Benjamin Britten: The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op.35 Recorded: 29 Aug./12 Dec.1947
Benjamin Britten: Five Folk Song arrangements Recorded: 27 Aug.1947 & 29 Sept./15 Nov.1950
Percy Grainger: 2 Songs Recorded: 15 November 1950
Aaron Copland: 5 Old American Songs Recorded: 29/30 Sept.1950
Franz Schubert: "Im Fruhling" / "Auf der Bruck" Recorded: 29 Sept./15 Nov.1950
Henry Purcell (arr.Britten): "The Queen's Epicedium" Recorded: 30 August 1947
Henry Purcell: Fantasia no.13 in F (Benjamin Britten, viola -&- The Zorian String Quartet) Recorded: 4 November 1946
Peter Pears, Tenor -&- Benjamin Britten, piano 8 files zip FLAC Mega Download
HMV RLS 748 (2LP) 1980 pressings/matrices: 2XEA 6870-73 -1/-1/-1/-1 Transfers by Bryan Crimp (now substantially edited/repaired..)
Exceptional singing (especially the Sonnets / Epicedium). Aside from Schubert: 'Fruhling' (muffled, as per the 78), these 78 transfers are mostly very vivid indeed.
The 1952 Argo: Tippett / Mewton-Wood accompanied recordings are on The Music Parlour Sleeve-notes, Song-Texts / Full composition details + John Donne text >>>
i was glad to see Purcell's Queens Epicedium, but in Britten's arrangement... don't know.
ReplyDeletehis version of 'Mad Bess of Bedlam' sung by Ferrier was a shock for me.
let some other Purcell lover gives me an advice: is this arrangement of 'Incassum Lesbia rogas' worth 2 or 3 times listening?
You'll like this version!!!
DeleteWonderful! Thanks for this album. A question aside the music: how do you manage to make such beautiful scans from your LP albums?
ReplyDeleteHello Satyr: Well - they ARE better than yours/a few others (!!!!)...but the scanner I use (Canon 670 - cost almost nothing from eBay - 10yo model) has been faulty for some 2 years as I've used it so much - with, previously, possibly a 1000+ separate scans for 'Cast Album Collector' LP covers.
DeleteIf you saw the 'raw' scan (after being compiled from 4 images) you would not be so complimentary, as an individual scan is now very 'damaged' - bad lines/lighting inconsistency; looks a real mess compared to its previous performance.
These decent results are mostly only obtainable with images that have single colour blocks - where I can use 'in-fill' (there is some 'bleeding' onto Britten's cheek..) viag the ancient PhotoStudio2000 supplied with the Scanner (in an equally ancient Dell 98SE Desktop...).