
5. IVb. Balulalow 01:23
6. V. As dew in Aprille 00:57
7. VI. This little Babe 01:18
8. VII. Interlude 03:01
9. VIII. In freezing winter night 04:02
10. IX. Spring Carol 01:06
11. X. Deo Gracias - Adam lay ibounden 01:03
12. XI. Recession 01:14

Copenhagen Boys' Choir
Enid Simon (Harfe / harp)
Benjamin Britten, Dirigent / conductor . aufg. / recorded in: 1953
A Boy was Born op. 3
13. A Boy was Born 02:03
14. Variation I: Lullaby, Jesu 04:18
15. Variation II: Herod 02:14
16. Variation III: Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour 02:33
17. Variation IV: The Three Kings 03:38
18. Variation V: In the bleak mid-winter 04:52
19. Variation VI: Finale - Noel! 08:48

Total Time 67:13

Michael Hartnett (Sopran / treble)
Purcell Singers
Boys' Voices of the English Opera Group
Choristers of All Saints, Margaret Street
Benjamin Britten, Dirigent / conductor . aufg. / recorded in: 1956

[CD3]
Libretto: Ronald Duncan (nach ,," von Andre Obey / after by Andre Obey)

1. Akt, 1. Szene / Act 1, Scene 1
1. Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart (Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 02:33
2. It is an axiom among kings (Frauenchor / Female Chorus) 03:01
3. Here the thirsty evening (MSnnerchor / Male Chorus) 02:22
4. Who reaches heaven first (Collatinus, Junius, Tarquinius, Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 02:36
5. Maria was unmasked at a masked ball (Junius, Tarquinius, Collatinus, Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 04:14
6. Collatinus is politically astute (Mannerchor / Male Chorus, Junius, Collatinus, Tarquinius) 06:11
7. There goes a happy man! (Tarquinius, Junius) 04:17
8. Tarquinius does not dare (Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 01:58
9. My horse! My horse!...Tarquinius does not wait
(Tarquinius, Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 03:19

The Rape of Lucretia op. 37 -
Oper in 2 Akten / Opera in Two Acts 3
2. Szene / Scene 2
10. Their spinning-wheel unwinds (Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia) 05:06
11. Listen! I heard a knock (Lucretia, Bianca) 02:49
12. Time treads upon the hands of women (Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Lucretia, Bianca, Lucia) 03:20
13. The oatmeal slippers of sleep (Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Mannerchor / Male Chorus, Tarquinius, Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia) 07:20

Total Time 49:13

[CD4]
2. Akt, 1. Szene / Act 2, Scene 1
1. The prosperity of the Etruscans (Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Mannerchor / Male Chorus, Collatinus, Lucia, Bianca, Junius) 08:36
2. She sleeps as a rose (Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 05:06
3. Within this frail crucible of light (Tarquinius, Frauenchor / Female Chorus) 04:27
4. Lucretia!...What do you want? (Tarquinius, Lucretia, Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 06:18
5. Interlude: Here in this scene you see (MSnnerchor / Male Chorus, Frauenchor / Female Chorus) 04:33
6. Oh! What a lovely day! (Lucia, Bianca) 03:52
7. We'll leave the orchids for Lucretia (Bianca, Lucia, Lucretia) 04:14
8. Flowers bring to every year (Lucretia, Bianca) 03:13
9. You were right (Lucia, Bianca, Collatinus, Junius, Lucretia) 04:38
10. Lucretia! Lucretia! (Collatinus, Lucretia) 03:01
11. Last night Tarquinius ravished me (Lucretia, Collatinus) 03:46
12. This dead hand lets fall (Collatinus, Junius, Bianca, Lucia, Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 04:28
13. Epilogue: Is it all? (Frauenchor / Female Chorus, Mannerchor / Male Chorus) 05:26

