Britten conducts Britten: Opera Vol.2

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "How Now My Love?"

4:04

Josephine Veasey

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "Be It On Lion, Bear, Or Wolf, Or Bull"

7:19

Thomas Hemsley

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "Welcome Wanderer!"

2:48

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring In the Wood"

8:36

Josephine Veasey

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"

5:07

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "Come, Now A Roundel and A Fairy Song"

2:09

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "You Spotted Snakes With Double Tongue"

1:58

Choir of Downside School, Purley

Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1 - "What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"

2:14

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - Introduction: The wood

1:46

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Are We All Met?"

3:19

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "I See Their Knavery"

7:36

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Be Kind and Courteous To This Gentleman"

3:05

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Hail, Mortal, Hail!"

1:16

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "I Have A Reas'nable Good Ear In Music"

5:14

Owen Brannigan

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "How Now, Mad Spirit?"

3:39

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Flower Of This Purple Dye"

3:05

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Puppet? Why So?"

6:32

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "This Is Thy Negligence"

3:05

Stephen Terry

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - "Up and down, Up and Down"

2:50

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2 - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2: "On The Ground, Sleep Sound"

5:25

Choir of Downside School, Purley

Emanuel School Wandsworth, Boys' Choir

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"

3:04

Stephen Terry

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"

8:30

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "When My Cue Comes, Call Me"

4:53

Owen Brannigan

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Have You Sent To Bottom's House?"

4:17

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Now, Fair Hippolyta"

4:18

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will"

1:20

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Gentles, Perchange You Wonder At This Show"

1:20

Norman Lumsden

Thomas Hemsley

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"

1:16

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "O Grim-Look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"

1:10

Owen Brannigan

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"

1:51

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"

2:30

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"

0:46

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee For Thy Sunny Beams"

1:50

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Asleep, My Love?"

1:52

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Come, Your Bergomask"

2:31

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Now the Hungry Lion Roars"

2:46

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93 - In May, In Brilliant Athens

5:03

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93 - Oh Gods Of Wrath

3:24

Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93 - My Time's Too Short, Your Highness

2:09

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart"

5:55

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "It Is An Axiom Among Kings"

4:25

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Here the Thirsty Evening"

4:08

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Who Reaches Heaven First"

6:20

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Maria Was Unmasked At a Masked Ball"

3:47

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "There Goes a Happy Man!"

4:38

Benjamin Luxon

Bryan Drake

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Tarquinius Does Not Dare"

1:50

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "My Horse! My Horse! Tarquinius Does Not Wait"

2:26

Benjamin Luxon

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Their Spinning-Wheel Unwinds"

3:06

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Listen! I Heard a Knock"

5:19

Elizabeth Bainbridge

Jenny Hill

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "Time Treads Upon the Hands Of Women"

2:34

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 1 - "The Oatmeal Slippers Of Sleep"

3:42

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "The Prosperity Of the Etruscans"

7:36

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "She Sleeps As a Rose"

4:32

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Within This Frail Crucible Of Light"

6:02

Benjamin Luxon

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Lucretia!...What Do You Want?"

2:38

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - Interlude: "Here In This Scene"

5:57

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Oh! What a Lovely Day!"

3:51

Jenny Hill

Elizabeth Bainbridge

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "We'll Leave the Orchids For Lucretia"

5:57

Elizabeth Bainbridge

Jenny Hill

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "You Were Right"

2:55

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Lucretia! Lucretia!"

1:29

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me"

1:03

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - "This Dead Hand Lets Fall"

3:29

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2 - Epilogue: "Is It All?"

4:08

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Prologue

5:20

English Opera Group

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation I - Scene 2: The Welcome

3:40

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation II - Scene 3: The Letter

2:33

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation III - Scene 4: The Tower

4:06

Jennifer Vyvyan

English Opera Group

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation IV - Scene 5: The Window

5:49

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation V - Scene 6: The Lesson

2:06

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation VI - Scene 7: The Lake

2:35

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act One - Interlude: Variation VII - Scene 8: At Night

6:24

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation VIII - Scene 1: Colloquy and So- lioquy

1:07

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation IX - Scene 2: The Bells

4:30

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation X - Scene 3: Miss Jessel

7:12

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XI - Scene 4: The Bedroom

2:53

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XII - Scene 5: Quint

4:26

English Opera Group

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XIII - Scene 6: The Piano

9:59

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XIV - Scene 7: Flora

4:51

Britten: The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 / Act Two - Interlude: Variation XV - Scene 8: Miles

5:20

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "My Mind Beats On"

7:47

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Who's That? A Foreigner, a Traveller No Doubt"

4:56

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Serenissima...Low-Lying Clouds, Unending Grey"

4:46

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - Overture: Venice

4:59

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Ah, Serenissima!"

