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Benjamin Britten: Song Cycles

Peter Pears•2021•23 songs, 71:54

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1

Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: I. Prologue

1:55

2

Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: II. Rats away!

4:26

3

Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: III. Messalina

6:33

4

Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: IV. Hawing for the partridge (Dance of Death)

5:58

5

Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: V. Epilogue

6:46

6

On This Island, Op. 11: I. Let the florid music praise!

3:53

7

On This Island, Op. 11: II. Now the leaves are falling fast

2:02

8

On This Island, Op. 11: III. Seascape (‘For Kit Welford’)

2:10

9

On This Island, Op. 11: IV. Nocturne

4:05

10

On This Island, Op. 11: V. As it is plenty

1:39

11

A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: I. A Cradle Song

2:16

12

A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: II. A Highland Balou

1:46

13

A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: III. Sephestia's Lullaby

2:04

14

A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: IV. A Charm

1:33

15

A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: V. The Nurse's Song

3:43

16

Winter Words, Op. 52: I. At Day-Close in November

1:43

17

Winter Words, Op. 52: II. Midnight on the Great Western (or, The Journeying Boy)

4:37

18

Winter Words, Op. 52: III. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)

2:04

19

Winter Words, Op. 52: IV. The Little Old Table

1:29

20

Winter Words, Op. 52: V. The Choirmaster's Burial (or, The Tenor Man's Story)

3:52

21

Winter Words, Op. 52: VI. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales)

1:12

22

Winter Words, Op. 52: VII. At the Railway Station, Upway (or, The Convict and Boy with the Violin)

2:46

23

Winter Words, Op. 52: VIII. Before Life and After

3:22

August 7, 2021

Benjamin Britten: Song Cycles by Peter Pears · SongPad