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Benjamin Britten: Song Cycles album cover

Benjamin Britten: Song Cycles

By Peter Pears

Release: 2021-08-07 23 tracks Album

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  1. Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: I. Prologue
    1:55
  2. Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: II. Rats away!
    4:26
  3. Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: III. Messalina
    6:33
  4. Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: IV. Hawing for the partridge (Dance of Death)
    5:58
  5. Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: V. Epilogue
    6:46
  6. On This Island, Op. 11: I. Let the florid music praise!
    3:53
  7. On This Island, Op. 11: II. Now the leaves are falling fast
    2:02
  8. On This Island, Op. 11: III. Seascape (‘For Kit Welford’)
    2:10
  9. On This Island, Op. 11: IV. Nocturne
    4:05
  10. On This Island, Op. 11: V. As it is plenty
    1:39
  11. A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: I. A Cradle Song
    2:16
  12. A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: II. A Highland Balou
    1:46
  13. A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: III. Sephestia's Lullaby
    2:04
  14. A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: IV. A Charm
    1:33
  15. A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: V. The Nurse's Song
    3:43
  16. Winter Words, Op. 52: I. At Day-Close in November
    1:43
  17. Winter Words, Op. 52: II. Midnight on the Great Western (or, The Journeying Boy)
    4:37
  18. Winter Words, Op. 52: III. Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)
    2:04
  19. Winter Words, Op. 52: IV. The Little Old Table
    1:29
  20. Winter Words, Op. 52: V. The Choirmaster's Burial (or, The Tenor Man's Story)
    3:52
  21. Winter Words, Op. 52: VI. Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales)
    1:12
  22. Winter Words, Op. 52: VII. At the Railway Station, Upway (or, The Convict and Boy with the Violin)
    2:46
  23. Winter Words, Op. 52: VIII. Before Life and After
    3:22