Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain - Serenade / Winter Words / Michelangelo Sonnets

Tracklist

Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings, Op. 31
1	Prologue	1:10
2	Pastoral	3:49
3	Nocturne	3:16
4	Elegy	4:18
5	Dirge	4:10
6	Hymn	1:55
7	Sonnet	4:01
8	Epilogue	1:19
Seven Sonnets Of Michelangelo, Op. 22
9	Sonetto XVI	1:59
10	Sonetto XXXI	1:22
11	Sonetto XXX	3:16
12	Sonetto LV	1:48
13	Sonetto XXXVIII	1:54
14	Sonetto XXXII	1:20
15	Sonetto XXIV	4:50
Winter Words, Op. 52
16	At Day-Close In November	1:37
17	Midnight On The Great Western	4:26
18	Wagtail And Baby	1:55
19	The Little Old Table	1:21
20	The Choirmaster's Burial	3:42
21	Proud Songsters	1:07
22	At The Railway Station, Upway	2:38
23	Before Life And After	3:18

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
• Recorded At – Decca Studios

Credits

• Art Direction – David Smart
• Composed By – Benjamin Britten
• Conductor – Benjamin Britten (tracks: 1 to 8)
• French Horn – Dennis Brain (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Liner Notes – Philip Brett
• Orchestra – The Boyd Neel String Orchestra* (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Photography By – Alexander Bender, Angus McBean
• Piano – Benjamin Britten (tracks: 9 to 23)
• Producer – Boyd Neel (tracks: 1 to 8), James Walker (tracks: 9 to 15), Peter Andry (tracks: 16 to 23)
• Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears
• Words By – Alfred Lord Tennyson (tracks: 3), Anonymous (tracks: 5), Ben Jonson (tracks: 6), Charles Cotton (tracks: 2), John Keats (tracks: 7), Michelangelo* (tracks: 9 to 15), Thomas Hardy (tracks: 16 to 23), William Blake (tracks: 4)

Notes

Tracks 1 to 8: Recorded 25 May & 8 October 1944, Decca Studios, London NW6
Tracks 9 to 15: Recorded 17/18 July 1954, Kingsway Hall, London
Tracks 16 to 23: Recorded 16/17 March 1954, Decca Studios, London NW6
© 1992 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Made and Printed in Germany
Includes 32 page booklet with notes in English, French, German and Italian and all texts in Sung Language (plus translation in English for Sonnets)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 28942 59962 8
• Label Code: LC 0171
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Rights Society: BIEM/Stemra

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
417 183-1	Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain	Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain - Serenade / Winter Words / Michelangelo Sonnets ‎(LP, Mono)	Decca	417 183-1	Europe	1986
425 996-2	Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain	Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears, Dennis Brain - Serenade / Winter Words / Michelangelo Sonnets ‎(CD, Comp, Mono)	London Records	425 996-2	US	1992
D 120585, (425 996-2)	Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears • Dennis Brain • The Boyd Neel String Orchestra / Benjamin Britten	Benjamin Britten - Peter Pears • Dennis Brain • The Boyd Neel String Orchestra / Benjamin Britten - Serenade / Winter Words / Michelangelo Sonnets ‎(CD, Comp, Mono, Club)	London Records, London Records	D 120585, (425 996-2)	US	1992