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| 1946 | Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation E: Violins | | Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:38 |
| 1953-09 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation E. Violins - Brillante - alla polacca | | Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum | 0:35 |
| 1954-11-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation E: Violins - Brillante - alla polacca (without spoken text) | | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti | 0:41 |
| 1956-08-15 – 1956-08-31 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: E. Violins | | Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra | 0:50 |
| 1961-03-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell): Variation E: Brillante - alla polacca (Violins) | | Henry Chapin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 0:49 |
| 1961-03-20 | Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, op. 34 “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” (without spoken text): Variations: E. Brillante / F. Meno mosso / G. [no tempo marking] / H. Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 3:29 |
| 1962-01 – 1962-02 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: "30 of the 60 string players are violinists". Variation E | | Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Lorin Maazel | 0:46 |
| 1962-02 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Var. E. Brillante – Alla polacca | | Orchestre National, Paris, Lorin Maazel | 0:31 |
| 1963-07-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VI. Variation E (Brillante - Alla polacca) | live | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski | 0:42 |
| 1965-03 | The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: III. The Highest Instruments in the String Family | | Sean Connery, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti | 4:27 |
| 1967-05-03 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VI. Variation E. Brillante - Alla polacca (violin) | | Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | 0:48 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Var. E (Violins) | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 0:36 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: VI. var E: Violins | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 0:37 |
| 1971-08-27 – 1971-08-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Violins - (Brillante - Alla polacca) | | Richard Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 0:53 |
| 1973-02-13 – 1973-02-14 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation E (Violine) | | London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 0:44 |
| 1977 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: E. Violins - Brillante: all polacca | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 0:37 |
| 1989-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34: Var. E: Violins (Brillante: alla polacca) | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek | 0:37 |
| 1989-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: III. The Strings Var. E, F, G, H, I (Brillante, Meno mosso, [L'istesso tempo], Accel, Maestoso | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek | 4:45 |
| 1989-11-08 – 1989-11-09 | Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations (Strings) | | Mark Levengood, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd | 4:41 |
| 1991-04-23 – 1991-04-25 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34 “Variations and Fugue on a theme of Henry Purcell”: Variation E - The Violins | | London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford | 0:39 |
| 1993-03-18 – 1993-03-19 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation E. Brillante - alla polacca | | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 0:38 |
| 1995-01-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VI. Variation 5 (Violins): Brillante, alla polacca | | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | 0:33 |
| 1997-01-29 – 1997-02-01 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: String Variations | | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conducted by John Lanchbery. Composed by Benjamin Britten. Narrated by Dame Edna Everage | 4:04 |
| 1999-09-21 – 1999-09-22 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Violins | | BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 0:45 |
| 2006-01-22 – 2006-01-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Violins, Variation E | | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | 0:36 |
| Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell": XI. Violins | | Benjamin Britten | 0:47 |
| Guida del giovane all'orchestra, op. 34: Variazione E: "Dei sessanta archi trenta sono i violini" | | Lorin Maazel, Orchestre national de France | 0:47 |
| Guide de l'orchestre pour les jeunes: Variation E, violons | | New York Philharmonic | 0:46 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: E. Violins (Brillante: alla polacca) | | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sian Edwards | 0:34 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 (without spoken text): Variation E: Violins - Brillante - alla polacca | | London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | 0:35 |
| The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation V: Violins (Brilliante alla polacca) | | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 0:44 |
| The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (violins) | | Benjamin Britten | 0:33 |
| The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (excerpt) | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz | 5:11 |
