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BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

LIST OF RECORDINGS

Works S to Z

by David Barker and Rob Barnett

 

Works S to Z

 

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SACRED AND PROFANE (op. 91, 1975)

The Sixteen/Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2

Cambridge University Chamber Ch/Tim Brown • Gamut GAMCD 529

Cambridge Trinity College Ch/Richard Marlow • Conifer 75605512872

Quink Ensemble • Etcetera KTC1017

RIAS C Ch/Marcus Creed • Harmonia Mundi HMC 901734

Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9701

Polyphony/Stephen Layton • Hyperion CDA67140 • also released as Hyperion GAW21140

Vasari Singers/Caryl Thomas/Jeremy Backhouse • Classics for Pleasure 5737212

Hover Chamber Ch America • Pomegranate

Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448



SAINT NICOLAS (op. 42, 1948)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Corydon Singers/ECO/Matthew Best • Hyperion CDA66333  

Peter Pears, David Hemmings, Ralph Downes/Girls' Choir of Sir John Leman School, Beccles, Boys' Choir of Ipswich School Preparatory Department, Aldeburgh Festival Choir & Orchestra/BenjaminBritten • Decca 425 714-2 • re-released as Decca 475 6156 • also available in boxset Decca 4756040

Philip Langridge/Tallis Chamber Choir/ECO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1483-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557203

Bruce Russell, Robert Tear, Sir Andrew Davis, Ian Hare /Cambridge Girls' Chorus/King's College Choir/Cambridge/Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields/David Willcocks • EMI CDM5 65112-2  

Mark Tucker/Zurich Boy Ch/Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths • Claves 2302

Joseph Frank/Christ Church Cathedral Ch/Indianapolis Festival O/Frederick Burgomaster • Four Winds 3023



SCOTTISH BALLAD (op. 26, 1941)

Peter Donohoe/City of Birmingham SO/Rattle • EMI British Composers series CZS5739832

Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas/Luxembourg Radio/Television SO/Ettore Stratta • Phoenix 104

Robert Cowan, Joan Yarbrough/Berlin Radio SO/Paul Freeman • Centaur 2095



SERENADE FOR TENOR HORN & STRINGS (op. 31, 1943)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Thompson/Royal Nat. Scottish O/Bryden Thomson • Chandos CHAN8657 • re-relased as Chandos Enchant CHAN7112 and Chandos CHAN10192X

Ian Bostridge, Maria Luise Neunecker/Bamberg SO/Ingo Metzmacher • EMI CDC5 56183-2

Christoph Pregardien, Ib Lanzky-Otto /Tapiola Sinfonietta/Osmo Vänskä • BIS CD-540

Martyn Hill, Frank Lloyd/City London Sinf/Richard Hickox • Virgin 3499232 • re-released on Virgin Classics 5619782

Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell/Strings of the London SO/Benjamin Britten • London 436 395-2 • also released on London 417 153-2

Peter Pears, Dennis Brain/Boyd Neel String Orchestra/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 996-2  • re-released on Pearl GEMMCD9177 and Decca 4688012

Peter Pears, Dennis Brain/New SO/Eugene Goossens • Decca Eloquence 4768470

Peter Pears, Dennis Brain/BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent • BBC Legends BBCL41922

Philip Langridge, Frank Lloyd/English Chamber O/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2   • re-relased as Naxos 8.557199

Robert Tear, Alan Civil/Northern Sinf/Neville Marriner • EMI British Composers 7695222

Toby Spence/ Martin Owen/Scottish Ens/Clio Gould • Linn CKD 226

Ian Bostridge, Radek Baborák/Berlin PO/Simon Rattle • EMI 5580492

Robert Tear/Dale Clevenger/Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini • Deutsche Grammaphon 423 239-2

Adrian Thompson, Michael Thompson/Bournemouth Sinfonietta/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.553834

Jerry Hadley, Anthony Halstead/English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751

John Mark Ainsley, David Pyatt/Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury • EMI CD-EMX2247 • re-released on Classics for Pleasure 75563

Peter Schreier, Gunther Opitz/Leipzig Radio O/Herbert Kegel • Berlin Classics 9035

Peter Schreier, Peter Damm/Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal • Campion 1313

