Recordings
Britten himself and Viola Tunnard supervised the first commercial recording of the work, for Decca (Decca SET 301), with the following singers:
- Madwoman: Peter Pears
- Ferryman: John Shirley-Quirk
- Abbot: Harold Blackburn
- Traveller: Bryan Drake
- Voice of the Spirit: Bruce Webb
- The Pilgrims: Edmund Bohan, Edgar Boniface, Patrick Healy, Michael Kehoe, Peter Leeming, William McKinney, David Reed, Gerald Stern, Robert Tasman
Source: Recordings of Curlew River on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
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