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BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

LIST OF RECORDINGS

Works L to R

by David Barker and Rob Barnett

Works L to R

LACHRYMAE (op. 48, 1950)

Morten Carlsen/Sergei Osadchuk • 2L 2L1

Heinrich Koll/Madoka Inui • Naxos 8.557606

Yuri Bashmet/Sviatoslav Richter • Revelation 0100602RV • Alto ALC1186 [review]

Esther Apituley/Rië Tanaka • Challenge CC72156

Margaret Major/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCB80142

Kim Kashkashian/Robert Levin • ECM 827744

Nobuko Imai/Naoko Yoshino • Philips 442012-2

Jane Atkins/Pamela Lidiard • Collins 1275

Tabea Zimmermann/Hartmut Höll • EMI 754394-2

Paul Silverthorne/John Constable • Koch 3-7270

Manfred Schumann/Jutta Czapski • Berlin Classics 3151

Cynthia Phelps/Judith Gordon • Cala 510

James Creitz/Mihail Sarbu • Dynamic DMC0000061

John Graham/Thomas Muraco • Orchard

Heinrich Koll/Madoka Inui • Naxos 8.557606 [review]

Peter Minkler/Lura Johnson • Centaur CRC3049 [review]

Porunn Osk Marinosdottir, Steinunn Birna Ragnarsdottir • Smekkleysa SMK61

Krzystof Chorzelski, Katya Apekisheva • Champs Hill CHRCD029 [review]

(harp acc.) Jitka Hosprová/Katerina Englichová • Arco Diva UP0043-2 131 [review]

Shelly Tramposh, Cullan Bryant • Ravello RR7818 [review]

Tatjana Masurenko, Nina Kogan • Coviello COV00061

Martin Outram, Julian Rolton • Nimbus NI6253 [review] [review] [review]

Georg Hamann, Akari Komiya • Sheva SH137

Rachel Roberts, Lars Vogt CAvi Music 8553245

Ellen Nisbeth, Bengt Forsberg • BIS BIS2182 [review]

(vla, acc) Duo van Vliet • Orchid Classics ORC100069

LACHRYMAE (op, 48a, 1976) (arr. cpsr for viola & strings)

Roger Chase/Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • Hyperion Helios CDH55225 [review]

Philip Dukes/Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1526-2 • Naxos 8.557205 [review]

Rivka Golani/Musici di Montreal/Turovsky • Chandos CHAN 8817 • Chandos CHAN241-2

Rivka Golani/Toronto SO/Andrew Davis • CBC 5087

Nils-Erik Sparf/New Stockholm CO/Péter Csaba • BIS CD-435

Nicolas Bone/Chamber Orch Europe/William Conway • Warner 2564 60190-2 [review] • 2564 660705

Roger Best/English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 [review]

Kim Kashkashian/Stuttgart CO/Dennis Russell Davies • ECM 439611

Lars Anders Tomter/Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]

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

Yuri Bashmet/Moscow Soloists • BMG BVCC-66

Malcolm Allison/London Festival O/Ross Pople • Arte Nova 340520

John Glickman/English Sinf/John Farrer • IMP Classics 30366 00542

Rainer Moog/Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta/David Atherton • Treasure 316102

Csaba Erdély/Budapest Strings • Pearl 39

Yizhak Schotten/Great Lakes CO/Richard Rosenberg • Crystal 635

Jean-Paul Minali-Bella (arpegina), European Camerata/Laurent Quénelle • Fuga Libera FUG534

Tatjana Masurenko, NDR Radio Philharmonic/Garry Walker • Coviello COV30507

Maxim Rysanov, BBC SO/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10671 [review]

Lawrence Power, BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov • Hyperion CDA67801

Catherine Bullock, Camerata Nordica/Terje Tonnesen • BIS BISSACD2060

Soon-Mi Chung, Oslo Camerata • 2L 119

Máté Szücs, Aldeburgh Strings/Markus Däunert • Linn CKD478 [review]

Timothy Ridout, Lausanne CO/Jamie Phillips • Claves 503000 [review]

LES ILLUMINATIONS (op. 18, 1939)

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

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, London Mozart Players/Jane Glover • ASV CDDCA682 • ASV PLT8503

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ASMF/Nerville Marriner • ICA Classics ICAD5064 DVD

Barbara Hendricks/English CO/Colin Davis • EMI CDC5 55053-2 • EMI 2344022 [review]

Elisabeth Söderström/English CO/Gilbert Levine • Arabesque Z6603

Felicity Lott/Royal Nat. Scottish O/Bryden Thomson • Chandos CHAN 8657 • CHAN 7112 • CHAN10192X [review]

Christina Högman/New Stockholm CO/Péter Csaba • BIS CD-435

Jill Gomez/Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield • EMI CDM 5651142 • EMI 6955792

John Mark Ainsley/Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury • EMI Eminence CDEMX2247 • Classics for Pleasure 75563

Felicity Lott/ English CO/Stuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2 • Naxos 8.557206 [review]

Peter Pears/CBS SO/Benjamin Britten • NMC NMCD030

Peter Pears/English CO/Benjamin Britten • London 436 395-2 • London 417 153-2

Peter Pears/New SO/Eugene Goossens • Decca Eloquence 4768470 [review] • Documents 600047 [review]

Peter Pears/Concertgebouw O/Colin Davis • RCO LIVE 05001

Robert Tear/Phil O/Carlo Maria Giulini • Deutsche Grammophon 423 239-2

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

Patrice Michaels/Czech National SO/Paul Freeman • Cedille CDR 90000 070

Franziska Hirzel/Kiev CO/Roman Kofman • MDG 601 1275 [review] • MDG 9011275

Ian Bostridge/Berlin PO/Simon Rattle • EMI 5580492 • 2427432 [review]

Jerry Hadley, Rebecca Boughton/English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 [review] • Nimbus NI5234 [review] [review]

Martyn Hill/City London Sinf/Richard Hickox • Virgin 3499232 • Virgin 5619782

Christiane Eda-Pierre/Ensemble Instrumentale/Jean-Walter Audoli • Arion ARN68035

Suzanne Danco/Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet • Cascavelle 2010 • Cascavelle VEL3125 [review]

Carole Farley/Scottish CO/José Serebrier • Phoenix PHCD111

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

Heather Harper/BBC SO/Steuart Bedford • BBC Radio Classics 15656 91582 • available on Carlton (unknown cat. no.)

