John Shirley-Quirk, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
07:25
31
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will"
Owen Brannigan, Kenneth McDonald, Norman Lumsden, David Kelly, Robert Tear, Keith Raggett, John Shirley-Quirk, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
01:20
32
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"
Norman Lumsden, Heather Harper, Thomas Hemsley, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
01:16
33
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"
Robert Tear, Josephine Veasey, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
01:11
34
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "O Grim-Look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"
Owen Brannigan, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
01:52
35
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"
Kenneth McDonald, Owen Brannigan, Robert Tear, Helen Watts, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:30
36
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"
David Kelly, Josephine Veasey, Thomas Hemsley, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
00:47
37
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"
Keith Raggett, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Thomas Hemsley, Helen Watts, Kenneth McDonald, David Kelly, Josephine Veasey, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
01:51
38
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee For Thy Sunny Beams"
Owen Brannigan, Helen Watts, Thomas Hemsley, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
01:52
39
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Asleep, My Love?"
Kenneth McDonald, John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:32
40
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Come, Your Bergomask"
John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:46
41
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"
Richard Dakin, John Pryor, Ian Wodehouse, Gordon Clark, Stephen Terry, Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, London Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
05:04
42
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93 - In May, In Brilliant Athens
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
06:38
43
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93 - Oh Gods Of Wrath
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:51
44
Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93 - My Time's Too Short, Your Highness
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
05:56
45
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:38
46
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "It Is An Axiom Among Kings"
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:33
47
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Here the Thirsty Evening"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:52
48
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Who Reaches Heaven First"
John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:33
49
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"
Bryan Drake, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:14
50
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Collatinus Is Politically Astute"
Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:29
51
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "There Goes a Happy Man!"
Benjamin Luxon, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:15
52
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Tarquinius Does Not Dare"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:26
53
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"
Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
03:07
54
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Their Spinning-Wheel Unwinds"
Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
05:19
55
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Listen! I Heard a Knock"
Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:35
56
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Time Treads Upon the Hands Of Women"
Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
03:42
57
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep"
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Benjamin Luxon, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
07:37
58
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "The Prosperity Of the Etruscans"
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
07:19
59
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "She Sleeps As a Rose"
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
05:26
60
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Within This Frail Crucible Of Light"
Benjamin Luxon, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:26
61
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Lucretia!...What Do You Want?"
Benjamin Luxon, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
05:57
62
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - Interlude: "Here In This Scene"
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:07
63
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"
Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:27
64
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "We'll Leave the Orchids For Lucretia"
Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:59
65
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Flowers Bring To Every Year"
Janet Baker, Elizabeth Bainbridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
03:24
66
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "You Were Right"
Jenny Hill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
03:52
67
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Lucretia! Lucretia!"
John Shirley-Quirk, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:57
68
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me"
Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
03:30
69
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"
John Shirley-Quirk, Bryan Drake, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Jenny Hill, Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:09
70
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - Epilogue: "Is It All?"
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
05:19
71
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Prologue
Peter Pears, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:49
72
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Theme - Scene 1: The Journey
Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
03:26
73
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome
David Hemmings, Olive Dyer, Joan Cross, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:08
74
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter
Joan Cross, Jennifer Vyvyan, David Hemmings, Olive Dyer, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
03:52
75
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower
Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
05:50
76
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window
David Hemmings, Olive Dyer, Joan Cross, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
09:59
77
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson
David Hemmings, Olive Dyer, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:45
78
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake
Olive Dyer, Jennifer Vyvyan, David Hemmings, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
06:37
79
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night
Peter Pears, David Hemmings, Arda Mandikian, Olive Dyer, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
10:45
80
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation VIII - Scene 1: Colloquy and So- lioquy
Arda Mandikian, Peter Pears, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
08:36
81
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells
David Hemmings, Olive Dyer, Joan Cross, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
08:30
82
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel
Jennifer Vyvyan, Arda Mandikian, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
06:20
83
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom
David Hemmings, Jennifer Vyvyan, Peter Pears, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
05:58
84
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint
Peter Pears, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
02:07
85
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano
Jennifer Vyvyan, Joan Cross, Olive Dyer, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:52
86
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora
Joan Cross, Jennifer Vyvyan, Arda Mandikian, Olive Dyer, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
04:54
87
Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles
Jennifer Vyvyan, Joan Cross, David Hemmings, Peter Pears, English Opera Group Orchestra & Benjamin Britten
11:43
88
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "My Mind Beats On"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:57
89
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Who's That? A Foreigner, a Traveller No Doubt"
Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:53
90
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Hey There, Hey There, You!"
