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LP - Julian Bream and orchestra uncredited

Highlights From Aldeburgh Autumn Chamber Music Festival - 1977
Schubert & Britten (3 LP Record Box)


Folksong (arr; Britten)
I Will Give My Love an Apple
Master Kilby

• Peter Pears  - tenor
  
• Julian Bream - lute
  

Listen to album on YouTube.
Provided by Universal Music Group

Muriel Smith-Songs of Christmas

Label: Phillips Records - BBE 12013
Format: EP 7" 45rpm
Country: UK
Performers:
   Muriel Smith - singer/mezzo soprano
   Julian Bream - classical guitar

Side 1
What Child is This?
The Coventry Carol

Side 2
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Away in a Manger

These tracks from The Golden Age Singers featuring Julian Bream are available on this Westminster CD compilation released by Deutsche Grammophon.  Note that the 4 tracks from Vol. 3 that featured Julian Bream have been excluded from this compilation. There were many tracks on all 4 volumes that did not feature Bream on the lute. Those tracks have not been mentioned here.

Britten the Performer 9 - Handel, Britten / Harper, Pears 

(same recording as in Box set below)
Label: BBC
Format: Stereo (unreleased until recently)
Country: performed live UK but remained unreleased until 1999
Recording date: Recorded LIVE on June 4, 1967
Recording Location: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sung Text: John Dryden (1631-1700), Author
Release date of single disc: 1999.
A multi-disc BBC project but disks were generally sold as singles, not as a box set.

Performers:
   Heather Harper - Soprano
   Peter Pears - Tenor
   Keith Harvey - Cello
   Richard Adeney - Flute
   Philip Jones - Trumpet
   Julian Bream - Lute
   Philip Ledger - Organ & Harpsichord
   Chorus Of East Anglian Choirs - Chorus
   English Chamber Orchestra - Orchestra
   Benjamin Britten - Conductor

1.
Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Richard Adeney (Flute), Philip Jones (Trumpet), Peter Pears (Tenor),
Heather Harper (Soprano), Julian Bream (Lute), Keith Harvey (Cello),
Sir Philip Ledger (Organ), Sir Philip Ledger (Harpsichord)
Conductor:  Benjamin Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  Chorus of East Anglian Choirs
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1739; London, England 
Date of Recording: 06/04/1967 
Venue:  Live  Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, England 
Length: 54 Minutes 1 Secs. 
Language: English 

Webmaster's notes:
Selection one on the disc contains the entire suite although Julian Bream only played on the last movement about 7 minutes long.

The rest of the disk:
Selection 2
Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90: Hankin Booby by Benjamin Britten
Conductor:  Benjamin Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1966; England 
Date of Recording: 03/02/1967 
Venue:  Live  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England 
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. 

Selection 3.
Gloriana, Op. 53: Choral Dances by Benjamin Britten
Performer:  Peter Pears (Tenor), Osian Ellis (Harp)
Conductor:  Benjamin Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ambrosian Singers
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; England 
Date of Recording: 03/02/1967 
Venue:  Live  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England 
Length: 11 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Language: English


Notes and Editorial Reviews:

For this disc of the "Britten the Performer" series, BBC Legends brings together two recordings which relate both to Queen Elizabeth II and to concert-hall openings. The first half of 1964 brought England two new concert halls: Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and the Snape Maltings in Suffolk. The Queen attended the opening performances in both halls, and Benjamin Britten performed on both programs.
The recordings of Britten's own works included on this disc are from the Queen Elizabeth Hall opening. "Hankin Booby" was composed for the occasion, and Britten made a special version of the Choral Dances from his opera 'Gloriana,' originally written for Elizabeth's coronation, with brief links added between the dances for tenor Peter Pears with harp accompaniment.
For the opening of the Snape Maltings, Britten performed excerpts from Handel's 'Ode for St. Cecilia's Day,' fittingly acknowledging the patron saint of music in what has become known as one of Britain's finest concert venues. The present recording is drawn not from the hall's opening but from a complete performance of the work two days later. Although perhaps not as fleet as more recent "historically informed" Handel recordings, this is an admirably executed reading with stellar performances all round.

