Britten & Pears: A Unique Musical Cooperation

Disc 1
1: Introduction
2: The Birth of Nicolas
3: Nicolas Devotes Himself to God
4: He Journeys to Palestine
5: Nicolas Comes to Myra and Is Chosen Bishop
6: Nicolas from Prison
7: Nicolas and the Pickled Boys
8: His Piety and Marvellous Works
9: The Death of Nicolas

Disc 2
1: Procession
2: Wolcum Yole!
3: There Is No Rose
4: That Young Child
5: Balulalow
6: As Dew in Aprille
7: This Little Babe
8: Interlude
9: In Freezing Winter Night
10: Spring Carol
11: Deo Gracias - Adam Lay Ibounden
12: Recession
13: A Boy Was Born
14: Variation I: Lullay, Jesu
15: Variation II: Herod
16: Variation III: Jesu, As Thou Art Our Savious
17: Variation IV: The Three Kings
18: Variation V: In the Bleak Mid-winter
19: Variation VI: Finale-Noel!

Disc 3
1: Rome Is Now Ruled By the Etruscan Upstart
2: It Is an Axiom Among Kings
3: Here the Thirsty Evening
4: Who Reaches Heaven First Is the Best Philosopher
5: Maria Was Unmasked at a Masked Ball
6: Collatinus Is Politically Astute
7: There Goes a Happy Man!
8: Tarquinius Does Not Dare
9: My Horse! My Horse! - Interlude: Tarquinius Does Not Wait
10: Their Spinning Wheel Unwinds
11: Listen! I Heard a Knock
12: Time Treads Upon the Hands of Women
13: The Oatmeal Slippers of Sleep

Disc 4
1: Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me
2: She Sleeps As a Rose
3: Within This Frail Crucible of Light
4: Lucretia!...What Do You Want?
5: Here Is This Scene You See
6: Oh! What a Lovely Day!
7: We'll Leave the Orchids for Lucretia
8: Flowers Bring to Every Year
9: You Were Right
10: Lucretia! Lucretia!
12: This Dead Hand Lets Fall
13: Is It All?

Disc 5
1: There You Are Again, Master-at-arms
2: O This Cursed Mist
3: Claggart, John Claggart, Beware!
4: Master-at-arms and Foretopman
5: God O' Mercy!
6: Great God! For What Reason?
7: William Budd, You Are Accused
8: Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?
9: Dawn
10: Sunday Morning
11: Moonlight
12: Storm
13: Passacaglia

Disc 6
1: Theme: Full Orchestra
2: Flute and Piccolo
3: Oboes
4: Clarinets
5: Bassoons
6: Violins
7: Violas
8: Cellos
9: Double Basses
10: Harp
11: Horns
12: Trumpets
13: Trombones and Bass Tuba
14: Percussion
15: Fugue
16: Sweep! Sweep!
17: Sweep This Chimney
18: Now, Little White Boy!
19: Pull the Rope Gently
20: Is He Wounded?
21: Sooty Tracks
22: Run, Poor Sweepboy
23: The Kettles Are Singing
24: O Why Do You Weep
25: Pantomime. Ah!....Blackguards!
26: Help! Help! She's Collapsed!
27: The Owl, Wide-winging Through the Sky
28: Soon the Coach Will Carry You Away
29: Morning, Sammy! Lovely Weather
30: Ready Alfred?
31: Coaching Song: The Horses Are Champing

Disc 7
1: Prologue: It Is a Curious Story
2: Theme: The Journey, Nearly There
3: Variation I: The Welcome, Mrs. Grose! Will She Be Nice?
4: Variation II: The Letter, Miss! Miss! A Letter for You
5: Variation III: The Tower, How Beautiful It Is
6: Variation IV: The Window, Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
7: Variation V: The Lesson, Many Nouns It Is We Find
8: Variation VI: The Lake, O Rivers and Seas and Lakes
9: Variation VII: At Night, Miles! Miles! Miles!

Disc 8
1: Variation VIII: Colloquy and Soliloquy, Why Did You Call Me?
2: Variation IX: The Bells, O Sing Unto Them a New Song
3: Variation X: Miss Jessel, She Is Here
4: Variation XI: The Bedroom, Malo: Than a Naughty Boy...
5: Variation XII: Quint, So! She Has Written
6: Variation XIII: The Piano, O What a Clever Boy
7: Variation XIV: Flora, Flora!
8: Variation XV: Miles, Mrs. Grose

Disc 9
1: Boisterous Bourrée
2: Playful Pizzicato
3: Sentimental Saraband
4: Frolicsome Finale
5: Introduction and Theme
6: Adagio
7: March
8: Romance
9: Aria Italiana
10: Bourrée Classique
11: Wiener Waltz
12: Moto Perpetuo
13: Funeral March
14: Chant
15: Fugue
16: Finale
17: Introduction and Rondo Alla Burlesca, Op. 23, No. 1
18: Mazurka Elegiaca, Op. 23, No. 2

Disc 10
1: Sonnet XVI: Si Come Nella Penna E Nell'inchiostro
2: Sonnet XXXI: A Che Piu Debb'io Mai L'intensa Voglia
3: Sonnet XXX: Veggio Co' Be' Vostri Occhi Un Dolce Lume
4: Sonnet LV: Tu Sa' Ch'io So, Signior Mie, Che Tu Sai
5: Sonnet XXXVIII: Rendete a Gli Occhi Miei, O Fonte O Fiume
6: Sonnet XXXII: S'un Casto Amor, S'una Pieta Superna
7: Sonnet XXIV: Spirto Ben Nato, in Cui So Specchia E Vede
8: Prologue
9: Pastoral
10: Nocturne (Extended)
11: Elegy
12: Dirge
13: Hymn
14: Sonnet
15: Epilogue
16: The Salley Gardens
17: Little Sir William
18: Oliver Cromwell
19: The Ash Grove
20: The Bonny Earl O' Moray
21: Heigh Ho! Heigh Hi!
22: Sweet Polly Oliver
23: There's None to Soothe
24: The Plough Boy
25: Come You Not from Newcastle?
26: The Foggy, Foggy Dew
27: O Waly, Waly

Composer: Benjamin Britten

Number of Discs: 10

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