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Wednesday 10th December 2025

V33-624

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Title : Aldeburgh Festival 1953: works by Arne, Purcell and others

Label : Decca

Performer(s) : Arda Mandikian, Gladys Whitred, soprano; Alfred Deller, counter-tenor; Peter Pears, tenor; Norman Lumsden, bass; Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra: Benjamin Britten / Imogen Holst

Tracks:

1-4 : Variations on an Elizabethan theme ('Sellenger's Round'): Theme and var. 1-3 / Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra: Benjamin Britten
     Theme (Byrd) Var. 1: Oldham Var. 2: Tippett Var. 3: Berkeley
      Composer(s):  Arthur Oldham,  Michael Tippett,  Lennox Berkeley
      Performer(s):  Benjamin Britten
     Ensemble(s):   Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra

5-7 : Variations on an Elizabethan theme ('Sellenger's Round'): Var. 3-5 / Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra: Benjamin Britten
     Var. 4: Britten Var. 5: Searle Var. 6: Walton
      Composer(s):  Benjamin Britten,  Humphrey Searle,  William Walton
      Performer(s):  Benjamin Britten
     Ensemble(s):   Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra

8 : Ode in honour of Great Britain: 'Rule, Britannia' / Peter Pears, tenor; Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra: Imogen Holst
      Composer(s):  Thomas Arne
      Performer(s):  Imogen Holst,  Peter Pears
     Ensemble(s):   Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra

9 : Verse anthem: 'O Lord, grant the Queen a long life' / Alfred Deller, counter-tenor; Peter Pears, tenor; Norman Lumsden, bass; Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra: Imogen Holst
      Composer(s):  Henry Purcell
      Performer(s):  Imogen Holst,  Alfred Deller,  Peter Pears,  Norman Lumsden
     Ensemble(s):   Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra

10 : Duet for two sopranos: 'Now all the air shall ring' / Arda Mandikian, soprano; Gladys Whitred, soprano; Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra: Imogen Holst
      Composer(s):  Thomas Arne
      Performer(s):  Imogen Holst,  Arda Mandikian,  Gladys Whitred
     Ensemble(s):   Aldeburgh Festival Choir and Orchestra

 

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