CDs and DVDs featuring the composer Benjamin Britten

CATALOGUE NR: 5615972
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

TITLE: Nocturne volume 2
TRACKS: includes:- The Planets - Venus, the bringer of peace (Holst). Concerto for 2 violins BWV1043 - Largo ma non tanta (JS Bach). Adagio for strings op.11 (Barber). Simple Symphony op.4 - Sentimental saraband (Britten).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: almost two and a half hours of beautiful soothing music for the end of the day

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CATALOGUE NR: HMU907325
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 10-Nov-2003

TITLE: Wolcum Yule
TRACKS: Awake and join the cheerful choir. Good people all. The seven rejoices of Mary. Balulalow. The holly and the ivy. I saw three ships. An teicheadh go hÉigipt - Flight into Egypt. Wel dyma'r borau gorau - Behold here is the best morning. The cherry tree carol. Can wassel - Wassail Song. A Scots Lilt. The Reel of Tullochgorum. Air: Lá fuar geimhreadh - On a cold winter's day - instrumentals. The Lamb (Tavener). A New Year Carol (Britten). Balulalow (Richard Rodney Bennett). A god and yet a man (Burgon). Grene growith the holy (Henry VIII). A Calendar of Kings (Peter Maxwell Davies).
ARTISTS: Anonymous 4   Andrew Lawrence King    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - Jan-2004 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A superb seasonal selection offering the traditional and the contemporary.' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: PSC1202
RECORD LABEL: Simax
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Sep-2000

TITLE: Rememberance
TRACKS: songs by Purcell / Berg / R Strauss / Ives / Tveitt / Schubert / Barber / Quilter / Faure / Britten.
ORCHESTRA: Swedish Chamber Orchestra
ARTISTS: Elg   Grete Helle Rasmussen   Ole Edvard Antonsen  

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CATALOGUE NR: 2L42
RECORD LABEL: 2L
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 12.75 including VAT, or £ 10.85 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 26-Nov-2007

TITLE: Julemesse - Christmas Mass
TRACKS: Hodie Christus natus est (Greg). Kling no klokka (Trad arr. Per Steenberg). Kyrie og Gloria (Kjell Mork Karlsen). In nativitate Domini (Wolfgang Plagge). Det hev ei rose sprunge (Michael Praetorius). Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (Melchior Vulpius). Puer natus in Bethlehem (Samuel Scheidt). Freu’ dich Erd und Sternenzeit (arr. F Otterstad). Credo (Karlsen). En natus est Emmanuel (Praetorius). Et lite barn sa lystelig (Eyvind Alnæs). Julefantasi (Ellen Sejersted Bodtker). Glade jul (Franz Gruber arr. Steenberg). Sanctus og Benedictus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina). Ave Maris Stella (Edvard Grieg). Agnus Dei (Antonio Lotti). Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck). Deilig er jorden (Trad arr. Steenberg). Organ improvisation on Deilig er jorden (Arild Sandvold). Hodie Christus natus est (arr. Benjamin Britten).
CONDUCTOR: Fredrik Otterstad
ARTISTS: Solvguttene      

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CATALOGUE NR: CLOCD0703
RECORD LABEL: Boreas Music
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 11.75 including VAT, or £ 10.00 excluding VAT

TITLE: A Ceremony of Carols
TRACKS: O Wisdom. Hymn to the Virgin. O Adonai. O magnum mysterium. O root of Jesse. There is no rose. O key of David. Lully lulla - The Coventry Carol. O Dayspring. A spotless rose. O King of the Nations. The shepherd's carol. O Emmanuel. Ceremony of Carols op.28 : Procession / Wolcum yole / There is no rose / That yonge child / Balulalow / As dew in Aprille / This little babe / Interlude / In freezing winter night / Spring carol / Deo gracias / Recession (Britten).
ARTISTS: Ebor Singers      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Jul-2007 in St Chad’s Church York

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN6580
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano concerto (Copland). Piano concerto op.13 (Britten).
ORCHESTRA: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Hopkins
ARTISTS: Gillian Lin      

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CDSA6881
RECORD LABEL: Dutton
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 11.74 including VAT, or £ 9.99 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Aaron Copland  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Two Pianos
TRACKS: Danzon Cubano (Copland). Mazurka Elegiaca op.23/2 (Britten). Terpsichore Bemused (Athanasiadis). Agon (Stravinsky). Balinese Ceremonial Music (McPhee). Basse Danse (McCabe).
ARTISTS: John McCabe   Tamami Honma    

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564602912
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.99 including VAT, or £ 7.65 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 08-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Alban Berg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Violin Concerto To the Memory of an Angel - 1996 revised version (Berg). Violin Concerto in D minor op.15 (Britten).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Paul Watkins
ARTISTS: Daniel Hope      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67725
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 11.99 including VAT, or £ 10.20 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Alec Roth  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Romantic Residues
TRACKS: From California (Alec Roth). Romantic Residues : Round and Round / Protocols / A Style of Loving / Across / Mistaken / Equals / Sit / The Room and the Street / Walk (Alec Roth). Folksong arrangements : The Salley Gardens / O Waly Waly / Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn - Watching the Wheat / David of the White Rock (Benjamin Britten). Three Songs for Jennie : The Triumph of Love / The Syllables of Summer Birds / From far from eve and morning (Howard Skempton). Morceau de concours - flute and harp (Gabriel Faure). Cinq melodies populaires grecque : Le reveil de la mariee / La-bas vers l'eglise / Quel galant m'est comparable? / Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques / Tout gai! (Maurice Ravel). Deux sonnets : Quand reverrai-je helas! / Sonnet: Doux fut le trait Pierre de Ronsard (Andre Caplet). Une flute invisible (Camille Saint-Saens). La lettre du jardinier (Marcel Tournier).
ARTISTS: James Gilchrist   Alison Nicholls   Jaime Martin  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: songs for tenor and harp - Aug-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: CLASSCD251
RECORD LABEL: Classico
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.95 including VAT, or £ 11.02 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Anders Koppel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: String Quartet No.1 (Koppel). Native American Notes (Steinke). String Quartet No.1 (Britten).
ARTISTS: Coolidge Qt      

