Title:	Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 2
Genre:	Classical, Box Sets
Conductors:	Benjamin Britten, Charles Mackerras, Steuart Bedford
Orchestras:	English Chamber Orchestra, English Opera Group Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Performers:	Alan Opie, Alfred Deller, Angela Vernon Bates, Anna Vincent, Anne Wilkens, Arda Mandikian, Benjamin Luxon, Bryan Drake, Bryn Terfel, Choir of Downside School, Choir of Emanuel School, Christopher Cornall, David Hemmings, David Kelly, Della Jones, Dominic Gill, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Elizabeth Harwood, Eric Alder, Gordon Clerk, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Ian Wodehouse, Iris Saunders, James Bowman, James Miller-Coburn, Janet Baker, Janice Hooper Roe, Janice Watson, Jenevora Williams, Jennifer Vyvyan, Jenny Hill, Joan Cross, John Mark Ainsley, John Pryer, John Shirley-Quirk, Jonathan Summers, Josephine Barstow, Josephine Veasey, Keith Raggett, Kenneth Bowen, Kenneth MacDonald, Michael Bauer, Michael Follis, Monmouth School Choir, Neville Williams, Norman Lumsden, Olive Dyer, Owen Brannigan, Penelope MacKay, Peter Hoare, Peter Leeming, Peter Pears, Philip Langridge, Richard Dakin, Richard van Allan, Robert Carpenter Turner, Robert Tear, Ronald Murdock, Sheila Brand, Stephen James Adams, Stephen Terry, Stuart Harling, Thomas Hemsley, Tom Finucane, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Willard White, Yvonne Kenny
Label:	Decca
Number of Discs:	10
Attributes:	Boxed Set, Collector's Edition
Release Date:	3/15/2005

Product Type:	CD
UPC:	028947560296
Item #:	UNI756029
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Tracks

- Disc 1 -
1 Act 1. Introduction... Over Hill, Over Dale
2 Act 1. Oberon Is Passing... Ill Met By Moonlight
3 Act 1. Well, Go Thy Way
4 Act 1. How Now, My Love? Why Is Your Cheek So Pale?... I Swear to Thee, By Cupid's Strongest Bow
5 Act 1. (Be It Lion, Bear or Wolf...)... I Love Thee Not
6 Act 1. Welcome, Wanderer!... I Know a Bank
7 Act 1. Is All Our Company Here?
8 Act 1. Fair Love, You Faint with Wand'ring in the Wood
9 Act 1. Through the Forest Have I Gone
10 Act 1. Stay, Tho' Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius... Lysander, If You Live, Good Sire, Awake - and Ru