Henriette Schellenberg/Manitoba CO/Simon Streatfield • CBC 5187

Sylvia McNair/Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa •Philips 446682

Maggie Teyte/John Ranck • VAI 1063

Sally Matthews, London PO/Vladimir Jurowski • LPO Live LPO0037 [review] [review]

Heather Harper, Nthn Sinf/Neville Marriner • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] 4402922 • Warner 0151642 [review]

Sandrine Piau, Northern Sinf/Thomas Zehetmair • NMC D140

Susan Gritton, BBC SO/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10590 [review]

Karina Gauvin, Les Violons du Roi/Jean-Marie Zeitouni • Atma ACD22601 [review]

Anne-Catherine Gillet, Liege Royal PO/ Paul Daniel Outhere • Aeon AECD1113

Anu Komsi, Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas • Alba ABCD331 [review]

Barbara Hannigan, Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson • Channel Classics CCSSA32213

Felicity Lott, Lausanne CO/Armin Jordan • Claves 501711 [review]

Nicholas Phan, The Knights • Avie AV2382 [review]

A LITTLE IDYLL (1930)

Anthony Goldstone • Divine Art DDV24118 [review]



THE LITTLE SWEEP (op. 45, 1949)

Jennifer Vyvyan, April Cantelo/Marilyn Baker, Gabrielle Soskin, David Hemmings,Peter Pears, Trevor Anthony/English Opera Group/Benjamin Britten • Decca 436 393-2 • re-released in boxset Decca 4756040 • Heritage HTGCD236

Robert Lloyd, Robert Tear/Finchley Childrens Music Group/Medici Quartet/Philip Ledger • EMI CDM5 65111-2

St Paul's Cathedral Ch/London Sinfonietta Ch/John Scott • Virgin 561916-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

unknown • Documents 231134

LOVE FROM A STRANGER

BBC SO/Jac van Steen • NMC D073 (excerpts) [review] [review]

TWO LULLABIES FOR TWO PIANOS (1936)

Stephen Hough, Ronan O'Hora • EMI CDM567429-2 • Virgin Classics VC 1912032 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow • Olympia OCD648

MATINEE MUSICALES (op. 24, 1941)

English CO/Alexander Gibson • EMI CD-CFP4598 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]

Helsingborg SO/Okku Kamu • Ondine ODE825-2

National Phil O/Richard Bonynge • Decca 452 659-2 • Decca 468578

New Flemish SO/Patrick Peire • Rene Gailly 87062

London PO/Sir Adrian Boult • First Hand FHR06 [review]

MAZURKA ELEGIACA (op. 23/2, 1941)

Clifford Curzon, Benjamin Britten • Beulah 1PD14 • Pearl 9177

Stephen Hough, Ronan O'Hara • EMI CDM567429-2 • EMI 0151492 [review]

Hans-Peter Stenzl, Volker Stenzl • Ars Musici 1088-2

Robert Cowan, Joan Yarbrough • Centaur 2095

Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas • Phoenix 104

Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow • Olympia OCD648

John McCabe, Tamami Honma • Dutton CDSA6881

David Nettle, Richard Markham • Carlton Classics 6601052

Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas • MSR Classics MS1260 [review]

Ludmilla Berlinskaya, Arthur Ancelle • Melodiya MELCD1002565 [review]

unknown • Documents 231134

IN MEMORIAM DENNIS BRAIN (1958)

Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb & Chris Griffiths, Northern Sinf/Thomas Zehetmair • NMC D140

MEN BEHIND THE METERS (1935)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112

MEN OF GOODWILL (1947)

Minnesota O/Neville Marriner • EMI 9781602 [review]

SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID (op. 49, 1951)

George Caird, Joy Boughton, Nicholas Daniel • Oboe Classics CC2017 [review]

Heinz Holliger • Philips 434 076-2

Sarah Francis • Hyperion CDA66776 • Hyperion Helios CDH55154

Sarah Watkins • Meridian CDE84119

Gordon Hunt • BIS CD-769

Helen Jahren • BIS CD-737

Roy Carter • EMI British Composers CZS 573989-2 • EMI CDC 5553982 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0953952 [review] • EMI 4402922 • EMI 0151492 [review]

Eric Speller • Ambroisie AMB9909 [review]

François Leleux • Harmonia Mundi 911556

Humbert Lucarelli • Lyrichord LYR6025 [review]

Pauline Oostenrijk • Canal Grande CG9326

Robin Canter • Carlton 3036600962

Hansjorg Schellenberger • Campanella 130038

Gernot Schmalfuss • MDG 3010925

Allan Vogel • Delos DE3235

Richard Simpson • Campion Cameo 2026

Jeremy Polmear • Unicorn Kanchana DKP9121

Simon Dent • Amati 9801

Thomas Indermühle • Camerata 30449

HansJörg Schellenberger • DG 661002

Richard Simpson • Campion Cameo 2026 [review]

Lajos Lencsés • Cadenza 800915

John Mack • Crystal 323

Alexei Utkin • Caro Mitis CM0102004

Vilém Veverka • Supraphon SU41212

(arr. soprano saxophone) Anders Paulsson • Caprice CAP21668

(arr. saxophone) Tom Bergeron • North Pacific Music MCD-2004

(arr. tenor saxophone) Demetrius Spaneas • Capstone 8717



MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (op. 64, 1960)

Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, Helen Watts, John Shirley-Quirk, Owen Brannigan, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley/Downside and Emmanuel School Chorus/London SO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 663-2 • Decca opera boxset 4756020

Brian Asawa, Sylvia McNair, John Mark Ainsley, Paul Whelan, Ruby Philogene, Janice Watson, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Hilary Summers, Robert Lloyd, Gwynne Howell, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Richardson, Mark Tucker, Neal Davies/New London Children's Ch/London SO/Colin Davis • Philips 454 122-2 • Decca 4783412

