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Benjamin Britten (conductor)
Organ – Simon Preston. Recorded: January 1963, London.
Dido: Claire Watson; Aeneas: Peter Pears; Belinda: Jeannette Sinclair; Sorceress: Arda Mandikian; 2nd Women: Patricia Clark; Witches: Jean Allister, Rosemary Philips; Spirit: John Hahessy; 1st Sailor: Michael Ronayne. PURCELL SINGERS. English Opera Group Orchestra. George Malcom, Harpsichord Continuo. BBC Studios, 29/30 September 1959. Realized and conducted by B.Britten.
Recorded: July 28-29, 1970, UK.
Oberon - Alfred Deller, Tytania - Elizabeth Harwood, Puck - Stephen Terry, Thesius - John Shirley-Quirk, Hippolyta - Helen Watts, Lysander - Peter Pears, Demetrius - Thomas Hemsley, Hermia - Josephine Veasey, Helena - Heather Harper, Bottom - Owen Brannigan, Quince - Norman Lumsden, Flute - Kenneth MacDonald, Snug - David Kelly, Starveling - Keith Raggett, Snout - Robert Tear, Cobweb - Richard Dakin, Mustardseed - Ian Wodehouse, Peaseblossom - John Pryer, Moth - Graham Clark
London Symphony Orc
Galina Vishnevskaya, Mark Reshetin. English Chamber Orchestra. Malting, Snape, 14 June 1970 (live record)
Madwoman - Peter Pears, Ferryman - John Shirley-Quirk, Abbot - Harold Blackburn, Traveller - Bryan Drake, Voice of the Spirit - Bruce Webb. English Opera Group, cond. Benjamin Britten 1965
Recorded: June 13, 1967, Aldeburgh.
Joan Carlyle-soprano. Recorded: July 6, 1961, Suffolk.
Prologue - Peter Pears, Quint - Peter Pears, Governess - Jennifer Vyvyan, Miles - David Hemmings, Flora - Olive Dyer, Mrs.Grose - Joan Cross, Miss Jessel - Arda Mandikian
English Opera Group Orchestra. Conducted by Benjamin Britten. Decca 1955
Peter Grimes - Peter Pears, Ellen Orford - Claire Watson, Balstrode - James Pease, Auntie - Jean Watson, Bob Boles - Raymond Nilsson, Swallow - Owen Brannigan, Mrs. Sedley - Lauris Elms, Ned Keene - Geraint Evan, Rector - John Lanigan, Hobson - David Kelly, First niece - Marion Studholme, Second niece - Iris Kells
Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra. Conducted by Benjamin Britten. Decca 1959
Billy Budd - Peter Glossop, Captain Vere - Peter Pears, John Claggart - Michael Langdon, Mr. Redburn - John Shirley-Quirk, Mr. Flint - Bryan Drake, Mr. Ratcliffe - David Kelly, Red Whiskers - Gregory Dempsey, Donald - David Bowman, Dansker - Owen Brannigan, Novice - Robert Tear, Squeak - Robert Bowman, Bosun - Delme Bryn-Jones, First Mate - Eric Garrett, Second Mate - Norman Lumsden, Maintop - Nigel Rogers, Novice`s Friend - Benjamin Luxon, Cabin Boy - James Newby, Arthur Jones - James Coleby.
Alfreda Hodgson - mezzo-soprano. Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra. June 20, 1971.
Lucretia - Janet Baker, Male Chorus - Peter Pears, Female Chorus - Heather Harper, Tarquinius - Benjamin Luxon, Collantius - John Shirley-Quirk, Junius - Bryan Drake, Lucia - Jenny Hill, Bianca - Elizabeth Bainbridge. July 1970.
On Engl. Peter Pears - Evangelist, Gwynne Howell - Jesus, John Shirley-Quirk - Pilate, Heather Harper - soprano, Alfreda Hodgson - alto, Robert Tear - tenor, John Shirley-Quirk - bass. Philip Leger - harpsichord, Timothy Farrell - organ, Kenneth Heath - cello, Andrian Beers - double bass. Continuo realisation - Benjamin Britten. Wandsworth School Boys` Choir. 1972. Translate - Peter Pears, Imogen Holst.
