Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute
Peter Pears - CD
- Artist: Peter Pears
- Year: 2010
- Number of Discs: 6
- UPC: 028947823452
- Item Number: DEC782345
- Release date: 06/22/2010
- 1. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Prologue
- 2. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Pastoral (The day's grown old)
- 3. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Nocturne (The splendour falls on castle walls)
- 4. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Elegy (O Rose, thou art sick!)
- 5. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Dirge (This ae nighte)
- 6. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Hymn (Queen and huntress, chaste and fair)
- 7. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Sonnet (O soft embalmer of the still midnight)
- 8. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31, Epilogue
- 9. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22, Sonetto 16 (Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro)
- 10. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22, Sonetto 31 (A che piu debb'io mai l'intensa voglia sfogar)
- 11. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22, Sonetto 30 (Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume)
- 12. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22, Sonetto 55 (Tu sa' ch'io, signior mie, che tu sai)
- 13. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22, Sonetto 38 (Rendete agli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume)
- 14. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22, Sonetto 32 (S'un casto amor, s'una pieta superna)
- 15. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22, Sonetto 24 (Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede)
- 16. Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54, Act 1. Variation 7. Scene 8: At Night. Miles! Miles! Miles!
- 17. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37, Act 1. Scene 1. Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
- 18. Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, for alto, tenor & piano, Op. 51
- 19. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33, Act 2. Scene 2. Now the Great Bear and Pleiades...
- 20. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33, Act 2. Scene 2. Old Joe has gone fishing...
- 21. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33, Act 2. Scene 2. The bridge is down, we half swam over
- 1. War Requiem, for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' voices, chorus, chamber orchestra, orchestra & organ, Op. 66, Dies irae. Move him into the sun
- 2. Holderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61, Menschenbeifall (Ist nicht heilig mein Herz, schoneren Lebens voll)
- 3. Holderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61, Die Heimat (Froh kehrt der Schiffer heim an den stillen Strom)
- 4. Holderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61, Sokrates und Alcibiades (Warum huldigest du, heiliger Sokrates)
- 5. Holderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61, Die Jugend (Da ich ein Knabe war, rettet' ein Gott mich oft)
- 6. Holderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61, Halfte des Lebens (Mit gelben Birnen hanget und voll mit wilden Rosen)
- 7. Holderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61, Die Linien des Lebens (Die Linien des Lebens sind verschieden)
- 8. Billy Budd, opera, Op. 50, Act 2. Epilogue. We committed his body to the deep
- 9. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, Oh my blacke Soule!
- 10. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, Batter my heart
- 11. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, Oh might those sighes and teares
- 12. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, Oh, to vex me
- 13. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, What if this present
- 14. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, Since she whom I lov'd
- 15. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, At the round earth's imagin'd corners
- 16. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, Thou hast made me
- 17. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35, Death be not proud
- 18. A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera, Op. 64, Act 1. How now, my love? Why is your cheek so pale?
- 19. Albert Herring, chamber opera, Op. 39, Act 2. Scene 2. Albert the Good! Long may he reign
- 20. Owen Wingrave, opera, Op. 85, Act 1. Scene 7. May God bless the Queen
- 21. Canticle V: The Death of St Narcissus, for tenor & harp, Op. 89
- 22. Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88, Act 1. Scene 7. The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me
- 1. The Foggy, Foggy Dew, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 3)
- 2. The brisk young widow, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5)
- 3. O Waly, Waly, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 3)
- 4. Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 2)
- 5. The Plough Boy, folksong for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 3)
- 6. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49, Lo! Here my love! turn, Galatea, hither turn thy eyes
- 7. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49, Love in her eyes sits playing
- 8. I saw my lady weep, for 2 voices & lute (Second Book of Song)
- 9. When that love is but mourning, for voice & lute
- 10. Rest, sweet nymphs, for voice & lute
- 11. It was a lover and his lass, song for voice with lute & bass viol
- 12. In darkness let me dwell, for voice, lute & bass viol (A Musicall Banquet)
- 13. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629, Part 1: Oberon's Birthday. When a cruel long winter has frozen the earth
