BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Collector’s Edition
CD1
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20
Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes Op. 33
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pesek. Rec. 1989
CD2
Canadian Carnival Op. 19
Wesley Warren, trumpet. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1982
Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra Op. 21
Peter Donahoe, piano. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1990
Scottish Ballad Op. 26
Peter Donohoe, Philip Fowke, pianos. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1982
An American Overture Op. 27
Occasional Overture Op. 38
City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1984
Building of the House Op. 79
CBSO Chorus / Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1990
CD3
Piano Concerto Op. 13
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. City of Birmingham S.O. / Paavo Jarvi. Rec. 1997
Violin Concerto Op. 15
Ida Haendel, violin. Bournemouth S.O. / Paavo Berglund. Rec. 1977
Young Apollo Op. 16
Peter Donohoe, piano. Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard, violins. Peter Cole, viola. Michal Kaznowski, cello.
City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1982
CD4
Simple Symphony Op. 4 (Rec. 1990)
Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge Op. 10 (Rec. 1988)
Prelude and Fugue Op. 29
Lachrymae Op. 48a
Lars Anders Tomter, viola. Norwegian Chamber Orchestra / Iona Brown. Rec. 1991
CD5
Symphonic Suite from ‘Gloriana’ Op. 53a
Royal Liverpool P.O. / Takuo Yuasa. Rec. 1994
Cello Symphony Op. 68
Steven Isserlis, cello. City of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Ward, Richard Hickox. Rec. 1987
Men of Goodwill (Variations on a Christmas Carol for orchestra)
Minnesota Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner. Rec. 1983
CD6
Sinfonietta Op. 1
Pauline Lowbury, Julian Tear, violins. Britten Sinfonia / Daniel Harding. Rec. 1997
Russian Funeral
City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1994
Suite on English Folk Tunes ‘A time there was…’ Op. 90
Peter Walden, cor anglais. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1984
Matinees Musicales Op. 24
Soirees Musicales Op. 9
English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson. Rec. 1982
Rossini Suite original version of Soirees Musicales
Boys of the Choir of Paisley Abbey chorus / George McPhee
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. Rec. 1998
CD7
The Prince of Pagodas Op. 57 Acts I and II
CD8
The Prince of Pagodas Op. 57 Act III
London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen. Rec. 1989
CD9
Rhapsody for String Quartet
Elegy for Solo Viola - Garfield Jackson, viola
String Quartet in D - Nicholas Logie, viola
CD10
Phantasy for Oboe and String Trio Op. 2
Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 25
CD11
String Quartet No. 2 in C Op. 36
String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94
Endellion String Quartet. Rec. 1986
CD12
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Op. 72
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Op. 80
Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87
Truls Mork, cello. Rec. 1998 & 2000
CD13
THE MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO
Holiday Diary Op. 5
Three Character Pieces
From Sonatina Romantica
Five Waltzes – Stephen Hough, piano
Two Lullabies for Two Pianos
Introduction & Rondo alla burlesca Op. 23 No. 1
Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara, pianos. Rec. 1990
CD14
Suite for Violin and Piano Op. 6
Alexander Barantschik, violin. John Adey, piano. Rec. 1994
Cello Sonata in C Op. 65
Moray Welsh, cello. John Lenehan, piano. Rec. 1994
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for Solo Oboe Op. 49
Roy Carter, oboe. Rec. 1995
Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70
Julian Bream, guitar. Rec. 1992
CD15
War Requiem Op. 66
Requiem aeternam
Dies irae
Offertorium
Sanctus
Agnes Dei
CD16
Libera Me
Elisabeth Soderstrom, soprano. Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Thomas Allen, baritone.
Mark Blatchly, chamber organ. Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford / Francis Grier
CBSO Chorus / Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1983
Spring Symphony Op. 44 Parts I-IV
Shiela Armstrong, soprano. Dame Janet Baker, contralto. Robert Tear, tenor.
St. Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir / Keith Walters. London Symphony Chorus / Richard Hickox
LSO / Andre Previn. Rec. 1978
CD17
Hymn to St. Cecilia Op. 27
A Ceremony of Carols Op. 28
James Clark, Julian Godlee, trebles. Osian Ellis, harp
Miss brevis in D Op. 63
Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony Sackville, Rory Phillips & James Clark, trebles. Ian Hare, organ.
Festival Te Deum Op. 32
Simon Channing, treble. James Lancelot, organ
Rejoice in the Lamb Op. 30
Simon Channing, treble. James Bowman, countertenor. Richard Morton, tenor. Marcus Creed, bass.
James Lancelot, organ. David Corkhill, percussion.
Te Deum in C
Rory Phillips, treble. James Lancelot, organ
Jubilate Deo
James Lancelot, organ. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger. Rec. 1971, 72 & 74
CD18
A Hymn to the Virgin
Stephen Barton, Hugh Hudleston, treble. Warren Trevelyan-Jones, tenor. Francis Pott, bass.
Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill. Rec. 1996
Saint Nicolas Op. 42
Robert Tear, tenor. Bruce Russell, treble. Andrew Davis & Ian Hare, piano duet.
Cambridge Girl’s Choir, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner, Sir David Willcocks. Rec. 1970.
