Wednesday 10th June 2026

V33-624

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 / Arthur Oldham et al. : : : Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra: Benjamin Britten
Theme (Byrd) Var. 1: Oldham Var. 2: Tippett Var. 3: Berkeley
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Arthur Oldham,  Michael Tippett,  Lennox Berkeley
    => Performer(s):  Benjamin Britten
    => Ensemble(s):  Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra

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

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

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

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

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