Franz Schubert - Lieder with Orchestra (Orchestrations by: Britten, Brahms, Webern, Reger, Berlioz, Liszt)

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Lieder with Orchestra

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)

Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) 

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Claudio Abbado

Recorded live, May 2002, Grand Salle, Cité de la musique, Paris, France

Imogen Holst - Choral Works; Benjamin Britten - Rejoice the Lamb

Imogen HOLST (1907 - 1984)

Mass in A minor (1927) 

A Hymne to Christ (1940)

Three Psalms (1943)*

Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow (1950)** 

Hallo my fancy, whither wilt thou go? (1972) 

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913 - 1976)

Rejoice in the Lamb Op.30 (1943, orch. I. Holst 1952)* 

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; 

Tanya Houghton (harp)** 

The Dmitri Ensemble *

Graham Ross

rec. All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, July 2011

Susan Chilcott - The Shining River (Songs by Copland, Strauss, Berlioz, Britten, Argento & Vaugan Williams)

Susan Chilcott - The Shining River

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)

Old American Songs Set 1

Old American Songs Set 2

(12) Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Little Horses

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

(6) Lieder, Movement: Lieder der Ophelia 

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Tristia, Movement: No. 2, La mort d'Ophélie

Dominik ARGENTO (1927-2019)

(6) Elizabethan Songs, Movement: Winter (wds. Shakespeare)

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Orpheus with his lute

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

(4) Cabaret songs, Movement: Calypso

Iain Burnside (Piano)

Susan Chilcott (Soprano)

Benjamin Britten - Songs Cycles

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: The Salley Gardens (also unison vv and piano)

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Sweet Polly Oliver

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: O waly waly

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Lord, I married me a wife

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: She's like a swallow

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Bonny at morn

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: I was lonely and forlorn

(3) Early Songs

Tit for Tat

Songs and Proverbs of William Blake

Benjamin Luxon (Baritone)

David Willison (Piano)

Recorded in the Maltings, Snape on April 12 & 13, 1986

Benjamin Britten - Violin Concerto & Chamber Works

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Violin Concerto op. 15 (1939, 1958)

Suite for violin and piano, op. 6 (1936)

Two Pieces for violin, viola and piano (1929) World première recording

Isabelle Faust (violin) 

Boris Faust (viola) 

Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 

Jakub Hrůša

Live Recording, Munich Isarphilharmonie, 28-29 October 2021

British Guitar Music (Britten; Berkeley; Whettam; Dowland; Maxwell Davies; Fripp)

British Guitar Music

John DOWLAND (1563-1626)

Preludium 

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Nocturnal after John Dowland 

Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1989)

Four Pieces for Guitar op. post.

Robert FRIPP (1946)

Moto Perpetuo 

Graham WHETTHAM (1927-2007)

Serenade for Cello and Guitar ww 45/5 (1981/2000) 

Guitar Partita

 

Peter MAXWELL DAVIES(1934-2016)

“Farewell to Stromness” (arr. T. Walker)

Alberto Mesirca (guitar)

Martin Rummel (cello)

Britten - Piano Concerto Op.13; Young Apolo; Diversions

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Piano Concerto in D Major Op.13 (1938)  ( includes original version of the third movement) 

Young Apollo Op.16 for piano, string quartet and string orchestra (1939)

Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Op.21 (1940)

Steven Osborne (piano)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ilan Volkov

rec. Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 21-23 September 2007

Songs by Henry Purcell, realised by Benjamin Britten

Songs by Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) 

realised by Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Robin Blaze (countertenor),

Allan Clayton (tenor), 

Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), 

Ruby Hughes (soprano), 

Benedict Nelson (baritone), 

Matthew Rose (bass), 

Joseph Middleton (piano)

Britten on Film

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Britten on Film

Night mail

The Tocher (Rossini Suite)

The King's Stamp

Negroes

The Way to the Sea

Telegrams

Peace of Britain

Men Behind the Meters

Coal Face

When You're Feeling Like Expressing your Affection

Simon Russell Beale (narrator)

Mary Carewe (mezzo soprano)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

Choir of King Edward's School, Birmingham

Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Britten - War Requiem; Sinfonia da Requiem; Ballad of Heroes

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

War Requiem, Op. 66 (1962)

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1941)

Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 (1939) 

Heather Harper (soprano); 

Philip Langridge (tenor); 

Martyn Hill (tenor – Ballad); 

John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone); 

Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral; 

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Richard Hickox

rec. 24-28 February 1991, St. Jude’s Church, Central Square, London

Benjamin Britten - The Choral Edition Vols.1, 2 and 3

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976) 

The Choral Edition

The Choral Edition Vol.1

Hymn to St.Peter, Op.56a

A Hymn to St.Columba

A Hymn to thr Virgin

Hymn to St.Cecilia, Op.27

Rejoice the Lamb, Op.30

Choral Dances from Gloriana

A.M.D.G.

