Speakers Corner / Decca - SXL 2189 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl -
AAA 100% Analogue - Limited Edition - Audiophile Mastering - Pressed at Pallas
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head 25 Years pure Analogue
Speakers Corner Decca re-issue, cut from the original analogue mastertapes, with a maximum of 500 copies.
Recorded: Oktober und November 1965 in Kingsway Hall, London von Kenneth Wilkinson / Produktion: Ray Minshull.
Benjamin Britten conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. Peter Pears and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden perform Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia by Peter Grimes.
On this release, Benjamin Britten conducts the London Symphony Orchestra performing "Nocturne." Additionally, Peter Pears and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden perform "Four Sea Interludes" and "Passacaglia" from "Peter Grimes."
Nocturne is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, written for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings. The seven instruments are flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, harp, French horn and timpani. Nocturne was Britten's fourth and final orchestral song cycle. It was dedicated to Alma Mahler.
Nocturne was premiered in the Leeds Town Hall at the centenary Leeds Festival on 16 October 1958 by Peter Pears and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Rudolf Schwarz.
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Nocturne
A Nocturne For Tenor Solo, Seven Obligato Instruments And String Orchestra Op. 60
Bassoon – William Waterhouse
Clarinet – Gervase de Peyer
English Horn – Roger Lord
Flute – Alexander Murray
Harp – Osian Ellis
Horn – Barry Tuckwell
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*
Timpani – Denis Blyth
Vocals – Peter Pears
Four Sea Interludes And Passacaglia From Peter Grimes, Op. 33
B1 Down (Act 1)
B2 Sunday Morning (Act 2)
B3 Moonlight (Act 3)
B4 Storm (Act 1)
B5 Passacaglia