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	Peter Pears (tenor) Benjamin Britten - `War Requiem` for Soprano, Tenor and Baritone, Chorus, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Boys` Choir and Organ (1962), op. 66 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) , London Symphony Orchestra, The Melos Ensemble of London Organ – Simon Preston. Recorded: January 1963, London. (31) Henry Purcell - Opera `Dido and Aeneas`, Z 626 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor) 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. (7) Franz Schubert - Song cycle `Die schöne Müllerin` (after W. Müller), op.25 (1823), D 795 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) (11) Franz Schubert - Song cycle `Die Winterreise`, op. 89 (1827), D 911 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) 1958. (9) Benjamin Britten - Opera `Billy Budd` (1951), op. 50 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) , English Chamber Orchestra 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. (4) Benjamin Britten - «Winter Words», for high voice and piano (1953), op. 52 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Recorded: March 16-17, 1954, London. (5) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in d-moll (1791), KV626 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Heather Harper (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) , English Chamber Orchestra Alfreda Hodgson - mezzo-soprano. Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra. June 20, 1971. (5) Benjamin Britten - Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (1940), op. 22 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) (9) Benjamin Britten - Opera `The Rape of Lucretia` (1946), op. 37 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Heather Harper (soprano), Janet Baker (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor) , English Chamber Orchestra 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. (3) Johann Sebastian Bach - Oratorio `Johannes-Passion` (1724), BWV 245 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Heather Harper (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) , English Chamber Orchestra 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. (8) Johann Sebastian Bach - Oratorio `Matthäus-Passion` (1736), BWV 244 Karl Münchinger (conductor), Elly Ameling (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone) , Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Evangelist- Peter Pears; Jesus- Hermann Prey; Arias, 1st Maid, Pilatus` wife - Elly Ameling; Arias, 2nd Maid - Marga Höffgen; Arias - Fritz Wunderlich; Arias - Tom Krause; Petrus, High Priest, Pilatus - Heinz Blankenburg; Judas - August Messthaler. Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (Chorus Master: Gerhard Wilhelm). 1964. (6) Benjamin Britten - Opera `Death in Venice` (1973-1974), op. 88 Peter Pears (tenor) Continued. Discussion. (2) Johann Sebastian Bach - Mаss in h-moll, BWV 232 George Enescu (conductor), Kathleen Mary Ferrier (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), George Malcolm (harpsichord) , BBC Singers Chamber Choir, The Boyd Neel Orchestra Soprano - Suzanne Danco, baritone - Bruce Boyce, bass - Norman Walker. Boyd Neel Orchestra. BBC Singers (Chorus Master - Leslie Woodgate). Recorded: July 17, 1951, London. (2) Robert Schumann - Song Cycle`Dichterliebe`, Op. 48 Peter Pears (tenor), Murrey Perahia (piano) Aldeburgh, June 22, 1977. Live. (2) Benjamin Britten - Song Cycle `Songs from the Chinese` for Voice and Guitar (1957), op. 58 Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (guitar) 5. Depression (Po Chü-i) (2) Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31 Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Benjamin Britten (conductor) , London Symphony Orchestra Recorded: May 23-24, 1963, London. (9) Edward Elgar - Oratorio `The Dream of Gerontius`, op. 38 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) , London Symphony Orchestra, The London Symphony Chorus 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. (3) Johannes Brahms - `Liebeslieder` - 18 Waltzes for 4 soloists and piano 4 hands (1869), Op. 52 Janet Baker (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Claudio Arrau (piano), Benjamin Britten (piano) Heather Harper - soprano, Thomas Hensley - baritone. Recorded: 1968, 14 June, Live at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh Festival. (8) Igor Stravinsky - `Oedipus Rex`, opera-oratorio in two acts by Sophocles (1926-27), K047 Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor), Martha Moedl , Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester 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). (11) Benjamin Britten - Canticle №3 `Still falls the Rain` for tenor, horn and piano (1954), op. 55 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) 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. (5) Benjamin Britten - Opera `Owen Wingrave` (1971), op. 85 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Heather Harper (soprano), Janet Baker (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor) , English Chamber