Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)

~ Person

Legal name: Edward Benjamin Britten

Discography

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
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
2010FiðlukonsertarEdward Elgar, Herbert H. Ágústsson, Benjamin Britten, Páll P. Pálsson; Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands1
2013The Complete WorksBritten1
2013The Performer: Complete Decca RecordingsBenjamin Britten1
2013Jeux, Mélodies, Les Trois SonatesDebussy; Ansermet, Rostropovich, Britten, Rampal, Pasquier, Laskine, Ferras, Barbizet, Kruysen, Maurane1
2013Britten 100: The Birthday Collection (incomplete, 10cd set)Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Sängerknaben1
2013Britten: Spring Symphony; Four Sea Interludes; Simple SymphonyBenjamin Britten1
2013Orchestral WorksBenjamin Britten1
2013The Choral EditionBritten; The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer1
2016Yuri Bashmet: The Complete Rca RecordingsBrahms, Britten, Bruch, Hindemith, Schnittke, Schubert, Shostakovich; Yuri Bashmet, Previn, Järvi, Rostropovich, Moscow Soloists, Muntian1
2017Cello Suites 1 & 2 / Symphony for Cello and OrchestraBritten; Rostropovich1
2022The Music for String QuartetBenjamin Britten; Emperor Quartet1
2022BBC Legends Volume 3Barbirolli, Böhm, Britten, Cherkassky, Gilels, Horenstein, Jochum, Jurinac, Kempff, Ludwig, Monteux, Richter, Rostropovich, Rozhdestvensky, Sargent, Serkin, Solti, Stokowski, Svetlanov, Szeryng, Tennstedt1
20th Century GuitarBritten, Henze, Martin, Brindle, Villa-Lobos; Julian Bream1
Britten: Historic recordings (1944-1953)Benjamin Britten1
BBC Legends: StokowskiBerlioz, Scriabin, Beethoven, Britten, Falla; Stokowski1
Klassizistische Moderne Volume 2Stravinsky, Britten, Tippett; Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby1
Masterpiece: BrittenBenjamin Britten1
Simple Symphony / Klavierkonzert / The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraBenjamin Britten; English Chamber Orchestra, Svjatoslav Richter1

Album + Compilation + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1998Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Falla: El amor brujoBeethoven, Britten, Falla; Gloria Lane, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski1
1999Double Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 27 / Sonata for 2 PianosMozart; Clifford Curzon, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim1
2004Weber: Der Freischütz Overture / Schubert: Symphony no. 9 in C / Britten: The Building of the House OvertureWeber, Schubert, Britten; New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1990Ashkenazy in Moscow 2: The English WorksWalton, Britten, Knussen; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy1
1991Hindemith: Viola Sonata in F major, op. 11 no. 4 / Britten: Lachrymae / Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, op. 147Hindemith, Britten, Shostakovich; Yuri Bashmet, Sviatoslav Richter1
1992Bernstein: The Final ConcertBeethoven, Britten; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein3
1995BBC Music, Volume 3, Number 11: Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Britten: Four Sea InterludesStravinsky, Britten, Walton, Mussorgsky, Lyadov; BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton1
1998War RequiemBenjamin Britten; Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson, American Boychoir, Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur1
1999Piano Concerto no. 27 / Exsultate, jubilate / Piano Quartet in G minorMozart; Sviatoslav Richter, Elly Ameling, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
2000Piano DuetsMozart, Schubert, Debussy; Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten1
2000War RequiemBritten; Stefania Woytowicz, Peter Pears, Hans Wilbrink, Melos Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini1
2002Haydn: Violin Sonata in G / Debussy: Violin Sonata / Schubert: Violin Sonata in A / Fantasy in CHaydn, Debussy, Schubert; Yehudi Menuhin, Benjamin Britten1
2002BakerGluck, Lully, Marcello, Berkeley, Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Purcell, Warlock; Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons1
2002Schumann: Cello Concerto / Dvořák: Cello ConcertoSchumann, Dvořák; Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Evgeny Svetlanov1
2003BILLY BUDDBritten; Donald Runnicles, Shicoff, Skovhus, Halfvarson1
2003Satie: Gymnopédies nos. 1 & 3 / Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem / Dvořák: Symphony no. 7Satie, Britten, Dvořák; Sir John Barbirolli, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam1
2006BBC Legends: SilvestriElgar, Arnold, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Britten, Enescu; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri1
2007Piano Concerto no. 22 / Piano Concerto no. 27 / Adagio & Fugue for String Orchestra, K. 546Mozart; Sviatoslav Richter, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1
2008Brandenburg Concerto / Serenade for Winds / Petite Symphonie / Simple Symphony / Dance of the Pink GirlBach, Dvořák, Gounod, Britten, Khachaturian; 2008 Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gregory Cherninsky, David Weiss, Yakov Birman, Cyrus Forough, David Shostac1
2010String Quartets nos. 2 and 3 / Three DivertimentiBritten; Elias String Quartet1
2010Bach / Brahms / BrittenBach, Brahms, Britten, Chopin; Miklós Perényi, Dénes Várjon1
2010War RequiemBritten; Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa2
2011Music for a Time of WarCharles Ives, John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar, Sanford Sylvan1
2012War RequiemBritten; Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Sabina Cvilak, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda3
2012War RequiemBenjamin Britten; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Andris Nelsons1
2012This EnglandElgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten; Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar1
2013The Rape of LucretiaBritten; Kirchschlager, Bostridge, Gritton, Purves, Russell, Coleman-Wright, Summers, Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Knussen1
2013War RequiemBenjamin Britten; Emily Magee, Mark Padmore, Christian Gerhaher, Tölzer Knabenchor, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons1
2013The Turn of the ScrewBritten; London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Farnes, Andrew Kennedy, Sally Matthews, Catherine Wyn‐Rogers2
2014Cello Symphony / Cello SonataBenjamin Britten; Zuill Bailey, Grant Llewellyn, North Carolina Symphony, Natasha Paremski1
2016Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Elgar: Introduction and AllegroVaughan Williams, Britten, Elgar; LSO String Ensemble, Roman Simovic2
2024Spring Symphony / Sinfonia da Requiem / Young Person’s Guide to the OrchestraBritten; Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle2
War Requiem Op. 66Britten; Christine Brewer, Anthony Dean Griffey, Gerald Finley, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur1

Album + Audio drama

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
The World of British Classics VIBenjamin Britten1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2021The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell, op. 34Britten; Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra1

Other

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2007Sonata in C major for cello and piano, Op.65Benjamin Britten; Elisso Virsaladze, Natalia Gutman1
2007A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28Benjamin Britten; Vesna Children's Choir1

Other + Audiobook

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2006Piccolo, Sax & Co. / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Musik-Geschichten über die Instrumente des OrchestersAndré Popp / Jean Broussolle, Benjamin Britten1

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