Ileana Cotrubas, James Bowman, Curt Appelgren, Cynthia Buchan, Ryland Davies, Dale Duesing, Felicity Lott, Damien Nash/London PO/Bernard Haitink • Kultur DVD 1411 • Castle Vision 0630169113

James Bowman, Lillian Watson, John Graham-Hall, Henry Herford, Della Jones, Jill Gomez/Trinity Boys' Ch/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Virgin 759305 • Virgin 3813822 [review] • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 4402922

Peter Rose, Gordon Gietz, David Daniels, Ofelia Sala, William Dazeley, Deanne Meek, Brigitte Hahn, Christopher Gillett/Barcelona Teatro Liceo O/Harry Bicket • Virgin 39202 DVD

Bejun Mehta, Kate Royal, Iride Martinez, Matthew Rose, Trinity Boys Choir, London PO/Ilan Volkov • Glyndebourne GFOCD013-06

Alfred Deller, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Opera Group O/Benjamin Britten • Testament SBT21515 [review]

MISSA BREVIS (op. 63, 1959)

Bulgarian Radio and TV Chorus/Mikhail Milkov • Forlane UCD 16610

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1370-2 • coro 16034

Cambridge St. John's College Ch/George Guest • London 430097-2

James O'Donnell/Westminster Cathedral Choir/David Hill • Hyperion CDA66220

Women’s C Singers/Karen P. Thomas • Seattle Pro Musica SPM CD 9803

John Charles Schucker/American Boychoir/Vincent Metallo Albemarle AR 1003

Andrew Lumsden/Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9598

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

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

Christopher Allsop/Cambridge Trinity College Ch/Richard Marlow • Conifer 75605512872

Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/David Willcocks • EMI CDM7 646532 • EMI 562796-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

Farnham Youth Ch/Julia Freeman/David Victor-Smith • Herald HAVPCD164

Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington • Lammas LAMM146D [review]

The Boy Choristers of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer • Lammas LAMM171D [review]

Michael Harris/Canterbury Cathedral Ch/David Flood • York Ambisonic YORKCD129

Montserrat Escolania/Ireneu Segarra • Koch 312562

Wellington Cathedral Ch/Philip Walsh • Herald HAVP191

Oxford New College Ch/Edward Higginbottom • Proudsound PROU114

Sofia Boys ChAdriana Blagoeva • Gega New 153

Truro Cathedral Ch/Christopher Gray • Regent REGCD349

La Maîtrise de Toulouse/Mark Opstad • Regent REGCD340 [review]

Westminster Cathedral Ch/George Malcolm • Eloquence 4802336  • Eloquence 4840658 [review]

Ch New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom • Novum NCR1386 [review]

Artemusica Children's Ch • Elegia ELEORG024

Ch Jesus College, Cambridge/Mark Williams • Signum Classics SIGCD481

 

MONT JUIC (op. 12, 1937, co-written with Lennox Berkeley)

English CO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1123-2 • Naxos 8.557198

London PO/Lennox Berkeley • Lyrita SRCS-50

 

THE MOON (violin and piano)

Chamber Domaine • Resonus Classics RES10139

MOVEMENT FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA (1943)

Thea King/ECO/Barry Wordsworth • Hyperion CDA66634 • Hyperion Helios CDH55060

MOVEMENT FOR WIND SEXTET (1930)

Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • Hyperion Helios CDH55225 [review]

NEGROES (1938)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112

A NEW YEAR’S CAROL (1936)

Barbara Ann Biggers/American Boychoir/Vincent Metallo • Albemarle AR 1003

Anonymous 4/Andrew Lawrence-King • Harmonia Mundi HMU 907325

Ian Ford/Andrew Plant • MCPS IAF-CD1 [review]

Michael Harris/Canterbury Cathedral Ch/David Flood • York Ambisonic YORKCD129

Edward Wellman/Chester Cathedral Ch/David Poulter • Priory 651

Judy Loman/Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Ch/John Rutter • CBC 5192

Cambridge Singers/John Rutter • Collegium 512

James Rainbird/Michael Stuckey • Priory 5005

Roger Drabble/Malcolm Archer • Lammas LAMM105D

Portsmouth Cathedral Ch/David Price • Herald HAVP255

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle/Timothy Byram-Wigfield • Regent REGCD374 [review]

St Paul's Cathedral Ch/John Scott • IMP (catalogue # unknown)



NIGHT MAIL (1936)

Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • Hyperion Helios CDH55225 [review]

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112

NIGHT PIECE (1963)

John McCabe • British Music Society BMS103CDH [review]

Dejan Lazic • Channel Classics CCSSA28511 [review]

 Elizabeth Joy Roe • Decca 4788819 [review]

NOCTURNAL AFTER JOHN DOWLAND (op. 70, 1963)

Craig Ogden • Hyperion CDA67648 [review]

Julian Bream • EMI CDC 754901-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0151492 [review] • RCA 09026616012

Edin Karamazov • ALPHA 056

Sharon Isbin • Virgin 45024

Stephen Marchionda • Chandos CHAN10305

Josef Holecek • BIS CD-31

Jérémy Jouve • Naxos 8.557597

Anders Miolin • BIS CD-926

Dale Kavanagh • Hänssler Classic 98350

Kathrin Görne • Carpe Diem CADI16252

Norbert Kraft • Chandos CHAN8784

Marc Seiffge • Bayer 100095

Azusa Simazu • Col Legno 20216

Jukka Savijoki • Ondine 779-2

Horst Klee • Koch-Schwann 312272

Maximilian Mangold • Musicaphon 56824

Ichiro Suzuki • Camerata 413

Ruben Seroussi • Nuova Era 7255

Njal Vindenes • Norway Music 19

Craig Ogden • Nimbus 5390

Rob Phelps • Gasparo GG1025

Christian Rivet • Ambroisie AM183

Paul Galbraith • Mashulka [review]

Srdjan Bulat • Naxos 8.573026

Ian Watt • Nimbus NI6226 [review]