- 14. St. Matthew Passion for 2 sopranos, alto, 3 tenors, 2 basses & chorus, SWV 479, Jesus aber stund fur dem Landpfleger
- 15. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7), Part 4. No. 41. Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
- 16. St. Matthew Passion (Matthauspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b), Part 2. No. 26. Recitative: Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte des Landpflegers Jesum zu sich / No. 63. Ch
- 17. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1), Benedictus
- 18. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2), Part 2. No. 22. Recitative: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgement hall / No. 23. Choru
- 19. The Dream of Gerontius, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 38, Part 1. Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus, de profundis oro te
- 1. Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano, D. 544 (Op. 19/3)
- 2. Gute Nacht ("Fremd bin ich eingezogen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/1 (Op. 89/1)
- 3. Der Lindenbaum ("Am Brunnen vor dem Tore"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/5 (Op. 89/5)
- 4. Fruhlingstraum ("Ich traumte von bunten Blumen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/11 (Op. 89/11)
- 5. Der Leiermann ("Druben hinterm Dorfe..."), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/24 (Op. 89/24)
- 6. Das Wandern, song for voice and piano (Die schone Mullerin), D. 795/1 (Op. 25/1)
- 7. Der Neugierige ("Ich frage keine Blume"), song for voice & piano (Die schone Mullerin), D. 795/6 (Op. 25/6)
- 8. Der Jager ("Was sucht denn der Jager..."), song for voice & piano (Die schone Mullerin), D. 795/14 (Op. 25/14)
- 9. Die liebe Farbe ("In Grun will ich mich kleiden"), song for voice & piano (Die schone Mullerin), D. 795/16 (Op. 25/16)
- 10. Im wunderschonen Monat Mai, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/1
- 11. Ich grolle nicht, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/7
- 12. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/13
- 13. Die alten bosen Lieder, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/16
- 14. Scenes From Goethe's Faust for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra (or piano), WoO 3, Part 2. No. 4. Sonnenaufgang. Die ihr dies Haupt umschwebt im luft'gen Kreise ... / Horchet! horcht
- 15. L' Enfance du Christ, oratorio for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, 3 basses, chorus & orchetsra ("trilogie sacree") H. 130 (Op. 25), Part 2, No. 9: Le Repos de la Sainte Famille
- 16. Paroles tissees (Woven words), for tenor & 20 solo instruments
- 1. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra), 1. On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble
- 2. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra), 2. From far, from eve and morning
- 3. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra), 3. Is my team ploughing
- 4. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra), 4. Oh, when I was in love with you
- 5. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra), 5. Bredon Hill (In summertime on Bredon)
- 6. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra), 6. Clun (Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun)
- 7. Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano, What, then, did I want? What did I ask to have?
- 8. Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano, To rise each morning and look out on the sky ...
- 9. Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano, To climb trees and put my hand down in the deep hot nest of the Bienteveo ...
- 10. Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano, To ride at noon on the hottest of days ...
- 11. Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano, To lie on my back on the rust-brown grass in January
- 12. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, 1. Song (Oh journey-man, oh journey-man)
- 13. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, 2. The Heart's Assurance (O never trust the heart's assurance)
- 14. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, 3. Compassion (She in the hurling night)
- 15. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, 4. The Dancer (He's in his grave and on his head)
- 16. The Heart's Assurance, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, 5. Remember your lovers (Young men walking the open streets)
- 17. To Daffodils, song for voice & piano
- 18. The Merry Month of May, for voice & piano
- 19. Dream Pedlary (If there were dreams to sell), for voice & piano
- 20. Take, o take those lips away, for voice & piano
- 21. Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord), 1. Come unto these yellow sands
- 22. Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord), 2. Full fathom five
- 23. Songs for Ariel, for voice & piano (or harpsichord), 3. Where the bee sucks
- 24. Voices of the Prophets, cantata for tenor & piano, Op 41, 1. For behold, I create a new heaven and a new earth
- 25. Voices of the Prophets, cantata for tenor & piano, Op 41, 2. So at length the spirit of man will reach out
- 26. Voices of the Prophets, cantata for tenor & piano, Op 41, 3. Rouse up, O Young Men of the New Age!
- 27. Voices of the Prophets, cantata for tenor & piano, Op 41, 4. Over the years I hear strong voices rise
- 1. Piggesnie, for voice & piano
- 2. Along the Stream ("The rustling night fall strews my gown with roses"), for voice & piano (Saudades No. 1)
- 3. Bold William Taylor, folk song for mezzo-soprano or baritone & piano (BFMS 43)
- 4. Songs (2) of William Blake, for voice & piano, 1. The Echoing Green (The sun does arise, and make happy the skies)
- 5. Songs (2) of William Blake, for voice & piano, 2. The Shepherd (How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!)
