Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten were a voice/piano duo that excelled at lieder, even though it was not the style that they are primarily known for interpreting - here they are performing Mein! from Franz Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin:
(Via @weinmanj)
What an awesome duo for so many reasons!
ReplyDeletewhere can we purchase this DVD of the whole song cycle?
ReplyDeleteI don't know of anywhere it can be purchased (Amazon doesn't appear to list it), however, there are several more Britten/Pears DSM lieder on YouTube.
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