11 Act 1. Come, Now a Roundel, and a Fairy Song
12 Act 1. You Spotted Snakes
13 Act 1. What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake
14 Act 2. Introduction
15 Act 2. Are We All Met?... What Hempen Homespuns Have We Swaggering Here
16 Act 2. I See Their Knavery... What Angel Wakes Me
17 Act 2. Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman
18 Act 2. Hail, Mortal, Hail!
19 Act 2. I Have a Reas'nable Good Ear in Music
20 Act 2. How Now, Mad Spirit... O Why Rebuke You Him That Loves You So?... What Hast Thou Done?
- Disc 2 -
1 Act 2. Flower of This Purple Dye... Why Should You Think That I Should Woo in Scorn?... O Helena, G
2 Act 2. Puppet? Why So?
3 Act 2. This Is Thy Negligence... Thou See'st These Lovers Seek a Place to Fight
4 Act 2. Up and Down... Where Art Thou, Proud Demetrius?
5 Act 2. on the Ground, Sleep Sound
6 Act 3. Scene 1. Introduction... My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?... My Oberon, What V
7 Act 3. Scene 1. Helena! - Hermia! - Demetrius! - Lysander!
8 Act 3. Scene 1. When My Cue Comes, Call Me
9 Act 3. Scene 1. Have You Sent to Bottom's House?
10 Act 3. Scene 2. Orchestral March... Now, Fair Hippolyta, Our Nuptial Hour
11 Act 3. Scene 2. If We Offend, It Is with Our Good Will
12 Act 3. Scene 2. Gentle, Perchance You Wonder at This Show
13 Act 3. Scene 2. in This Same Interlude, It Doth Befall
14 Act 3. Scene 2. O Grim-Lock'd Night
15 Act 3. Scene 2. O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans
16 Act 3. Scene 2. You Ladies, You (Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear...)
17 Act 3. Scene 2. This Lanthorn Doth the Hornã¨ Moon Present... This Is Old Ninny's Tomb
18 Act 3. Scene 2. Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams
19 Act 3. Scene 2. Come, Your Bergomask
20 Act 3. Scene 2. Now the Hungry Lion Roars... Through the House Give Glimmering Light... Now, Until
- Disc 3 -
1 In May, in Brilliant Athens
2 Oh Gods of Wrath
3 My Time's Too Short; Your Highness
4 Act 1. Scene 1. Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart: Tarquinius Superbus
5 Act 1. Scene 1. It Is An Axion Among Kings, to Use a Foreign Threat to Hide a Local Evil
6 Act 1. Scene 1. Here the Thirsty Evening Has Drunk the Wine of Light
7 Act 1. Scene 1. Who Reaches Heaven First Is the Best Philosopher
8 Act 1. Scene 1. Maria Was Unmasked at a Masked Ball
9 Act 1. Scene 1. Collatinus Is Politically Astute to Choose a Virtuous Wife
10 Act 1. Scene 1. There Goes a Happy Man!
11 Act 1. Scene 1. Tarquinius Does Not Dare, When Tarquinius Does Not Desire
12 Act 1. Scene 1. My Horse! My Horse! / Interlude. Tarquinius Does Not Wait for His Servant to Wake
13 Act 1. Scene 2. Their Spinning-Wheel Unwinds Dreams Which Desire Has Spun!
14 Act 1. Scene 2. Listen! I Heard a Knock... How Cruel Men Are to Teach Us Love!
15 Act 1. Scene 2. Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women
16 Act 1. Scene 2. the Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep Creep Through the City... Open, in the Name of the PR
