Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute (2010)

Track Listing

1. Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31
2. Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22
3. Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54: Act 1. Variation 7. Scene 8: At Night. Miles! Miles! Miles!
4. The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op. 37: Act 1. Scene 1. Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart
5. Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, for alto, tenor & piano, Op. 51
6. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 2. Now the Great Bear and Pleiades...
7. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 2. Old Joe has gone fishing...
8. Peter Grimes, opera, Op. 33: Act 2. Scene 2. The bridge is down, we half swam over
9. War Requiem, for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' voices, chorus, chamber orchestra, orchestra & organ, Op. 66: Dies irae. Move him into the sun
10. Hölderlin Fragments (6), song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 61
11. Billy Budd, opera, Op. 50: Act 2. Epilogue. We committed his body to the deep
12. The Holy Sonnets (9) of John Donne, for voice & piano, Op. 35
13. A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera, Op. 64: Act 1. How now, my love? Why is your cheek so pale?
14. Albert Herring, chamber opera, Op. 39: Act 2. Scene 2. Albert the Good! Long may he reign
15. Owen Wingrave, opera, Op. 85: Act 1. Scene 7. May God bless the Queen
16. Canticle V: The Death of St Narcissus, for tenor & harp, Op. 89
17. Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88: Act 1. Scene 7. The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me
18. The foggy, foggy dew, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. III)
19. The brisk young widow, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. V)
20. O Waly, Waly, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. III)
21. Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. II)
22. The plough boy, folksong for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. III)
23. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Lo! Here my love! turn, Galatea, hither turn thy eyes
24. Acis and Galatea, oratorio, HWV 49: Love in her eyes sits playing
25. I saw my lady weep, for 2 voices & lute (Second Book of Song)
26. When that love is but mourning, for voice & lute
27. Rest, sweet nymphs, for voice & lute
28. It was a lover and his lass, song for voice with lute & bass viol
29. In darkness let me dwell, for voice, lute & bass viol (A Musicall Banquet)
30. The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629: Part 1: Oberon's Birthday. When a cruel long winter has frozen the earth
31. St. Matthew Passion for 2 sopranos, alto, 3 tenors, 2 basses & chorus, SWV 479: Jesus aber stund für dem Landpfleger
32. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Part 4. No. 41. Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
33. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Part 2. No. 26. Recitative: Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte des Landpflegers Jesum zu sich / No. 63. Ch
34. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Benedictus
35. St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Part 2. No. 22. Recitative: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgement hall / No. 23. Choru
36. The Dream of Gerontius, oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 38: Part 1. Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus, de profundis oro te
37. Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano, D. 544 (Op. 19/3)
38. Gute Nacht ("Fremd bin ich eingezogen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/1 (Op. 89/1)
39. Der Lindenbaum ("Am Brunnen vor dem Tore"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/5 (Op. 89/5)
40. Frühlingstraum ("Ich träumte von bunten Blumen"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/11 (Op. 89/11)
41. Der Leiermann ("Drüben hinterm Dorfe..."), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/24 (Op. 89/24)
42. Das Wandern, song for voice & piano (Die schöne Müllerin), D. 795/1 (Op. 25/1)
43. Der Neugierige ("Ich frage keine Blume"), song for voice & piano (Die schöne Müllerin), D. 795/6 (Op. 25/6)
44. Der Jäger ("Was sucht denn der Jäger..."), song for voice & piano (Die schöne Müllerin), D. 795/14 (Op. 25/14)
45. Die liebe Farbe ("In Grün will ich mich kleiden"), song for voice & piano (Di