Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)

~ Person

Legal name: Edward Benjamin Britten

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1992Stravinsky: Petrushka / Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraStravinsky, Prokofiev, Britten; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl1
1992The Three Cello SuitesBritten; Pieter Wispelwey1
1992The Fairy QueenPurcell; Vyvyan, Bowman, Pears, Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1992Violin ConcertosWalton, Britten; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund, Ida Haendel1
1992War RequiemBritten; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Simon Rattle1
1993Noye's Fludde / The Golden VanityBenjamin Britten1
1993A Ceremony of CarolsBenjamin Britten; Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill51
1993The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra / Suite on English Folk Tunes / Johnson over Jordan / Four Sea InterludesBenjamin Britten; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox1
1993A Ceremony of Carols / A Boy Was Born / Friday Afternoons / Psalm 150Britten; The English Opera Group Orchestra1
1993Britten's Blues & Cabaret Songs & Songs by Cole PorterBritten, Cole Porter; Jill Gomez, Martin Jones1
1993Die schöne Müllerin, 3 LiederSchubert; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten1
1993LachrymaeHindemith, Britten, Penderecki; Kim Kashkashian, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Dennis Russell Davies1
1993Peter GrimesBenjamin Britten; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott, Sir Thomas Allen, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink1
1993Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10 / Britten: Sinfonia da RequiemShostakovich, Britten; Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle1
1993Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Our Hunting Fathers / FolksongsBenjamin Britten; Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Elisabeth Söderström, Neville Marriner, Richard Armstrong1
1993The Choral Works Vol. 3Benjamin Britten; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers1
1993The Choral Works, Volume IIBenjamin Britten; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers1
1993The Little Sweep / Gemini Variations / Children’s CrusadeBritten; English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten1
1994Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (narrated by Melissa Joan Hart as Clarissa)Prokofiev, Saint‐Saëns, Britten; Melissa Joan Hart, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa1
1994Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Britten: Les IlluminationsBerlioz, Britten; Barbara Hendricks, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis1
1994MetamorphosesBritten, Mozart; Heinz Holliger1
1994Orchestral Favourites, Volume V: Four Sea Interludes / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Frank Bridge Variations / Simple SymphonyBritten; English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton1
1994Piano Concerto / Soirées Musicales / Matinées MusicalesBenjamin Britten; Ralf Gothóni, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu1
1994Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Simple Symphony / Sea InterludesBritten; Neil Mackie, Barry Tuckwell, Steuart Bedford, André Previn, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Simon Rattle1
1994Spring Symphony / Four Sea Interludes / The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraBenjamin Britten; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum, Kathleen Ferrier, Jo Vincent, Peter Pears1
1994The Turn of the ScrewBenjamin Britten; Steuart Bedford2
1995St. John PassionJ.S. Bach; Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1995Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 / Four Sea Interludes, op. 33a / Passacaglia / An American OvertureBritten; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman1
1995Lachrymae / Frank Bridge Variations / Simple SymphonyBritten; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown1
1995A Ceremony of CarolsBritten; New London Children's Choir, Ronald Corp1
1995Shostakovich: Symphony no. 4 / Britten: Russian FuneralShostakovich, Britten; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle1
1995Seven Sonnets / Music of Bali / British Folk SongsBenjamin Britten1
1995Purcell RealizationsHenry Purcell / Benjamin Britten1
1995The Red Cockatoo / The Holy Sonnets of John Donne and Other SongsBenjamin Britten; Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson1
