Britten: The Little Sweep (let's Make An Opera)

Britten: The Little Sweep, Op. 45 English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Cantata Academica, Op. 62 Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass) & Harold Lester (piano) London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, George Malcolm

Two of Britten’s rarities, his children’s opera The Little Sweep and the Cantata Academica, have been unavailable for several years. The definitive recordings made with the English Opera Group and the London Symphony Orchestra are now available on one disc.

Price: $19.98