Curlew River

by Benjamin Britten; English Opera Group, Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, Benjamin Britten

Tracklist

  1. Curlew River, op. 71 "Te lucis ante terminum"7:19
  2. Curlew River, op. 71 "I am the ferryman"3:08
  3. Curlew River, op. 71 "I come from the Westland"4:36
  4. Curlew River, op. 71 "But first may I ask you what is that strange noise?"2:41
  5. Curlew River, op. 71 "Clear as a sky without a cloud"2:22
  6. Curlew River, op. 71 "Near the Black Mountains there I dwelt"2:18
  7. Curlew River, op. 71 "A thousand leagues may sunder a mother and her son"3:19
  8. Curlew River, op. 71 "Ignorant man! You refuse a passage to me ..."2:10
  9. Curlew River, op. 71 "I beg your pardon"4:52
  10. Curlew River, op. 71 "Curlew River, smoothly flowing ..."2:14
  11. Curlew River, op. 71 "Today is an important day"5:32
  12. Curlew River, op. 71 "Look! While you were listening to my story ..."2:44
  13. Curlew River, op. 71 "Ferryman, tell me, when did it happen?"6:24
  14. Curlew River, op. 71 "Hoping, I wandered on"3:30
  15. Curlew River, op. 71 "He whose life was full of promise"2:21
  16. Curlew River, op. 71 "The moon has risen"5:55
  17. Curlew River, op. 71 "Go your way in peace, mother"2:29
  18. Curlew River, op. 71 "Good souls, we have shown you..."5:13