Reviews:
Fanfare (1-2/00, pp.259-260) - "...[Britten's] approach to [the 'Ode for St. Cecilia's Day] seems refreshingly and aptly exuberant, and is backed up by excellent choral and orchestral execution....the chorus...sings with stunningly beautiful intonation [in the Choral Dances from 'Gloriana']..."

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ‎– More Songs You Love (1957)

Label: Angel Records ‎– 35530
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country:US
Performer:

• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - soprano
  
• Julian Bream - classical guitar
  
• Denis Vaughan - organ
  
• Ambrosian Singers
  

Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Charles Mackerras

1 Stille Nacht
2 O Come All Ye Faithful
3 O Du Frohliche
4 Sandmannchen
5 In Einem Kuhlen Grunde
6 Panis Angelicus
7 The First Nowell
8 In Dulci Jubilo
9 Weihnachten
10 Vom Himmel Hoch
11 I Saw Three Ships
12 Maria Auf Dem Berge
13 Ein Frohlicher Gesang

Benjamin Britten - The Performer - 27 CDs Box Set

(same 1967 recording of the suite noted above).
Label: Decca
Format: Stereo (unreleased until recently)
Country: performed live UK but remained unreleased until 1999
Recording date: Recorded LIVE on June 1967
Recording Location: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sung Text: John Dryden (1631-1700), Author
Release date for the box set: 2013

CD No. 27:
Handel: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day, HWV76
Track No. 8
"As From Pow'r of Sacred Lays" 7:05

Webmaster's Notes:
Julian Bream only appears once in the 27 CD box set.

CD - Julian Bream and orchestra credited

Dowland: Ayres for Four Voices, vol. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Monteverdi Il Ballo Delle Ingrate - Alfred Deller (1957)

Label: Vanguard Records ‎–
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country:
Performer:

• Baritone Vocals – David Ward (tracks: 1-10), Maurice Bevan (tracks: 11)
  
• Choir – The Ambrosian Singers (tracks: 1-10)
  
• Chorus Master – Denis Stevens (tracks: 1-10)
  
• Countertenor Vocals, Conductor – Alfred Deller
  
• Ensemble – London Chamber Players (tracks: 1-10)
  
• Harpsichord – Denis Vaughan (tracks: 1-10)
  
• Lute – Julian Bream (tracks: 1-10)
  
• Soprano Vocals – April Cantelo (tracks: 1-10), Eileen McLoughlin (tracks: 1-10), Honor Sheppard (tracks: 11), Sally Le Sage* (tracks: 11)
  
• Tenor Vocals – Max Worthley (tracks: 11), Philip Todd (tracks: 11)
  
• Viola da Gamba – Desmond Dupré (tracks: 1-10)
  

Il Ballo Delle Ingrate
1 Overture 0:31
2 De L'Implacibil Dio 2:34
3 Sinfonia 0:28
4 Udite, Donne, Udite 2:34
5 Belle Madra D'Amor 13:41
6 Ecco, Ecco Ver Noi 2:47
7 Ballo 3:47
8 Dal Tenebroso Orror 8:45
9 Ballo 4:23
10 Ahi Troppo 5:11
11 Lamento D'Arianna  

Miscellaneous recordings:

The following recordings involved Julian Bream as a session musician and he only played on selected tracks.

An English Song Recital (compilation)

Decca/Eclipse label ECS 545.  1970
This compilation includes all the selection from An Anthology of English Song, vol. 1 except for Morley's "Come, sorrow, come" and Dowland's " In darkness let me dwell". Additionally, this collection includes numerous selections that do NOT include Julian Bream.  Benjamin Britten accompanies Peter Pears on the piano in these selections. This LP was recently released on CD with additional tracks from Pears/Bream. The CD collection has a similar name English Song on the Heritage label.

