Compact discs; in container.

Originally issued on RCA 33 1/3 rpm analog discs: cd. 1 as LM 2448 & LSC 2448, p1960; cd., 2 as LM 2896 & LSC 2896, p1966; cd. 3 as LSC 3156, p1970; cd. 4 as LSC 3331, p1972; cd. 5 as LM 3027 & LSC 3027, p1968; cd. 6 as LM 2964 & LSC 2964, p1967; cd. 7 as LM 2730 & LSC 2730, p1964; cd. 8 as ARL1-2499, p1978; cd. 9 as ARL2-3090, p1979; cd. 10 as ARC1-4378, p1983.

Program notes by Stefan Lerche in English, French & German, with reproduction of the analog covers (including program notes by Emanuel Winternitz, Judith Robison, Tom Eastwood, John Warrack, Gene Lees, Christopher Palmer & others) & discographical details laid in container.

Recorded between 1959 & 1982 in New York City, England & Boston. Cd. 9 recorded from live performances.

Britten work sung in English.

[cd. 1] The art of Julian Bream. Aria detta La Frescobalda / Frescobaldi ; arr. Segovia (5:20)

Sonata / M. Albéniz ; arr. Pujoli (3:56)

Sonatas. C minor, K 11 (played in E minor) (3:56) ; B minor, K 87 (played in E minor) (2:31) / Domenico Scarlatti ; arr. Bream

Sonata in C# minor (2:58) ; Sonata in A (1:47) / Cimarosa ; arr. Bream

Sonatina, op. 52, no 1 / Lennox Berkeley (10:39)

En los trigales / Rodrigo (3:29)

Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ravel ; arr. Bream (6:47)

Ségovia, op. 29 / Roussel (2:21)

[cd. 2] J.S. Bach Lute suites nos. 1 and 2. No 1 in E minor, BWV 996 (18:39) ; No 2 in C minor, BWV 997 (19:45) / J.S. Bach

cd. 3] Romantic guitar. Grand sonata for guitar and violin in A major / Paganini ; arr. for guitar solo by Bream (21:29)

Song without words, op. 19, no 6 : Venetian gondola song (2:40) ; String quartet no 1, op. 12. Canzonetta (4:33) / Mendelssohn ; arr. Bream

Piano sonata in G major, D 894. Menuetto / Schubert ; arr. Bream (5:16)

Prelude in E major : "Lágrima" (2:04) ; Three mazurkas (7:03) / Tárrega

[cd. 4] The woods so wild. The woods so wild / W. Byrd ; arr. Francis Cutting (2:08)

Fantasia no 1 in C minor / Francesco Milano (3:29)

Packington's pound [i.e., Bockington's pound] / anon. ; arr. Cutting (2:33)

Fantasia no 2 in F major / Milano (1:38)

Walsingham / John Dowland (4:53)

Fantasia no 3 in G minor / Milano (2:25)

The fairy round (1:48) ; Heigh ho holiday (1:22) / Anthony Holborne

Fantasia no 4 : "La compagna" / Milano (3:07)

Go from my window / Dowland (4:30)

Fantasia no 5 in C major / Milano (1:52)

Greensleeves / anon. ; arr. Cutting (3:50)

Fantasia no 6 in F major / Milano (1:27)

Bonnie sweet robin / Dowland (3:49)

Fantasia no 7 in F major / Milano (1:50)

Heart's ease / Holborne (2:30)

Fantasia no 8 in G major / Milano (1:27)

Loth to depart / Dowland (5:39)

[cd. 5] Julian Bream and his friends. Guitar quintet in E minor, G. 451 / Boccherini (with Cremona String Quartet) (23:25)

Guitar quintet in D major, G. 448. Introduction and fandango / Boccherini ; arr. for guitar & harpsichord by Bream (with George Malcolm, harpsichord) (6:02)

Guitar quartet in E major, Hob. III:8 (op. 2/2) / Haydn ; arr. from string quartet (with members of the Cremona String Quartet) (18:24)

[cd. 6] 20th century guitar. El polifemo de oro : four fragments for guitar / Brindle (6:52)

Nocturnal after John Dowland, op. 70 [variations based on the song Come, heavy sleepe] / Britten (18:35)

Quatre pièces brèves / Frank Martin (10:17)

Kammermusik 1958. Drei tentos. Du schönes Bächlein (2:25) ; Es findet das Aug' oft (1:35) ; Sohn Laios' (2:16) / Henze

12 etudes for guitar. No 5 in C major (2:13) ; No 7 in E major (3:46) / Villa-Lobos

[cd. 7] Rodrigo, Vivaldi & Britten. Concierto de Aranjuez / Joaquin Rodrigo (Melos Chamber Orchestra, Colin Davis, conductor) (19:49)

Gloriana. The courtly dances : set by Bream. March ; Courante ; Pavan ; Morris dance ; Galliard ; La volta ; March (Finale) / Britten ; arr. Bream (Julian Bream Consort) (10:11)

Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D major, RV 93 / Vivaldi ; ed. Bream (Julian Bream Consort) (9:48)

[cd. 8] Villa-Lobos. Twelve etudes for guitar (31:04) ; Suite populaire breśilienne (18:12) / Villa Lobos

[cd. 9] Julian Bream & John Williams live (with John Williams, guitar) [the Sor, Brahms & Fauré works from the analog issue are not included here]. Pavan (2:03) ; Galliard (1:22) / John Johnson

Partie polonoise in Bb major, TWV 39:1 [for 2 lutes] / Telemann (12:29)

Rêverie (4:42) ; Golliwog's cakewalk (2:48) ; Clair de lune (5:08) / Debussy

Suite española no 1, op. 47. [No 7] : Castilla (Seguidillas) / Albéniz (4 min.)

Danza españolas, op. 37. Oriental / Granados (4:59)

[cd. 10] Julian Bream plays Granados and Albéniz : music of Spain vol. 5 [all arr. by Bream]. Cuentos para la Juventud, op. 1. No 1 : Dedicatoria (1:47) ; Tonadillas. No 7 : La maja de Goya (4:49) ; Danza españolas, op. 37. No 4 : Villanesca (6:36) ; Valses poéticos (12:32) ; Danza españolas, op. 37. No 5 : Andaluza : (Playera) (4:15) / Granados

Mallorca, op. 202 (7:21) ; Suite española no 1, op. 47 (Cataluña ; Grenada ; Sevilla ; Cádiz) (17:45) ; Cantos de España, op. 232. No 4 : Córdoba (7:17) / Albéniz.

88967316212 RCA/Sony Classical

LM 2448 RCA Victor

LSC 2448 RCA Victor

LM 2896 RCA Victor

LSC 2896 RCA Victor

LSC 3156 RCA

LSC 3331 RCA

LM 3027 RCA Victor

LSC 3027 RCA Victor

LM 02964 RCA

LSC 2964 RCA

LM 2730 RCA Victor

LSC 2730 RCA Victor

ARL1-2499 RCA

ARL 2-3090 RCA

ARC1-4378 RCA

Cremona String Quartet.

Melos Chamber Orchestra.

Julian Bream Consort.