Britten: Death in Venice – Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Opera Group & English Chamber Orchestra

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:57

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

Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:54

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Britten: Death in Venice, Op. 88 / Act 1: "Hey There, Hey There, You!"

John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears & English Chamber Orchestra

3:48

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

Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:56

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

English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:36

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

Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Bauer & Kenneth Bowen

5:21

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

1:42

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

John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:09

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

Peter Pears, Iris Saunders & Anne Wilkens

6:14

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

Peter Pears, Iris Saunders, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:41

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

10:05

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

John Shirley-Quirk & Robert Carpenter Turner

4:52

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

John Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Bowen & Peter Pears

7:56

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

Peter Pears, James Bowman & Anne Wilkens

9:44

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

James Bowman, Anne Wilkens & Iris Saunders

5:11

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:18

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:47

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

John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:21

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

Peter Pears & Michael Bauer

6:25

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

Peter Pears, Michael Bauer & Keith Jones

7:48

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

Kenneth Bowen

4:26

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

John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:11

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:01

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:57

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:22

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

John Shirley-Quirk, James Bowman, Peter Pears & English Chamber Orchestra

3:47

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:00

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

John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:24

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

Peter Pears, Iris Saunders, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

2:55

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

4:24

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

John Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Bowen, Peter Pears & English Chamber Orchestra

4:18

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

Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra & Steuart Bedford

5:08