Britten Rarities

 

Label : Decca

Format : Flac track

Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Voices for Today, Op. 75

Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, Benjamin Britten

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks

Songs from Friday Afternoons, Op. 7

The Birds

Corpus Christi Carol

John Hahessy, boy alto

Benjamin Britten, piano

Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51

Norma Procter, contralto

Peter Pears, tenor

Benjamin Britten, piano

A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41

Pamela Bowden, contralto

Peter Gellhorn, piano

‘Bottom’s Dream’ (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

Geraint Evans, baritone

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

The Sword in the Stone

Terence Hanbury White, narrator

Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr

BONUS TRACKS

HENRY PURCELL

Music for a while (arr. Tippett)

From rosy bowers

Pamela Bowden, contralto

Peter Gellhorn, piano