‎Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Colin Davis

"Over Hill, Over Dale"

Matthew Long, Carl Ferguson, Sara Rey, New London Children's Choir, David Newman, Colin Davis, Claudia Conway, London Symphony Orchestra

3:51

"Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"

Sylvia McNair, Brian Asawa, Sara Rey, London Symphony Orchestra, David Newman, Colin Davis, Claudia Conway, Matthew Long

3:18

"Well, Go Thy Way"

Brian Asawa, Carl Ferguson, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra

3:38

"How Now My Love?"

John Mark Ainsley, Colin Davis, Ruby Philogene, London Symphony Orchestra

4:26

"Be It On Lion, Bear, or Wolf, or Bull"

Paul Whelan, London Symphony Orchestra, Janice Watson, Colin Davis, Brian Asawa

3:39

"Welcome Wanderer!"

Brian Asawa, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra

5:45

"Is All Our Company Here?"

Robert Lloyd, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, Neal Davies, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Gwynne Howell

6:35

"Fair Love, You Faint With Wand'ring in the Wood"

John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra, Ruby Philogene, Colin Davis

3:21

"Through the Forest Have I Gone"

Carl Ferguson, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra

1:37

"Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"

Ruby Philogene, London Symphony Orchestra, John Mark Ainsley, Paul Whelan, Colin Davis, Janice Watson

5:13

"Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song"

Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Sylvia McNair

2:11

"You Spotted Snakes With Double Tongue"

David Newman, Colin Davis, Matthew Long, Sara Rey, New London Children's Choir, Claudia Conway, London Symphony Orchestra

2:20

"What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"

Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Brian Asawa

2:23

Introduction: The Wood

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

3:20

"Are We All Met?"

Gwynne Howell, Colin Davis, Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd

6:47

"I See Their Knavery"

Robert Lloyd, David Newman, Colin Davis, Matthew Long, Claudia Conway, Sara Rey, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra

3:11

"Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman"

Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

1:34

"Hail, Mortal, Hail!"

David Newman, Colin Davis, Sara Rey, Matthew Long, Robert Lloyd, Claudia Conway, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra

5:08

"I Have a Reas'nable Good Ear in Music"

Sylvia McNair, Colin Davis, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra

4:59

"How Now, Mad Spirit?"

Paul Whelan, Colin Davis, Ruby Philogene, Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Carl Ferguson

2:49

"Flower of This Purple Dye"

London Symphony Orchestra, Carl Ferguson, Colin Davis, Brian Asawa, John Mark Ainsley, Paul Whelan

6:29

"Puppet? Why So?"

Helen Watts, Colin Davis, Ruby Philogene, London Symphony Orchestra

3:27

"This Is Thy Negligence"

Brian Asawa, Carl Ferguson, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra

1:50

"Up and Down, Up and Down"

John Mark Ainsley, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Carl Ferguson, Janice Watson, Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene

5:36

"On the Ground, Sleep Sound"

Sara Rey, London Symphony Orchestra, David Newman, Colin Davis, Claudia Conway, Matthew Long

3:11

"My Gentle Robin, See'st Thou This Sweet Sight?"

Colin Davis, Sylvia McNair, London Symphony Orchestra, Brian Asawa, Carl Ferguson

8:04

"Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"

John Mark Ainsley, Ruby Philogene, Paul Whelan, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Janice Watson

6:13

"When My Cue Comes, Call Me"

Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

3:37

"Have You Sent to Bottom's House?"

Gwynne Howell, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, Neal Davies, Colin Davis, Robert Lloyd, Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra

4:50

"Now, Fair Hippolyta"

Paul Whelan, John Mark Ainsley, Hilary Summers, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Janice Watson, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Ruby Philogene

4:48

"If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will"

Neal Davies, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, Ian Bostridge, Colin Davis, Gwynne Howell, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra

1:24

"Gentles, Perchance You Wonder At This Show"

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Gwynne Howell

1:26

"In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"

Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

1:05

"O Grim-look'd Night, O Night With Hue So Black"

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Robert Lloyd

1:53

"O Wall, Full Often Hast Thou Heard My Moans"

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Ian Bostridge, Robert Lloyd

2:26

"You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"

Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Richardson

0:50

"This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"

Stephen Richardson, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Neal Davies, Ian Bostridge

1:58

"Sweet Moon, I Thank Thee for Thy Sunny Beams"

Colin Davis, Robert Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra

1:51

"Asleep, My Love?"

Ian Bostridge, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra

2:28

"Come, Your Bergomask"

London Symphony Orchestra, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Colin Davis

3:04

"Now the Hungry Lion Roars"

New London Children's Choir, Claudia Conway, David Newman, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Sara Rey, Sylvia McNair, Brian Asawa, Carl Ferguson, Matthew Long

5:10

Ursula Singer

Producer
Cees Heijkoop

Recording Engineer
Evert Menting

Recording Engineer
Willem van Leeuwen

Recording Engineer

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

RECORD LABEL

Benjamin Britten

Colin Davis

Sylvia McNair

Brian Asawa

London Symphony Orchestra

Production