Benjamin Britten: Serenade, op.31 - for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Peter Pears, Tenor - Dennis Brain, horn - Boyd Neel String Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
Ralph Vaughan Williams: "On Wenlock Edge"
Peter Pears, Tenor - Benjamin Britten, piano - Zorian String Quartet
2 files zip FLAC Mega Download
Decca ECM 814 1982 Phonogram UK pressing. Matrices: ARL14309 -2G / ARL14308 -1A (slightly superior to the 1979 '1A' LP - & superior to the 1986 LP: 417 183-1). Recorded: 25 May/8 October 1944 -&- 2/3 July 1945 - West Hampstead Studios. Very considerable waveform repair.....
Sleeve-note / song texts / original 1945 "Serenade" 78's / 1979 HiFi News review >>> Pears/Britten - HMV 1942-1950 >>>
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17 January 2016
08 November 2012
Peter Pears & Benjamin Britten - HMV 1942-1950
Benjamin Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michaelangelo, op.22 Recorded: 20 November 1942
Benjamin Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op.35 Recorded: 29 Aug./12 Dec.1947
Benjamin Britten: Five Folk Song arrangements Recorded: 27 Aug.1947 & 29 Sept./15 Nov.1950
Percy Grainger: 2 Songs Recorded: 15 November 1950
Aaron Copland: 5 Old American Songs Recorded: 29/30 Sept.1950
Franz Schubert: "Im Fruhling" / "Auf der Bruck" Recorded: 29 Sept./15 Nov.1950
Henry Purcell (arr.Britten): "The Queen's Epicedium" Recorded: 30 August 1947
Henry Purcell: Fantasia no.13 in F (Benjamin Britten, viola -&- The Zorian String Quartet) Recorded: 4 November 1946
Peter Pears, Tenor -&- Benjamin Britten, piano 8 files zip FLAC Mega Download
HMV RLS 748 (2LP) 1980 pressings/matrices: 2XEA 6870-73 -1/-1/-1/-1 Transfers by Bryan Crimp (now substantially edited/repaired..)
Exceptional singing (especially the Sonnets / Epicedium). Aside from Schubert: 'Fruhling' (muffled, as per the 78), these 78 transfers are mostly very vivid indeed.
The 1952 Argo: Tippett / Mewton-Wood accompanied recordings are on The Music Parlour Sleeve-notes, Song-Texts / Full composition details + John Donne text >>>
Benjamin Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op.35 Recorded: 29 Aug./12 Dec.1947
Benjamin Britten: Five Folk Song arrangements Recorded: 27 Aug.1947 & 29 Sept./15 Nov.1950
Percy Grainger: 2 Songs Recorded: 15 November 1950
Aaron Copland: 5 Old American Songs Recorded: 29/30 Sept.1950
Franz Schubert: "Im Fruhling" / "Auf der Bruck" Recorded: 29 Sept./15 Nov.1950
Henry Purcell (arr.Britten): "The Queen's Epicedium" Recorded: 30 August 1947
Henry Purcell: Fantasia no.13 in F (Benjamin Britten, viola -&- The Zorian String Quartet) Recorded: 4 November 1946
Peter Pears, Tenor -&- Benjamin Britten, piano 8 files zip FLAC Mega Download
HMV RLS 748 (2LP) 1980 pressings/matrices: 2XEA 6870-73 -1/-1/-1/-1 Transfers by Bryan Crimp (now substantially edited/repaired..)
Exceptional singing (especially the Sonnets / Epicedium). Aside from Schubert: 'Fruhling' (muffled, as per the 78), these 78 transfers are mostly very vivid indeed.
The 1952 Argo: Tippett / Mewton-Wood accompanied recordings are on The Music Parlour Sleeve-notes, Song-Texts / Full composition details + John Donne text >>>
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