- 6. If thou wilt ease thine heart, for voice & piano
- 7. Come, o come, my life's delight, for voice & piano
- 8. The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano, 1. The Lent Lily ('Tis spring; come out to ramble the hilly brakes around)
- 9. The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano, 2. Ladslove (Look not in my eyes)
- 10. The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano, 3. Goal and Wicket (Twice a week the winter thorough)
- 11. The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano, 4. The Vain Desire (If truth in hearts that perish could move the powers on high)
- 12. The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano, 5. The Encounter (The street sounds to the soldiers' tread)
- 13. The Land of Lost Content, cycle of 6 songs for voice & piano, 6. Epilogue (You smile upon your friend today)
- 14. The trellis, for voice & piano (from "Songs (2) (1920)")
- 15. 'Tis but a week, for voice & piano, H. 146
- 16. Goldenhair, for voice & piano, H. 125
- 17. When you are old and gray, for voice & piano, H. 142
- 18. So perverse, for voice & piano, H. 61
- 19. Journey's End, for voice & piano, H. 167
- 20. Tom O'Bedlam's Song, for voice & cello
- 21. Songs (3), for voice & piano (1926), 1. Love and Friendship (Love is like the wild rose-briar)
- 22. Songs (3), for voice & piano (1926), 2. Friendship in Misfortune (Give me the depth of love that springs)
- 23. Songs (3), for voice & piano (1926), 3. The One Hope (When vain desire at last)
- 24. Cycle for declamation, for solo voice, We cannot bid the fruits come in May
- 25. Cycle for declamation, for solo voice, In the Wombe of the Earth
- 26. Cycle for declamation, for solo voice, Nunc lento sonitu
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Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute by Peter Pears on CD
The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a vast amount of twentieth-century English music and German Lieder This anniversary collection features Pears in a wide selection of this repertory and it also charts his career as a recording artist from landmark recordings such as the first recording of Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (made in 1944) through to Britten's Canticle V The Death of St Narcissus (composed in 1974), recorded near the end of his career in 1976. This box set includes many recordings appearing on CD for the first time as international releases.
- Artist: Peter Pears
- Year: 2010
- Number of Discs: 6
- UPC: 028947823452
- Item Number: DEC782345
- Release date: 06/22/2010
- Label: Decca
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Vocal Music
- Album Time: 458:34
- Britten: Serenade; Les Illuminations; Nocturne (Import)
- Broadcast & Concert Performances: J. Ireland - Piano Solos, Etc.
- Heavenly Love, Earthly Joy
- Schubert: Winterreise (Import)
- World of Britten
- Treasury Of English Song (Import)
- Peter Pears: Decca Premieres (Import)
- Arne Nordheim: Epitaffio; Doria; Greening
- Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
- Holst: Humbert Wolfe Songs; Part-Songs (Import)
- Holst: Four Songs for Voice & Violin; Six Choruses (Import)
- English Song
- The Early HMV Recordings
- Voice of Peter Pears
- English Song
- The Voice of Peter Pears
- Britten, Seiber, Racine, Fricker, Walton: Music for Voice & Guitar
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Composers:
- Alan Bush
- Benjamin Britten
- Bernard van Dieren
- E.J. Moeran
- Edward Elgar
- Francis Pilkington
- Frank Bridge
- Franz Schubert
- Frederick Delius
- George Frederick Handel
- Hector Berlioz
- Heinrich Schutz
- Henry Purcell
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- John Dowland
- John Ireland
- Michael Tippett
- Percy Grainger
- Peter Warlock
- Philip Rosseter
- Priaulx Rainier
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Robert Schumann
- Thomas Morley
- William Busch
- Witold Lutoslawski
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Performers:
- Alan Bush - Piano
- Aldeburgh Festival Chorus - Choir, Chorus
- Arda Mandikian - Vocals
- Bach Choir - Choir, Chorus
- Benjamin Britten - Piano
- Benjamin Luxon - Baritone (Vocal)
- Claire Watson - Soprano (Vocal)
- David Hemmings - Vocals
- David Kelly - Vocals
- Dennis Brain - Horn
- Franz Hoger - Double Bass
- Galina Vishnevskaya - Soprano (Vocal)
- Geraint Evans - Baritone (Vocal)
- Gwynne Howell - Vocals
- Heather Harper - Soprano (Vocal)
- Heinrich Schutz Choir - Choir, Chorus
- Iris Kells - Vocals
- James Pease - Vocals