4:44

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Mysterious Gondola"

4:54

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "We Are Delighted To Greet the Signore"

1:41

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Was I Wrong To Come?"

4:25

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "There Is Indeed In Every Artist's Nature"

1:43

Iris Saunders

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Children's Games: Adziu, Adziu"

1:04

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Aou'! Stagando, Aou'"

10:04

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Naturally, Signore, I Understand"

4:51

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "Here Will I Stay, Here Dedicate My Days"

7:55

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "First, the Race!"

9:43

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1 - "The Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me"

2:41

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "So, It Has Come To This"

3:37

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Guardate, Signore!"

4:13

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Do I Detect a Scent?"

3:24

Anne Wilkens

Anna Vincent

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Careful Search Now Leads Me To Them"

6:37

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "This Way For the Players, Signori"

11:43

100

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Fiorir Rose In Mezo Al Giasso"

4:08

101

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "One Moment, If You Please"

4:10

102

Peter Leeming

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "In These Last Years"

4:52

103

Peter Leeming

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "So It Is True"

0:24

104

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Receive the Stranger God"

4:22

105

James Bowman

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "The Empty Beach: Do What You Will With Me"

3:46

106

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Yes! A Very Wise Decision"

1:59

107

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Hurrah For the Piazza"

2:23

108

Iris Saunders

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "Chaos, Chaos and Sickness"

2:54

109

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - "The Wind Still Blows From the Land"

4:23

110

Kenneth Bowen

Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 2 - Interlude: "Ah, No!"

4:17

111

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 1. Prelude

5:07

112

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 2. The Tornament

2:20

113

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 3. Recitative & Fight

3:09

114

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 4. Entrance of the Queen

4:29

115

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 5. Recitative

3:51

116

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 6. The two Lords' Explanation

10:44

117

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 7. Raleigh's Song

1:24

118

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 8. Ensemble of Reconciliation

6:13

119

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 1 - 9. Recitative & Final March

2:00

120

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 2 - 11. The Queen's Song

1:29

121

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 2 - 12. Cecil's Song of Government

1:57

122

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 2 - 13. Recitative & Essex's Entry

1:56

123

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 2 - 14. First Lute Song

2:35

124

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 2 - 15. Second Lute Song

1:59

125

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 2 - 16. The First Duet for the Queen & Essex

3:43

126

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 1 Scene 2 - 17. Soliloquy & Prayer

4:12

127

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 1 - 18. Prelude & Welcome

5:10

128

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 1 - 19. The Masque

4:03

129

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 1 - 20. Finale

11:47

130

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 2 - 21. Prelude & Song

2:51

131

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 2 - 22. Duet

2:14

132

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 2 - 23. Double Duet

1:25

133

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 2 - 24. Quartet

1:46

134

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 25. Pavane

3:38

135

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 26. Conversation

5:14

136

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 27. Galliard

7:24

137

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 28. Conversation & the Queen's Entrance

4:14

138

Peter Hoare

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 29. Lavolta

2:57

139

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 30. Conversation

1:25

140

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 31. Morris dance

0:49

141

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 32. Recitative

2:40

142

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 33. The Queen's Burlesque

2:56

143

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 34. Quartet

1:49

144

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 35. March

2:50

145

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 36. The Queen's Announcement

0:46

146

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 37. Ensemble

2:04

147

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 2 Scene 3 - 38. Coranto

3:08

148

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 39. Prelude & Chatter

1:16

149

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 40. Essex's Intrusion

2:54

150

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 41. The Second Duet of the Queen & Essex

0:56

151

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 42. The Dressing-Table Song

8:00

152

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 43. The Entrance of Cecil

2:45

153

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 44. Cecil's Report

1:03

154

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 45. Discussion

0:47

155

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 1 - 46. The Queen's Decision

0:58

156

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 2 - 47. Ballad - Rondo

1:38

157

Monmouth School Choir

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 48. Prelude & Verdict

10:35

158

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 49. Cecil's Warning

6:16

159

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 50. The Queen's Dilemma

0:56

160

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 51. Trio

1:29

161

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 52. Lady Essex's Pleading

2:30

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Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 53. Penelope Rich's Pleading

2:35

163

Britten: Gloriana, Op. 53 / Act 3 Scene 3 - 54. Epilogue

1:41

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