Hymn to St. Peter Op. 56a
Mark Emney, Peter Rowe, trebles. Timothy Farrell, organ. Wandsworth School Choir / Russell Burgess. Rec. 1968
A Hymn of St. Columba – Regis regum rectissimi Op. 56a
Mark Emney, Peter Rowe, trebles. Christopher Hughes, Timothy Farrell, organ.
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Wandsworth School Choir / Russell Burgess. Rec. 1968
Sacred and Profane Op. 91
Vasari Singers. Jeremy Backhouse. Rec. 1992
CD19
The Little Sweep – A Children’s Opera in 3 Scenes Op. 45 Rec. 1977
A Boy was Born Op. 3
London Sinfonietta Chorus. Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral / John Scott, Terry Edwards
A Shepherd’s Carol for unaccompanied chorus, words by W. H. Auden
Sarah Leonard, soprano. Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano. Peter Hall, tenor. Gordon Jones, baritone.
London Sinfonietta Chorus / Terry Edwards. Rec. 1988
CD20
Noye’s Fludde Op. 59 Rec. 1898
AMDG words by Gerard Manley Hopkins
London Sinfonietta Chorus / Terry Edwards. Rec. 1987 & 1988
The Ballad of Little Musgrove and Lady Barnard
Baccholian Singers of London. Rogers Covey-Crump, Ian Partridge, Ian Thompson, Paul Elliott, tenors
Ian Humphris, Stephen Varcoe, baritones. Michael George, Brian Etheridge, bass. Rec. 1976
CD21
The Company of Heaven Parts I, II & III
Peter Barkworth, Sheila Allen, narrators. Cathryn Pope, soprano. Dan Dressen, tenor. Christopher Herrick, organ
London Philharmonic Chorus / Richard Cooke. English Chamber Orchestra / Philip Brunelle. Rec. 1989
Ballad of Heroes Op. 14
Robert Tear, tenor. CBSO Chorus / Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle
Praise We Great Men
Alison Hargan, soprano. Mary King, contralto. Robert Tear, tenor. Willlard White, bass.
CBSO Chorus / Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1990
CD22
Les Illuminations Op. 18
Heather Harper, soprano. Northern Sinfonia Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner. Rec. 1970
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Op. 31
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Tennyson)
Neil Mackie, tenor, Barry Tuckwell, horn. Scottish C.O. / John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. Rec. 1988
Nocturne Op. 60
Robert Tear, tenor. English C.O. / Jeffrey Tate. Rec. 1987
CD23
Quatre Chansons Francaises
Jill Gomez, soprano. City of Birmingham S.O. / Sir Simon Rattle. Rec. 1982
Our Hunting Fathers Op. 8
Folksong Arrangements
Elisabeth Soderstrom, soprano. Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Richard Armstrong. Rec. 1982
Phaedra Op. 93
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano. Jane Salmon, cello. Melvyn Tan, harpsichord. Endymion Ensemble / John Whitfield
Five French Folksong Arrangements
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano. Endymion Ensemble / John Whitfield. Rec. 1986
CD24
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22
Peter Pears, tenor, Benjamin Britten, piano. Rec. 1942
Holy Sonnets of John Donne Op. 35
Peter Pears, tenor, Benjamin Britten, piano. Rec. 1947
On This Island Op. 11
Winter Words Op. 52
Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Philip Ledger, piano. Rec. 1973
CD25
The Five Canticles
Folksong Arrangements
Ian Bostridge, tenor. David Daniels, countertenor. Christopher Maltman, baritone.
Timothy Brown, horn. Aline Brewer, harp. Julius Drake, piano.
CD26
Two Songs by Thomas Hardy
Beware! Three Early Songs
Two Songs by W. H. Auden
Three Rhymes by William Soutar
Neil Mackie, tenor. Roger Vignoles, piano. Rec. 1986
Tit for Tat (5 settings of poems by Walter de la Mare)
Jonathan Lemalu, bass baritone. Malcolm Martineau, piano. Rec. 2005
Two Ballads for Two Voices and Piano
Felicity Lott, soprano. Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano. Graham Johnson, piano. Rec. 1991
Folksong Arrangements
Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Philip Ledger, piano. Rec. 1974
Sarah Brightman, soprano. Geoffrey Parsons, piano. Rec. 1986
CD27
Realisations of Henry Purcell – Odes and Elegies
The Queen’s Epicedium
Peter Pears, tenor. Benjamin Britten, piano. Rec. 1947
Orpheus Britannicus
Felicity Lott, soprano. Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano. Graham Johnson, piano. Rec. 1991.
Neil Mackie, tenor. Roger Vignoles, piano. Rec. 1986
Suite of Songs for High Voice and Orchestra
Neil Mackie, tenor. Scottish C.O. / John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. Rec. 1988
Orchestrations of Schubert & Schumann
Neil Mackie, tenor. Scottish C.O. / John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. Rec. 1988
CD28
Paul Bunyan – Operetta in 2 acts and prologue Op. 17 – ACT I Rec. 1987
CD29
Paul Bunyan – ACT II
CD30 + CD31
Peter Grimes Rec. 1992
CD32 + CD33
The Turn of the Screw Rec. 2002
CD34 + CD35
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rec. 1990
CD36
The Rape of Lucretia Op. 37 Opera in 2 acts Rec. 1947
CD37
Scenes from Peter Grimes Op. 33
Peter Pears, tenor