Benjamin Britten must be accepted as the most outstanding English composer working in the mid-20th century. He won a significant international reputation while remaining thoroughly English in inspiration, a feat that his immediate predecessors had been unable fully to achieve.
Operas
Britten won a triumph in 1945 with his opera Peter Grimes, first staged when Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London reopened after the Second World War. The aspirations of the central character, the fisherman Peter Grimes, a man at odds with the community in which he lives, are frustrated by a combination of social pressure and sheer chance, leading to his suicide. The drama is set against the background of the sea, in various moods, summa...
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ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 15: British Enigmas / Program 16: Mysterious Mountain (G. Schwarz) | |
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ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA (THE): Program 15: British Enigmas / Program 16: Mysterious Mountain (G. Schwarz)
Composers:
Bloch, Ernest -- Britten, Benjamin -- Copland, Aaron -- Creston, Paul -- Elgar, Edward -- Fuleihan, Anis -- Goossens, Eugene -- Hanson, Howard -- Harris, Roy -- Hovhaness, Alan -- Piston, Walter -- Rogers, Bernard -- Schumann, William -- Taylor, Deems
Artists:
All-Star Orchestra, The -- Schwarz, Gerard
Label/Producer: Naxos |
BRITTEN, B.: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (Daniel) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (Daniel)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artist:
Daniel, Nicholas
Label/Producer: Music In Motion |
BRITTEN, B.: Billy Budd [Opera] (Teatro Real, 2017) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Billy Budd [Opera] (Teatro Real, 2017)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bolton, Ivor -- Gillet, Christopher -- Imbrailo, Jacques -- Jurgens, Torben -- Madrid Teatro Real Chorus -- Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra -- Oliemans, Thomas -- Pequenos Cantores de la Jorcam -- Rock, Duncan -- Sherratt, Brindley -- Soar, David -- Spence, Toby
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: I. Dialogo (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: I. Dialogo (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Montalvan, Ofelia
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: I. Dialogo (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: I. Dialogo (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Ortega Chavaldas, Miguel Angel
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: II. Scherzo (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: II. Scherzo (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Ortega Chavaldas, Miguel Angel
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: II. Scherzo-pizzicato (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: II. Scherzo-pizzicato (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Montalvan, Ofelia
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: III. Elegia (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: III. Elegia (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Montalvan, Ofelia
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: III. Elegia (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: III. Elegia (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Ortega Chavaldas, Miguel Angel
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: IV. Marcia (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: IV. Marcia (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Montalvan, Ofelia
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: IV. Marcia (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: IV. Marcia (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Ortega Chavaldas, Miguel Angel
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: V. Moto Perpetuo (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: V. Moto Perpetuo (Masterclass With Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Montalvan)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Montalvan, Ofelia
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: V. Moto Perpetuo (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Cello Sonata, Op. 65: V. Moto Perpetuo (Masterclass with Frans Helmerson) (Bardolet, Ortega Chavaldas)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Bardolet, Ferran -- Helmerson, Frans -- Ortega Chavaldas, Miguel Angel
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music |
BRITTEN, B.: Death in Venice (ENO, 2013) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Death in Venice (ENO, 2013)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Caldow, Laura -- Coward, Gary -- Daggett, Philip -- Dennis, Anna -- Dwyer, Adrian -- Edgar-Wilson, Richard -- English National Opera Chorus -- English National Opera Orchestra -- Farnsworth, Marcus -- Gardner, Edward -- Graham Hall, John -- Henderson, Joyce -- Hulle, Peter Van -- Johnston, Charles -- Mather, Mia Angelina -- McGovern, Jonathan -- Mead, Tim -- Napier-Burrows, Paul -- Newman, David -- Novis, Constance -- Rich, Anton -- Shaw, Madeleine -- Shehu, Xhuliana -- Shore, Andrew -- Teixeira, Marcio -- Zaldivar, Sam
Label/Producer: Opus Arte |
BRITTEN, B.: Death in Venice [Opera] (Teatro Real, 2014) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Death in Venice [Opera] (Teatro Real, 2014)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Borczyk, Tomasz -- Costanzo, Anthony Roth -- Daszak, John -- Madrid Teatro Real Chorus -- Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra -- Melrose, Leigh -- Perez, Alejo -- Rock, Duncan
Label/Producer: Naxos |
BRITTEN, B.: Midsummer Night's Dream (A), Act I: Welcome wanderer! / SCHUBERT, F.: Wasserflut (Masterclass with Philippe Jaroussky) (Benos-Djian) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Midsummer Night's Dream (A), Act I: Welcome wanderer! / SCHUBERT, F.: Wasserflut (Masterclass with Philippe Jaroussky) (Benos-Djian)
Composers:
Britten, Benjamin -- Schubert, Franz
Artists:
Benos-Djian, Paul-Antoine -- Jaroussky, Philippe
Label/Producer: DakApp |
BRITTEN, B.: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 [Opera] (Film version, 2001) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 [Opera] (Film version, 2001)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Barstow, Josephine -- Berlin Deutsche Symphony Orchestra -- Dawson, Anne -- Finley, Gerald -- Gale, Elizabeth -- Hellekant, Charlotte -- Hill, Martyn -- Marlton, Hilton -- Nagano, Kent -- Savidge, Peter -- Westminster Cathedral Choir
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
BRITTEN, B.: Peter Grimes [Opera] (Aldeburgh Festival, 2013) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Peter Grimes [Opera] (Aldeburgh Festival, 2013)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Allen, Giselle -- Bedford, Charmian -- Bedford, Steuart -- Britten-Pears Orchestra -- Gillett, Christopher -- Guildhall School of Music and Drama Chorus -- Hutton, Alexandra -- Jones, Charles Price -- Keeble, Gaynor -- Kempster, David -- Murray, Robert -- Oke, Alan -- Opera North Chorus -- Richardson, Stephen -- Waddington, Henry -- Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
BRITTEN, B.: Rape of Lucretia (The) [Opera] (Glyndebourne, 2015) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Rape of Lucretia (The) [Opera] (Glyndebourne, 2015)
Composer:
Britten, Benjamin
Artists:
Alder, Louise -- Clayton, Allan -- Hussain, Leo -- London Philharmonic Orchestra -- Rice, Christine -- Rock, Duncan -- Rose, Matthew -- Royal, Kate -- Sumuel, Michael -- Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Label/Producer: Opus Arte |
BRITTEN, B.: Sinfonietta / SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 (Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Currentzis) | |
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BRITTEN, B.: Sinfonietta / SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 (Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Currentzis)
Composers:
Britten, Benjamin -- Shostakovich, Dmitry
Artists:
Currentzis, Teodor -- Isserlis, Steven -- Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |