Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)

~ Person

Legal name: Edward Benjamin Britten

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2020CanticlesBenjamin Britten; Cyrille Dubois & Anne Le Bozec1
2020The British Project - Britten: Sinfonia da RequiemBritten; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla1
2020Saint Nicolas / A Ceremony of CarolsBritten; Crouch End Festival Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, Mark le Brocq, Sally Pryce, David Temple2
2020I wonder as I wanderBeethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Britten; James Newby, Joseph Middleton2
2021Complete Folk Songs for Voice and PianoBritten; Mark Milhofer, Marco Scolastra2
2021English Music for StringsBritten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley; Sinfonia of London, John Wilson1
2021The British Project: Elgar / Britten / Walton / Vaughan WilliamsElgar, Britten, Walton, Vaughan Williams; Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra2
2021Very BritishElgarBrittenWarlockJenkins; Metamorphosen Berlin, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt1
2021Complete Music with Guitar & VoiceBritten; Duilio Meucci, Marcello Nardis1
2021British Solo Cello MusicBenjamin Britten, Sir William Walton, John Gardner, Frank Merrick, Thomas Adès; Steven Isserlis1
2021Britten: Les Illuminations / Quatre Chansons françaises / Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (selections)Britten, Canteloube; Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner2
2022Holst: The Planets / Britten: Four Sea Interludes / PassacagliaHolst, Britten; Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic1
2022The Turn of the ScrewBritten; Sally Matthews, Julian Hubbard, Carole Wilson, Giselle Allen, Ed Lyon, Thomas Heinen, Katharina Bierweiler, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg1
2022Bridge: There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook / Three Songs / Cello Sonata (arr. Viola) - Britten: Lachrymae / ElegyFrank Bridge, Benjamin Britten; Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson1
2022Les Illuminations / Serenade / NocturneBenjamin Britten; Andrew Staples, Christopher Parkes, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding1
2022Cello SonatasBridge, Britten, Debussy; Truls Mørk, Håvard Gimse1
2022SinfoniettasFrancis Poulenc, Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев, Benjamin Britten; Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk1
2022Britten : Hagen : StraussBenjamin Britten, Lars Petter Hagen, Richard Strauss: Ensemble Allegria1
2023The Poet's EchoBenjamin Britten, Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев, Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович; Gemma Summerfield, Gareth Brynmor John, Abi Hyde-Smith, Jocelyn Freeman1
2023Violin ConcertosBritten, Bruch; Kerson Leong, Philharmonia Orchestra, Patrick Hahn1
2023BBC Music, Volume 31, Number 11: The Best of BritishBenjamin Britten, George Butterworth, Gerald Finzi, Errollyn Wallen; Paul Watkins, Martyn Brabbins, Donald Runnicles, John Wilson, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra1
2024RefletBerlioz, Duparc, Koechlin, Debussy, Ravel, Britten; Sandrine Piau, Orchestre Victor Hugo, Jean-François Verdier1
Albert HerringBritten; Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, David Gilbert1
A Ceremony of CarolsBritten, Csonka, Rutter; Elektra Women's Choir, Rita Costanzi1
Britten: War Requiem / Penderecki: Threnos / Berg: Violin ConcertoBenjamin Britten, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alban Berg; Herbert Kegel1
Britten Songs, Volume 1Benjamin Britten; Malcolm Martineau1
Britten: Serenade / Berkeley: Horn Trio / Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 1Britten, Berkeley, Bach; Pears, Goossens, Dennis Brain1
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms / Britten: Rejoice the Lamb / Festival Te Deum (Choir of King's College, Cambridge)Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1
Brandenburg Concertos 1-4Bach; English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
Choral MusicBritten; Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse1
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra / Concerto for Lute and Strings / The Courtly Dances From "Gloriana"Rodrigo, Vivaldi, Britten; Julian Bream1
FolksongsBritten; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten1
Gloriana, Op. 53a / The Prince of the Pagodas: Prelude and Dances, Op. 57b (Bournemouth Sympohny Orchestra feat. conductor: Uri Segal)Benjamin Britten1
Le Petit RamoneurBenjamin Britten1
Oboe - Solo and AccompaniedBritten, Krenek, Doráti; Helén Jahren, Elisabeth Westenholz1
Owen WingraveBritten; Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley‐Quirk, Nigel Douglas, Sylvia Fisher, Jennifer Vyvyan, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten11
Simple SymphonyBenjamin Britten1
The Little Sweep / A Boy Was BornBenjamin Britten1
