Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears: The Early HMV Recordings
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BRITTEN / COPLAND / SCHUBERT / GRAINGER
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears: The Early HMV Recordings
Benjamin Britten (piano) & Peter Pears (tenor)
[ Heritage / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 28 November 2011
Britten and Pears early collaborations for HMV display an infectious vigour. Britten's own works, the Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op.22 and the Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35. are given definitive readings. Also included are folk song settings by Britten, Grainger and Copland and the programme concludes with two of Schubert's most famous songs 'Im Fruhling' and 'Auf der Bruck'. Essential listening for fans of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
Tracks:
Britten:
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22
Recorded 20th November 1942
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35
Recorded on 29th August and 12th December 1947
The Plough Boy
Recorded on 27th August 1947
Come ye not from Newcastle?
Recorded on 27th August 1947
O Waly, Waly
Recorded on 15th November 1950
The foggy, foggy dew
Recorded on 15th November 1950
Copland:
The Boatmen's Dance
Recorded on 30th September 1950
Long Time Ago
Recorded on 30th September 1950
The Dodger
Recorded on 29th September 1950
Simple Gifts (from Old American Songs, Set I)
Recorded on 29th September 1950
I Bought me a Cat
Recorded on 30th September 1950
Grainger:
Six Dukes Went a-Fishin'
Recorded on 15th November 1950
Schubert:
Auf der Bruck, D853
Recorded on 15th November 1950
Im Frühling, D882
Recorded on 29thth September 1950
