Benjamin Britten conducts Benjamin Britten | SWR Classic 94213

Benjamin Britten conducts Benjamin Britten

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Label: SWR Classic

Cat No: 94213

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 18th October 2010

Contents

Artists

Peter Pears (tenor)
SWR Sinfonieorchester

Conductor

Benjamin Britten

Works

Britten, Benjamin

Gloriana, op.53: Symphonic Suite
Sinfonia da Requiem, op.20
Variations on an Elizabethan Theme

Purcell, Henry

King Arthur (The British Worthy), Z628
» Chaconne (arr. J. Herbage)

Artists

Peter Pears (tenor)
SWR Sinfonieorchester

Conductor

Benjamin Britten

About

Historical recordings, 1956.

Heinrich Strobel of Südwestfunk invited many composer-conductors to concerts and productions with “his” orchestra. In early 1956 Britten came to Baden-Baden, together with Peter Pears, and conducted a concert, parts of which are recorded here.

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