Decca 468561-2

Recorded September 1970 & December 1975

The Fairy Queen

Jennifer Vyvyan - soprano I
Mary Wells - soprano II
Norma Burrowes - soprano III
Alfreda Hodgson - mezzo soprano
James Bowman - countertenor I
Charles Brett - countetenor II
Peter Pears - tenor I
Ian Partridge - tenor II
Owen Brannigan - bass I
John Shirley-Quick - bass II

Ambrosian Opera Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra

Benjamin Britten

Dido and Aeneas

Janet Baker - Dido, Queen of Carthage
Norma Burrowes - Belinda
Felicity Lott - Second Woman
Peter Pears - Aeneas, a Trojan prince
Anna Reynolds - Sorceress
Felicity Palmer - First Witch
Alfreda Hodgson - Second Witch
Timothy Everett - Spirit
Robert Tear - First Sailor

London Opera Chorus
Aldeburgh Festival Strings

Steuart Bedford