John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, Stuart Harling, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
03:48
91
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Serenissima...Low-Lying Clouds, Unending Grey"
Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:56
92
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - Overture: Venice
English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:36
93
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Ah, Serenissima!"
Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Bauer, Kenneth Bowen, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
05:20
94
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Mysterious Gondola"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
01:42
95
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "We Are Delighted To Greet the Signore"
John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:09
96
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Was I Wrong To Come?"
Neville Williams, Peter Pears, Iris Saunders, Anne Wilkens, Stephen James Adams, Janice Hooper Roe, Robert Carpenter Turner, Peter Leeming, Penelope McKay, Sheila Brand, Angela Vernon Bates, Anna Vincent, Michael Follis, Kenneth Bowen, Stuart Harling, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
06:14
97
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "There Is Indeed In Every Artist's Nature"
Peter Pears, Iris Saunders, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:41
98
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Children's Games: Adziu, Adziu"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
10:04
99
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"
John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Carpenter Turner, Sheila Brand, Stephen James Adams, Anne Wilkens, Stuart Harling, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:51
100
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Naturally, Signore, I Understand"
John Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Bowen, Peter Pears, Ronald Murdock, Michael Bauer, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
07:56
101
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Here Will I Stay, Here Dedicate My Days"
Neville Williams, Peter Pears, James Bowman, Anne Wilkens, Iris Saunders, Janice Hooper Roe, Robert Carpenter Turner, Stephen James Adams, Peter Leeming, Penelope McKay, Sheila Brand, Anna Vincent, Michael Follis, Angela Vernon Bates, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
09:44
102
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "First, the Race!"
Neville Williams, James Bowman, Anne Wilkens, Iris Saunders, Janice Hooper Roe, Robert Carpenter Turner, Stephen James Adams, Peter Leeming, Penelope McKay, Sheila Brand, Anna Vincent, Michael Follis, Angela Vernon Bates, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
05:08
103
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:17
104
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "So, It Has Come To This"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:38
105
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Guardate, Signore!"
John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:20
106
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Do I Detect a Scent?"
Peter Pears, Ronald Murdock, Michael Bauer, Stephen James Adams, Stuart Harling, Sheila Brand, Robert Carpenter Turner, Anne Wilkens, Anna Vincent, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
06:25
107
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Careful Search Now Leads Me To Them"
Peter Pears, Ronald Murdock, Michael Bauer, Keith Jones, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
07:48
108
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "This Way For the Players, Signori"
Neville Williams, Kenneth Bowen, Stuart Harling, Penelope McKay, John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:26
109
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Fiorir Rose In Mezo Al Giasso"
John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:11
110
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "One Moment, If You Please"
Peter Leeming, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:01
111
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "In These Last Years"
Peter Leeming, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:56
112
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "So It Is True"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:22
113
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Receive the Stranger God"
John Shirley-Quirk, James Bowman, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
03:46
114
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "The Empty Beach: Do What You Will With Me"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:00
115
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Yes! A Very Wise Decision"
John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:23
116
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Hurrah For the Piazza"
Peter Pears, Iris Saunders, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
02:54
117
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Chaos, Chaos and Sickness"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:24
118
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "The Wind Still Blows From the Land"
John Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Bowen, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
04:17
119
Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - Interlude: "Ah, No!"
Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford
Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
02:20
121
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 2. The Tornament
Christopher Cornall, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, Bryn Terfel, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
Josephine Barstow, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
01:08
125
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 6. The two Lords' Explanation
Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, Richard van Allan, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
01:24
126
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 7. Raleigh's Song
Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, Richard van Allan, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
01:43
127
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 8. Ensemble of Reconciliation
Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, Bryn Terfel, Richard van Allan, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
04:49
128
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 9. Recitative & Final March
Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, Richard van Allan, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Alan Opie, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
04:03
138
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 1 - 19. The Masque
Josephine Barstow, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, Richard van Allan, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
11:48
139
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 1 - 20. Finale
Josephine Barstow, John Mark Ainsley, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, John Shirley-Quirk, Richard van Allan, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
02:52
140
Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 2 - 21. Prelude & Song
Yvonne Kenny, Jonathan Summers, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
Janice Watson, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Philip Langridge, Peter Hoare, Jonathan Summers, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
Josephine Barstow, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Peter Hoare, Alan Opie, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Summers, Richard van Allan, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
Willard White, Bryn Terfel, Jenevora Williams, James Miller-Coburn, Tom Finucane, Monmouth School Choir, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