Orchestra 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. (2) Benjamin Britten - `The Holy Sonnets of John Donne`, for high voice and piano (1945), op. 35 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Recorded: November 1967, UK. (4) Benjamin Britten - Nocturne for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings (1958), op. 60 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Barry Tuckwell (horn) , London Symphony Orchestra 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 (3) Benjamin Britten - Cantata misericordium for solos, small chorus and orchestra (1963), op. 69 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Peter Pears (tenor) , London Symphony Orchestra Britten, Fischer-Dieskau, Pierce, London CO, London Choir, December 13&14, 1963 (4) Claude Debussy - Trois Ballades de François Villon for voice and piano (1910), L 119 Peter Pears (tenor), Murrey Perahia (piano) Aldeburgh, 22.06.1977. (2) Henry Purcell - Arias Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (conductor), Benjamin Britten (piano) `I Attempt from Love`s Sickness to Fly` (1695). rec. 1963 (2) Robert Schumann - Liederkreis. Zwoelf Gesaenge for voice and piano by J. von Eichendorff, Op. 39 Peter Pears (tenor), Murrey Perahia (piano) Aldeburgh, 1974. (2) Gustav Theodore Holst - Four Songs for Voice and Violin, op.35 Peter Pears (tenor), Norbert Brainin (violin) (4) Anonymous - English traditional: Miserere, my maker Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) J. Brim - lute. Recording of 1958 (2) Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata `Herr Jesu Christ, wahr` Mensch und Gott`, BWV 127 Karl Richter (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor), Kieth Engen (bass) , Munchener Bach-Chor Contralto - Antonia Fahberg. Members of the Orchestra of Münchner Staatsoper (actually Bayerisches Staatsorchester). April 1958, Munich. (7) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Cantata `Die ihr unermeßlichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt` for voice and piano (1791), KV619 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (conductor) (2) Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata `Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe`, BWV 108 Karl Richter (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor), Kieth Engen (bass) , Munchener Bach-Chor Contralto - Lilian Benningsen. Members of the Orchestra of Münchner Staatsoper (actually Bayerisches Staatsorchester). April 1958, Munich. (5) Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata `Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben`, BWV 102 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Janet Baker (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) , English Chamber Orchestra Aldeburgh Festival Singers. Recorded: June 26, 1965, Aldeburgh Festival. (6) George Frideric Handel - Oratorio `L`Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato` (1740), HWV 55 David Willcocks (conductor), Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor) Elsie Morison, Jacqueline Delman, Elizabeth Harwood - sopranos (2) Georg Philipp Telemann - Cantata `Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt`, TWV 1: 877 (BWV 160) Karl Richter (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor) Instrumental ensemble. Recorded: September 15-16, 1958, Munich. (1) Robert Schumann - Fuenf Lieder und Gesaenge (1850-51), Op.127 Peter Pears (tenor), Murrey Perahia (piano) Peter Pears, Murray Perahia. Aldeburgh, 1974. (3) Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata `Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ`, BWV 67 Karl Richter (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor), Kieth Engen (bass) , Munchener Bach-Chor Contralto - Lilian Benningsen. Members of the Orchestra of Münchner Staatsoper (actually Bayerisches Staatsorchester). Recorded: April 1958, Munich. (1) Benjamin Britten - Canticle №2 `Abraham and Isaac` for alto and tenor voices and piano (1952), op. 51 Janet Baker (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano) 1977, live Aldeburgh performance. (3) John Dowland - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597): № 4 `If my complaints` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recorded 1958 (2) George Frideric Handel - Oratorio `Acis and Galatea` (1718/1732), HWV 49a Adrian Boult (conductor), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor) 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. (4) Thomas Morley - `It was a lover and his lass` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (guitar) J. Brim - lute. Recording 1956 (3) Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata `Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kommt`, BWV 151 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor) , English Chamber Orchestra Baritone - John Shirley-Quirk. Wandsworth School Boys` Choir. Recorded: December 22, 1968, Aldeburgh Festival. (3) Benjamin Britten - Song Cycle `Les Illuminations` for high voice and string orchestra (1939), op. 18 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor) , Columbia Symphony Orchestra Broadcast - 18 