-An English Song Recital - Peter Pears on vocals and Benjamin Britten on piano

• Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (Tennyson)
  
• Butterworth: Is My Team Ploughing? ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (Housman)
  
• Ireland: I Have Twelve Oxen ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (anon.)
  
• Moeran: In Youth is Pleasure ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (Wever)
  
• Warlock: Yarmouth Fair ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (anon.)
  
• Holst: Persephone ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (Humbert Wolfe)
  
• Berkeley: How Love Came In ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (Herrick)
  
• Britten: Let the Florid Music Praise! ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) ( Auden)
  
• Oldham: Herd Boy's Song (from Three Chinese Lyrics) ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten)
  
• Oldham: Fishing (from Three Chinese Lyrics) ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten)
  
• Oldham: Pedlar of Spells (from Three Chinese Lyrics) ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten)
  
• Bridge: Love Went A-Riding ( Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten) (Mary Coleridge)
  

-An Anthology of English Song, vol. 1

• Ford: Fair, sweet, cruel
  
• Morley: Come sorrow, come
  
• Rosseter: When Laura Smiles
  
• Dowland: I saw my lady weep
  
• Morley: It was a lover and his lass
  
• Dowland: Awake, sweet love
  
• Rosseter: What then is love but mourning
  
• Dowland: In darkness let me dwell
  
• Morley: Mistress mine, well may you fare
  

The Golden Age Singers

Dowland: Ayres for Four Voices, Vol. 2 (1956)

Westminster label

Note: This was Julian Bream first recording session for a vinyl release. The release was delayed for some reason and Julian's second recording session (Elizabethan Lute Songs: vol. 1 of An Anthology of English Song with Peter Pears on the Decca label) was released first.

Vol.1 - No. 4
Second Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 11, If floods of teares by John Dowland
Performer:  Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), John Whitworth (Countertenor), Rene Soames (Tenor),
Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Julian Bream (Lute)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Length: 1 Minutes 42 Secs. 

Vol.1 - No. 6
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 13, Sleepe wayward thoughts by John Dowland
Performer:  Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), John Whitworth (Countertenor),
Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Julian Bream (Lute)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597 
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs. 

Vol.1 - No. 8
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 19, Awake, sweet love by John Dowland
Performer:  Rene Soames (Tenor), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
Julian Bream (Lute), John Whitworth (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: by 1597; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs. 

Vol.1 - No. 12
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 7, Deare if you change Ill never chuse againe by John Dowland
Performer:  Rene Soames (Tenor), John Whitworth (Countertenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
Julian Bream (Lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 

Vol.1 - No. 16
Third and Last Booke of Songes or Aires: no 13, O what hath overwrought by John Dowland
Performer:  Rene Soames (Tenor), John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute),
Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Gordon Clinton (Baritone)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1603; England 
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs. 

Vol.2 - No. 1
A Pilgrimes Solace: no 5, Shall I strive with wordes to move by John Dowland
Performer:  Rene Soames (Tenor), Julian Bream (Lute), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), John Whitworth (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1612; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 

Vol.2 - No. 4
Third and Last Booke of Songes or Aires: no 8, Flow not so fast yee fountaines by John Dowland
Performer:  Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Ernst Knava (Bass Viola da gamba), Beatrice Reichert (Alto Viola da gamba),
Rene Soames (Tenor), Frieda Litschauer (Tenor Viola da gamba), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Edith [viola da gamba] Steinbauer (Treble Vla da gamba), Julian Bream (Lute)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1603; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 

Vol.2 - No. 5
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 21, Away with these self-loving lads by John Dowland
Performer:  Julian Bream (Lute), John Whitworth (Countertenor), Rene Soames (Tenor),
Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Gordon Clinton (Baritone)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597; England 
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs. 