The British Music Collection: The Beggar’s OperaJohn Gay, Benjamin Britten; Philip Langridge, Anne Collins, Robert Lloyd, Ann Murray, John Rawnsley, Yvonne Kenny, Nuala Willis, Christopher Gillett, Steuart Bedford1
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10 / Simple Symphony, op. 4 / Prelude and Fugue, op. 29Benjamin Britten; Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox1
Works for String OrchestraBenjamin Britten; English Chamber Orchestra, William Boughton, Roger Best1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1971Concerto for Piano / Concerto for ViolinBenjamin Britten; Sviatoslav Richter, Mark Lubotsky, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten4
1978The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 35/36 : Baroque MasterpiecesPinchas Zukerman, English Chamber Orchestra & Benjamin Britten1
1980The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 51/52 : Britten : War RequiemLondon Symphony Orchestra, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Peter Pears, Галина Павловна Вишневская, The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten & London Symphony Chorus1
1983La Cancion Moderna (y II)BergStockhausenBritten1
1987Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Matinées musicales, op. 24 / Soirées musicales, op. 9Britten; English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson1
1988Britten: Ceremony of Carols / Bruckner: MotettenBenjamin Britten, Anton Bruckner; Wiener Sängerknaben1
1988Piano ConcertosBenjamin Britten, Aram Khachaturian;London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Giunta, Annette Servadei1
1989BrittenBenjamin Britten1
1989Cello Suites 1 & 2 / Cello SonataBritten; Mstislav Rostropovich2
1989Her Early BBC Recordings, Volume 1Bach, Falla, Britten; Jacqueline du Pré, Ernest Lush, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich2
1989Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint‐Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraProkofiev, Saint‐Saëns, Britten2
1989Prokofiev: Peter und der Wolf, Symphonie classique / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraProkofiev, Britten; London Symphony Orchestra, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, André Previn1
1990A Ceremony of Carols / Rejoice in the Lamb / Missa Brevis / Festival Te Deum / Jubliate Deo / Hymn to St Peter / A Hymn of St Colomba / A Hymn to the VirginBenjamin Britten; The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, George Guest1
1990Peter and the Wolf / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Carnival of the AnimalsProkofiev, Britten, Saint‐Saëns; Marián Lapšanský, Peter Toperczer, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd1
1990Prokofiev: Peter en de Wolf / Saint-Saëns: Het Carnaval der dieren / Britten: Jonge mensen voor het ConcertpodiumSergei Prokofiev, Camille Saint‐Saëns, Benjamin Britten; Mies Bouwman, Willem Duys1
1990Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Sea InterludesBenjamin Britten1
1992Holst: The Planets / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraHolst, Britten; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Neville Marriner2
1993Herbert von Karajan Edition: Handel / Vaughan Williams / Ravel / Britten / Debussy / Sibelius / Bartók / KodályHandel, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Britten, Debussy, Sibelius, Bartók, Kodály; Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan1
1993Piano Works for the Left HandRavel, Prokofiev, Britten; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Leon Fleisher1
1993World of BrittenBenjamin Britten1
1993Julian Bream Edition, Volume 18: Music for Voice & GuitarBritten, Seiber, Walton; Julian Bream, Sir Peter Pears1
1993Musik aus England, IIBenjamin Britten, Frederick Delius, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Carlo Maria Giulini, Daniel Barenboim2
1993Poulenc: Le Bestiaire / Tel jour, telle nuit / 9 mélodies / Britten: Michelangelo Songs / John Donne SonnetsFrancis Poulenc, Benjamin Britten; Pierre Bernac, Francis Poulenc, Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten1
1993Spring Symphony / Four Sea InterludesBritten; London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1
1994Britten: Simple Symphony / Janáček: Suite / Suchoň: SerenadeBenjamin Britten, Leoš Janáček, Eugen Suchoň; Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal1
1995Brandenburg Concertos 1-6Johann Sebastian Bach; Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra1
1995Bushes and BriarsVaughan Williams, Holst, Elgar, Britten, Warlock; London Madrigal Singers, Baccholian Singers of London, Christopher Bishop1
1995Complete Music for String QuartetBenjamin Britten; Endellion String Quartet1
1996Britten: Anglo-American Chamber Music SeriesBritten; Moray Welsh, Alexander Barantschik, Paul Silverthorne, Roy Carter, John Leneham, John Alley1