- Janet Baker - Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
- Jean Watson - Vocals
- Jennifer Vyvyan - Soprano (Vocal)
- Jenny Hill - Soprano (Vocal)
- Joan Cross - Soprano (Vocal)
- Joan Dickson - Cello
- John Elwes - Tenor (Vocal)
- John Noble - Bass (Vocal)
- John Shirley-Quirk - Baritone (Vocal)
- Josef Merz - Cello
- Josephine Veasey - Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
- Julian Bream - Lute
- King's College Choir of Cambridge - Choir, Chorus
- London Symphony Chorus - Choir, Chorus
- Margaret Cable - Soprano (Vocal)
- Marion Studholme - Soprano (Vocal)
- Meriel Dickinson - Vocals
- Neil Jenkins - Tenor (Vocal)
- Nigel Douglas - Tenor (Vocal)
- Noel Mewton-Wood - Piano
- Norma Proctor - Alto (Vocals)
- Olive Dyer - Vocals
- Osian Ellis - Harp
- Peter Pears - Tenor (Vocal)
- Raymond Nilsson - Tenor (Vocal)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra - Choir, Chorus
- St. Anthony Singers - Choir, Chorus
- Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben - Boy's Choir
- Sylvia Fisher - Soprano (Vocal)
- Thurston Dart - Harpsichord
- Viola Tunnard - Piano
- Wandsworth School Boys' Choir - Boy's Choir
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Credits:
- Adrian Boult - Conductor
- Alan Bush - Composer
- Aldous Huxley - Text
- Alfred Edward Housman - Text
- Alfred Lord Tennyson - Text
- Alun Lewis - Text
- Andreas Klatt - Liner Note Translation
- Angus McBean - Cover Photo
- Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - Orchestra
- Ben Johnson - Text
- Benjamin Britten - Composer, Adaptation, Conductor, Music Editor
- Bernard van Dieren - Composer
- Boyd Neel String Orchestra - Orchestra
- Charles Cotton - Text
- Colin Davis - Conductor
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Text
- Darren Lewis - Art Direction
- David Ylla-Somers - Liner Note Translation
- Douglas Robinson - Chorus Master
- E.J. Moeran - Composer
- E.M. Forster - Librettist
- Edmund Fellowes - Arranger
- Edward Elgar - Composer
- Elkanah Settle - Librettist
- Emily Bronte - Text
- English Chamber Orchestra - Orchestra
- English Opera Group Orchestra - Orchestra
- Eric Crozier - Librettist
- Eugen Jochum - Conductor
- Francis Pilkington - Composer
- Frank Bridge - Composer
- Franz Schubert - Composer
- Frederick Delius - Composer
- Friedrich Holderlin - Text
- George Frederick Handel - Composer
- George Hall - Liner Notes
- Gerald Gould - Text
- Gerhard Wilhelm - Children's Choirmaster
- Goldsbrough Orchestra - Orchestra
- Hector Berlioz - Composer, Text
- Heinrich Heine - Text
- Heinrich Schutz - Composer
- Henry Purcell - Composer
- Humbert Wolfe - Text
- Imogen Holst - Music Editor, Libretto Translation
- James Joyce - Text
- Jean-Francois Chabrun - Text
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Composer
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Text
- John Donne - Text
- John Dowland - Composer
- John Gay - Librettist
- John Henry Newman - Text
- John Ireland - Composer
- John Keats - Text
- John Milton - Text
- Karl Munchinger - Conductor
- Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng - Text Adaptation
- Li Tai-Po - Text
- London Philomusica - Orchestra
- London Sinfonietta - Orchestra
- London Symphony Orchestra - Orchestra
- Lotte Meitner-Graf - Photography
- Melos Ensemble of London - Ensemble
- Michael Tippett - Composer
- Michelangelo - Text
- Montagu Slater - Librettist
- Myfanwy Piper - Text, Librettist
- Percy Grainger - Composer
- Peter Blackmore - Text
- Peter Pears - Adaptation, Music Editor, Libretto Translation
- Peter Warlock - Composer
- Philip Rosseter - Composer
- Priaulx Rainier - Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams - Composer
- Raymond McGill - Product Manager
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Composer
- Robert Bridges - Text
- Robert Herrick - Text
- Robert Schumann - Composer
- Roger Norrington - Conductor
- Ronald Duncan - Librettist
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra - Orchestra
- Russell Burgess - Chorus Master, Children's Choirmaster
- Steuart Bedford - Conductor
- Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Orchestra
- Sydney Keyes - Text
- T.S. Eliot - Text
- Thomas Campion - Text
- Thomas Dekker - Text
- Thomas Lovell Beddoes - Text
- Thomas Morley - Composer
- Wilfred Owen - Text
- Wilhelm Muller - Text
- William Blake - Text
- William Busch - Composer
- William Butler Yeats - Text
- William Hudson - Text
- William Shakespeare - Text
- Witold Lutoslawski - Composer, Conductor
- Zorian Quartet - String Quartet
