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The Voice of Peter Pears - Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Grainger, Copland et al. / Peter Pears, tenor, Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-10-06

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Philip Rosseter: What Then Is Love But Mourning; John Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Thomas Morley...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

This Regis disc celebrates the uniqueness of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive voices in collaborations with life-long musical partners Benjamin Britten and Julian...continue...

Benjamin Britten: My Beloved is Mine - songs / James Gilchrist, tenor; Anna Tilbrook, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: On this Island, Op. 11; Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Canticle I
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Tilbrook, Anna

The greatly sought-after tenor James Gilchrist pairs with pianist Anna Tilbrook to continue his highly acclaimed exploration of British song with a new recording of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk, UK (03/08/2011-08/10/2011)....continue...

Britten: Complete Songs, Vol. 1 / Andrew Tortise, James Geer, Ben Johnson, Caryl Hughes

2 CD / Onyx Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: To lie flat on the back, song for high voice & piano; Night covers up the rigid land, song for high voice & piano; A Dirge, song for voice & piano (juvenilia); Virtue in Deeds Not W...
Performers: Broderick, Katherine; Greer, James; Hughes, Caryl; Johnson, Ben; Martineau, Malcolm; Smith, Philip [Baritone]; Tortise, Andrew; Tritschler, Robin

Throughout his creative life, Benjamin Britten was a prolific composer of songs, producing over 100 settings for voice and piano, in addition to the works...continue...
Recording information: Britten Studio, Snape Maltings (2010-01-14_2010-01-17&2010-)....continue...

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Britten: Before Life & After, Songs / Padmore, Vignoles

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-06-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Winter Words, Op. 52; Sail on, sail on (Moore's Irish Melodies, Vol. 4); The Miller of Dee (Folksongs of the British Isles, Vol. 3); At the mid h...
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"This is a sterling collection that has at its core the two greatest song cycles by Benjamin Britten, and two of the greatest that the...continue...

Benjamin Britten - The Collector's Edition

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Canadian Carnival, for orchestra, Op...
Performers: Adey, John; Allen, Benjamin; Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Allison, Richard; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bailey, Norman; Ballard, Jerem...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Paavo, Järvi; Berglund, Paavo; Brown, Iona; Yuasa, Takuo; Hickox, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Harding, Daniel; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bedford, Steuart; Knu...
Ensemble: ; Endymion Ensemble

Benjamin Britten was without question one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. This 37-CD set features all of his most beloved works, giving...continue...

Composers in Person

22 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38; Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39; Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43; A Bit Drunk (Kicsit ázottan), burlesque for piano n...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bartok, Bela; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Croiza, Claire; C...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Hindemith, Paul; Khachaturian, Aram; Honegger, Arthur; Straram, Walther; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Coppola, Piero; Glazunov, Alexander; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Pfitzner, Hans; Milhaud, ...
Ensemble: ; Percurama Percussion Ensemble

These 22 CDs offer a stunning range of modern composers performing their own works either on the piano, organ or violin, or else from behind...continue...

Britten Conducts Britten Vol 4

7 CD / Decca / 2007-02-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Concerto for Piano in D major, Op. 13; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 15; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Cantata misericordium, for tenor, bar...
Performers: Blyth, Denis; Britten, Benjamin; de Peyer, Gervase; Ellis, Osian; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Katchen, Julius; Lubotsky, Mark; Murray, Alexander; Pears, Peter, Sir; Richter, Sviatoslav; Rostropovich, ...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

This is the fourth volume in the Collector Editions series, devoted to the music of English composer Benjamin Britten. It features authoritative performances by the...continue...

Emotional Turbulence / Cohen-Licht, Chasson

1 CD / Meridian / 2004-10-05

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 15; Arnold Schoenberg: Songs (4), Op. 2; Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Xavier Montsalvatge: Canciones negras (5)
Performers: Chasson, Tamir; Cohen-Licht, Daphna

Britten: Billy Budd / Britten, London SO

3 CD / Decca Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Songs and Proverbs of W. Blake, song cycle for baritone & piano, Op. 74; Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Bowman, David; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brannigan, Owen; Britten, Benjamin; Bryn-Jones, Delme; Bush, Henry; Coleby, Geoffrey; Dempsey, Gregory; Drake, Bryan; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Garrett, ...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

English Song Series 7 - Britten / Langridge, Bedford

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-16

Works: Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Winter Words, Op. 52; If it's ever spring again, song for soprano or tenor & piano; Child...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Langridge, Philip

"Langridge has become the leading Britten tenor in recent years and has recorded much of Britten's music. He has a quite individual sound, pointed, a...continue...

Britten: The Red Cockatoo, Sonnets of John Donne / Bostridge

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-11-01

Works: Pelham Humfrey: Lord! I have sinned; A Hymne to God the father "Wilt thou forgive that sin"; William Croft: A Hymn on Divine Musick; Benjamin Britten: Evening, Morning, Night, songs (3) for medium vo...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Johnson, Graham [Piano]