Benjamin Butterfield, James Sommerville/Manitoba CO/Simon Streatfield • CBC 5187

Neil Mackie, Barry Tuckwell/Scottish ChamberCO/Steuart Bedford • EMI British Composers CZS5743462

Ian Partridge, Nicholas Busch/London PO/John Pritchard • Classics for Pleasure 75978

Philip Langridge, Stefan Dohr/Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado • Image Entertainment 0374



A SHEPHERDS CAROL (1944)

Holst Singers/Stephen Layton • Hyperion CDA66825

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1370-2 • re-released on Coro 16034

London Sinfonietta Ch/Terry Edwards • Virgin de Virgin 561916-2

Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Ch/Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Cooke, Duncan McKenzie, Nigel Howells, Harry Bicket/Francis Grier • ASV CDWHL2097

Quink Ensemble • Etcetera KTC1017

Ch Christ's College, Cambridge/David Rowland • Regent REGCD243

Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448



SIMPLE SYMPHONY (op. 4, 1934)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta./Richard Studt • Naxos 8.550979

English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 509-2  

English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4485692 • re-released on Universal Rosette Collection 4761641

English CO/ Benjamin Britten • Decca Eloquence 467 237

Leningrad CO/Lazar Gosman • Manchester Classical Gallery CDMAN180

English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425160-2

Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • ASV CDDCA682 • re-relased as ASV PLT8503

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra • Deutsche Grammophon 423 624-2

Kiev CO/Roman Kofman • MDG 601 1275 • also available on MDG 9011275

Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1526-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557205

Budapest Str/Károly Botvay • Capriccio 10 584

Musici di Montreal/Turovsky • Chandos CHAN8817  • re-released as • Chandos CHAN241-2

Bournemouth Sinfonietta • Chandos CHAN6592

Neel String O/Boyd Neel • Pearl GEM0002

Royal Phil O/Christopher Warren-Green • Warner Apex 2564 61437

Orchestre de Chambre 13/Jean-Pierre Lecaudey • Pavane ADW7361

English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 • also available on Nimbus NI7017

Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2

Ensemble Audoli/Jean-Walter Audoli • Arion ARN68035

London CO/Christopher Warren-Green • Virgin 561269-2

London Festival O/Ross Pople • Arte Nova 340520

English Sinf/John Farrer • IMP Classics 30366 00542

Ensemble Instrumentale/Jean-Walter Audoli • Arion ARN68035

English CO/Gilbert Levine • Arabesque Z6603

Berne Camerata/Thomas Füri • Denon 9409

Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal • Campion 1313

Southwest German CO/Vladislav Czarnecki • Ebs 6114

Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra/Plamen Djurov • Gega New 286

Rome CO/Nicolas Flagello • Phoenix 119

European Community CO/Eivin Aadland • IMP 1001

ASMF/Kenneth Sillito • Lasel (Collins ?) 12342

English Sinf/John Farrer • IMP Classics 30366 00542

Ensemble 13/Jean-Pierre Lecaudey • Pavane ADW7361

European Camerata/Laurent Quénelle • Fuga Libera FUG534

Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.554360

Britten Quartet • Collins 11152

(arr.) Take Four Guitar Qt • Ars Musici 1316


SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (op. 20, 1940)

City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle • EMI CDM7648702  

City Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle • EMI CDS 7542702 • re-released three times in British Composers series: CDC5553942 & CZS5739832 and a boxset 575792-2

Philharminia O/Simon Rattle • EMI Encore 86871

London SO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1019-2 • re-released on Naxos 8.557196

New Phil O/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 100-2  

New York Phil O/John Barbirolli • NMC NMCD030

London SO/André Previn • EMI 5626162

St Louis SO/André Previn • British Pageant (??)

London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8983/4 • also released as CHSA5007

New Zealand SO/Myer Fredman • Naxos 8.553107

Chicago SO/Rafael Kubelik • CSO Special Edition

Stuttgart Radio SO/Neville Marriner • Capriccio 10428

Royal Liverpool Phil O/Libor Pesek • Virgin Classics 61835-2

BBC SO/John Barbirolli • BBC Legends BBCL4013-2

BBC SO/Mark Elder • BBC Legends

Royal Concertgebouw O/John Barbirolli • Testament 1252

Berlin PO/Sergiu Celibidache • Music & Arts 1079

London Phil O/Leonard Slatkin • BMG 9026

BBC SO/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky • BBC Radio Classics BBCRD9129

