| Notes: | London: 417 428-2 (417 429-2--417 431-2)
The 1st-2nd works, songs with piano; the 3rd work, an opera in 2 acts (revised version, 1961) with libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville.
Compact discs; analog recordings.
Program notes by Philip Brett and John Warrack, and texts in English with synopses of the opera in English, French, German, and Italian (70 p.) laid in container.
In the 1st work: Peter Pears, tenor ; Benjamin Britten, piano. In the 2nd work: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Benjamin Britten, piano. In the 3rd work: Peter Pears, tenor ; Peter Glossop, baritone ; Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk, basses ; supporting soloists ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor.
Recorded Nov. 1967 at The Maltings, Snape (1st work), and Dec. 1965 (2nd work) and Dec. 1967 (3rd work) at Kingsway Hall, London.
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