Britten: Death in Venice

Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

32 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 25 MINUTES • JAN 01 1974

1

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1: "My Mind Beats On"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

04:57

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1: Overture: Venice

English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

02:36

6

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

7

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1: "Mysterious Gondola"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

01:42

8

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

9

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

06:13

10

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

11

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1: "Children's Games: Adziu, Adziu"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

10:04

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

05:10

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1: "The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

04:17

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "So, It Has Come To This"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

04:46

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "Guardate, Signore!"

John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

02:20

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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

20

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

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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

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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

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "One Moment, If You Please"

Peter Leeming, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

02:01

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "In These Last Years"

Peter Leeming, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

02:56

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "So It Is True"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

04:22

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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

27

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

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "Yes! A Very Wise Decision"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

02:23

29

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "Hurrah For the Piazza"

Peter Pears, Iris Saunders, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

02:54

30

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: "Chaos, Chaos and Sickness"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

04:24

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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

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2: Interlude: "Ah, No!"

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

05:07

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