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Benjamin Britten

composer, conductor, soloist
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  • Britten: Violin Concerto / Canadian Carnival / Mont Juic
    Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra, McAslan2005 Naxos
  • Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Hymn To St. Cecilia / Missa Brevis, Op. 63
    Robinson, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Farrington, Giles, Wall, Williams, Green, Goldring, Minton, Thomas, Helps, Lepage-Dean, Hoyde, Harrison, Moore, Bungard2000 Naxos
  • Britten: Quatre chansons françaises: II. Sagesse
    Dubois, Reiland, Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est
  • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: III. There Is No Rose
    Viechtl, Doyle, RIAS Kammerchor
  • Britten: Cello Suites
    Wispelwey2026 Evil Penguin Classic
  • Britten
    Foster, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Roset2026 Alpha Classics
  • A Britten Songfest
    Johannsen, Fröschl2026 haenssler CLASSIC
  • Britten: Suites for Solo Cello
    Stalheim2025 Lawo Classics
  • Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, Quatre chansons françaises, Folksongs & Sinfonietta
    Harding, Britten Sinfonia, Bostridge1998 Warner Classics
  • Edward Gardner conducts Britten
    Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Spence2025 London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: II. Scherzo-Pizzicato. Allegretto
    Kanneh-Mason, Kanneh-Mason2025 Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas
    Wong, Hallé Orchestra2024 Halle Concerts Society
  • Britten: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36
    Vertavo String Quartet, Volle, Meare, Værnes Cardas, Værnes Lewis2024 Lawo Classics
  • Britten: Les Illuminations, Quatre Chansons Françaises & Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
    Thomson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lott, Rolfe Johnson, Thompson2004 Chandos
  • Billy Budd (Wiener Staatsoper, Austrain Premiere, 21 February 2001)
    Shicoff, Ifrim, Dickie, Nuzzo, Jelosits, Skovhus, Cale Johnson, Smits, Bork, Chen, Halfvarson, Bankl, Šramek, Daniel, Monarcha, Pelz, Steller, Klausburg, Runnicles, Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper2001 Orfeo
  • Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
    Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Watts, Coote, Clayton, Tiffin Girls' Choir, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Tiffin Children’s Chorus, London Symphony Chorus2024 LSO Live
  • Britten: Violin Concerto, Chamber Works
    Faust, Melnikov, Hrůša, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Faust2024 harmonia mundi
  • Britten: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3
    Hugh1988 Hyperion
  • Britten: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto & Lachrymae
    Volkov, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Marwood, Power2012 Hyperion
  • Britten: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15 & Double Concerto for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in B Minor
    Skride, Alsop, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Vukčević2021 Orfeo
  • Britten: Phaedra; Lachrymae; Sinfonietta; Night Mail; Sword in the Stone etc.
    Nash Ensemble, Friend, Chase, Rigby, Hawthorne1996 Hyperion
  • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Missa brevis & Other Choral Works
    Hill, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Stevens, Shepherd, Unwin, Ogden, Williams, O'Donnell, Holmsted, Jones1986 Hyperion
  • Britten: The Prodigal Son (The Complete Works)
    Pears, Tear, Drake, Shirley-Quirk, Britten, English Opera Group Chorus, English Opera Group1969 Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Britten: The Burning Fiery Furnace (The Complete Works)
    Tear, Pears, Drake, Shirley-Quirk, Leeming, Dean, Newby, Ledger, Britten, English Opera Group Chorus, English Opera Group1967 Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Britten: Music for Oboe; Piano Music
    Dussek, Francis, Delmé Quartet, Solodchin, Underwood, Williams1995 Hyperion
  • Britten: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3
    Takács Quartet, Dusinberre, Schranz, Walther, Fejér2013 Hyperion
  • Britten: War Requiem
    Britten, Vishnevskaya, Pears, Fischer-Dieskau, Culshaw, Preston, Highgate School Choir, The Bach Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra2023 Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3
    Gerhardt, Osborne, Manze, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra2013 Hyperion
  • Britten: St Nicolas & Hymn to St Cecilia
    Best, Corydon Singers, Briggs, Rolfe Johnson, Scott, Choir of Christ Church Southgate, Choir of Sevenoaks School, Choir of Tonbridge School, University of Warwick Chamber Choir, Choir of St George's Chapel, Penshurst Choral Society, English Chamber Orchestra1989 Hyperion
  • Britten: Christ's Nativity; A Boy Was Born & Other Choral Works
    Layton, The Holst Singers, Burrowes, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Gritton, Wyn-Rogers, Goode, Davies, Keily1995 Hyperion
  • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols & St Nicolas
    Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Watson, Brown, Pryce, McWatters, Clayton, Edwards, Higgins, The Holst Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Temple Church Choir2012 Hyperion
  • Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
    van Zweden, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra2023 Naxos
  • Britten: Piano Concerto; Diversions; Young Apollo
    Osborne, Volkov, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Dickinson2008 Hyperion
  • Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake; Tit for Tat & Other Songs
    Finley, Drake2010 Hyperion
  • Britten: Sacred & Profane; A.M.D.G; 5 Flower Songs; Choral Dances from Gloriana etc.
    Layton, Polyphony2001 Hyperion
  • Britten: A Boy Was Born; Rejoice in the Lamb; Festival Te Deum
    Best, Corydon Singers, Salmon, Trotter, Seers, Chance, Hayes, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Coxwell1985 Hyperion
  • Britten: Friday Afternoons; Holiday Diary; The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard; The Golden Vanity
    Gavrilov, Fuhrmann, Matzner, Wiener Sängerknaben, Miranda, Marschik, Bittermann, Weinhappel, Wieringer, Chorus Viennensis1994 Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
  • God Save The King (British National Anthem) [arr. Britten]
    Davan Wetton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Choir2022 Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Britten: Les Illuminations. Serenade. Nocturne
    Staples, Harding, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Parkes, Jonhäll, Berner, Sundén, Ekdahl, Viguier, Nilsson2022 harmonia mundi
  • Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8
    Padmore, Bolton, Sinfonieorchester Basel2022 Prospero Classical
  • Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, Quatre Chansons Françaises, Suite from "Gloriana"
    Bolton, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Kent, Padmore, Landshamer2022 Prospero Classical
  • Britten: The Music for String Quartet
    Emperor String Quartet, Burgess, Hayes, Bonds, Schofield, Metcalfe2022 BIS
  • Benjamin Britten: Children's Crusade / A Ceremony of Carols
    Schröfel, Mädchenchor Hannover, Bachhuber, Schnaus-Jantzen, Krügel, Smidt, Ensemble S2015 Rondeau Production
  • Britten: The Turn of the Screw
    Matthews, Hubbard, Wilson, Allen, Lyon, Heinen, Bierweiler, Glassberg, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra2022 Alpha Classics
  • Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
    Rolfe Johnson, Luxon, Haywood, Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, The Atlanta Boy Choir1989 Telarc
  • Britten: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Purcell, Op. 34
    Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra2021 Onyx Classics
  • Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Variations & Fugue on a theme by Purcell, Op. 34
    Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra2021 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Britten: Suite for Harp, Op. 83
    Groslot2021 Antarctica Records
  • Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18
    Maidachevskaya, Sharoev, Kyiv Chamber Orchestra2021 JSC "Firma Melodiya"
  • Britten: Complete Folk Songs for Voice and Piano
    Milhofer, Scolastra, Aleandri, Windsor2021 Brilliant Classics