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CATALOGUE NR: 92561
RECORD LABEL: Audite
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD
PRICE: £ 19.99 including VAT, or £ 17.01 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Andre Caplet  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Harp Recital
TRACKS: 2 Divertissements : A la francaise / A l'espagnole (Caplet). Sonata for Harp (Tailleferre). Sonata for harp in G major Wq139 H563 CPE Bach). Praludium (Heinz Holliger). Arioso (Heinz Holliger). Passacaglia (Heinz Holliger). Suite - harp op.83 (Britten).
ARTISTS: Sarah O'Brien      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4737142
RECORD LABEL: Decca British Music
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 6.99 including VAT, or £ 5.95 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Arthur Bliss  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: British Music for Brass
TRACKS: Antiphonal Fanfare for Three Brass Choirs (Bliss). Flourish for Two Brass Orchestras 'Greeting to a City' (Bliss). Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London (Bliss). Fanfare 'The Eagle has Two Heads' (Britten). Russian Funeral (Britten). Fanfare for St Edmondsbury (Britten). Symphony for Brass Instruments op.123 (Arnold). Fanfare for Brass (Tippett). Quintet for Brass (Arnold). Fanfare for the Wedding of princess Elizabeth 1947 (Bax). Fanfare from 'The Cenci' (Havergal Brian arr. McDonald). Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (Walton arr. Howarth).
CONDUCTOR: Elgar Howarth
ARTISTS: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble      

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CATALOGUE NR: 8550979
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 01-Aug-1994

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: 20th Century String Music
TRACKS: Divertimento Sz113 (Bartok). Simple Symphony - string orchestra op.4 (Britten). Concerto in D - string orchestra (Stravinsky). Henry V - concert suite from film score - Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff. Touch Her Soft Lips and Part (Walton).
ORCHESTRA: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
CONDUCTOR: Richard Studt

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 8550823
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: English String Music
TRACKS: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge - string orchestra op.10 (Britten). St Paul's Suite - string orchestra H118 op.29 (Holst). 2 Aquarelles - strings (Delius). 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' - string orchestra and harp (Vaughan Williams). Capriol Suite - string orchestra (Warlock).
ORCHESTRA: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
CONDUCTOR: Richard Studt

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2L50SABD
RECORD LABEL: 2L
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 17.50 including VAT, or £ 14.89 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2008

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Divertimenti
TRACKS: Simple Symphony op.4 (Britten). Concerto for Strings (Bacewicz). Carmina (Terje Bjorklund). Divertomento for Strings Sz113 (Bartok).
ARTISTS: Trondheim Solistene      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CD1 - Blu-ray Exclusive High Definition Music : 2.0 LPCM 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 LPCM 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 Dolby True HD 24BIT/192 kHz / 5.1 Dolby Digital 48kHz - CD2 - Hybrid Super Audio-CD 5.1 Surround + Stereo produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) - This compact disc looks like a normal CD and plays on all standard players and computers : Ordinary CD 16 BIT / 44.1 kHz / 2.0 DSD 2.8224Mbit/s per channel / 5.1 DSD 2.8224Mbit/s per channel

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA67625
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
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RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Complete works for piano and orchestra
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in D major op.13. Young Apollo op.16 for piano and strings. Diversions op.21 for piano left hand and orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ilan Volkov
ARTISTS: Steven Osborne      

- Sep-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: MDG32101802
RECORD LABEL: Dabringhaus und Grimm
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-1998

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge op.10 (Britten). Divertimento for String Orchestra (1939). (Bartok).
ORCHESTRA: Polish Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jerzy Maksymiuk

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: NI5295
RECORD LABEL: Nimbus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes op.39a. Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A time there was..' op.90. The Courtly Dances from Gloriana op.53a. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra op.34.
ORCHESTRA: English Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: William Boughton

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CATALOGUE NR: NMCD073
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Apr-2004

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: British Film Scores
TRACKS: Love from a Stranger (Britten orch. Matthews). This Sporting Life (Gerhard orch. Matthews). The Skull (Lutyens). The Return of the Soldier (Rodney Bennett).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jac van Steen

- Jun-2004 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: NMCD062
RECORD LABEL: NMC
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 26-Mar-2001

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Taking Flight
TRACKS: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme ( Benjamin Britten / Lennox Berkeley / Michael Tippett / Arthur Oldham / Imogen Holst / Humphrey Searle). Severn Bridge Variations (Malcolm Arnold / Grace Williams / Daniel Jones / Alun Hoddinott / Nicholas Maw / Michael Tippett). Variations on Sumer is Icumen In (David Bedford / Alexander Goehr / Robin Holloway / Oliver Knussen / Colin Matthews / Robert Saxton / William Walton / Judith Weir).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Jac van Steen

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Variations by 19 British composers - Jul-2001 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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