A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Opera in three acts – Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Peers, after Shakespeare
Alfred Deller, Jennifer Vyvyan, Thomas Hemsley, Marjorie Thomas
April Cantelo, Forbes Robinson, Owen Brannigan, Norman Lumsden, Peter Pears
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
conducted by Benjamin Britten
World premiere recorded in the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 11 June 1960
First ever release
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Romance No.2 in F sharp, Op.28
Waldszenen, Op.82 No.7 ‘Vogel als Prophet
PALMGREN Refrain de Berceau, West Finnish Dance, Op.31 No.5
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Ackermann
DELIUS
Piano Concerto
Violin Concerto
On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
Hassan – incidental music
Koanga – La Calinda; Caprice & Elegy
Legende
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Philharmonia Orchestra
Constant Lambert
Albert Sammons
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent
Beatrice Harrison, Eric Fenby
Hallé Orchestra
Constant Lambert
Henry Holst, Gerald Moore
Compact disc 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 ‘Waldstein’ ; Andante favori in F, WoO57 8.04
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Compact disc 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73 ‘Emperor’
Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York conducted by Josef Krips
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Compact disc 3
Moiseiwitsch in Interview
WKCR New York in the late 1950s
New York 1958
Extract from a BBC interview in the late 1950s or early 60s
Frankly Speaking: a BBC interview with John Freeman, Philip Hope-Wallace and George Scott
Audio extract from Words and Music with Jack Payne
Chopin:Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
JACK BRYMER A Tribute to Bernard Walton
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
Bernard Walton
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
Members of the Music Group of London:
Bernard Walton, Hugh Bean, Frances Mason
Christopher Wellington, Eileen Croxford
BEETHOVEN Fidelio – excerpt; Ah, perfido
MOZART Don Giovanni – excerpt
WEBER Opera arias from Oberon, Der Freischütz
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde – excerpt
VERDI Opera arias from Un ballo in maschera
La forza del destino, Aida
Birgit Nilsson
Philharmonia Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Ludwig
A PDF of the sung text can be downloaded from the download section at the top of the Homepage page.
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