1995Christ's Nativity / A Shepherd's Carol / Hymn to the Virgin / A Boy Was BornBritten; Holst Singers, Susan Gritton, Catherine Wyn‐Rogers, Stephen Layton1
1995A Ceremony of Carols / Saint NicolasBritten; Robert Tear, Bruce Russell, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks1
1995Britten Conducts English Music for StringsEnglish Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1995Bridge: Two Poems for Orchestra / Britten: 'Gloriana' - Symphonic Suite / Passacaglia From 'Peter Grimes' / Sinfonia da Requiem / Pärt: Cantus in Memory of BrittenBridge, Britten, Pärt; BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky1
1995Faure: Pavanne / Martin: Mass for Double Choir / Britten: A Boy Was Born / Duparc: MotetFaure, Martin, Britten, Duparc; BBC Singers, The Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, John Poole, BBC Concert Orchestra, Simon Joly1
1995Music for Oboe / Music for PianoBritten; Sarah Francis, Michael Dussek, Delme Quartet2
1995Oleg-Kagan-Musikfest 1992Saint-Saëns, Britten, Prokofiev; Natalia Gutman, Sviatoslav Richter1
1995Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraProkofiev, Britten; Richard Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard3
1995Symphony No. 25, K. 183 / Serenata notturna, K. 239 / Symphony No. 29, K. 201 / Symphony No. 40, K. 550 / Symphony No. 38, K. 504Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1995The Little Sweep / Rejoice in the LambBenjamin Britten; Sir Philip Ledger1
1996Peter and the Wolf / Lieutenant Kijé Suite / Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraProkofiev, Britten; Sean Connery, Antal Doráti1
1996Phaedra / Lachrymae / The Sword in the Stone / Night Mail / SinfoniettaBritten; Jean Rigby, Nigel Hawthorne, Roger Chase, The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend2
1996String Quartets nos. 1 & 3 / Three Divertimenti / Alla marciaBritten; Sorrel Quartet1
1996Britten: Spring Symphony / Bridge: Enter Spring / SummerBritten, Bridge; Eiddwen Harrhy, Linda Finnie, Robert Tear, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Sir Charles Groves, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ashley Lawrence2
1996A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1995 studio cast)Britten; McNair, Asawa, Lloyd, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis2
1996Britten: Spring Symphony, op. 44 / Walton: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in A minorBritten, Walton; Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Bashmet1
1996Britten: Les Illuminations / Our Hunting Fathers / Quatre Chansons Françaises / Bridge: BerceuseBritten, Bridge; Heather Harper, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Edward Downes, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford1
1996Cello Suites nos. 1-3Benjamin Britten; Timothy Hugh1
1996Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Holst: The Hymn of Jesus / Delius: Sea DriftElgar, Holst, Delius; Benjamin Britten, Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra1
1996Peter and The Wolf / Carnival of the Animals / Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraProkofiev, Saint‐Saëns, Britten; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy1
1996Ravel / Shostakovich / Janáček / Smetana / BrittenRavel, Shostakovich, Janáček, Smetana, Britten; The Medici String Quartet1
1996Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings / Les Illuminations / NocturneBenjamin Britten; John Mark Ainsley, David Pyatt, Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury2
1996The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Canadian Carnival / An American Overture / Suite on English Folk Tunes / Sinfonia da RequiemBritten; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle1
1996The Salley GardensBenjamin Britten1
1996War RequiemBenjamin Britten; Lynda Russell, Thomas Randle, Michael Volle, Scottish Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins1
1997Spring Symphony / Hymn to St. Cecilia / Five Flower SongsBritten; The Monteverdi Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner2
1997A Ceremony of CarolsBritten, Honegger, Poulenc; Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Libor Pešek1
1997Britten: Cello Symphony / Walton: Cello ConcertoBritten, Walton; Julian Lloyd Webber, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields1
1997Albert HerringBenjamin Britten; Northern Sinfonia, Steuart Bedford1
1997A Ceremony of CarolsBenjamin Britten; Westminster Abbey Choir, Martin Neary1
1997A Ceremony of CarolsBritten; Choir of Trinity College, Richard Marlow1
1997Choral Edition, Volume 1Britten; Andrew Lumsden, The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer1
