| Other author/creator | Donne, John, 1572-1631. |
| Other author/creator | Blake, William, 1757-1827. |
| Other author/creator | Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Crozier, Eric librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 performer, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Glossop, Peter, 1928-2008 singer. |
| Other author/creator | Langdon, Michael, singer. |
| Other author/creator | Shirley-Quirk, John singer. |
| Other author/creator | Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Billy Budd. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne Oh, my blacke soule! |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne Batter my heart. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne Oh, to vex me. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne What if this present. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne Since she whom I loved. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne At the round earth's imagin'd corners. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne Thou hast made me. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holy sonnets of John Donne Death be not proud. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. Pride of the peacock. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. Prisons are built. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. Bird a nest. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. Think in the morning. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. Tygers of wrath. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. Hours of folly. |
| Included Work | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Songs and proverbs of William Blake. To see a world. |
| Other author/creator | Ambrosian Opera Chorus, performer. |
| Other author/creator | London Symphony Orchestra performer. |
| Uniform title | Vocal music. Selections |
| General note | London: 417 428-2 (417 429-2--417 431-2) |
| General note | The 1st-2nd works, songs with piano; the 3rd work, an opera in 2 acts (revised version, 1961) with libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. |
| General note | Compact discs; analog recordings. |
| General note | Program notes by Philip Brett and John Warrack, and texts in English with synopses of the opera in English, French, German, and Italian (70 p.) laid in container. |
| Performer |
In the 1st work: Peter Pears, tenor ; Benjamin Britten, piano. In the 2nd work: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Benjamin Britten, piano. In the 3rd work: Peter Pears, tenor ; Peter Glossop, baritone ; Michael Langdon, John Shirley-Quirk, basses ; supporting soloists ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Nov. 1967 at The Maltings, Snape (1st work), and Dec. 1965 (2nd work) and Dec. 1967 (3rd work) at Kingsway Hall, London. |
| UPC |
2894174282 |
| Publisher number | 417 428-2 London |
| Publisher number | 417 429-2 London |
| Publisher number | 417 430-2 London |
| Publisher number | 417 431-2 London |
