Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1974Verses For Ensembles / Nenia - The Death Of Orpheus / The Fields Of SorrowHarrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta / David Atherton, The Matrix / Alan Hacker, Jane Manning1
1987Secret Theatre / Silbury Air / Carmen arcadiae mechanicae perpetuumHarrison Birtwistle; The London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth52
1989Punch and JudyHarrison Birtwistle; Phyllis Bryn‐Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, Stephen Roberts, David Wilson-Johnson, John Tomlinson, The London Sinfonietta, David Atherton1
1991Earth DancesSir Harrison Birtwistle; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös1
1992Music for Wind & PercussionHarrison Birtwistle; Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Percussion Group The Hague1
1993Melencolia 1 / Ritual Fragment / MeridianHarrison Birtwistle; London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen1
1993The Triumph of Time / Gawain's JourneyHarrison Birtwistle; Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth2
1995Secret Theatre / Tragoedia / Five Distances / Three Settings of CelanBirtwistle; Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez1
1996Earth Dances / PanicHarrison Birtwistle; Cleveland, Dohnányi, Harle, Clarvis, Davis, BBCSO1
2000The Axe ManualHarrison Birtwistle; Nicolas Hodges, Claire Edwardes1
2001Pulse ShadowsHarrison Birtwistle; Claron McFadden, Arditti Quartet, Nash Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw1
2002The Woman and the HareHarrison Birtwistle; Nash Ensemble, Claron McFadden, Julia Watson, Martyn Brabbins1
2002Refrains and ChorusesHarrison Birtwistle; Galliard Ensemble, Richard Shaw1
2004Theseus Games / Earth DancesBirtwistle; Ensemble Modern, Brabbins, Valade, Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Boulez1
2008The Fields of Sorrow / Verses for Ensembles / Nenia: The Death of OrpheusSir Harrison Birtwistle1
2009Trumpet RenaissanceBirtwistle, Jost, Roger, Arutiunian; Philippe Schartz, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen2
2011Night's Black Bird / The Shadow of Night / The Cry of AnubisSir Harrison Birtwistle1
2012Complete String QuartetsSir Harrison Birtwistle; Arditti Quartet1
2012The Triumph of TimeHarrison Birtwistle1
2014Chamber MusicHarrison Birtwistle; Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel, Till Fellner, Amy Freston, Roderick Williams1
2015Songs 1970-2006Sir Harrison Birtwistle; Alice Rossi, Das Neue Ensemble, Stefan Asbury, Kuss Quartet, Soloists of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover1
2017The Soldier's TaleStravinsky; Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, Oliver Knussen, Harriet Walter, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, George Benjamin1
2023Postcards from Grimethorpe (Music for Brass Band)David Hackbridge Johnson, Michael Halstenson, Harrison Birtwistle, Edward Gregson, Robert Bernat, Jack Stamp, Ben Gaunt, Liz Lane; Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Jack Stamp, Ben Palmer1
The Last Supper - GuideSir Harrison Birtwistle1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2011-09-07: BBC Proms 2011: Prom 70: Royal Albert Hall, City of Westminster, London, England, UKFrank Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Gustav Holst1

Broadcast + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2009-08-14: "The Mask of Orpheus: The Arches", Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UKSir Harrison Birtwistle; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Ryan Wigglesworth1
2009-08-04: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UKSir Harrison Birtwistle; London Sinfonietta, David Atherton1
2009-06: Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, England, UKHelen Grime, Elliott Carter, Sir Harrison Birtwistle; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen, London Sinfonietta, Ryan Wigglesworth1

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