About Sir Peter Pears
Peter Pears From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Pears Born 22 June 1910 Farnham, Surrey, England Died 3 April 1986 (aged 75) Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Occupation tenor Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears CBE (pronounced /ˈpɪərz/ "peerz";[1] 22 June 1910 – 3 April 1986) was an English tenor and the life partner of the composer Benjamin Britten. He was born at Farnham, and educated at Lancing College. He went on to study music at Keble College, Oxford, serving as organist at Hertford College, but left without taking his degree.
Top Tracks
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op.31 - Pastoral - The Day's Grown Old
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op.31 - Nocturne - The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op.31 - Elegy - O Rose, Thou Art Sick
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op.31 - Dirge - This Ae Night
Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Requiem aeternam - "What Passing Bells For These Who Die As Cattle?"
Britten: Les Illuminations, Op.18 - I. Fanfare
Schubert: Winterreise, D.911 - 1. Gute Nacht
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op.31 - Hymn - Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair
The Indian Queen, Z. 630: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly" - Live
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op.31 - Sonnet - O Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
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