Rainer Stegmann • Genuin GEN15362

Georg Gulyás • Proprius PRSACD2075

Sean Shibe • Delphian DCD34193

Jacob LIndberg • BIS BIS2082 [review]

NOCTURNE (op. 60, 1958)

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

Philip Langridge/Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557199 [review]

Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell/Members of the London SO/Benjamin Britten • London 436 395-2 • London 417 153-2 • Documents 600047 [review]

Anthony Rolfe Johnson/London Mozart Players/Jane Glover • ASV CDDCA682 • ASV PLT8503

Ian Bostridge, Radek Baborák/Berlin PO/Simon Rattle • EMI 5580492 • 2427432 [review]

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

Christoph Pregardien/Tapiola Sinfonietta/Osmo Vänskä • BIS CD-540

Peter Pears/CBC Vancouver Chamber O/Benjamin Britten • VAI DVD4277 DVD [review]

Peter Pears/English CO/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCL8013-2 • ICA Classics ICAD5083 DVD

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

Jerry Hadley/English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 [review] • Nimbus NI5234 [review] [review]

Martyn Hill/City London Sinf/Richard Hickox • Virgin 3499232 • Virgin Classics 5619782

Benjamin Butterfield/Manitoba CO/Simon Streatfield • CBC 5187

Robert Tear, ECO/Jeffrey Tate • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 6955792 • EMI 4402922 • Warner 0151642 [review]

Mark Padmore, Stephen Bell, Britten Sinfonia / Jacqueline Shave • Harmonia Mundi HMU807552 [review] [review]

Allan Clayton, Aurora O/Nicholas Collon • Warner Classics 2564 608223 [review]

 

NOTTURNO (Night Piece) (1963)

Michael Dussek • Hyperion CDA66776 • Hyperion Helios CDH55154

Anthony Goldstone • Diversions 24118 [review]

Stephen Hough • EMI CDM567429-2 • EMI 0151492 [review]

David Glen Hatch • Critics Choice 1333

Dejan Lazic • Channel Classics CCSSA28511

NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (1943)

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

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Pyatt, Peter Donohoe • Erato 8573802172

Neil Mackie, Barry Tuckwell, Scottish CO/Steuart Bedford • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • Warner 0151642 [review]

Karina Gauvin, Louis-Philippe Marsolais, Pascale Gigučre • Atma ACD22601 [review]

James Gilchrist, Jasper de Waal, Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson • Channel Classics CCSSA32213



NOYE'S FLUDDE (op. 59, 1957)

Owen Brannigan, Sheila Rex, Trevor Anthony/East Suffolk Children's Choir/English Opera Group/Norman Del Mar • Decca 436 397-2 • boxset Decca 4756040

Richard Pasco, Donald Maxwell, Linda Ormiston/Coull String Quartet/members of the Endymion Ensemble/John Alley/Ian Watson/Alan Harwood/Richard Hickox • Virgin 3499232

David Wilson-Johnson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers/Finchley Children's Music Group/BBC Concert Orchestra/Nicholas Wilks • Somm SOMMCD212 [review]

London Sinfonietta Ch/Terry Edwards • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

OCCASIONAL OVERTURE (op. 38, 1946)

London SO/Bedford • Collins Classics 1305-2 • Naxos 8.557200

City of Birmingham SO/Rattle • EMI British Composers CZS5739832 [review] • 2427432 [review] • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]

(arr. wind ens) Tredgar Town Band • NMC D226 [review]

OLD ABRAHAM BROWN

Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey • Eloquence 4802336

ON THE FRONTIER

Halle O/Sir Mark Elder • NMC D190

ON THIS ISLAND (op. 11, 1937)

Berenice Bramson/Nancy Revzen • ABCD SP-9007

Barbara Bonney/Malcolm Martineau • Onyx 4003 [review]

Paul Austin Kelly/Michael Recchiuti • GM Recordings GM2022

Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCL8015-2

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Eloquence 476849

Lynne Dawson/Malcolm Martineau • Hyperion CDA67227

Renée Fleming/Warren Jones • RCA 09026-62547-2

Robert Tear/Philip Ledger • EMI British Composers CZS5739952 • also released in an EMI British Composers boxset 575792-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • Warner 0151642 [review]

Camilla Nylund/Marita Viitasalo • Hanssler Classics 98300

Jill Gomez/Martin Jones • Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD9138

Ileana Cotrubas/Erik Werba • Orfeo 492981

Donald Kaasch, Peter Lockwood • Globe GLO5202 [review]

James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook • Linn CKD404 [review]

Simon Edwards, Simon Lebens • Actes Sud ASM11

OUR HUNTING FATHERS (op. 8, 1936)

Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinf/Daniel Harding • EMI CDC5565342 • EMI 56871

Heather Harper/BBC SO/Steuart Bedford • BBC Radio Classics 15656 91582 • available on Carlton (unknown cat. no.)

Phyllis Bryn-Julson/English CO/Stuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2 • Naxos 8.557206

Heather Harper/London PO/Bernard Haitink • London Philharmonic LPO 0002

Peter Pears/London SO/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCB80142

Elisabeth Söderström/Welsh National Opera O/Richard Armstrong • EMI British Composers 7695222 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • Warner 0151642 [review]

OWEN WINGRAVE (op. 85, 1970)

Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley-Quirk, Nigel Douglas, Sylvia Fisher, Heather Harper, Jennifer Vyvyan, Janet Baker, Sir Peter Pears/Wandsworth School Boys' Ch/English Chamber O/Benjamin Britten • Decca 433200-2 • also available in boxset with other operas Decca 4756020 • Decca 0743330 DVD

Gerald Finley, Martyn Hill, Peter Savidge, Hilton Marlton, Josephine Barstow, Anne Dawson, Elizabeth Gale, Charlotte Hellekant, Westminster Cathedral Ch/Deutsches SO, Berlin/Kent Nagano • Arthaus Musik 100372 DVD [review] • 100373 DVD [review] • Kultur D2923 (NTSC)