Total Time 61:44

Lucretia: Kathleen Ferrier (Alt / contralto)
Collatinus: Owen Brannigan (Bass / bass)
Junius: Edmund Donleavy (Bariton / baritone)
Tarquinius: Otakar Kraus (Bariton / baritone)
Bianca: Anna Pollak (Mezzo-Sopran / mezzo-soprano)
Lucia: Margaret Ritchie (Sopran / soprano)
Mannerchor / Male Chorus: Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
Frauenchor / Female Chorus: Joan Cross (Mezzo-Sopran / mezzo-soprano)
The English Opera Group Orchestra
Reginald Goodall, Dirigent / conductor . aufg./ recorded in: 1946

[CD5]
Libretto: E.M. Forster und Eric Crozier (nach Herman Melville) /
E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier (after Herman Melville)
2. Akt, 1. Szene / Act 2, Scene 1
1. There you are again, Master-at-Arms (Vere, Claggart, Cabin Boy) 05:50
2. O this cursed mist! (Vere, Mr. Redburn, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Flint) 04:21
2. Szene / Scene 2
3. Claggart, John Claggart, beware! (Vere, Billy) 03:31
4. Master-at-Arms and foretopman (Vere, Claggart, Billy) 02:16
5. God o'mercy! (Vere, Cabin Boy) 02:08
6. Great God! For what reason? (Mr. Redburn, Mr. Flint, Mr. Ratcliffe, Vere) 01:24
7. William Budd, you are accused (Mr. Redburn, Vere, Billy) 04:57
8. Poor fellow, who could save him? (Mr. Redburn, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Flint, Vere) 04:32

Billy Budd: Theodor Uppman (Bariton / baritone)
Captain Edward Fairfax Vere: Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
John Claggart, Master-at-Arms: Frederick Dalberg (Bass / bass)
Cabin Boy: Peter Flynn (Sprechrolle / speaking role)
Mr. Redburn: Rhydderch Davies (Bariton / baritone)
Mr. Ratcliffe: Michael Langdon (Bass / bass)
Mr. Flint: Geraint Evans (Bassbariton / bass-baritone)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Benjamin Britten, Dirigent / conductor . aufg. / recorded in: 1951
Peter Grimes - Four Sea Interludes
9. Dawn 03:24
10. Sunday Morning 03:44
11. Moonlight 04:24
12. Storm 04:20

Concertgebouworkest, Amsterdam
Eduard van Beinum, Dirigent / conductor
aufg. / recorded in: 1947
Peter Grimes - Passacaglia
13. Passacaglia op. 33 06:30

Total Time 51:26

Concertgebouworkest, Amsterdam
Eduard van Beinum, Dirigent / conductor . aufg. / recorded in: 1947
Billy Budd - Oper in 2 Akten (Ausz・e) /
Opera in Two Acts (Excerpts)

[CD6]
1. Theme: Full Orchestra, Woodwind, Brass, Strings, Percussion 01:55
2. Variations: Flutes & Piccolo 00:34
3. Oboes 00:59
4. Clarinets 00:37
5. Bassoons 00:51
6. Violins 00:39
7. Violas 01:12
8. Cellos 01:18
9. Double Basses 00:53
10. Harp 00:52
11. Horns 00:43
12. Trumpets 00:35
13. Trombones & Bass Tuba 01:00
14. Percussion 01:34
15. Fugue 03:01

Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent, Dirigent / conductor . aufg. / recorded in: 1946
The Little Sweep (Let's Make An Opera) op. 45
16. Sweep! Sweep! (Chor / chorus) 01:57
17. Sweep this chimney (Miss Baggott) 01:59
18. Now, little white boy! (Black Bob, Clem) 04:03
19. Pull the rope gently until he is free! (Chor / chorus) 01:42
20. Is he wounded? (Chor / chorus) 01:29
21. Sooty tracks (Chor / chorus) 02:24
22. Run, poor sweep-boy (Rowan) 04:18
23. The kettles are singing (Chor / chorus) 02:45
24. O why do you weep (Chor / chorus, Rowan, Sam) 03:07
25. Pantomime
Ah!...Blackguards! (Miss Baggott) 04:17
26. Help! Help! She's collapsed! (Miss Baggott) 02:07
27. The owl, wide-winging through the sky (Chor / chorus) 04:05
28. Soon the coach will carry you away (Juliet) 02:28
29. Morning, Sammy! Lovely weather (Johnnie) 01:51
30. Ready Alfred? (Tom) 02:51
31. Coaching song: The horses are champing (Tutti) 02:20

