‎Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Colin Davis

"Over Hill, Over Dale"

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

3:51

"Oberon Is Passing Fell and Wrath"

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

3:18

"Well, Go Thy Way"

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

3:38

"How Now My Love?"

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

4:26

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

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

3:39

"Welcome Wanderer!"

Colin Davis, Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra

5:45

"Is All Our Company Here?"

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

6:35

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

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

3:21

"Through the Forest Have I Gone"

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Carl Ferguson

1:37

"Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius"

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

5:13

"Come, Now a Roundel and a Fairy Song"

London Symphony Orchestra, Sylvia McNair, Colin Davis

2:11

"You Spotted Snakes With Double Tongue"

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

2:20

"What Thou Seest When Thou Dost Wake"

Brian Asawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

2:23

Introduction: The Wood

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

3:20

"Are We All Met?"

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

6:47

"I See Their Knavery"

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

3:11

"Be Kind and Courteous to This Gentleman"

London Symphony Orchestra, Sylvia McNair, Colin Davis

1:34

"Hail, Mortal, Hail!"

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

5:08

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

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

4:59

"How Now, Mad Spirit?"

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

2:49

"Flower of This Purple Dye"

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

6:29

"Puppet? Why So?"

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

3:27

"This Is Thy Negligence"

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

1:50

"Up and Down, Up and Down"

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

5:36

"On the Ground, Sleep Sound"

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

3:11

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

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

8:04

"Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"

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

6:13

"When My Cue Comes, Call Me"

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Robert Lloyd

3:37

"Have You Sent to Bottom's House?"

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

4:50

"Now, Fair Hippolyta"

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

4:48

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

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

1:24

"Gentles, Perchance You Wonder At This Show"

Colin Davis, Gwynne Howell, London Symphony Orchestra

1:26

"In This Same Interlude It Doth Befall"

Colin Davis, Mark Tucker, London Symphony Orchestra

1:05

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

Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Lloyd

1:53

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

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

2:26

"You Ladies, You Whose Gentle Hearts Do Fear"

Stephen Richardson, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra

0:50

"This Lanthorn Doth the Horned Moon Present"

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

1:58

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Robert Lloyd

1:51

"Asleep, My Love?"

Ian Bostridge, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

2:28

"Come, Your Bergomask"

Brian Bannatyne-Scott, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

3:04

"Now the Hungry Lion Roars"

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

London Symphony Orchestra

Sylvia McNair

Brian Asawa

Production