Staatskapelle Dresden/Rudolf Kempe • Berlin Classics BC1097

Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles • Telarc CD80677 • also available on SACD60677



SINFONIETTA (op. 1, 1932)

London Mozart Players/Glover • ASV CDDCA682 • re-released as ASV PLT8503

Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • re-released as Hyperion Helios CDH55225

Vienna Octet • Decca 425 715-2 • re-released on Decca 475051-2

Basel CO/Christopher Hogwood • Arte Nova 926500

West Jutland Chamber Ensemble • BIS CD-31

Tapiola Sinfonietta/Osmo Vänskä • BIS CD-540

English CO/Norman Del Mar • Lyrita SRCD257

Britten Sinf/Daniel Harding • EMI CDC5565342

Stuttgart Radio SO/Neville Marriner • Capriccio 10428

Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia/Glen Barton Cortese • Phoenix PHCD145

Hallé O/Kent Nagano • Erato 3984255022 • re-released on Elatus 0927467182



SOIREES MUSICALES (op. 9, 1936)

English CO/Alexander Gibson • EMI CDCFP4598  

Helsingborg SO/Okku Kamu • Ondine ODE825-2  

National Phil O/Richard Bonynge • Decca 452 659-2

Brill O/Charles Brill • Beulah 1PD14

National Youth O Great Britain/WalterSusskind • BBC Classic

New Flemish SO/Patrick Pierre • Rene Gailly 87062



SONATINA ROMANTICA (1940)

Stephen Hough • EMI CDM567429-2

David Glen Hatch • Critics Choice 1333



SONGS AND PROVERBS OF WILLIAM BLAKE (op. 74, 1965)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 428-2



SONGS FROM THE CHINESE (op. 58, 1957)

Ian Partridge/Jukka Savijoki • Ondine ODE7792

Philip Langridge/Stephen Marchionda • Chandos CHAN10305

Märta Schéle/Josef Holecek • BIS CD-31 • also released on BIS CD-34

Peter Pears/Julian Bream • RCA 09026616012

James Griffett/Timothy Walker • Regis 1054



SONGS (Miscellaneous)

Birthday Song For Irwin (1945)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823

Chamber Music V (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128

The Children and Sir Nameless (1953)
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins 1468-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557201
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510

Cradle Song For Eleanor (1942)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823

Dawtie's Devotion (1969)
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510

Diaphenia (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128

Fish In The Unruffled Lakes (1938)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Chandos CHAN6653
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557204

The Gully (1969)
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510

If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart (1942)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823

If It's Ever Spring Again (1953)
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins 1468-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557201
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510

Mother Comfort
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray/Graham Johnson • EMI CDC 754411-2
Kathleen Livingstone, Neil Mackie/John Blakely • Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2009

Night Covers Up The Rigid Land (1937)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557204

Not Even Summer Yet (1937)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823

The Owl (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128

The Poison Tree (1935)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823

The Red Cockatoo (1938)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823

The Sun Shines Down
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557204

To Lie Flat On One's Back (1937)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557204

Tradition (1969)
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510

Um Mitternacht (1960)
Mark Padmore/Roger Vignoles • Hyperion CDA67459
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Mark Padmore/Iain Burnside • Signum SIGCD122

Underneath The Abject Willow (1937)
Philip Langridge, Della Jones/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557204
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray/Graham Johnson • EMI CDC 754411-2
Kathleen Livingstone, Neil Mackie/John Blakely • Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2009

What's On Your Mind?
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557204

When You're Feeling Like Expressing Your Affection (1936)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Della Jones/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557204
Mary Carewe/Philip Mayers • ASV WHL2124

Mary Carewe/Malcolm Wilson • NMC NMCD112

Wild With Passion (1942)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823

Witches Song (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128



SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (op. 22, 1940)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66209 • re-released as Hyperion Helios CDH55067

Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins 1468-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557201

John Stewart, Ellen Shade/Martin Katz • Phoenix PHCD129

Justin Lavender/Julian Milford • Carlton Classics 30366 0056-2

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 996-2  

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • NMC NMCD030

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Pearl 9177

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Eloquence 476849

Mark Padmore/Iain Burnside • Signum SIGCD122

Robert Tear/Philip Ledger • EMI British Composers CZS5739952



SPRING SYMPHONY (op. 44, 1949)