Peter Coleman-Wright, Alan Opie, James Gilchrist, Elizabeth Connell, Janice Watson, Tiffin Boys’ Ch, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN10473 [review]

THE OXEN (1967)

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

Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI CDC7492572 • EMI British Composers CZS5743462

Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128 [review]

Les Sirènes • Nimbus NI6249 [review]

PAUL BUNYAN (op. 17, 1941)

Peter Coleman-Wright, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Gritton/Covent Garden Royal Opera House O & Ch/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9781 [review]

Vern Sutton, Pop Wagner, Clifton Ware/Plymouth Music Series O, Ch & Ensemble Singers/Philip Brunelle • EMI British Composers 5851392 • Virgin 759249

(overture - arr. C Matthews) London SO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1102-2 • Naxos 8.557197 [review]

(overture - arr. piano four hands) Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow • Olympia OCD648

Plymouth Music Series / Philip Brunelle • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

PEACE OF BRITAIN (1936)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112



PETER GRIMES (op. 33, 1945)

Christopher Ventris, Ellen Orford, Alfred Muff, Chorus and Orchestra of Zürich Opera Ch & O/Franz Welser-Möst • EMI 5009719 DVD [review]

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen/Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Bernard Haitink • EMI CDS 7 54832-2 • EMI 5091562 [review] • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 4569432 [review]

Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Elizabeth Bainbridge/Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Covent Garden/Colin Davis • Philips 432 578-2 • Philips 462867 • Decca 4782669 • 4785273

Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease/Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Covent Garden/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4145772 • boxset with other operas Decca 321302 and Decca Legends 467682 • Decca 4787429 • Alto ALC2008 • Membran 232806 • Documents 600047 [review]

Philip Langridge, Janice Cairns, Alan Opie, Ann Howard/ENO Chorus and Orchestra/David Atherton • Decca 072 428-3

Philip Langridge, Janice Watson, Alan Opie/London Symphony Ch/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9447/8

Glenn Winslade, Janice Watson, Catherine Wynn-Rogers/London SO & Ch/Sir Colin Davis • LSO Live LSO0054 [review]

Philip Langridge, Janice Cairns, Alan Opie, Ann Howard/ENO Chorus and Orchestra/David Atherton • Kultur 2902 (NTSC) and Arthaus (PAL) 100382 DVD

Jon Vickers, Heather Harper, Elizabeth Bainbridge/Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Covent Garden/Colin Davis • Kultur 2255 (NTSC) and Teldec 0630 16913 2 (PAL) DVD

Peter Pears, Heather Harper, London SO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 0743261 DVD [review]

Anthony Dean Griffey, Patricia Racette, Anthony Michaels Moore, Metropolitan Opera O & Ch/Donald Runnicles • EMI 2174149 DVD [review]

John Graham-Hall, Francesco Malvuccio, Susan Gritton, Ch & O Teatro alla Scala/Robin Ticciati • Opus Arte OA1103D DVD • OABD7119D Bluray • Opus Arte OA1198D DVD • Opus Arte OA7189D Bluray

Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster, Ch of Opera North & Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Britten-Pears O/Steuart Bedford • Signum SIGCD348 [review][review] • Arthaus 102179 DVD

Anthony Dean Griffey, Vivian Tierney, Steven Page, Susan Gorton, London PO/Mark Wigglesworth • Glyndebourne GFOCD00800

Alan Oke, Giselle Allen, David Kempster Britten-Pears O/Steuart Bedford • Arthaus 108101

Stuart Skelton, Erin Wall, Bergen PO & Ch/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHSA5250 [review][review]

 

PETER GRIMES - Four Sea Interludes (op. 33a) & Passacaglia (op. 33b)

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

London SO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1019-2 • Naxos 8.557196 [review]

New Zealand SO/Myer Fredman • Naxos 8.553107

Royal Liverpool Phil O/Libor Pesek • Virgin VC 7 595502 • Virgin Classics 61835-2 • Virgin Classics 7353012 [review] • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 6955792 • EMI 4402922 • EMI 9781602 [review]

Royal Liverpool Phil O/Takuo Yuasa • EMI Eminence CD-EMX2231

London Phil O/Leonard Slatkin • BMG 9026

Orch Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 659-2 • Regis RRC1417 [review]

Ulster O/Vernon Handley • Chandos CHAN8473 • also released as CHAN241-2

San Francisco Op O/Donald Runnicles • Arabesque Z6764

Kansas City Sy/Michael Stern • Reference Recordings RR120 [review]

London PO/Sir Adrian Boult • First Hand FHR06 [review]

unknown • Documents 231134

(Interludes only) English SO/William Boughton • Nimbus NI5450-53 [review]

(Interludes only) Met O du Grand Montreal/Yannick Nézet-Séguin • Atma SACD22549

(Interludes only) London SO/André Previn • EMI CDM7647362 • EMI 562616-2 [review] & EMI 3886762 • EMI 0953952 [review]

(Interludes only) Boston SO/Leonard Bernstein • DG 431768-2 • DG 474936-2 [review] • DG 469460-2

(Interludes only) New York Phil O/Leonard Bernstein • Sony SMK47541 • Sony 87891

(Interludes only) Concertgebouw O/Eduard van Beinum • Decca 440 063-2 • Decca Eloquence 467 237

(Interludes only) Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9221 • CHAN10784X [review]

(Interludes only) Bergen Phil O/Neeme Järvi • BIS CD-420

(Interludes only) English SO/William Boughton • Nimbus NI5295 [review] • Nimbus NI1751 [review] and Nimbus NI7017 [review]

(Interludes only) Bournemouth SO/Constantin Silvestri • BBC Legends BBCL41822 [review]

(Interludes only) BBC SO/Rudolf Kempe • BBC Legends 4188 [review]

(Interludes only) Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini • EMI Profile (details unknown) • Warner 9937392 [review]

(Interludes only) Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer • CBC SM5000

(Interludes only) Cincinnati SO/Paavo Jarvi • Telarc 80660 & SACD60660

(Interludes only) Met O du Grand Montreal/Yannick Nézet-Séguin • Atma SACD22549 [review]