Albert Herring - Peter Pears, Lady Billows - Sylvia Fisher, Florence Pike - Johanna Peters, Mr. Gedge - John Noble, Mr. Budd - Owen Brannigan, Mr. Upfold - Edgar Evans, Miss Wordsworth - April Cantelo, Mrs. Herring - Sheila Rex, Sid - Joseph Ward, Nancy - Catherine Wilson, Emmie - Sheila Amit, Cis - Anne Pashley, Harry - Stephen Terry
English Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by Benjamin Britten. Decca 1964
Recorded: September 24-25, 1970, Snape, UK.
The Tempter - Peter Pears, The Father - John Shirley-Quirk, The Elder Son - Bryan Drake, The Younger Son - Robert Tear. English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten 1969
Recorded: May 23-24, 1963, London.
Peter Pears (Gerontius,tenor), Yvonne Minton (Angel, mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Priest, Angel of Agony, bass-baritone). The Choir of King`s College, Cambridge. Rec. 1972.
Boys of Downside School, Purley
New Philharmonia Orchestra. 1964
... Peter Pierce (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Mariel Dickinson (alto), Pauline Stevens (alto), Jennifer Vivian (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (alto), Elizabeth Harrison (soprano). The choir of Wandsworth Boys` School. The Aldeburgh Festival Choir.
Jennifer Vyvyan (1 Soprano),Mary Wells (2 Soprano), Norma Burrowes (3 Soprano), Peter Pears (1 Tenor), Ian Partridge (2 Tenor), Charles Brett (1 Counter Tenor), James Bowman (2 Counter Tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo Soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Owen Brannigan (Bass). Kenneth Sillito - leader. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Recording - September 1970, Great Britain.
Owen Wingrave - Benjamin Luxon, Spencer Coyle - John Shirley-Quirk, Lechmere - Nigel Douglas, Miss Wingrave - Sylvia Fisher, Mrs. Coyle - Heather Harper, Mrs. Julien - Jennifer Vyvyan, Kate - Janet Baker, General Sir Philip Wingrave - Peter Pears. Narrator - Peter Pears. December 1970.
Recorded: June 13, 1967, Aldeburgh.
Recorded: September 1970, UK.
September 21&22, 1959, Alexander Murray(flute), Gervase de Peyer(clarinet), Roger Lord(English horn), William Waterhouse(bassoon), Barry Tuckwell(French horn), Osian Ellis(harp), Denis Biyth(timpani), Pierce, Britten, London CO
Britten, Fischer-Dieskau, Pierce, London CO, London Choir, December 13&14, 1963
Recorded: July 1964, London.
`I Attempt from Love`s Sickness to Fly` (1695). rec. 1963
Nebuchadnezzar - Peter Pears, Astrologer - Bryan Drake, Shadrach(Ananis) - John Shirley-Quirk, Meshach (Misael) - Robert Tear, Abednego(Azarias) - Stafford Dean, Herald - Peter Leeming. English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten 1967
Aldeburgh Festival Singers. Recorded: June 26, 1965, Aldeburgh Festival.
1957 - with Michael Hartnet, treble - All Saints, Margaret Street Choristers - English Opera Group
Recorded: June 12, 1969, Suffolk, UK.
Recorded: November 27, 1967, London.
Baritone - John Shirley-Quirk. Wandsworth School Boys` Choir. Recorded: December 22, 1968, Aldeburgh Festival.
Live - 6 July 1961 - Orford Church, Aldeburgh -
Broadcast - 18 May 1941 - ISCM Festival New York
1955 - Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Girls Choir of St. John Leman School Beccles, Boys` Choir of Ipswich School, Three soloists from St. Mary-the-Tower Ipswich
1969 - Vinyl transfer - with Emmanuel Hurwitz, Jose Luis Garcia (Violins), Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Bernard Richards (Cello)
Recorded: June 4, 1967 Snape Maltings (Suffolk, England). Chorus of East Anglian Choirs.
The Ambrosian Singers, 1969.
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