1997English Guitar MusicRichard Rodney Bennett, William Walton, Benjamin Britten; Maximilian Mangold1
1997Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, op. 85 / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68Elgar, Britten; Mstislav Rostopovich, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Natan Rakhlin, Benjamin Britten1
1997Noye’s Fludde / A Ceremony of CarolsBenjamin Britten; Finchley Children’s Music Group1
1997Richter Plays BrittenBritten; Richter, Yuri Bashmet, Natalia Gutman1
1998Britten: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 13 / Elgar: Enigma-VariationsBenjamin Britten, Sir Edward Elgar; Robert Leonardy, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski1
1998Serenade / Les Illuminations / NocturneBenjamin Britten; Adrian Thompson, Michael Thompson, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, David Lloyd-Jones1
1998String Quartets, Volume 1Benjamin Britten; Maggini String Quartet1
1998String QuartetsBenjamin Britten; Sorrel Quartet1
1998Billy BuddBenjamin Britten2
1998Curlew RiverBritten; Sir Neville Marriner1
1998Suites pour violoncelle seulBritten; Jean‐Guihen Queyras52
1998Songs of Travel / Chants de VoyageRalph Vaughan Williams, Derek Holman, Benjamin Britten; Gerald Finley, Stephen Ralls1
1998Waxman / Mjaskowskij / Schumann / BrittenWaxman, Mjaskowskij, Schumann, Britten; David Grigorian, Ludmila Lissovaja1
1999Strauss: Hornkonzerte No. 1 & 2 / Britten: Serenade, Op. 31Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten; Marie Luise Neunecker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Ingo Metzmacher1
1999Elgar: In the South / Walton: Partita / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Sinfonia da RequiemElgar, Walton, Britten; Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli1
1999Britten: The Prodigal SonBenjamin Britten; Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten1
1999Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings / Britten: Piano Concerto / Enesco: LégendeShostakovich, Britten, Enesco; Leif Ove Andsnes, Håkan Hardenberger, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi2
1999Bernstein and BrittenBernstein, Britten; Dale Warland Singers1
1999Ian Bostridge Sings BrittenBritten; Ian Bostridge1
1999String Quartets, Vol. 2: Quartet No. 3 / A Simple SymphonyBenjamin Britten; Maggini String Quartet2
1999Britten: Cello Symphony / Elgar: Cello ConcertoBritten, Elgar; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Truls Mørk1
1999Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes / Tchaikovsky / Rossini: Songs & DuetsBrahms, Tchaikovsky, Rossini; Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Claudio Arrau, Benjamin Britten1
1999Britten: Overture "The Building of the House" / Bridge: Enter Spring / The Sea / Holst: Egdon Heath / A Fugal ConcertoBritten, Bridge, Holst; English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Imogen Holst, Benjamin Britten1
1999Double Concerto / Two Portraits / Young Apollo / SinfoniettaBenjamin Britten; Kent Nagano, Yuri Bashmet, Gidon Kremer, Nikolai Lugansky2
1999Dido & Aeneas / When Night Her Purple Veil Had Softly SpreadPurcell; Benjamin Britten1
1999Mozart: Symphony no. 35 / Haydn: Symphony no. 95 / Mendelssohn / Debussy / BeethovenMozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Beethoven; English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1999Our Hunting Fathers / Who Are These Children? / Still Falls the Rain / LachrymaeBritten; Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1999Piano Concerto no. 22 / Sinfonia ConcertanteMozart; Sviatoslav Richter, Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1999Serenade for Strings / Nocturne / Suite "Mozartiana" / Legend "Christ in His Garden"Tchaikovsky; Mstislav Rostropovich, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1999Schubert: Lieder / Britten: On This Island / Wolf: Mörike LiederSchubert, Britten, Wolf; Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten1
1999Schumann: Liederkreis, op. 39 / Fauré: La Bonne Chanson / Purcell / Schubert: FolksongsPeter Pears, Benjamin Britten1
1999Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / Francesca da Rimini / Falla: El amor brujoTchaikovsky, Falla; English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
1999Violin Concerto / Cello SymphonyBritten; Rebecca Hirsch, Tim Hugh, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa1
2000Britten at Aldeburgh: Schubert Piano DuetsSchubert; Benjamin Britten, Sviatoslav Richter1

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