June 2010 marks the centenary of British tenor Peter Pears and to celebrate we have a special offer on our recording of his 1941 performance of Britten's Les Illuminations, transferred from the original 78rpm discs.
"These are historical documents of importance... Technically wonders have been done to what appear to be intractable originals. All Britten and Pears specialis ts will want the issue to which Colin Matthews contributes authoritative annotations." Gramophone 1996
To purchase a copy at this special price* please click on the image below.
CD £5.99 | Mp3 £4.99 | FLAC £5.99
*offer ends July 30 2010
Rosamund Strode, Britten's music assistant from 1964 - 1976, has died at the age of 82. She was a close friend of Imogen Holst, and was chair of the Holst Foundation for many years. In this role she took a keen interest in NMC and was always a very supportive friend. An appreciation of her life and work can be found at http://www.brittenpears.org/?page=news/index.html&id=189