Alison Hagley, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley/Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral/Monteverdi Ch/Philharmonia O/John Eliot Gardiner • Deutsche Grammophon 453 433-2  

Elisabeth Gale, Alfreda Hodgson, Martyn Hill/Southend Boy's Choir/London S O & Ch/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8855

Kathleen Ferrier, Peter Pears/St. Willibrord's Boys' Ch, Netherlands Radio Ch/Concertgebouw O/Amsterdam/Eduard van Beinum • Decca 440 063-2

Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Robert Tear/London SO & Ch/André Previn • EMI CDM7647362  

Jennifer Vyvyan. Peter Pears, JenniferNorma Procter/Royal Opera House Covent Garden O & Ch, Emmanuel Schools Boys' Ch/Benjamin Britten • London 436 396-2 • re-released in boxset Decca 4756040

Alexandra Yakovenko, Vladimir Mahov, N. Postavnicheva/USSR Radio/TV SO & Ch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky • Revelation 10010



STRATTON (1949)

English Opera Group/Benjamin Britten • Pearl 231



STRING QUARTET IN F MAJOR (1928)

Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9664 



STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR (1931)

Britten String Quartet • Collins Classics 1115-2

Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9664 

Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2



STRING QUARTET No. 1 (op. 25, 1941)

Britten String Quartet • Collins Classics 1115-2  

Brodsky Quartet • Challenge CC72106

Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9469  

Belcea Quartet • EMI 557968

Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.553883

Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2

Alberni Quartet • CRD 3351

Coolidge Quartet • Classico 251



STRING QUARTET No. 2 (op. 36, 1945)

Amadeus Quartet • Decca 425 715-2 • re-released on Decca 475051-2

Jupiter Qt • Marquis 77471813712

Belcea Quartet • EMI 557968

Philharmonia Qrt Berlin • Thorofon CTH 2455

Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9664 

Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.553883

Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2

Brindisi Quartet • Conifer CDCF196

Tokyo Quartet • RCA 61387-2

Sequoia Quartet • Music & Arts 4740

Auryn Quartet • Tacet 15

Amadeus Quartet • Testament 1001



STRING QUARTET No. 3 (op. 94, 1975)

Amadeus String Quartet • Decca 425715-2 • re-released on Decca 475051-2

Belcea Quartet • EMI 557968

Britten String Quartet • Collins Classics 70222  

Lindsay String Quartet • ASV CDDCA 608

Medici Quartet • Koch 36436-2 

Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9469

Philharmonia Qrt Berlin • Thorofon CTH 2455

Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.554360

Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2

Verdi Quartet • Hänssler Classic 98394

Penderecki Quartet • Marquis ERAD173

Vermeer Qt • Cedille CDR90000093

Coull Qt • Somm SOMMCD065

Auryn Quartet • Tacet 15

Amadeus Quartet • Testament 1002



SUITE FOR HARP (op. 83, 1969)

Osian Ellis • Meridian CDE 84119  

Osian Ellis • Eloquence 4429448

Sarah O'Brien • Audite 92561

Margit-Anna Suss • Campanella 130038

Claudia Antonelli • Arts Music 47202 • also released on Arts Music 47532

Godelieve Schrama • Canal Grande 4730

Gabriella Dall'olio • Claves 50-9902

Elisabeth Remy • Aca 20070

Marshall Maguire • ABC 4765951



SUITE FOR VIOLIN & PIANO (op. 6, 1935)

Alexander Barantschik/John Alley • EMI British Composers CZS 573989-2 • also released on EMI CDC 5553982

Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne, Carole Presland • EMI 72825

Lorraine McAslan/John Blakely • Continuum CCD1022

Trio Lengyel members • Le Joueur LJD002

Mireille Jardon/Lydia Jardon • Ar Ré - Sé Ar 2003-6



SUITE ON ENGLISH FOLK TUNES ("A Time There Was") (op. 90, 1975)

Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9221

Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1526-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557205

City Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle • EMI CDS 7542702 • re-released three times in British Composers series: CDC5553942 & CZS5739832 and a boxset 575792-2

English SO/William Boughton • Nimbus NI5295 • re-released on Nimbus NI1751

English CO/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCL8009-2

(Hankin Booby) English CO/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCL8009-2