(Interludes only) Young Musicians SO/James Blair • YMSO [review]

(Interludes only) BBC PO/ Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10658 [review]

(Interludes only) Oregon SO/Carlos Kalmar • Pentatone PTC5186471

(Interludes only) London PO/Zhang Yi • ABC 481123

(Interludes only, arr. pno duet) Anthony Goldstone & Caroline Clemmow • Divine Art DDA25104

PHAEDRA (op. 93, 1975)

Ann Murray/ECO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557199 [review]

Janet Baker/English CO/Steuart Bedford • Decca 425 666-2

Jean Rigby/Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • Hyperion Helios CDH55225 [review]

Lorraine Hunt/Hallé Orchestra/Kent Nagano • Erato 0630 12713-2 • Elatus 0927490102 [review]

Christiane Eda-Pierre/Ensemble Instrumentale/Jean-Walter Audoli • Arion ARN68035

Felicity Palmer/Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield • EMI CDM 565114-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 4402922 • Warner 0151642 [review]

Jennifer Larmore, Grant Park O/Carlos Kalmar • Cedille CDR90000104 [review]

Sarah Connolly, BBC SO/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10671 [review]

PHANTASY QUARTET (op. 2, 1932)

Gordon Hunt, Tale Qt • BIS CD-763

Sarah Francis, Delme Qt • Hyperion CDA66776 • Hyperion Helios CDH55154

François Leleux, Guillaume Sutre, Miguel Da Silva, Marc Coppey • Harmonia Mundi 911556

Heinz Holliger, Thomas Zehetmair, Tabea Zimmermann, Thomas Demenga • Philips 434 076-2

Heinz Holliger, András Keller, Zoltán Gál, Judit Szabó • Euroarts 2055238 DVD

Armstrong Ch Concerts • Elysium GRK 722

The Christy Oboe Quartet • Discmakers CDQ 2643

Pamela Woods, Audubon Qt • Telarc CD80205

Derek Wickens, Gabrieli Quartet • Unicorn Kanchana UKCD2060

Pauline Oostenrijk, Marin Mars, Susanne van Els, Jan Insinger • Canal Grande CG9326

Douglas Boyd, Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • 0151492 [review]

Contrastes • Ambroisie AMB9909 [review]

Robin Canter, Medici Qt • Carlton 3036600962

Hansjorg Schellenberger, Wolfram Christ, Rainer Kussmaul, Georg Faust • Campanella 130038

Simon Dent, Munich String Trio • Amati 9801

Vermeer Qt • Cedille CDR90000093

Keisuke Wakao, Cathy Basrak, Sato Knudsen, Malcom Lowe • Pentatone 5186018

Alexei Utkin, members Hermitage CO • Caro Mitis CM0102004

François Leleux, Lisa Batiashvili, Lawrence Power, Sebastian Klinger • Sony 88697285852

Jinny Shaw, Sara Trickey, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Bozidar Vukotic • Guild GMCD7383 [review]

Humbert Lucarelli, New String Trio • Lyrichord LYR6025 [review]

 Britten Oboe Qt • Harmonia Mundi HMU907672

PHANTASY QUINTET IN F MINOR (1932)

Kenneth Essex, Gabrieli Quartet • Unicorn Kanchana UKCD2060

Nicholas Logie, Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • 0151492 [review]

Emperor Qt • BIS BIS1870

PIANO CONCERTO (op. 13, 1938)

Barry Douglas/French Radio Phil O/Marek Janowski • RCA Victor Red Seal 09026 68127-2

Ralf Gothoni/Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu • Ondine ODE825-2

Joanna MacGregor/English CO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1102-2 • also released as Collins Classics 1301-2 and Naxos 8.557197 (includes original third movement) [review]

Sviatoslav Richter/English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 308-2

Gillian Lin/Melbourne SO/John Hopkins • Chandos CHAN6580

Sviatoslav Richter/USSR State SO/Evgeni Svetlanov • Revelation 0100602RV • Brilliant 9199 [review]

Leif Ove Andsnes/City Birmingham SO/Paavo Järvi • EMI CDC5567602 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]

Jacques Abram/Philharmona O/Herbert Menges • EMI British Composers 574781

Jane Coop/CBC O/Mario Bernardi • CBC 5208

Robert Leonardy/Saarbrucken Radio SO/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski • Arte Nova 74321 27769 2 [review]

Marjorie Mitchell/North German Radio SO/William Strickland • Millenium MCD80116

Annette Servadei, London PO/Joseph Giunta • Hyperion CDA66293 • Alto ALC1152

David Strong/Aalborg SO/Douglas Bostock • Classico CLASSCD704 [review]

Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins • Hyperion CDA67625 [review]

Howard Shelley, BBC PO/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10764 [review]

Noel Mewton-Wood, London SO/Basil Cameron • Testament SBT1493

Elizabeth Joy Roe, London SO/Emil Tabakov • Decca 4788819 [review]

Jacques Abram, P-SO New York/Leopold Stokowski • Guild GHCD2419 [review]

TWO PIECES FOR PIANO (op. 23)

Clifford Curzon • Decca 4784389

THE POET'S ECHO (op. 76, 1965)

Susan Gritton/Iain Burnside • Signum SIGCD122 [review]

Galina Vishnevskaya/Msitislav Rostropovich • Decca 433200-2 • Decca 468811-2

Joan Rodgers/Roger Vignoles • Hyperion CDA67355

Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Decca 433200-2

Susan Bullock/Malcolm Martineau • Avie AV2117

TWO PORTRAITS (1930)

Yuri Bashmet, Halle O/Kent Nagano • Erato 3984255022 [review] • Elatus 0927467182 • Warner 2564694521 • Apex 2564673917 [review]

European Camerata/Laurent Quénelle • Fuga Libera FUG534

Maxim Rysanov, BBC SO/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10671 [review]

Catherine Bullock, Camerata Nordica/Terje Tonnesen • BIS BISSACD2060

(EBB, arr vla/pno) Martin Outram, Julian Rolton • Nimbus NI6253 [review] [review] [review]

