‎Britten: Curlew River by John Shirley-Quirk

"Te lúcis ante términum"

English Opera Group Chorus, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Orchestra

7:19

"I am the ferryman"

English Opera Group Chorus, English Opera Group Orchestra, Harold Blackburn, John Shirley-Quirk

3:08

"I come from the Westland"

Bryan Drake, English Opera Group Orchestra, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Chorus

4:36

"But first may I ask you"

English Opera Group Chorus, Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

2:41

"Clear as a sky without a cloud"

English Opera Group Orchestra, Harold Blackburn, Sir Peter Pears, English Opera Group Chorus

2:22

"Near the Black Mountains there I dwelt"

Sir Peter Pears, English Opera Group Orchestra

2:18

"A thousand leagues may sunder"

Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Chorus, English Opera Group Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake

3:19

"Ignorant man!"

John Shirley-Quirk, English Opera Group Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears

2:10

"I beg your pardon, living in this famous place"

Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group Orchestra, English Opera Group Chorus, Harold Blackburn, John Shirley-Quirk

4:52

"Curlew River, smoothly flowing"

Bryan Drake, English Opera Group Chorus, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Orchestra

2:14

"Today is an important day"

English Opera Group Orchestra, Bryan Drake, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Chorus, John Shirley-Quirk

5:32

"Look! While you were listening to my story"

English Opera Group Orchestra, English Opera Group Chorus, Bryan Drake, Harold Blackburn, John Shirley-Quirk

2:44

"Ferryman, tell me, when did it happen"

English Opera Group Chorus, Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, Harold Blackburn, John Shirley-Quirk, English Opera Group Orchestra

6:22

"Hoping, I wander'd on"

Sir Peter Pears, English Opera Group Orchestra

3:30

"He whose life was full of promise"

Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group Chorus, John Shirley-Quirk

2:21

"The moon has risen"

English Opera Group Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Chorus, John Shirley-Quirk, Bruce Webb

5:55

"Go your way in peace, mother"

Sir Peter Pears, Bryan Drake, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Orchestra, Bruce Webb, John Shirley-Quirk

2:29

"Good souls, we have shown you here"

English Opera Group Chorus, Harold Blackburn, English Opera Group Orchestra

5:13

Benjamin Britten

Composer
John Shirley-Quirk

Baritone
Sir Peter Pears

Tenor
English Opera Group

Artist
William Plomer

Composer

Britten: Curlew River

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