Britten conducts Britten: Opera Vol.2Album by Alfred Deller, Josephine Veasey, Thomas HemsleyDecca Music Group Ltd. · 1993 · 6 recordings · 11 h 05 minRecordingsModernBenjamin BrittenA Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64Alfred Deller (conductor) · Josephine Veasey (mezzo soprano) · Thomas Hemsley (bass) · Owen Brannigan (bass) · John Shirley-Quirk (bass) · Heather Harper (soprano) · Elizabeth Harwood (soprano) · Robert Tear (tenor) · London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) · Sir Peter Pears · Stephen Terry · Kenneth McDonald · David Kelly · Richard Dakin · John Pryor · Ian Wodehouse · Gordon Clark · Norman Lumsden · Keith Raggett · Helen Watts · Choir Of Downside School, Purley · Wandsworth School Boys Choir41 Mvts.2 h 23 minPlays this recordingModernBenjamin BrittenPhaedra, Op.93Steuart Bedford (conductor) · Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) · English Chamber Orchestra (orchestra)3 Mvts.15 min 24 sPlays this recordingModernBenjamin BrittenThe Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op.37Heather Harper (soprano) · Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) · John Shirley-Quirk (bass) · Benjamin Luxon (baritone) · English Chamber Orchestra (orchestra) · Sir Peter Pears · Elizabeth Bainbridge · Jenny Hill · Bryan Drake26 Mvts.1 h 48 minPlays this recordingModernBenjamin BrittenTurn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op.54Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) · The English Opera Group Orchestra · David Hemmings · Olive Dyer · Joan Cross · Sir Peter Pears · Arda Mandikian17 Mvts.1 h 45 minPlays this recordingModernBenjamin BrittenDeath in Venice, Op.88Steuart Bedford (conductor) · John Shirley-Quirk (bass) · Stuart Harling (bass) · Kenneth Bowen (tenor) · Iris Saunders (soprano) · James Bowman (countertenor) · English Chamber Orchestra (orchestra) · Sir Peter Pears · Anne Wilkens · Stephen James Adams · Robert Carpenter Turner · Peter Leeming · Sheila Brand · Michael Bauer · Neville Williams · Penelope McKay · Anna Vincent · Janice Hooper Roe · Angela Vernon Bates · Michael Follis · Ronald Murdock · Keith Jones32 Mvts.2 h 25 minPlays this recordingModernBenjamin BrittenGloriana, Op.53Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) · Josephine Barstow (soprano) · Philip Langridge (tenor) · Alan Opie (baritone) · Richard van Allan (bass) · Yvonne Kenny (soprano) · Della Jones (contralto) · Janice Watson (soprano) · Peter Hoare (tenor) · Bryn Terfel (bass) · John Shirley-Quirk (bass) · John Mark Ainsley (tenor) · Willard White (bass) · Tom Finucane (guitar) · Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera (orchestra) · Chorus of the Welsh National Opera (choir) · Jonathan Summers · Christopher Cornall · Dominic Gill · Jenevora Williams · James Miller-Coburn · Monmouth School Choir54 Mvts.2 h 27 minPlays this recording
