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Anniversary Tribute [Import]

Artist: Peter Pears
$60.05
Format: CD
SKU: DEC782345  |  Barcode: 028947823452
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Description

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.

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Specifications
  • Format
    CD
  • Orchestra
    Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, English Opera Group Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philomusica, Goldsbrough Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Boyd Neel String Orchestra
  • Brand
    Universal
  • Model #
    4782345
  • Number of Pieces
    6
  • Attributes
    United Kingdom - Import
  • Available Date
    6/22/2010

Tracks

  • Disc 1
  • 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 Più 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 Pietà 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
  • Disc 2
  • 1 War Requiem, for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Boys' Voices, Chorus, Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra & Organ, Op. 66: Dies Irae. Move Him in
  • 2 Hölderlin Fragments (6), Song Cycle, for Tenor & Piano, Op. 61: Menschenbeifall (Ist Nicht Heilig Mein Herz, Schöneren Lebens Voll)
  • 3 Hölderlin Fragments (6), Song Cycle, for Tenor & Piano, Op. 61: Die Heimat (Froh Kehrt Der Schiffer Heim An Den Stillen Strom)
  • 4 Hölderlin Fragments (6), Song Cycle, for Tenor & Piano, Op. 61: Sokrates Und Alcibiades (Warum Huldigest Du, Heiliger Sokrates)
  • 5 Hölderlin Fragments (6), Song Cycle, for Tenor & Piano, Op. 61: Die Jugend (Da Ich Ein Knabe War, Rettet' Ein Gott Mich Oft)
  • 6 Hölderlin Fragments (6), Song Cycle, for Tenor & Piano, Op. 61: Hälfte Des Lebens (Mit Gelben Birnen Hänget Und Voll Mit Wilden Rosen
  • 7 Hölderlin 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
  • Disc 3
  • 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 FÜR 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 (Matthäuspassion), for Soloists, Double Chorus & Double Orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3B): Part 2. No. 26. Recitative:
  • 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 H
  • 19 The Dream of Gerontius, Oratorio for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra, Op. 38: Part 1. Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus, de Profundis Oro Te
  • Disc 4
  • 1 Ganymed ('Wie I'm 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 Frühlingstraum ('Ich Träumte Von Bunten Blumen'), Song for Voice & Piano (Winterreise), D. 911/11 (Op. 89/11)
  • 5 Der Leiermann ('Drüben Hinterm Dorfe...'), Song for Voice & Piano (Winterreise), D. 911/24 (Op. 89/24)
  • 6 Das Wandern, Song for Voice and Piano (Die Schöne Müllerin), D. 795/1 (Op. 25/1)
  • 7 Der Neugierige ('Ich Frage Keine Blume'), Song for Voice & Piano (Die Schöne Müllerin), D. 795/6 (Op. 25/6)
  • 8 Der Jäger ('Was Sucht Denn Der Jäger...'), Song for Voice & Piano (Die Schöne Müllerin), D. 795/14 (Op. 25/14)
  • 9 Die Liebe Farbe ('In GRÜN Will Ich Mich Kleiden'), Song for Voice & Piano (Die Schöne Müllerin), D. 795/16 (Op. 25/16)
  • 10 I'm Wunderschönen 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' I'm Traum Geweinet, Song for Voice & Piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/13
  • 13 Die Alten Bösen 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
  • 15 L' Enfance Du Christ, Oratorio for Soprano, 2 Tenors, Baritone, 3 Basses, Chorus & Orchetsra ('Trilogie Sacrée') H. 130 (Op. 25): Par
  • 16 Paroles Tissées (Woven Words), for Tenor & 20 Solo Instruments
  • Disc 5
  • 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
  • 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
  • Disc 6
  • 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 Arou
  • 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 Power
  • 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