- Disc 4 -
1 Act 2. Scene 1. the Prosperity of the Etruscans Was Due to the Richness of Their Native Soil
2 Act 2. Scene 1. She Sleeps As a Rose Upon the Night
3 Act 2. Scene 1. Within This Frail Crucible of Light
4 Act 2. Scene 1. Lucretia! - What Do You Want? - You!
5 Act 2. Interlude. Here in This Scene You See Virtue Assailed By Sin
6 Act 2. Scene 2. Oh! What a Lovely Day!
7 Act 2. Scene 2. We'll Leave the Orchids for Lucretia to Arrange... Lucia, Go Send a Messenger to My
8 Act 2. Scene 2. Flowers Bring to Every Year the Same Perfection
9 Act 2. Scene 2. You Were Right. Tarquinius Took One of the Horses... Where Is Lucretia?
10 Act 2. Scene 2. Lucretia! Lucretia!
11 Act 2. Scene 2. Las Night Tarquinius Ravished Me
12 Act 2. Scene 2. This Dead Hand Let's Fall All That My Heart Held When Full
13 Act 2. Epilogue. Is It All?
- Disc 5 -
1 Act 1. Prologue
2 Act 1. Theme. Scene 1. the Journey
3 Act 1. Variation 1 / Scene 2. the Welcome
4 Act 1. Variation 2 / Scene 3. the Letter
5 Act 1. Variation 3 / Scene 4. the Tower
6 Act 1. Variation 4 / Scene 5. the Window
7 Act 1. Variation 5 / Scene 6. the Lesson
8 Act 1. Variation 6 / Scene 7. the Lake
9 Act 1. Variation 7 / Scene 8. at Night
- Disc 6 -
1 Act 2. Variation 8 / Scene 1. Colloquy and Soliloquy
2 Act 2. Variation 9 / Scene 2. the Bells
3 Act 2. Variation 10 / Scene 3. Miss Jesse!
4 Act 2. Variation 11 / Scene 4. the Bedroom
5 Act 2. Variation 12 / Scene 5. Quint
6 Act 2. Variation 13 / Scene 6. the Piano
7 Act 2. Variation 14 / Scene 7. Flora
8 Act 2. Variation 15 / Scene 8. Miles
- Disc 7 -
1 Act 1. Scene 6. Naturally, Signore, I Understand
2 Act 1. Scene 6. Here I Will Stay, Here Dedicate My Days to the Sun / Scene 7. Beneath a Dazzling SK
3 Act 1. Scene 1. My Mind Beats on and No Words Come
4 Act 1. Scene 1. Who's That? a Foreigner, a Traveller No Doubt... Marvels Unfold!
5 Act 1. Scene 2. Hey There, Hey There, You!... Ho! Here Comes Young Casanova... Greetings, Conte!
6 Act 1. Scene 2. Serenissima, Serenissima - Low-Lying Clouds
7 Act 1. Scene 2. Overture: Venice
8 Act 1. Scene 3. Ah Serenissima!
9 Act 1. Scene 3. Mysterious Gondola
10 Act 1. Scene 4. We Are Delighted to Greet the Signore to Our Excellent Hotel
11 Act 1. Scene 4. Was I Wrong to Come
12 Act 1. Scene 4. There Is Indeed in Every Artist's Nature / Scene 5. the Wind Is from the West... Ah
13 Act 1. Scene 5. (Children's Games)... Adziã¹! Adziã¹!
14 Act 1. Scene 6. Aou'! Stagando, Aou!
- Disc 8 -
1 Act 1. Scene 7. First the Race!
2 Act 1. Scene 7. the Boy, Tadzio, Shall Inspire Me
3 Act 2. Scene 7. So, It Has Come to This
4 Act 2. Scene 8. Guardate, Signore!
5 Act 2. Scene 9. Do I Detect a Scent? a Sweetish Medicinal Cleanliness
6 Act 2. Scene 9. Careful Search Now Leads Me to Them... Ah, Tadzio, Eros, Ganymede... Gustav Von Asc
7 Act 2. Scene 10. This Way for the Players, Signori! Why Are They Disinfecting Venice?
8 Act 2. Scene 10. Fiorir Rose in Mezzo Al Giasso... Ah, Little Tadziã¹, We Do Not Laugh Like the Othe
9 Act 2. Scene 11. One Moment, If You Please... Young Man, Why Do All These People Hurry to Leave?
10 Act 2. Scene 11. in These Last Years, Asiatic Cholerea Has Spread
11 Act 2. Scene 12. So It Is True, True, More Fearful Than I Thought
12 Act 2. Scene 13. Receive the Stranger God - No! Reject the Abyss
13 Act 2. Scene 14. (The Empty Beach)... Do What You Will with Me!
14 Act 2. Scene 15. Yes, a Very Wise Decision
15 Act 2. Scene 16. Hurrah for the Piazza
16 Act 2. Scene 16. Chaos, Chaos and Sickness
17 Act 2. Scene 17. the Wind Still Blows from the Land
18 Act 2. Scene 17. (On the Beach)... Ah, No!
- Disc 9 -
1 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 1. Prelude
2 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 2. the Tournament
3 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 3. Recitative and Fight
4 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 4. Entrance of the Queen
5 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 5. Recitative
6 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 6. the Two Lords' Explanation
7 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 7. Raleigh's Song
8 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 8. Ensemble of Reconciliation
9 Act 1. Scene 1. No. 9. Recitative and Final March
10 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 1. Prelude and Dialogue
11 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 2. the Queen's Song
12 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 3. Cecil's Song of Government
13 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 4. Recitative and Essex's Entry
14 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 5. First Lute Song
15 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 6. Second Lute Song
16 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 7. the First Duet for the Queen and Essex
17 Act 1. Scene 2. No. 8. Soliloquy and Prayer
18 Act 2. Scene 1. No. 1. Prelude and Welcome
19 Act 2. Scene 1. No. 2. the Masque
20 Act 2. Scene 1. No. 3. Finale
21 Act 2. Scene 2. No. 1. Prelude and Song
22 Act 2. Scene 2. No. 2. Duet
23 Act 2. Scene 2. No. 3. Double Duet
24 Act 2. Scene 2. No. 4. Quartet
- Disc 10 -
1 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 1. Pavane
2 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 2. Conversation
3 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 3. Galliard
4 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 4. Conversation and the Queen's Entrance
5 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 5. Lavolta
6 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 6. Conversation
7 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 7. Morris Dance
8 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 8. Recitative
9 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 9. the Queen's Burlesque
10 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 10. Quartet
11 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 11. March
12 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 12. the Queen's Announcement
13 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 13. Ensemble
14 Act 2. Scene 3. No. 14. Coranto
15 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 1. Prelude and Chatter
16 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 2. Essex's Intrusion
17 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 3. the Second Duet of the Queen and Essex
18 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 4. the Dressing-Table Song
19 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 5. the Entrance of Cecil
20 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 6. Cecil's Report
21 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 7. Discussion
22 Act 3. Scene 1. No. 8. the Queen's Decision
23 Act 3. Scene 2. Ballad - Rondo
24 Act 3. Scene 3. No. 1. Prelude and Verdict
25 Act 3. Scene 3. No. 2. Cecil's Warning
26 Act 3. Scene 3. No. 3. the Queen's Dilemma
27 Act 3. Scene 3. No. 4. Trio
28 Act 3. Scene 3. No. 5. Lady Essex's Pleading
29 Act 3. Scene 3. No. 6. Penelope Rich's Pleading
30 Act 3. Scene 3. No. 7. Epilogue

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