New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein • Sony SMK47541



SWEET WAS THE SONG THE VIRGIN SANG (1931, rev. 1966)

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1370-2 • re-released on Coro 16034

New London Children's Choir/Alexander Wells/Ronald Corp • Naxos 8553183

Andrew Lumsden/Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9598

Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448



THE SWORD IN THE STONE - Concert Suite (1939)

Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • re-released as Hyperion Helios CDH55225

Richmond SO/Peter Bay • Opus One 100



THE SYCAMORE TREE (1967)

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2 • re-released on coro 16034

Quink Ensemble • Etcetera KTC1017

Wellington Cathedral Ch/Philip Walsh • Herald HAVP191

His Majesties Clerkes/Anne Heider • Centaur 2168

Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448



TE DEUM IN C MAJOR (1934)

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Harry Bickett/Francis Grier • ASV CDQS6030 • re-released on Resonance CDRSN3007

St Thomas Ch/Michael Kleinschmidt/Gerre Hancock • Koch 7030

Holst Singers/Stephen Layton • Hyperion CDA66825  

Ch King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks • EMI CDC7 47709

Choir of King's College, Cambridge/James Lancelot/Philip Ledger • EMI CDM7 646532 • also available on EMI 562796-2

The Sixteen/Margaret Philips/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2

Robert Quinney /Westminster Abbey Ch/ James O’Donnell • Hyperion CDA67557

Connor Burrowes/St. Paul's Cathedral Ch/Andrew Lucas/John Scott • Hyperion CDA66916

Andrew Lumsden/Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9598

Cambridge St John's College Choir/Christopher Robinson • Naxos 8.554791

Oxford New College Ch/David Lumsden • Saga EC33852

Westminster Ch/Joseph Flummerfelt • Chesky CD138

Wells Cathedral Ch/Rupert Gough/Malcolm Archer • Lammas LAMM125

Worcester Cathedral Ch/Adrian Partington/Donald Hunt • IMP 30367

Marsh Chapel Ch/Cathleen Ellis, Scott Jarrett/Julian Wachner • Arsis 134

Robert Eaton/St. Paul's Cathedral Ch/Barry Rose • Guild 7102

Kevin Bowyer/St. Mary Collegiate Church Choir Warwick/Mark Shepherd • Guild 7147

Harry Sever/Winchester College Chapel Ch/Christopher Tolley • Herald 303

Elizabeth Arnold/Britten Ch/Alfred Calabrese • Aca 20039

Con Brio Ens • Norway Music 13

Edward Whiting/Norwich Cathedral Ch/Neil Taylor/MichaelNicholas • Priory PRCD934

Hereford Cathedral Ch/Geraint Bowen/Roy Massey • Priory PRCD507

Anne Harley/Boston Trinity Church Ch/Ross Wood/Brian Jones • Gothic 49071


TELEGRAMS (1935)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112

 

TEMA 'SACHER' (1976)

Julian Lloyd Webber • ASV CDDCA592

Henrik Dam Thomsen • Chandos CHAN10189

Kim Bak Dinitzen • Kontrapunkt 32101/2

Matt Haimovitz • DG 457584-2 • re-released on DG 4775506

Win-Sinn Yang • Arts Music 47618-2



TEMPORAL VARIATIONS (1936)

Peter Bree/Paul Komen • Etcetera KTC 1074  

Heinz Holliger/Andras Schiff • Philips 434076-2

Janet Craxton/Ian Brown • BBC Artium BBCCD 635

Eric Speller/Olivier Peyrebrune • Ambroisie AMB9909

Sarah Francis/Michael Dussek • Hyperion CDA66776 • re-released as Hyperion Helios CDH55154)

Helen Jahren/Elisabeth Westenholz • BIS CD-737

Derek Wickens/John Constable • Unicorn Kanchana UKCD2060

François Leleux/Emmanuel Strosser • Harmonia Mundi 911556

Gernot Schmalfuss/Mamiko Watanabe • MDG 3010925

Pauline Oostenrijk/Ivo Janssen • Canal Grande CG9326

Thomas Indermühle/Kalle Randalu • Camerata 30449

Robin Canter/Simon Nicholls • Carlton 3036600962

Hansjorg Schellenberger/Klaus Hellwig • Campanella 130038

Julian Milford/Emily Pailthorpe • Oboe Classics 2008

(arr. w/str orch.) Alexei Utkin, Hermitage CO • Caro Mitis CM0102004

(orch. C. Matthews) Nicholas Daniel/Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1526-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557205