Total Time 60:39

Sam: David Hemmings (Sopran / treble)
Rowan: Jennifer Vyvyan (Sopran / soprano)
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations & Fugue on a theme of Purcell) op. 34

Libretto: EricCrozier
Miss Baggott: Nancy Thomas (Alt / contralto)
Juliet Brook: April Cantelo (Sopran / soprano)
Gay Brook: Michael Ingram (Sopran / treble)
Sophie Brook: Marilyn Baker (Sopran / soprano)
John Crome: Robin Fairhurst (Sopran / treble)
Tina Crome: Gabrielle Soskin (Sopran / soprano)
Hugh Crome: Lyn Vaughan (Sopran / treble)
Black Bob, Tom: Trevor Anthony (Bass / bass)
Clem, Alfred: Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
Choir of Alleyn's School
English Opera Group Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, Dirigent / conductor aufg. / recorded in: 1956

[CD7]
1. Akt / Act 1
Prologue (Prolog)
1. It is a curious story 02:46
Thema - 1. Szene / Theme - Scene 1: The Journey (Die Reise)
2. Nearly there (Governess) 03:25
Variation I - 2. Szene / Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome (Der Empfang)
3. Mrs. Grose! Will she be nice? (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess) 04:08
Variation II - 3. Szene / Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter (Der Brief)
4. Miss! Miss! A letter for you (Mrs. Grose, Governess, Flora, Miles) 03:51
Variation III - 4. Szene / Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower (Der Turm)
5. How beautiful it is (Governess) 05:49
Variation IV - 5. Szene / Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window (Das Fenster)
6. Tom, Tom, the piper's son (Miles, Flora, Governess, Mrs. Grose) 09:59
Variation V - 6. Szene / Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson
(Die Unterrichtsstunde)
7. Many nouns it is we find (Miles, Flora, Governess) 04:44
Variation VI - 7. Szene / Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake (Der See)
8. O rivers and seas and lakes! (Flora, Governess, Miles) 06:37
Variation VII - 8. Szene / Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night (Nachts)
9. Miles! Miles! Miles! (Quint, Miles, Miss Jessel, Flora, Governess,
Mrs. Grose) 10:20

Total Time 51:43
The Turn of the Screw - Oper und Prolog in 2 Akten /
Opera and Prologue in Two Acts
Libretto: Myfanwy Piper (nach Henry James / after Henry James)

[CD8]
The Turn of the Screw - Oper und Prolog in 2 Akten /
Opera and Prologue in Two Acts2. Akt / Act 2
Variation VIII - 1. Szene / Variation VIII - Scene 1:
Colloquy and Soliloquy (ZwiegesprSch und SelbstgesprSch)
1. Why did you call me? (Miss Jessel, Quint, Governess) 08:34
Variation IX - 2. Szene / Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells (Die Glocken)
2. O sing unto them a new song (Miles, Flora, Mrs. Grose, Governess) 08:29
Variation X - 3. Szene / Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel
3. She is here (Governess, Miss Jessel) 06:20
Variation XI - 4. Szene / Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom
(Das Schlafzimmer)
4. Malo: than a naughty boy... (Miles, Governess, Quint) 05:57
Variation XII - 5. Szene / Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint
5. So! She has written (Quint) 02:06
Variation XIII - 6. Szene / Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano (Das Klavier)
6. O what a clever boy (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Flora) 04:51
Variation XIV - 7. Szene / Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora
7. Flora! (Mrs. Grose, Governess, Miss Jessel, Flora) 04:54
Variation XV - 8. Szene / Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles
8. Mrs. Grose (Governess, Mrs. Grose, Miles, Quint) 11:38