Vol.2 - No. 6
Third and Last Booke of Songes or Aires: no 21, Come when I call by John Dowland
Performer:  Rene Soames (Tenor), John Whitworth (Countertenor), Ernst Knava (Bass Viola da gamba),
Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Julian Bream (Lute), Elizabeth Osborn (Soprano),
Frieda Litschauer (Tenor Viola da gamba), Edith [viola da gamba] Steinbauer (Treble Vla da gamba), Beatrice Reichert (Alto Viola da gamba)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1603; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs. 

Vol.2 - No. 10
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 12, Rest awhile you cruell cares by John Dowland
Performer:  Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute).
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597 
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs. 

Vol.2 - No. 15
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 4, If my complaints could passions move by John Dowland
Performer: Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
 John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute).
Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597; England 
Length: 4 Minutes 39 Secs. 

Vol.2 - No. 17
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 8, Burst forth my teares by John Dowland
Performer: Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute).
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597 
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs. 

Vol.3 - No. 2

Tell me, true love by John Dowland

Performer: Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute). Ernst Knava (Bass Viola da gamba)

Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers

Period: Renaissance 
Written: 
Length:

Vol.4 - No. 4

Go, crystal tears by John Dowland

Performer: Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute).

Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers

Period: Renaissance 
Written:
Length:

Vol.4 - No. 5
What poor astronomers by John Dowland

Performer: Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),

John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute).
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written:
Length:

Vol.4 - No. 6

Weep you no more by John Dowland

Performer: Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute)

Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers

Period: Renaissance 
Written:
Length:

Vol.4 - No. 11

My thoughts are wing'd with hopes by John Dowland

Performer: Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
John Whitworth (Countertenor),  Julian Bream (Lute)

Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers

Period: Renaissance 
Written:
Length:

Vol.4 - No. 2
Second Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 22, Humour say what makst thou heere by John Dowland
Performer:  Beatrice Reichert (Alto Viola da gamba), Frieda Litschauer (Tenor Viola da gamba), John Whitworth (Countertenor),
Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Julian Bream (Lute),
Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Ernst Knava (Bass Viola da gamba)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1600 
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. 

Vol.4 - No. 3
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 5, Can she excuse my wrongs? by John Dowland
Performer:  Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone), John Whitworth (Countertenor),
Julian Bream (Lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597; England 
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs. 

Vol.4 - No. 4
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 18, His golden locks time hath to silver turnd by John Dowland
Performer:  Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Julian Bream (Lute)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1597; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 

Vol.4 - No. 9
A Pilgrimes Solace: no 7, Stay time a while thy flying by John Dowland
Performer:  Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor), John Whitworth (Countertenor),
Gordon Clinton (Baritone), Julian Bream (Lute)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1612; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs. 

Vol.4 - No. 11
Third and Last Booke of Songes or Aires: no 19, The lowest trees have tops by John Dowland
Performer:  Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), John Whitworth (Countertenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
Rene Soames (Tenor), Julian Bream (Lute)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1603; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs. 

Vol.4 - No. 12
Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 1, Unquiet thoughts by John Dowland
Performer:  Julian Bream (Lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Rene Soames (Tenor),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs. 

Vol.4 - No. 13
Second Booke of Songes or Ayres: no 9, Praise blindnesse eies, for seeing is deceipt by John Dowland
Performer:  John Whitworth (Countertenor), Rene Soames (Tenor), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Julian Bream (Lute)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1600; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs. 

Vol.4 - No. 14
A Pilgrimes Solace: no 18, My heart and tongue were twinnes by John Dowland
Performer:  Frieda Litschauer (Tenor Viola da gamba), Julian Bream (Lute), Gordon Clinton (Baritone),
John Whitworth (Countertenor), Rene Soames (Tenor), Beatrice Reichert (Alto Viola da gamba),
Ernst Knava (Bass Viola da gamba), Margaret Field-Hyde (Soprano), Edith [viola da gamba] Steinbauer (Treble Vla da gamba)
Conductor:  Margaret Field-Hyde
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Golden Age Singers
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 1612; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.