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.
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.
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.
Peter Pears - Oedipus, Martha Moedl - Jocasta, Heinz Rehfuss - Creon, Otto von Rohr - Tiresias, Helmut Krebs - shepherd, Jean Cocteau - narrator. October 8, 1951, Cologne & May 1952, Paris (narration).
The Raids, 1940, Nignt and Down (Text: Edith Sitwell).
Peter Pears, Tenor; Dennis Brain, Horn; BENJAMIN BRITTEN, Piano. Live in Aldeburgh Church, 21 June 1956.
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.
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
Joan Sutherland - Galatea, Peter Pears - Acis, Owen Brannigan - Polyphemus, David Galliver - Damon. St. Anthony Singers. Philomusica of London. Thurston Dart - harpsichord. Recording - May June 1959, London.
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
Mary – Elsie Morison, Centurion – Edgar Fleet, Narrator - Peter Pears, Joseph – John Cameron, Herod and Housholder – Joseph Rouleau, Polydorus - John Frost. The St. Anthony Singers. Goldsbrough Orchestra. Early 1960`s.