Serenade, opus 31 • Composed 1943
Tenor, horn and strings
Oct 15, 1943 • Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, conducted by Walter Goehr • Wigmore Hall, London
  1. Prologue
  2. Pastoral
  3. Nocturne
  4. Elegy
  5. Dirge
  6. Hymn
  7. Sonnet
  8. Epilogue
Recordings
Britten Conducts Britten, Volume 4 DECCA
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October 8, 1944DECCA-425 996-2
Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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December 1963LONDON-436 395-2
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, Strings of the London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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September 29, 1995EMI-7243 5 65899 2 6
John Mark Ainsley, David Pyatt, Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury
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2005EMI
Ian Bostridge, Radek Baborak, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle
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