Bedford, Steuart

Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Lieder / Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; John Shirley-Quirk, baritone; Stuart Bedford, piano

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bedford, Steuart

The 46 songs that make up Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch show the composer at his most captivatingly individual; and history has proven that only singers of...continue...
Recording information: Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England (06/19/1977)....continue...

The Best of Britten

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; Peter Grimes; Rejoice in the Lamb, festival cantata for trumpet, ATB soloists, chorus & organ, Op. 30; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; The Young person's gu...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Jones, Della; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Russell, Lynda; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: Scottish Festival Chorus

The outstanding English composer working in the mid-20th century, Benjamin Britten won a significant international reputation, whilst remaining thoroughly English in inspiration. Britten's composition...continue...

Schubert: Lieder / Schreier, Auger, Fischer-Diskau, et al

7 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Schwanengesang, D 957; Der Winterabend, D 938; Das Lied im Grünen, D 917/Op. 115 no 1; An die Musik, D 547...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grubert, Naum; Höll, Hartmut; Holl, Robert; Janowitz, Gundula; Olbertz, Walter; Schreier, Peter; Shirley-Quirk, John; Spencer, Charles [Piano]; Vigno...

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
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Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

The English Song Series 9 - Britten

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Benjamin Britten: Canticle I; Canticle II, Op. 51 "Abraham and Isaac"; The Heart of the Matter, for tenor, narrator, horn & piano; Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain"; Canticle IV; Canticle V
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Ellis, Osian; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Ragin, Derek Lee

Britten's five 'Canticles' are marvelously vivid, intensely dramatic works. Although they were not designed to be performed together - they span virtually his whole career,...continue...

The English Song Series 8 - Liza Lehmann / Watson, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Charles Edward Horn: Cherry Ripe, aria; Liza Lehmann: The Daisy Chain, 12 songs of childhood, for voice & piano; Bird Songs (5), for voice & piano; Magdalen at Michael's Gate, for voice & piano; Even...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Spence, Toby; Watson, Janice; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine

Although the British composer Liza Lehmann had begun her career as a singer, damage to her vocal cords forced her to concentrate on composition. This...continue...

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...

English Song Series 6 - Holst: Vedic Hymns, Songs, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Songs (4) for soprano (or tenor) & violin, Op. 35, H. 132; Songs (6) for soprano & piano, Op. 16, H. 69; Hymns from the Rig Veda, for voice & piano, Op. 24, H. 90; Songs (12) for voice ...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Fuller, Louisa; Gritton, Susan; Langridge, Philip; Maltman, Christopher

"Many of these songs show Holst's unique, strangely rarified imagination working at full power. Not only does he write with such lucid sensitivity for both...continue...

Britten, Berkeley: Auden Songs / Jones, Langridge, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Poems (5) of W. H. Auden, for high voice & piano, Op. 53; Night covers up the rigid land, for voice & piano, Op. 14/2; Lay your sleeping head my love, for high voice & piano, Op. 14/...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Jones, Della; Langridge, Philip

"Langridge has become the Britten tenor par excellence. He has a unique individual sound though perhaps not the most beautiful voice - it is nasal,...continue...

Britten the Performer 12 -Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2000-01-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Reynolds, Anna
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra