Britten:


Peter Grimes

Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen Orford), Bryan Drake (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Gregory Dempsey (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Ann Robson (Mrs Sedley), David Bowman (Ned Keene), Robert Tear (Horace Adams), Michael Rippon (Hobson), Jill Gomez (First Niece), Anne Pashley (Second Niece)

London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten




Billy Budd

Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Mr Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), David Kelly (Mr Ratcliffe), Kenneth MacDonald (Red Whiskers), David Bowman (Donald), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Robert Tear (Novice), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend)

London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras




Owen Wingrave

Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs. Julien), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator), Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten




Dibdin:


Tom Bowling



Gay:


The Beggar's Opera

realised by Benjamin Britten

English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies




Mozart:


Idomeneo, K366

English Version

Peter Pears (Idomeneo), Anne Pashley (Idamante), Heather Harper (Ilia), Rae Woodland (Elettra), Robert Tear (Arbace), Andrew Williams (High Priest), Paul Nemeer (Voice of Neptune)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten




Purcell:


Man is for the woman made (from The Mock Marriage, Z605)

arr. Britten





Schubert:


Winterreise D911

Peter Pears & Benjamin Britten




trad.:


The Foggy, Foggy Dew

O Waly, Waly ('The Water is Wide')

Sweet Polly Oliver

Sally In Our Alley

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Plough Boy

Oliver Cromwell