MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Performer - Complete Decca Recordings
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Performer - Complete Decca Recordings
Peter Pears, John Hahessy, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, Bary Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten (cond, piano)
[ Decca / 27 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Sunday 21 October 1990
This 27-CD set brings together for the first time Britten's complete Decca recordings as pianist and conductor in which he performs music by other composers - an astonishing variety of music that ranges from large-scale choral works by Bach and Purcell to Schumann and Elgar, as well as orchestral works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. Solo vocal repertory is generously represented with important works by Schubert and Schumann and early twentieth-century English song. Chamber music features Britten the pianist in partnership with two of Brittens closest collaborators: Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter.
During the research and preparation for this set a major discovery was made. The existence of a few unpublished Schubert songs was already known and a few works which had never appeared on CD already ensured their inclusion at the planning stage. However the discovery of an unpublished tape containing almost 50 minutes of Mozart (including Symphony No.40) with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded in Kingsway Hall in December 1963 was a genuine once in a lifetime discovery!
NOTE: There is a little minor damage to the outer cardboard box.
Tracks:
J. S. BACH:
St. John Passion, BWV 245
Süßer Trost, Mein Jesus Kommt Cantata, BWV 151 (Live In London - 1968)
Cantata No.102 "Herr, Deine Augen Sehen Nach Dem Glauben", BWV 102 (Live In Blythburgh - 1965)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F, BWV 1046
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F, BWV 1047
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G, BWV 1048
Brandenburg Concerto No.4 In G, BWV 1049
Brandenburg Concerto No.5 In D, BWV 1050
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 In B Flat, BWV 1051
PURCELL:
The Fairy Queen, Z.629
Celebrate This Festival, Z.321 - Birthday Ode For Queen Mary (1693) (Live In London - 1967)
HAYDN:
Symphony In F Sharp Minor, H.I No.45 - "Farewell"
Symphony In E Flat, H.I No.55 - "The Schoolmaster" (Live In Aldeburgh - 1956)
Cello Concerto In C, H.VIIb, No. 1
Cello - Mstislav Rostropovich
MOZART:
Symphony No.25 In G Minor, K.183
Serenata Notturna In D, K.239
Symphony No.29 In A, K.201
Symphony No.40 In G Minor, K.550
Symphony No.38 In D, K.504 "Prague"
Symphony No.41 In C, K.551 - "Jupiter" (Live In Blythurgh - 1966)
Symphony No.39 In E Flat, K.543 (Live In London - 1962)
Si Mostra La Sorte, K.209 (Live In London - 1962)
Per Pietà, Non Ricercate, K.420 (Live In London - 1962)
Tenor Vocals - Peter Pears
Piano Concerto No.12 In A, K.414 (Live In Aldeburgh - 1956)
Piano Concerto No.20 In D Minor, K.466
Piano Concerto No.27 In B Flat, K.595
Sonata For Piano Duet In C, K.521 (Live In Aldeburgh - 1956)
Sonata For 2 Pianos In D, K.448 (Live In Snape - 1966)
SCHUBERT:
Symphony No.8 In B Minor, D.759 - "Unfinished"
Sonata For Arpeggione And Piano In A Minor, D. 821
Cello - Mstislav Rostropovich
Divertissement Sur Des Motifs Originaux Français, In E Minor, D.823 - Andantino Varié (Live In Aldeburgh - 1965)
Fantasy In F Minor, D. 940 (Op.103) For Piano Duet (Live)
Variations On A Original Theme, In A Flat, D.813 (Live)
Grand Duo Sonata In C Major, D.812 (Op. Posth.140) (Live)
Winterreise, D.911
Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Tenor Vocals - Peter Pears
Miscellaneous Lieder
DEBUSSY:
En Blanc Et Noir, L.134 - For 2 Pianos (Live In Snape - 1967)
SCHUMANN:
Szenen Aus Goethes 'Faust' Für Solostimmen, Chor Und Orchester
Alto Vocals - Margaret Cable, Meriel Dickinson
Baritone Vocals - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Noble, John Shirley-Quirk
Bass Vocals - Robert Lloyd
5 Stücke Im Volkston, Op.102
Cello - Mstislav Rostropovich
DELIUS:
Summer Night On The River (Live At Snape - 1967)
Two Aquarelles
BRIDGE:
Christmas Dance "Sir Roger de Coverley"
ELGAR:
Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op.47
The Dream Of Gerontius, Op.38
SHOSTAKOVICH:
Sonata For Cello And Piano, Op. 40 (Live In Aldeburgh - 1964)
Seven Poems Of Alexander Blok, Op.127 (Live In Snape - 1968)
Pohádka For Cello & Piano (Live In Aldeburgh - 1967)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:
On Wenlock Edge
Tenor Vocals - Peter Pears
BRIDGE:
Sonata For Cello And Piano
Cello - Mstislav Rostropovich
BRITTEN:
The Canticles:
Canticle I: My Beloved is Mine (7:47) audio
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac (16:58) audio
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain (11:35)
Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi (12:09)
Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus (7:42)
A Birthday Hansel
Sweeter Than Roses (Purcell/Britten)
and much much more