PRAISE WE GREAT MEN (1976)

Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White/City of Birmingham S Ch & O/Rattle • EMI CDS 7542702 • EMI British Composers series CZS5739832 [review] • 2427432 [review] • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

PRELUDE AND FUGUE FOR 18 STRINGS (op. 29, 1943)

Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • ASV CDDCA 591

English CO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1305-2 • Naxos 8.557200 [review]

Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Ronald Thomas • Chandos CHAN6592

English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 [review]

Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]

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

English Sinf/John Farrer • IMP Classics 30366 00542

Royal Philharmonia O/Norman del Mar • EMI British Composers 574781

Leningrad CO/Lazar Gosman • Manchester Classical Gallery CDMAN180

Berne Camerata/Thomas Füri • Denon 9409

English Chamber O/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425160-2

English Chamber O/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4485692 • Universal Rosette Collection 4761641

Festival Strings Lucerne/Achim Felder • Oehms OC723

Les Violons du Roi/Jean-Marie Zeitouni • Atma ACD22601 [review]

Aldeburgh Strings/Markus Däunert • Linn CKD478 [review]

PRELUDE AND FUGUE ON A THEME OF VITTORIA (1946)

John Charles Schucker • AlbemarleAR 1003

Christopher Robinson • Naxos 8.554791 [review]

Timothy Boyd • Regent REGCD205 [review]

Michael Kleinschmidt • Koch 7030

Arturo Sacchetti • Arts Music 47391-2

Julian Wachner • Arsis 134

Luke Bond • Regent REGCD349

Ralph Allwood • Signum Classics SIGCD366



PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS (op. 57, 1956)

London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen • Virgin Classics VCD 7 595782 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9498292 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Ashley Lawrence • NVC Arts 9031-93826-2 DVD [review]

Royal Opera House O/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4784203 • Documents 600047 [review]

PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS - Suite (op. 57a, 1957)

BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin • Chandos CHSA 5017 • Chandos CHAN10111 [review]

Royal Liverpool Phil O/Takuo Yuasa • EMI Eminence CD-EMX2231

Cyrille Tricoire/Montpellier Nat O/Steuart Bedford • Accord 4428171

THE PRODIGAL SON (op. 81, 1968)

Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear, Bryan Drake/English Opera Group/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 713-2 • re-released in boxset Decca 4756040

PSALM 150 (op. 67, 1962)

Kurt-Hans Goedicke/City of London Boys & Girls School Choirs/London SO/Hickox • Chandos CHAN8855 • CHAN10782X [review]

New London Children's Ch/London Schools SOSteuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1483-2 • Naxos 8.557203 [review]

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

Viola Tunnard/Downside School Boys' Ch/Benjamin Britten • London 436394-2

Denver St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Ch/Eric Plutz/Donald Pearson • Delos DE3149

QUARTETTINO (1930)

Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.554360

Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • 0151492 [review]

Emperor Qt • BIS BIS1870

THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (op. 37, 1946)

Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon/English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 666-2 • Decca boxset 4756020

Jean Rigby, Donald Maxwell/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9254/5 • Chandos CHAN241-51 [review]

Otakar Kraus, Peter Pears, Frederick Sharp, Owen Brannigan, Joan Cross, Kathleen Ferrier, Margaret Ritchie, Anna Pollak/English Opera Group/Reginald Goodall • Pearl GEMS0231 • Gala 500 • excerpts on EMI CMS 764727-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0290062

Jean Rigby, Richard Van Allan, Russell Smythe, Alan Opie, Anthony Rolfe Johnson/English National Opera O/Lionel Friend • Arthaus 102021 (PAL) • Kultur 2929 (NTSC) DVD

Ian Bostridge, Angelika Kirchschlager, Susan Gritton, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Oliver Knussen • Virgin 6026722 [review] [review]

John Mark Ainsley, Orla Boylan, Christopher Maltman, Sarah Connolly, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, English National Opera O/Paul Daniel • Opus Arte OA1123D DVD [review] • Opus Arte OA1198D DVD • Opus Arte OA7189D Bluray

(excerpts) Peter Pears, others unknown • Documents 231134

REALIZATIONS - Purcell & Others

Complete Purcell realizations
Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058 (also listed separately)
Champs Hill CHRCD106 (individual performer details not available)

Alleluia (1960)
Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation (1947)
Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Celemene (1946)
Susan Gritton, Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Chacony (1948)
London Chamber O/Christopher Warren-Green • Virgin Classics 7243 5612692
Bochman Quartet • Redcliffe RR020 [review]

A Divine Hymn
Lawrence Wiliford, Jennifer Swartz • Atma Classique ACD22623

Dulcibella
Ian Bostridge, Richard Jackson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Evening Hymn (1947)
Michael Chance/Roger Vignoles • Hyperion CDA66498 • Hyperion Helios CDH55244
Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092
Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Fairest Isle (1947)
Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • EMI 5742062 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Felicity LottGraham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Hark The Ech'ing Air! (1960)
Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

How Blest Are Shepherds (1960)
John Mark Ainsley/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

A Hymn On Divine Musick (1975)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Lawrence Wiliford, Jennifer Swartz • Atma Classique ACD22623

Hymn To God The Father (1975)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Lawrence Wiliford, Jennifer Swartz • Atma Classique ACD22623

I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly (1960)
Ann Murray/Graham Johnson • EMI 5742062 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Susan Gritton/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058
Mark Stone, Stephen Barlow • Stone Records 5060192780000 [review]

If Music Be The Food of Love (1947 & 1948)
John Mark Ainsley/Graham Johnson & Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058
Mark Stone, Stephen Barlow • Stone Records 5060192780000 [review]

I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star (1947)
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Richard Jackson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

I Spy Celia (1961)
Ian Bostridge, Richard Jackson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

I Take No Pleasure (1960)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

In The Black Dismal Dungeon Of Despair (1960)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Roger Vignoles • Hyperion CDA66498 • Hyperion Helios CDH55244
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Job's Curse (1950)
Simon Keenleyside/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Knotting Song (1939)
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]
James Bowman/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Let Sullen Discord Smile
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]

