Britten - War Requiem / Rattle

 

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

War Requiem

Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano

Robert Tear, Tenor

Thomas Allen, Baritone

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Simon Rattle

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 

Vaughan Williams - Hugh The Drover (Opera in Two Acts)

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks)
Opera in two acts

Robert Tear, Sheila Armstrong, Michael Rippon, Robert Lloyd, Helen Watts, Leslie Fyson, Oliver Broome, Sally Burgess, Terence Sharpe, David Johnson,

Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Charles Groves

rec. 1978, Kingsway Hall, London

First Recording

Britten - Spring Symphony Op. 44, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Spring Symphony Op. 44 / Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Sheila Armstrong, Dame Janet Baker, Robert Tear, 

London Symphony Orchestra 

Andre Previn (Conductor