May 1941 - ISCM Festival New York (3) Thomas Morley - Come sorrow, come Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording 1956 (1) John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600): № 1 `I saw my Lady weep` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recorded 1956 (2) John Dowland - Songs from the collection `A Musicall Banquet` (1610): No.10, In darkness let me dwell Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) 1956. (3) Philip Rosseter - Sweet, come again Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording of 1958 (0) Thomas Morley - I saw my lady weeping Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording of 1958 (1) Philip Rosseter - Song `When Laura smiles` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) 1956. (2) Benjamin Britten - A cantata `Saint Nicolas` for tenor solo, mixed chorus, piano duet, organ, strings & percussion, op. 42 Benjamin Britten (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor) 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 (2) Philip Rosseter - What then is love but mourning Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording 1956 (1) Matyas Seiber - Three fragments of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce for narrator, mixed choir and ensemble (1957) Peter Pears (tenor), Matyas Seiber (conductor) , The Melos Ensemble of London `Dorian Singers` (1) Thomas Morley - Mistress mine, well may you fare Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording 1956 (1) Thomas Morley - With my Love my life was nestled Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording of 1958 (2) Philip Rosseter - Song `What is a day?` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording of 1958 (1) Thomas Campion - Come, let us sound Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) 1958. (2) John Dowland - The First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597): №19 `Awake, sweet love` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recorded 1956 (1) Thomas Morley - Thirsis and Milla Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording of 1958 (1) Philip Rosseter - Whether men do laugh or weep Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (guitar), Julian Bream (lute) Recording 1956 (1) John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600): №12 `Fine knacks for ladies` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recorded 1958 (1) Thomas Morley - What if my mistress now Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording of 1958 (1) John Dowland - The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires (1603): № 9. `What if I never speed` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recorded 1958 (1) Francis Pilkington - Sleep, Gentle Nymphs (The first volume of songs, 1605) Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Entry 1958 (0) John Dowland - The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres (1600): № 3 `Sorrow, sorrow, stay` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) 1958. (1) John Ireland - Song Cycle `The Land of Lost Content` (1920-21) Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) 1964. (3) Thomas Ford - `Come, Phyllis, come` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) Recording of 1958 (2) Thomas Campion - Song `Shall I come, sweet love` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) 1958. (2) Witold Lutoslawski - Paroles tissées Peter Pears (tenor), Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) , Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester 1966, Koeln (1) Thomas Ford - `Fair, sweet, cruel` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (guitar), Julian Bream (lute) Recording 1956 (1) Franz Schubert - Song `Ganymed` (”Wie im Morgenglanze”) (Op.19/3), D 544 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Recorded: June 18, 1969, Suffolk, UK. (3) Thomas Campion - Song `Fair, if you expect admiring` Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) 1958. (0) Franz Schubert - Song `An die Entfernte` (”So hab ich wirklich dich verloren”), D 765 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Recorded: June 18, 1969, Suffolk, UK. (1) Michael Tippett - Cantata `Boyhood`s End` for Tenor & Piano (1943) Peter Pears (tenor), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano) 1952, UK. (0) Anonymous - English traditional: Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow? Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (guitar) J. Brim - lute. Recording of 1958 (1) Franz Schubert - Song `Atys` (”Der Knabe seufzt”), D 585 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) (1) Franz Schubert - Song `Abendstern` (”Was weilst du einsam an dem Himmel”), D 806 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Recorded: June 18, 1969, Suffolk, UK. (2) Franz Schubert - Song `Auflösung` (”Verbirg dich, Sonne”), D 807 Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) (0) Hector Berlioz - Sacred Trilogy `The Childhood of Christ` (1853-54), op. 25 Colin Davis (conductor), Peter Pears (tenor) 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. (0)

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