Let The Dreadful Engines (1971)
Alan Opie /Roger Vignoles • Hyperion CDA66498 • Hyperion Helios CDH55244
Simon Keenleyside/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Lord! I Have Sinned (1975, Pelham Humphrey)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Lawrence Wiliford, Jennifer Swartz • Atma Classique ACD22623

Lord, What Is Man? (1947)
Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092
Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Lost is my quiet (1961)
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson - EMI 5742062 • EMI 0151642
Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Mad Bess (1948)
Sarah Walker/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Man is For The Woman Made (1948)
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

A Morning Hymn (1960)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Music For A While (1947)
Sarah Walker/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

No But Resistance Is Vain (1961)
Sarah Walker, Richard Jackson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Not All My Torments (1948)
James Bowman/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

O! That mine eyes would melt
Lawrence Wiliford, Jennifer Swartz • Atma Classique ACD22623

On The Brow of Richmond Hill (1947)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

O Solitude (1955)
John Mark Ainsley/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058
James Gilchrist/Anna Tilbrook • Chandos CHAN20145 [review]

Pious Celinda (1947)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

The Queen's Epicedium (1946)
Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058
Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • Warner 0151642 [review]

Saul And The Witch At Endor (1947)
John Mark Ainsley, Sarah Walker, Simon Keenleyside/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Shepherd Leave Decoying (1961)
Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Sound The Trumpet (1961)
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray/Graham Johnson • EMI 5742062 • Warner 0151642 [review]
John Mark Ainsley, Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

So When The Glittering Queen Of Night
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]

Sweeter Than Roses (1948)
James Bowman/Benjamin Britten • London 425 716-2
Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092
Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Take Not A Woman's Anger Ill (1960)
John Mark Ainsley/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

There's Not A Swain Of The Plain (1948)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

Thou Turn'st This World
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]

'Tis Holiday
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]

Turn Then Thine Eyes (1947)
John Mark Ainsley/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

We Sing To Him (1947)
Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092
James Bowman/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

What Can We Poor Females Do? (1961)
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray/Graham Johnson • EMI 5742062 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

When Myra Sings
Ian Bostridge, Richard Jackson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

When Night Her Purple Veil Has Softly Spread (1965)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Alberni String Quartet/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCB 8003-2

Why Should Men Quarrel?
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • Warner 0151642 [review]

REFLECTION FOR VIOLA & PIANO (1930)

Nobuko Imai/Roland Pöntinen • BIS CD-829

Martin Outram, Julian Rolton • Nimbus NI6253 [review] [review] [review]

REJOICE IN THE LAMB (op. 30, 1943)

Purcell Singers/Peter Pears/George Malcolm • London 4257142 • Heritage HTGCD232

Corydon Singers, Westminster Cathedral Choir/Matthew Best • Hyperion CDA66126 • Hyperion Helios CDH55307 [review]

Finzi Singers/Andrew Lumsden/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9511

Choir of King's College, Cambridge/James Lancelot/Philip Ledger • EMI CDM7 646532 • EMI 562796-2 and EMI CDM565111-2 • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

The Sixteen/Margaret Philips/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2 • Coro 16006 • COR16107

Choir of Claire College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown • Quantum Leap UACE11005 DVD

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

Westminster Abbey Ch/Martin Neary • Sony SK62125

Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland • American Choral ACC123

Cambridge Trinity College Ch/Frances Kelly/Richard Marlow • Conifer 75605512872

Cambridge St. John's College Ch/Forbes Robinson, Michael Pearce, Robert Tear, Roger Parker, Brian Runnett/George Guest • London 4300972

Vasari Singers/Sally Barber, Andrew Angus/Jeremy Backhouse • Classics for Pleasure 5737212

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

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

Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Nethsingha • Avie AV2072 [review]

Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury • Decca Eloquence 467612

Peter Pears, David Hemmings/Aldeburgh Festival O & Ch/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4756040

Britten Ch/Alfred Calabrese • Aca 20039

Cambridge Trinity College Ch/Richard Marlow • Sony 88697581312

Truro Cathedral Ch/Christopher Gray • Regent REGCD349

Bach Choir of Bethlehem/Greg Funfgeld • Analekta AN29983 [review]

Ch New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom • Novum NCR1386 [review]

National Youth Choirs of Great Britain/Ben Parry • Delphian DCD34133 [review]

Rodolfus Ch, Ralph Allwood • Signum Classics SIGCD366

King’s College, Cambridge Ch/Stephen Cleobury • King's College KGS0003 [review]

Ch Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown • United Classics T2CD2013021

Purcell Singers/Benjamin Britten  • Eloquence 4840658 [review]

(arr. I Holst) Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ens/Graham Ross • Harmonia Mundi HMU907576 [review] [review]

RESCUE OF PENELOPE (1943)

Janet Baker, Alison Hagley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, John Mark Ainsley, William Dazeley/Hallé O/Kent Nagano • Erato 0630 12713-2 • Elatus 0927490102

REVEILLE (1937)

Lorraine McAslan/John Blakely • Continuum CCD1022



RHAPSODY (1929)

Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • 0151492 [review] • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review]

Emperor Qt • BIS BIS1870

RONDO CONCERTANTE (1930)

Rolf Hind, Northern Sinf/Thomas Zehetmair • NMC D140

ROSSINI SUITE

Scottish CO/Steuart Bedford • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • EMI 9781602 [review]

New Flemish SO/Patrick Pierre • Rene Gailly 87062

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112

RUSSIAN FUNERAL (1936)

City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle • EMI CDC5 55476-2 • 2427432 [review] • EMI Collector's Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Iveson • Decca 430 369-2 • Decca 468811-2

Wallace Collection/Simon Wright • Collins Classics 12292

London Brass Virtuosi/David Honeyball • Hyperion CDA66189

Avatar Brass Quintet/Lowell Graham • Klavier 11112

Millar Brass Ensemble/Vincent Cichowicz • Delos DE3171

Kensington Symphonic Brass/Russell Keable • Dunelm DRD0253 [review]

London Collegiate Brass/James Stobart • CRD 3444 [review]


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