Andrew Lundsen (Organ)

The Finzi Singers

Paul Spicer

Recorded: 23, 24 October 1995

Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK

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The Choral Edition Vol.2

Jubilate Deo

Te Deum

Antiphon, Op.56b

Missa Brevis, Op.63

A Wedding Anthem, Op.46

Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung

A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28

Festival Te Deum, Op.32

Susan Drake (Harp)

Andrew Lumsden (Organ)

The Finzi Singers

Paul Spicer

Recorded: 7, 8 March 1996

Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK

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The Choral Edition Vol.3

Five Flower Songs,Op.47

Advance Democracy

Sacred and Profane, Op.91

A Boy was Born, Op.3

Lichfield Cathedral Choristers

The Finzi Singuers

Paul Spicer

Recorded: 28, 29 April 1997

Church of St Augustine, Kilburn, London, UK

Britten - Canticles; The Heart of the Matter

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Canticles & The heart of the matter

Daniel Norman (tenor)

Christopher Gould (piano)

Benjamin Maclean (treble)

William Towers (countertenor)

Roderick Williams (baritone)

Harriet Walter (speaker) 

Richard Watkins (horn)

Hugh Webb (harp)

Recorded live in Oxford’s Holywell Music Room to celebrate the centenary of the composer’s birth.

Canticle III presented in its complete version as “The heart of the matter” with readings by Harriet Walter.

Canticle II (Abraham & Isaac) sung by Norman with boy treble Benjamin Maclean.

Dowland - Lute Songs; Britten - Nocturnal after John Dowland

John DOWLAND (1563-1636)

Lute Songs

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Nocturnal after John Dowland Op 70*

Mark Padmore (Tenor)

Elizabeth Kenny (Lute)

Craig Ogden (Guitar)*

Recorded: February 2007

All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom

Michelangelo in Song - Britten; Wolf; Shostakovich

Michelangelo in Song

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22, for tenor and piano (1940) (transcr. for bass and piano by David Owen Norris) 

Hugo WOLF (1860-1903)

Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo, for bass and piano (1897) 

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145, for bass and piano (1974)

Sir John Tomlinson (bass)

David Owen Norris (piano)

rec. 2012, Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK

British Clarinet Concertos Vol.2 (Britten, Finzi, Cooke, Mathias)

 

British Clarinet Concertos - Volume 2

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Movements for a clarinet concerto (1941-2) 

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

Five Bagatelles, op.23a (1938-43) 

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Concerto No.1 for clarinet and string orchestra (1955) 

William MATHIAS (1934-1992)

Clarinet Concerto, op.68 (1975) 

Michael Collins (clarinet/conductor)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

rec. 5-6 January 2012, Blackheath Halls (Finzi); 9-10 July 2015, Maida Vale Studio No.1 (other works)

Find Volume 1 HERE

Britten - War Requiem / Rattle

 

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

War Requiem

Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano

Robert Tear, Tenor

Thomas Allen, Baritone

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Simon Rattle

Benjamin Britten - The Canticles

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Canticles

Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano)

Christopher Ainslie (Countertenor)

Benedict Nelson (Baritone)

Martin Owen (Horn)

Lucy Wakeford (Harp)

Recording: April 2012

Maida Vale Studio 2, London, United Kingdom

Britten - Blues and Cabaret Songs; Cole Porter - Songs

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Cole Albert PORTER (1891-1964)

Blues & Cabaret Songs

Jill Gomez (sopano)

Martin Jones (piano)

(4) Cabaret songs

When you're feeling like expressing your affection

On this Island, As it is, plenty

Johnson over Jordan

Paul Bunyan

On the Frontier, The clock on the wall gives an electric tick

This way to the Tomb

Paris, Let's do it

Gay Divorce, Night and Day

Leave it to Me, My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Miss Otis Regrets

Nymph Errant, The Physician

Shostakovich, Britten and Prokofiev - Cello Sonatas

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (1934)

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65 (1961) 

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Cello Sonata in C major, Op, 119 (1949)

Jamie Walton (cello); Daniel Grimwood (piano)

rec. 16-18 February 2011, Wyastone Leys Concert Hall, Monmouthshire, Wales

Britten - The Turn of the Screw

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Turn of the Screw

Peter Pears
Jennifer Vyvyan
David Hemmings
Oliver Dyer
Joan Cross
Arda Mandikian

English Opera Group Orchestra

Benjamin Britten