| Other author/creator | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Woitach, Richard, instrumentalist. |
| Included Work | Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Songs. Selections. |
| Included Work | Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Zigeunermelodien. Selections. |
| Included Work | Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson. Selections. |
| Included Work | Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Vocal music. Selections; arranged. |
| Included Work | Scarlatti, Alessandro, 1660-1725. Works. Selections. |
| Included Work | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Songs. Selections. |
| Contents |
Four songs. Cara e dolce ; La speranza ; Difesa non ha ; Toglietemi la vita ancor / Alessandro Scarlatti -- Four songs from Orpheus Britannicus. Mad Bess ; If music be the food of love ; There's not a swain of the plain ; Man is for the woman made / Henry Purcell ; realized by Benjamin Britten -- Samson. Recit: Why by an angel ; Recit: Oh, loss of sight ; Aria: Total eclipse / George Frederick Handel -- An die ferne Geliebte : op. 98. Auf dem Hügel sitz' ich, spähend ; Wo die Berge so blau ; Leichte Segler in den Höhen ; Diese Wolken in den Höhen ; Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au ; Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Songs of travel. Bright is the ring of words ; Linden Lea ; Hugh the drover. Hugh's song of the road / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Traditional : Three Irish folk songs. Must I go bound ; Down by the Salley Gardens ; Ballynure ballad / arr. Herbert Hughs -- Gypsy melodies : op. 55. My song resounds ; Silent woods ; Songs my mother taught me ; Garbed in flowing linen ; The heights of Tatra / Antonin Dvorák. |
| General note | Biographical notes and program notes in English and French, and texts of the works with English and French translations ([26] p.) linked to from resource. |
| Performer |
Jon Vickers, tenor ; Richard Woitach, piano. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in 1967. |
| Language | Sung in English, German, and Italian. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |
