[cd. 1]. Canticle II : Abraham and Isaac, op. 51 [Proctor, Pears ; Britten, piano; text from the Chester miracle play] (16:18)
Gemini variations, op. 73 [twelve variations & fugue on an epigram of Kodály, op. 73 ; Jeneys, piano 4 hands, one also playing the flute & the other the violin] (14:47)
A birthday hansel, op. 92 [words by Robert Burns ; Pears, tenor, Ellis, harp] (16:17)
Cantata academica (Carmen Basiliense), op. 62 [Vyvyan, Pears, Proctor, Watts, Brannigan ; London Symphony, Malcolm, conductor] (20:51)
Russian funeral [for brass & percussion] (7:01)
[cd. 2]. Cantata misericordium, op. 69 [Latin vocal text by Patrick Wilkinson; Pears, Fischer-Dieskau, LSO, Britten, conductor] (19:45)
Children's crusade, op. 82 [words by Brecht ; Wandsworth Choir] (18:55)
The poet's echo, op. 76 [settings in Russian of Pushkin ; song cycle : Echo ; My heart ; Angel ; The nightingale and the rose ; Epigram ; Lines written during a sleepless night ; Vishnevskaya, Rostropovich] (16:07)
Six Hölderlin fragments, op. 61 [Menschenbeifall ; Der Heimat ; Sokrates und Alcibiades ; Die Jugend ; Hälfte des Lebens ; Die Linien des Lebens ; Pears, Britten, piano] (11:48)
Two insect pieces : for oboe and piano [Holliger, Schiff] (5:31)