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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

 

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LACHRYMAE (op. 48, 1950)

Morten Carlsen/Sergei Osadchuk • 2L 2L1

Heinrich Koll/Madoka Inui • Naxos 8.557606

Yuri Bashmet/Sviatoslav Richter • Revelation 0100602RV

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

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



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

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

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

Rivka Golani/Musici di Montreal/Turovsky • Chandos CHAN 8817  • re-released as 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

Roger Best/English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751

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

Lars Anders Tomter/Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2

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



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 • re-released asASV PLT8503

Barbara Hendricks/English CO/Colin Davis • EMI CDC5 55053-2

Elisabeth Söderström/English CO/Gilbert Levine • Arabesque Z6603

Felicity Lott/Royal Nat. Scottish O/Bryden Thomson • Chandos CHAN 8657 • re-released as Chandos Enchant CHAN 7112 and Chandos CHAN10192X

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

Jill Gomez/Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield • EMI CDM 565114-2

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

Felicity Lott/ English CO/Stuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557206

Peter Pears/CBS SO/Benjamin Britten • NMC NMCD030

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

Peter Pears/New SO/Eugene Goossens • Decca Eloquence 4768470

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 • also available on MDG 9011275

Ian Bostridge/Berlin PO/Simon Rattle • EMI 5580492

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

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

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

Suzanne Danco/Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet • Cascavelle 2010

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



A LITTLE IDYLL (1930)

Anthony Goldstone • Diversions 24118



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

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



LOVE FROM A STRANGER

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



TWO LULLABIES FOR TWO PIANOS (1936)

Stephen Hough, Ronan O'Hora • EMI CDM567429-2 • re-released on Virgin Classics VC 1912032

Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow • Olympia OCD648



MATINEE MUSICALES (op. 24, 1941)

English CO/Alexander Gibson • EMI CD-CFP4598

Helsingborg SO/Okku Kamu • Ondine ODE825-2  

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

New Flemish SO/Patrick Peire • Rene Gailly 87062



MAZURKA ELEGIACA (op. 23/2, 1941)

Clifford Curzon, Benjamin Britten • Beulah 1PD14 • re-released on Pearl 9177

Stephen Hough, Ronan O'Hara • EMI CDM567429-2

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

 

MEN BEHIND THE METERS (1935)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112



SIX METAMORPHOSES AFTER OVID (op. 49, 1951)

Heinz Holliger • Philips 434 076-2

Sarah Francis • Hyperion CDA66776 • re-released as 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 • also released on EMI CDC 5553982

Eric Speller • Ambroisie AMB9909

François Leleux • Harmonia Mundi 911556

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

Lajos Lencsés • Cadenza 800915

John Mack • Crystal 323

(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 • also released as part of boxset with other opera Decca 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

Ileana Cotrubas, James Bowman, Curt Appelgren, Cynthia Buchan, Ryland Davies, Dale Duesing, Felicity Lott, Damien Nash/London PO/Bernard Haitink • Kultur DVD 1411 • also released on 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 • re-released on Virgin 3813822

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



MISSA BREVIS (op. 63, 1959)

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

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

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   • re-released on EMI 562796-2

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

Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington • Lammas LAMM146D

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

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



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

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

London PO/Lennox Berkeley • Lyrita SRCS-50



MOVEMENT FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA (1943)

Thea King/ECO/Barry Wordsworth • Hyperion CDA66634 • re-released as Hyperion Helios CDH55060



MOVEMENT FOR WIND SEXTET (1930)

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

 

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

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



NIGHT MAIL (1936)

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

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112



NOCTURNAL AFTER JOHN DOWLAND (op. 70, 1963)

Craig Ogden • Hyperion CDA67648

Julian Bream • EMI CDC 754901-2

Julian Bream • 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



NOCTURNE (op. 60, 1958)

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

Philip Langridge/Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2   • re-relased as Naxos 8.557199

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

Anthony Rolfe Johnson/London Mozart Players/Jane Glover • ASV CDDCA682 • re-released as ASV PLT8503

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

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

Peter Pears/English CO/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCL8013-2