THEY WALK ALONE (Prelude)

Timothy Boyd • Regent REGCD205



THIS WAY TO THE TOMB (1945)

Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823



TIT FOR TAT (1931)

Benjamin Luxon/David Willison • Chandos CHAN8514  

Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092

John Shirley-Quirk/Philip Ledger • Meridian CDE 84119

Jonathan Lemalu/Malcolm Martineau • EMI 58050

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Eloquence 476849

Brett Polegato/Iain Burnside • CBC MVCD 1134



THE TURN OF THE SCREW (op. 54, 1954)

Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Ava June, Lillian Watson, Michael Ginn, Philip Langridge/Members of the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden/Colin Davis • Philips 446 325-2  

Peter Pears, Jennifer Vyvyan, David Hemmings, Olive Dyer, Joan Cross, Arda Mandikian, English Opera Group/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 672-2  

Mark Padmore, Lisa Milne, Catrin Wyn Davies, Diana Montague, Nicholas Kirby Johnson, Caroline Wise/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • BBC Opus Arte OA 0907 D

Phyllis Cannan, Eileen Hulse, Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Sam Pay/Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7030-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.660109/10

Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang/Mahler CO/Daniel Harding • Virgin Classics 545521-2

Eilene Hannan, Margaret Haggart, Anson Austin, Wendy Dixon/West Australian SO/David Stanhope • Faveo OAF4014D

Menai Davies, Richard Greager, Helen Field , Machiko Obata/Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Steuart Bedford • Arthaus 100199



THE TWELVE APOSTLES

Philip Langridge, David Owen Norris/Wenhaston Boy's Choir/Christopher Barnett • Collins Classics 7039-2  

 

THREE TWO-PART SONGS (1932)

New London Children's Choir/Alexander Wells/Ronald Corp • Naxos 8.553183

Toronto Children's Ch/Jean Ashworth Bartle • IMP PCD1088

Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Children's Ch/Denis Menier • Fuga Libera 507

(The Rainbow) Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128



VARIATIONS ON A CHRISTMAS CAROL ("Men of Goodwill") (1947)

Minnesota O/Neville Marriner • EMI CDC7 49300-2

Southwest German Radio O (Kaiserlautern)/Paul Goodwin • Hänssler 93114



TWELVE VARIATIONS FOR PIANO (1931)

Stephen Hough • EMI CDM567429-2

David Glen Hatch • Critics Choice 1333



VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (op. 10, 1937)

BBC SO/Andrew Davis • Teldec 9031-73126-2   • re-released on Apex 89082

Musici di Montreal/Turovsky • Chandos CHAN 8817  • re-released as Chandos CHAN241-2

Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt • Naxos 8.550823

English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 509-2  

Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • ASV CDDCA 591

Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan • EMI 76880

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Andre Previn • Telarc CD 80126  

Scottish Ens/Clio Gould • Linn CKD 226

Kiev CO/Roman Kofman • MDG 601 1275 • also available on MDG 9011275

English CO/Bedford • Collins Classics 1305-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557200

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner • Decca Eloquence 467 237

Netherlands CO/Gordan Nikolic • Pentatone PTC 5186 056

Bournemouth Sinfonietta • Chandos CHAN6592

New Stockholm CO/Péter Csaba • BIS CD-435

Neel String O/Boyd Neel • Pearl GEM0002

English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 • also available on Nimbus NI7017

Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2

London Festival O/Ross Pople • Arte Nova 340520

English CO/Gilbert Levine • Arabesque Z6603

Berne Camerata/Thomas Füri • Denon 9409

Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal • Campion 1313

Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths • Claves 2302

Polish CO/Jerzy Maksymiuk • MDG 3210180

English CO/Alexander Gibson • EMI CDCFP4598  

European Camerata/Laurent Quénelle • Fuga Libera FUG534

(arr. two pianos) Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow • Olympia OCD648



VILLAGE ORGANIST'S PIECE

Timothy Boyd • Regent REGCD205



VIOLIN CONCERTO (op. 15, 1939)

Lorraine McAslan/English CO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1301-2