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A journey through Britten's work, excluding operas. Cycles of melodies some of which are totally unknown, where a very pure and decanted voice is revealed. But there are also more famous orchestral works, always as engaging. From chamber music works to cello suites and quartets, all of which bear witness to a strong and unique personality of the 20th century...

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Title Artists Album Duration
1
Saint Nicolas, Op. 42: II. The Birth of Nicolas
Choir of King's College, Cambridge Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 & Saint Nicolas, Op. 42 00:02:37

Robert Tear, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Andrew Davis, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Eric Crozier, Poet - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Ian Hare, Piano, FeaturedArtist - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra - David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 1995 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1970, 1995 Parlophone Records Limited

2
Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: II. Rats Away!
Bernard Haitink Elgar: Enigma Variations & Introduction and Allegro - Britten: Our Hunting Fathers 00:04:12

Bernard Haitink, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Heather Harper, Soloist, MainArtist - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd, MusicPublisher

2005 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd 1979 BBC

3
Who Are These Children?, Op. 84: No. 11, The Children
Ian Bostridge Britten: Songs 00:04:43

Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Antonio Pappano, Piano, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

© 2013 EMI Records Ltd A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2013 Parlophone Records Limited

4
Lachrymae, Op. 48a (Reflections On A Song Of John Dowland)
Kim Kashkashian Britten, Carter, Liszt: Elegies 00:13:51

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Joanna Nickrenz, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Marc J. Aubort, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer, Executive Producer - Kim Kashkashian, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Levin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Wieland, Remixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1984 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH

Anonymous, Author - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Michael Bremner, Producer - Brian Runnett, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Guest, Conductor, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist

℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Michael Bremner, Producer - Marisa Robles, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Guest, Conductor, MainArtist - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited

7
Canticle II, Op. 51 "Abraham and Isaac"
Ian Bostridge Britten : Canticles & Folksongs 00:17:04

John Fraser, Producer - Arne Akselberg, Engineer - Ian Bostridge, Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - David Daniels, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Julius Drake, Piano, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2002 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

8
"Hear his voice!"
Sir Neville Marriner Britten: Curlew River 00:08:01

Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Thomas Allen, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Voices, Choir, MainArtist - Philip Langridge, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Keenlyside, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Plomer, Author - Erik Smith, Producer - Gidon Saks, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Anthony Freud, Producer - Charles Richardson, Boy Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Members, Orchestra, MainArtist

℗ 1998 Universal International Music B.V.

9
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Moderato con moto - Agitato - Tempo primo -
Vilde Frang Korngold & Britten: Violin Concertos 00:10:04

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Vilde Frang, Violin, MainArtist - James Gaffigan, Conductor - hr Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra

© 2016 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2016 Vilde Frang under exclusive license to Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.

10
Five Flower Songs, Op. 47: The Succession of the Four Sweet Months
Benjamin Britten The Britten Collection 00:02:12

Benjamin Britten, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - The Sixteen / Harry Christophers, MainArtist - Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers, MusicPublisher

(C) 2013 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2006 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Ensemble, MainArtist

King's College, Cambridge King's College, Cambridge

12
Occasional Overture, Op. 38
Sir Simon Rattle Rattle conducts Britten 00:07:16

John Willan, Producer - Michael Sheady, Engineer - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 1991 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Limited

13
I. A Cradle Song (Arr. for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra)
Edward Gardner Britten: Phaedra, A Charm of Lullabies, Lachrymae, Two Portraits & Sinfonietta 00:02:24

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Colin Matthews, Arranger - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Edward Gardner, Conductor, MainArtist - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals

2011 Chandos Records 2011 Chandos Records

Felicity Lott, soprano - Scottish National Orchestra - Bryden Thomson, direction

2004 Chandos 2004 Chandos

15
Passacaglia. Lento solenne
Torleif Thedéen Britten: Complete Cello Suites 00:08:57

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Torleif Thedéen, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

1990 BIS 1990 (P) BIS

16
A Boy was Born, Op. 3: Variation V: In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Benjamin Britten The Britten Collection 00:05:11

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, MainArtist - John Scott, MainArtist - The Sixteen, Ensemble - Harry Christophers, Conductor - Jamie Hopkins, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher

(C) 2013 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2005 The Sixteen Productions Ltd.

