Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Death in Venice, Op. 88. Opera in two acts

Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the short novel by Thomas Mann

Peter Pears (tenor) 

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

James Bowman (countertenor)

Stuart Harling (baritone)

Kenneth Bowen (tenor)

Michael Bauer (voice)

Michael Follis (voice)

Neville Williams (bass-baritone)

Angela Vernon Bates (voice)

Sheila Brand (voice)

Anna Vincent (voice)

Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano)

Iris Saunders (soprano)

Penelope McKay (soprano)

Stephen James Adams (voice)

Janice Hooper Roe (voice)

Peter Leeming (baritone)

Robert Carpenter Turner (voice)

Ronald Murdock (voice)

Keith Jones (voice)

English Opera Group Chorus

English Chamber Orchestra

Steuart Bedford

Recorded in The Maltings, Snape,  Suffolk, UK, April 1974, under the supervision of the composer.

Britten - The Turn of the Screw

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Turn of the Screw

Peter Pears
Jennifer Vyvyan
David Hemmings
Oliver Dyer
Joan Cross
Arda Mandikian

English Opera Group Orchestra

Benjamin Britten

Britten - The Prodigal Son Op.81

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Prodigal Son, Op. 81 

Third "Parable for Church Performance"

Peter Pears (Tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Robert Tear (Tenor), 

Bryan Drake (Baritone) 

English Opera Group Orchestra 

Benjamin Britten 

Benjamin Britten - Albert Herring (Chamber Opera) Op.39

Albert Herring, chamber opera, Op. 39

Composed by Benjamin Britten

Performed by English Chamber Orchestra

with Sheila Rex, Catherine Wilson, Joseph Ward, Johanna Peters, Edgar Evans, Sylvia Fisher, April Cantelo, Owen Brannigan, Sheila Amit, Anne Pashley, Stephen Terry, Peter Pears, John Noble

Conducted by Benjamin Britten