Britten The Performer

This 27-CD set brings together for the first time Brittens complete Decca recordings as pianist and conductor in which he performs music by other composers - an astonishing variety of music that ranges from large-scale choral works by Bach and Purcell to Schumann and Elgar, as well as orchestral works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. Solo vocal repertory is generously represented with important works by Schubert and Schumann and early twentieth-century English song. Chamber music features Britten the pianist in partnership with two of Brittens closest collaborators: Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter. During the research and preparation for this set a major discovery was made. The existence of a few unpublished Schubert songs was already known and a few works which had never appeared on CD already ensured their inclusion at the planning stage. However the discovery of an unpublished tape containing almost 50 minutes of Mozart (including Symphony No.40) with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded in Kingsway Hall in December 1963 was a genuine once in a lifetime discovery!

CDs1-2 Bach: St John Passion CD3 Bach: Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kommt Bach: Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F CD4 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in G Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in Bb CDs5-6 Purcell: The Fairy Queen Purcell: Celebrate This Festival - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary CD7 Haydn: Symphony No.45 in F# minor Haydn: Symphony No.55 in Eb, Hob. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C CD8 Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor Mozart: Serenata notturna in D Mozart: Symphony No.29 in A CD9 Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor Mozart: Symphony No.38 in D CD10 Mozart: Symphony No.41 in C Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E flat Mozart: Si mostra la sorte Mozart: Per pietà, non ricercate CDs11-12 Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A Mozart: Sonata for Piano Duet in C Mozart: Sonata for Piano Duet in D Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27 in Bb CD13 Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione & Piano in A minor Schubert: Divertissement in E minor Debussy: En Blanc et Noir CD14 Schubert: Fantasy in F minor Op.103 Schubert: Variations on an original Theme in A flat Schubert: Grand Duo Sonata in C major CDs15-17 Schubert: Winterreise Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin Schumann: Dichterliebe Schubert: Selected Lieder CDs18-19 Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston CDs20-21 Delius: Summer Night on the River Delius: Two Aquarelles Bridge: Christmas Dance Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for Strings Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius CD22 Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello & Piano Shostakovich: Seven Poems of Alexander Blok Janá ek: Pohádka for Cello & Piano CD23 Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge Bridge: Phantasie in F# minor for Piano Quartet Bridge: Sonata for Cello & Piano Debussy: Sonata for Cello & Piano in D minor CDs24-25 Songs by: Grainger, Purcell, Haydn, Holst, Bridge, Butterworth, Moeran, Warlock, Ireland, Berkeley, Oldham & Tippett CD26 Schubert: Selected Lieder Byrd: Variations on Sellingers Round Britten: Fanfare from Gloriana Anon.: God Save The Queen CD27 Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day Mozart: Si mostra la sorte Mozart: Per pietà, non ricercate Mozart: Maurerische Trauermusik in C minor Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor

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