17
Advanced Democracy
The Sixteen - Harry Christophers Sacred and Profane 00:03:20

Benjamin Britten, Composer - The Sixteen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Harry Christophers, Conductor

(C) 2018 The Sixteen Productions Ltd (P) 2018 The Sixteen Productions Ltd

Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano, MainArtist - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Tony Harrison, Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Paavo Jarvi, Conductor - Mike Clements, Engineer

© 1999 by EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1999 Parlophone Records Limited

19
War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Dies irae - " Dies irae, dies illa" (Chorus)
Lorin Maazel Britten: War Requiem 00:04:16

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Lorin Maazel, Conductor, MainArtist - Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra - Philharmonischer Chor München, Chorus

© 2017 Münchner Philharmoniker ℗ 2017 Muenchner Philharmoniker

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Philip Langridge, Artist, MainArtist - Osian Ellis, Artist

(C) 2004 Naxos (P) 2004 Naxos

Benjamin Britten, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - Thomas Hardy, Author - Peter Pears, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited

22
Passacaglia, Op. 33b (From "Peter Grimes") (2017 Remastered Version)
Leonard Bernstein A Tribute to Benjamin Britten 00:08:29

Leonard Bernstein, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - JOHN MCCLURE, Producer

1977 Sony Music Entertainment

23
String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94: IV. Burlesquefast, con fuoco
Benjamin Britten Britten: String Quartets 2 & 3 00:02:17

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Brodsky String Quartet, MainArtist

(C) 2007 Challenge Classics (P) 2007 Challenge Classics

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Heinz Holliger, Oboe, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ursula Singer, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tjeerd Veeger, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Ezio Servolo, Producer

℗ 1994 Universal International Music B.V.

Chris Hazell, Producer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Simon Eadon, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Masters, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Robert Southwell, Author

℗ 1991 Decca Music Group Limited

26
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op.68 (1997 Remastered Version): I. Allegro maestoso
Mstislav Rostropovich Britten: Cello Symphony & Cello Suite No.2 00:11:36

Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, Lead Vocals - Mstislav Rostropovich, Cello, Lead Vocals - Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Lead Vocals, Performance - Mstislaw Rostropowitsch, Cello, Lead Vocals - R Harwood, Lead Vocals, Performed by - Mstislav Rostropovich/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Britten, MainArtist

© 2004 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Mstislav Rostropovich under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd.

Jana Vonášková-Nováková, Performer - Petr Novak, Performer - Benjamin Britten, Composer

(C) 2008 Cube-Metier (P) 2008 Cube-Metier

Thomas Z. Shepard, Producer - Andre Previn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

(P) 1964 Sony Music Entertainment

29
4. The Nightingale and the Rose
Benjamin Britten Britten: Owen Wingrave; 6 Hölderlin Fragments; The Poet's Echo 00:04:32

John Mordler, Producer, Recording Producer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Mstislav Rostropovich, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aleksandr Pushkin, Author - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited

Ian Partridge, Artist, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Jukka Savijoki, Artist

(C) 1992 Ondine (P) 1992 Ondine

31
2. Sunday Morning
Neeme Järvi The Ultimate Experience 00:03:51

Vernon Handley, Main Artist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Ulster Orchestra, Orchestra

(C) 2013 Chandos (P) 2013 Chandos

32
Coda. Male and Female Flames and Corps de ballet of Flames. Very quick and impetuous
Leonard Slatkin Britten: Prince of the Pagodas Suite - McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan 00:03:16

Leonard Slatkin, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist

2003 Chandos Records 2003 Chandos Records

Thomas Z. Shepard, Producer - Andre Previn, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra

(P) 1964 Sony Music Entertainment

Leonard Bernstein, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - JOHN MCCLURE, Producer

(P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1967 Decca Music Group Limited

36
VIII. Sonnet XLIII, "When most I wink"
Robert Tear Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Nocturne, Les Illuminations 00:05:09

Benjamin Britten, Composer - English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Robert Tear, Tenor - Jeffrey Tate, Conductor

A Warner Classics release, © 2006 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Limited

Christopher Bishop, Producer - Philip Ledger, Conductor - Benjamin Britten, Composer - James Bowman, MainArtist - Richard Morton, MainArtist - Marcus Creed, MainArtist - Simon Channing, MainArtist - David Corkhill, Percussion, MainArtist - James Lancelot, Organ, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir

© 1995 EMI Records Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1974, 1987 Parlophone Records Limited

38
Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80: V. Ciaccona
Truls Mørk Britten: Cello Suites Nos. 1 - 3 00:07:14

Arne Akselberg, Producer, Engineer - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Truls Mørk, Cello, MainArtist

A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2000 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2000 Parlophone Records Limited

Benjamin Britten, Composer - Michael Bremner, Producer - Marisa Robles, Harp, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - George Guest, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Southwell, Author - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist

℗ 1965 Decca Music Group Limited

40
4. Prayer II
Rias Kammerchor Britten : Choral Works 00:03:51

RIAS Kammerchor - Justin Doyle, Conductor - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Gerard Manley Hopkins, Text - Faber Music, MusicPublisher

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A journey through Britten's work, excluding operas. Cycles of melodies some of which are totally unknown, where a very pure and decanted voice is revealed. But there are also more famous orchestral works, always as engaging. From chamber music works to cello suites and quartets, all of which bear witness to a strong and unique personality of the 20th century English music landscape © Qobuz

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