Total Time 52:53

The Prologue: Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
The Governess: Jennifer Vyvyan (Sopran / soprano)
Miles: David Hemmings (Knabensopran / boy soprano)
Flora: Olive Dyer (Sopran / soprano)
Mrs. Grose: Joan Cross (Mezzo-Sopran / mezzo-soprano)
Quint: Peter Pears
Miss Jessel: Arda Mandikian (Sopran / soprano)
English Opera Group Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, Dirigent / conductor aufg. / recorded in: 1954


[CD9]
Simple Symphony, op. 4
1. I. Boisterous Bouree 03:22
2. II. Playful Pizzicato 03:14
3. III. Sentimental Saraband 08:06
4. IV. Frolicsome Finale 02:38

The Boyd Neel String Orchestra
Boyd Neel, Dirigent / conductor aufg. / recorded in: 1939
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10
5. I. Introduction and Theme 01:51
6. II. Adagio 02:14
7. III. March 01:09
8. IV. Romance 01:35
9. V. Aria Italiana 01:13
10. VI. Bouree Classique 01:10
11. VII. Wiener Waltz 02:33
12. VIII. Moto Perpetuo 01:08
13. IX. Funeral March 03:10
14. X. Chant 01:04
15. XI. Fugue 03:04
16. XII. Finale 03:16

The Boyd Neel String Orchestra
Boyd Neel, Dirigent / conductor
aufg. / recorded in: 1938

17. Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, op. 23, No. 1 08:58
18. Mazurka Elegiaca, op. 23, No. 2 07:29

Total Time 57:23

Clifford Curzon
Benjamin Britten (Klavier / piano) aufg. / recorded in: 1944

[CD10]
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo
1. I. Sonnet XVI 02:00
2. II. Sonnet XXXI 01:18
3. III. Sonnet XXX 03:08
4. IV. Sonnet LV 01:45
5. V. Sonnet XXXVIII 01:48
6. VI. Sonnet XXXII 01:14
7. VII. Sonnet XXIV 04:40

Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Klavier / piano) aufg. / recorded in: 1942
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings op. 31
8. I. Prologue 01:13
9. II. Pastoral (Cotton) 04:06
10. III. Nocturne (Tennyson) 03:19
11. IV. Elegy (Blake) 04:18
12. V. Dirge (anon.) 04:13
13. VI. Hymn (Jonson) 02:02
14. VII. Sonnet (Keats) 04:10
15. VIII. Epilogue 01:21

Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
Dennis Brain (Horn / horn)
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
Benjamin Britten, Dirigent / conductor aufg. / recorded in: 1944
English Folk Songs (AuszYge / excerpts)
16. The Salley Gardens (Irish tune) 03:04
17. Little Sir William (Somerset folk song) 02:37
18. Oliver Cromwell (nursery rhyme from Suffolk) 00:40
19. The Ash Grove (Welsh tune) 03:03
20. The Bonney Earl o'Moray (Scottish tune) 02:57
21. Heigh ho, heigh hi! 02:10
22. Sweet Polly Oliver (Old English tune) 03:02
23. There's none to soothe (Hullah's songbook) 02:17
24. The Plough Boy (tune by W. Shield) 02:03
25. Come you not from Newcastle? (Hullah's songbook) 01:16
26. The Foggy, Foggy Dew (from Suffolk) 02:42
27. O Waly, Waly (from Somerset) 03:45

Total Time 70:24

Peter Pears (Tenor / tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Klavier / piano) . aufg. / recorded in: 1944 (16-19),
1945 (20-21), 1946 (22, 23), 1947 (24-26), 1950 (27)