Singer: Britten
Title: Les Illuminations / Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge
Label: Decca ‎– SXL 6316, Decca ‎– SXL.6316
Type: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Repress
Country: UK
Date of released: 1968
Category: Classical
Style: Modern
Size MP3 zip: 1439 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1531 mb
Rating: 3.6✭
Format: MP3 MMF AHX MP1 FLAC MOD AUD AAC FLAC

Tracklist

–Peter Pears With The English Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Benjamin Britten	Les Illuminations - For Tenor And String Orchestra, Op. 18
A.1	–	Fanfare
A.2	–	Villes
A.3a	–	Phrase
A.3b	–	Antique
A.4	–	Royauté
A.5	–	Marine
A.6	–	Interlude
A.7	–	Being Beauteous
A.8	–	Parade
A.9	–	Départ
–Benjamin Britten Conducting The English Chamber Orchestra	Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
B.1	–	Introduction And Theme
B.2	–	Adagio
B.3	–	March
B.4	–	Romance
B.5	–	Aria Italiana
B.6	–	Bourrée Classique
B.7	–	Wiener Walzer
B.8	–	Moto Perpetuo
B.9	–	Funeral March
B.10	–	Chant
B.11	–	Fugue And Finale

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall
• Mastered At – Decca Studios
• Pressed By – Decca Record Co. Ltd., Pressing Plant, UK.
• Printed By – Clout & Baker Ltd.
• Made By – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
• Published By – Hawkes & Son

Credits

• Composed By, Conductor – Benjamin Britten
• Engineer [Uncredited] – Gordon Parry
• Lyrics By [Poems By] – Arthur Rimbaud (tracks: A.1 to A.9)
• Mastered By – G
• Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
• Producer [Uncredited] – John Culshaw
• Sleeve Notes – Anthony Payne
• Tenor Vocals – Peter Pears (tracks: A.1 to A.9)

Notes

Repress from 1968 ('grooved' labels + J/T tax code).
The original version has "ORIGINAL RECORDING BY" text on labels and was released in 1967.

LABELS:
- Black/silver 'grooved wideband' labels
- "MADE IN ENGLAND BY" at 11 o'clock
- "℗ 1967" at bottom
- Tax code "J/T"
- Matrix numbers printed upside-down

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- No flipbacks
- Bold "STEREO" on spine
- "© 1967, The Decca Record Company Limited, London."
- "Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited"
- "Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd."
- Sleeve notes in English only on back

INSERT:
- 1 full-size sheet, both pages printed
- Contains the lyrics for "Les Illuminations"
- "Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd."

CATALOG NUMBERS:
- SXL 6316 on sleeve and insert
- SXL.6316 on labels

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Recorded 19 - 20 December 1966 in Kingsway Hall, London
- Labelography code: ED2
- Corresponding mono issue has Category LXT 6316
- Sub tracks are not banded on vinyl

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - stamped): ZAL-7790-1G UU JT 5B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - stamped): ZAL-7791-2G BG KT 1
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side A): ZAL.7790
• Matrix / Runout (Matrix on label - side B): ZAL.7791
• Other (Tax code on labels): J/T
• Other (Corresponding mono Category on insert): LXT 6316

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SXL 6316, SXL6316	Britten* - Pears*, English Chamber Orchestra, Britten*	Britten* - Pears*, English Chamber Orchestra, Britten* - Les Illuminations / Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge ‎(LP)	Decca, Decca	SXL 6316, SXL6316	UK	1967
SXL 6316, SXL.6316	Britten*, Pears*, English Chamber Orchestra	Britten*, Pears*, English Chamber Orchestra - Les Illuminations / Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge ‎(LP, RP)	Decca, Decca	SXL 6316, SXL.6316	UK	1970
S-6473	Britten*, English Chamber Orchestra, Pears*	Britten*, English Chamber Orchestra, Pears* - Les Illuminations / Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge ‎(LP, Album, Club)	World Record Club, The Record Society	S-6473	Australia	1973
LXT 6316	Britten*, The English Chamber Orchestra*, Pears*	Britten*, The English Chamber Orchestra*, Pears* - Les Illuminations / Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge ‎(LP, Mono)	Decca	LXT 6316	UK	1967