1998Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Stravinsky: Jeu de cartesBenjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Igor Stravinsky; Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan1
1998Shostakovich: Symphonies 4 & 5 / Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem / Four Sea Interludes / Passacaglia (Peter Grimes)Shostakovich, Britten; André Previn1
1998Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge op. 10 / Béla Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra (1939)Benjamin Britten, Béla Bartók; Polish Chamber Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk1
1998The Planets / Simple SymphonyHolst, Britten; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner2
1999Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day / Britten: Choral Dances (from "Gloriana")George Frideric Handel, Benjamin Britten; Heather Harper, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1999LiederSchubert, Wolf; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten1
1999Shostakovich: Symphony no. 14 / Britten: Nocturne, op. 60Shostakovich, Benjamin Britten; English Chamber Orchestra, Galina Vishnevskaya, Mark Rezhetin, Peter Pears1
2000Rattle Conducts BrittenBritten; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle1
2000British Composers: Britten: Winter Words etc.Benjamin Britten; Robert Tear, Sir Philip Ledger1
2000The Best of BrittenBenjamin Britten; Eduard van Beinum, Neville Marriner1
2002War Requiem / Spring Symphony / Five Flower Songs / Hymn to St. CeciliaBritten; John Eliot Gardiner1
2002Beethoven: Quintet for Piano & Wind Instruments / Jacob: Sextet for Wind Quintet & Piano / Hindemith: Sonata for Horn & Piano / Vinter: Hunter's MoonBeethoven, Jacob, Hindemith, Vinter; Brain, Dennis Brain Wind Quintet, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm, Noel Mewton-Wood, BBC Concert Orchestra, Vilem Tausky1
2003Holst: The Planets / Britten: Four Sea InterludesHolst, Britten; Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic1
2003Serenade / Violin Concerto / Concerto for Double StringsBritten, Tippett; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, Vernon Handley1
2004Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings / 4 Folksongs / Walton: FaçadeBritten, Walton; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Dame Edith Sitwell, Anthony Collins1
2004English SongRalph Vaughan Williams, Sir William Walton, Gustav Holst, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Peter Warlock, Sir Arnold Bax, Roger Quilter, Benjamin Britten; Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Simon Keenlyside, Della Jones, Christopher Maltman, Anthony Rolfe Johnson1
2004Choral MusicBenjamin Britten1
2004The Modern "Orpheus Britannicus"Benjamin Britten; Benjamin Britten1
2005Britten Conducts BrittenBenjamin Britten1
2005Britten Choral Works II: A Ceremony of CarolsBenjamin Britten; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers1
2006The Complete Works for OboeBenjamin Britten; Hermitage Chamber Orchestra, Alexei Utkin1
2006Schumann: Papillons / Introduction & Allegro appassionato / Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960Schumann, Schubert; Sviatoslav Richter, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
2006Simple Symphony, op. 4 / Prelude & Fugue for Eighteen Strings, op. 29 / Violin Concerto, op. 15Benjamin Britten1
2007Britten: Diversions, op. 21 / Khrennikov: Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 9 / Orff: Carmina BuranaBenjamin Britten, Tikhon Khrennikov, Carl Orff; Siegfried Rapp, Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Milada Šubrtová, Antonín Votava, Teodor Šrubař, Czech State Opera Chorus, Jan Kühn, Symfonický orchestr Českého rozhlasu, Franz Konwitschny1
2007British Composers: Britten: War Requiem / Bliss: Morning HeroesBenjamin Britten, Sir Arthur Bliss; Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Sir Thomas Allen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, John Westbrook, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1
2007Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Rawsthorne: Practical Cats / Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the OrchestraProkofiev, Rawsthorne, Britten; Richard Baker, Robert Donat, New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestras, Raymond Leppard, Alan Rawsthorne1
2007Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 / Britten: Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes"Shostakovich, Britten; André Previn1
2008Four Sea Interludes / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Simple SymphonyBenjamin Britten1
2009Brahms: Die schöne Magelone / Schubert: LiederBrahms, Schubert; Benjamin Britten, Sviatoslav Richter, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau1
2009Violin ConcertosLudwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Britten; Janine Jansen, Paavo Järvi2

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