Collection of early recordings of Britten's music, and an album of McPhee's Balinese transcriptions, all featuring Britten as a performer.

Compact disc.

Originally issued on HMV, Schirmer, or Decca 78 rpm discs. These were the first recordings of the Britten works.

Recorded 1941-1944.

Seven sonnets of Michelangelo (Peter Pears, tenor ; Britten, piano ; Nov. 20, 1942) (15:52).

Music of Bali / transcribed by Colin McPhee (Colin McPhee & Britten, pianos ; 1941). Pemúngkah : overture to Shadow-play (2:41) ; Rébong : love music from Shadow-play (2:49) ; Gambangan : intermezzo (1:35) ; Lagú delèm : music from Shadow-play (1:35) ; Tabú telú : ceremonial music (2:38).

British folk songs (Peter Pears, tenor ; Britten, piano) (ca. Mar. 1944). The ash grove (2:59) ; The Sally Gardens (Yeats) (2:56) ; Little Sir William (2:33) ; Oliver Cromwell (37 sec.).

Introduction and rondo alla burlesca, op. 23, no. 1 (8:52) ; Mazurka elegiaca, op. 23, no. 2 (7:28) (Clifford Curzon & Britten, pianos ; ca. Mar. 1944).

Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op. 31 (Peter Pears, tenor ; Dennis Brain, horn ; Boyd Neel String Orchestra ; Britten, conductor ; May & Oct. 1944).

Music > Indonesia > Bali (Province)

Folk songs, English > England.

Boyd Neel London String Orchestra.