tracks

"Florence!"
"I hope we're not too early"
"Stuffy! Tobacco stink
"Now then!"
"The first suggestion on my list"
"Is this all you can bring?"
"Beggin' your pardon"
""Right! We'll have him!"
Interlude
"Bounce me high, bounce me low"
"Shop! Hi! Albert"
"Sid, I'm sorry"
"Hi Sid! You forgot to pay for the herbs"
"Good morning young man"
"We bring great new to you"
"Well! Think of that, my lad"
Interlude. "Isn't he here?"
"For three precious weeks"
"That's a fine sight for sore eyes"
"Quickly, quickly, come along
"I don't think you ought"
"Quick, here they are"
"Hush! Harold Wood!"
"I'm full of happiness"
"Magnificent, your Ladyship"
"Fascinating, Mr Mayor"
"To make our thanks complete"
"Go on, Albert!"
"Well tried, Albert!"
Interlude
"Albert the Good"
"Sounds like Sid serenading"
"Heaven helps those"
"Albert! Fast asleep, poor kid"
Interlude
"Is she asleep?"
"What the hell d'you think I am?"
"How's the manhunt?"
"Hi! Heard the news?"
Threnody: "In the midst of life is death"
"Albert?"
"I can't remember everything"
"I didn't lay it on too thick did I?"

notes

Recorded 11-15 August 1996 in All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
℗ 1997 Lambourne Productions Ltd.
℗ & © 2003 HNH International Ltd.
Made in Canada
First issued on Collins Classics in 1997.
Cover Picture: stage design for Albert Herring "Lady Billow's House" (1947) by John Piper © John Piper Estate
Slim double jewel CD case with 16 page booklet with notes and synopsis (but no libretto) in English, French and German

credits

Baritone Vocals [Sid] – Gerald Finley
Bass Vocals [Superintendent Budd] – Robert Lloyd (4)
Composed By – Benjamin Britten
Conductor, Piano – Steuart Bedford
Engineer – Mike Hatch
Liner Notes – Keith Anderson (6)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Florence Pike] – Felicity Palmer
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Mrs Herring] – Della Jones
Orchestra – Northern Sinfonia
Producer – John H. West
Soprano Vocals [Lady Billows] – Josephine Barstow
Soprano Vocals [Miss Wordsworth] – Susan Gritton
Tenor Vocals [Albert Herring] – Christopher Gillett
Tenor Vocals [Mr Upford] – Stuart Kale

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Lambourne Productions Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) – HNH International Ltd.
Copyright (c) – HNH International Ltd.
Recorded At – All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne

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