Britten ; Benjamin Luxon, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Heather Harper, Sylvia Fisher, Jennifer Vyvyan, Nigel Douglas , Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten - Owen Wingrave (Highlights)

Tracklist

Act I
A1	Prelude : The Family Portraits At Paramore
A2	Scene 1 : Sir - I Can't Go Through With It
A3a	Scene 3 : Grandfather Looks Quiet Enough
A3b	Scene 4 : Oh, How Unforeseen
A4	Scene 5 : Sirrah! How Dare You!
A5	Scene 7 : May God Bless The Queen
Act II
B1a	Prologue : There Was A Boy, A Wingrave Born
B1b	Scene 1 : The Bell Was For The Child He Slew
B2	Scene 1 : Aha!
B3	Scene 1 : Now You May Save Your Scornful Looks
B4	Scene 2 : Come In

Companies, etc.

• Made By – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – Faber Music Ltd.
• Printed By – Robert Stace
• Printed By – Moore & Matthes Ltd.
• Published By – Faber Music

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Owen Wingrave] – Benjamin Luxon (tracks: A2. A3a, A3b, B1b, B2, B3)
• Choir – Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (tracks: B1a, B4)
• Chorus Master – Russell Burgess (tracks: B1a, B4)
• Compiled By – Ray Crick
• Composed By – Britten*
• Conductor – Benjamin Britten
• Engineer – Colin Moorfoot, Kenneth Wilkinson
• Libretto By – Myfanwy Piper
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Kate] – Janet Baker (tracks: A3b. A4, A5, B2, B3, B4)
• Narrator [The Ballad Singer] – Peter Pears (tracks: B1a, B4)
• Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
• Producer – David Harvey
• Sleeve Notes – Ray Crick
• Soprano Vocals [Miss Wingrave] – Sylvia Fisher (tracks: A3b, A4, A5, B2, B4)
• Soprano Vocals [Mrs. Coyle] – Heather Harper (tracks: A5, B2, B4)
• Soprano Vocals [Mrs. Julian] – Jennifer Vyvyan (tracks: A3b. A4, A5, B2, B4)
• Tenor Vocals [General Sir Philip Wingrave] – Peter Pears (tracks: A4, A5, B2, B4)
• Tenor Vocals [Lechmere] – Nigel Douglas (tracks: A3a, A5, B2, B3, B4)
• Vocals [Bass-Baritone, Coyle] – John Shirley-Quirk (tracks: A2, A5, B1b, B2, B4)
• Written By [Short Story] – Henry James

Notes

Catalog Number SET 536 (on sleeve)
Catalog Number SET.536 (on labels)

ⓟ 1972 (on labels)

Recorded in the Kingsway Hall, London, in December 1970.
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on a short story by Henry James
"Owen Wingrave" was commissioned by the Television Service of the BBC & was first shown on BBC2 on 16th May, 1971

Includes a 12-page booklet containing full texts.
Texts ⓒ Faber Music Ltd. 1971
Booklet photographs: "reproduced...by kind permission of the B.B.C."
Booklet: Printed in England by Moore & Matthes Ltd.

ⓒ 1973, The Decca Record Company Limited, London (on sleeve back beside sleeve notes credit)
Sleeve photograph: The Dinner Scene. By courtesy of the BBC.
Sleeve printed in England by Robert Stace
Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout): ZAL-11211-1W
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout): ZAL-11212-2W
• Barcode (Side 1 Label): ZAL.11211
• Barcode (Side 2 Label): ZAL.11212