Peter Pears & Benjamin Britten perform “Michelangelo Sonnets“ - RARE - pt. I

Part 1: Here are the first songs from Britten’s settings of the “Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo“, Op. 22. This is rare video footage of these two great artists from Japanese television, 9 February 1956. The concert also featured songs by Henry Purcell and some folksong settings by Britten. Link to Part 2: 1. Sonetto XVI: Sì come nella penna e nell’inchiostro 2. Sonetto XXXI: A che più debb’io mai l’intensa voglia 3. Sonetto XXX: Veggio co’ bei vostri occhi un dolce lume 4. Sonetto LV: Tu sa’ ch’io so, signior mie, che tu sai 5. Sonetto XXXVIII: Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume 6. Sonetto XXXII: S’un casto amor, s’una pietà superna 7. Sonetto XXIV: Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede Link to my Peter Pears playlist: The entire concert from Tokyo is available at the playlist.