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

Jerry Hadley/English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751

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

Benjamin Butterfield/Manitoba CO/Simon Streatfield • CBC 5187



NOTTURNO (Night Piece) (1963)

Michael Dussek • Hyperion CDA66776   • re-released as Hyperion Helios CDH55154

Anthony Goldstone • Diversions 24118

Stephen Hough • EMI CDM567429-2

David Glen Hatch • Critics Choice 1333



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



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   • also available on 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



OCCASIONAL OVERTURE (op. 38, 1946)

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

City of Birmingham SO/Rattle • EMI British Composers CZS5739832



ON THIS ISLAND (op. 11, 1937)

Berenice Bramson/Nancy Revzen • ABCD SP-9007

Barbara Bonney/Malcolm Martineau • Onyx 4003

Paul Austin Kelly/Michael Recchiuti • GM Recordings GM2022

Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • re-released as 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

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



OUR HUNTING FATHERS (op. 8, 1936)

Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinf/Daniel Harding • EMI CDC5565342

Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinf/Daniel Harding • 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 • re-released as 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



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

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 • also available on & Kultur D2923 (NTSC)



THE OXEN (1967)

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

Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • EMI CDC7492572 • also released on EMI British Composers CZS5743462



PAUL BUNYAN (op. 17, 1941)

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

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

(overture - arr. C Matthews) London SO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1102-2   • re-released as Naxos 8.557197

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

 

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  

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen/Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Bernard Haitink • EMI CDS 7 54832-2   re-released as 5091562

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

Peter Pears, Claire Watson, James Pease/Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Covent Garden/Benjamin Britten • Decca 414 577-2 • also available on boxset with other operas Decca 321302 and Decca Legends 467682

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

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

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)



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

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

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

New Zealand SO/Myer Fredman • Naxos 8.553107

Royal Liverpool Phil O/Libor Pesek • Virgin VC 7 595502 • re-released on Virgin Classics 61835-2

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

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

San Francisco Op O/Donald Runnicles • Arabesque Z6764

London Phil O/Adrian Boult • details unknown

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

(Interludes only) London SO/André Previn • EMI CDM7647362 • re-released on EMI 562616-2 & EMI 3886762

(Interludes only) Boston SO/Leonard Bernstein • Deutsche Grammophon 474 936-2 • re-released on DG 469460-2

(Interludes only) Boston SO/Leonard Bernstein • DG 474936-2

(Interludes only) Boston SO/Leonard Bernstein • DG 431768-2  

(Interludes only) New York Phil O/Leonard Bernstein • Sony SMK47541 • re-released on Sony 87891

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

(Interludes only) Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9221

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

(Interludes only) English SO/William Boughton • Nimbus NI5295 • re-released on Nimbus NI1751 and Nimbus NI7017

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

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

(Interludes only) Carlo Maria Giulini • EMI Profile (details unknown)

(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



PHAEDRA (op. 93, 1975)

Ann Murray/ECO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2 • re-relased as Naxos 8.557199

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

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

Lorraine Hunt/Hallé Orchestra/Kent Nagano • Erato 0630 12713-2 • re-released on Elatus 0927490102

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

Felicity Palmer/Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield • EMI CDM 565114-2

 

PHANTASY QUARTET (op. 2, 1932)

Gordon Hunt, Tale Qt • BIS CD-763  

Sarah Francis, Delme Qt • Hyperion CDA66776 • re-released as 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

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

Contrastes • Ambroisie AMB9909

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



PHANTASY QUINTET IN F MINOR (1932)

Kenneth Essex, Gabrieli Quartet • Unicorn Kanchana UKCD2060

Nicholas Logie, Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2



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 re-released as Naxos 8.557197 (includes original third movement)

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

Leif Ove Andsnes/City Birmingham SO/Paavo Järvi • EMI CDC5567602

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

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

Annette Servadei/London Phil O/Joseph Giunta • Hyperion CDA66293

David Strong/Aalborg SO/Douglas Bostock • Classico CLASSCD704



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

Galina Vishnevskaya/Msitislav Rostropovich • Decca 433200-2 • re-released on 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/Kent Nagano • Erato 3984255022 • re-released on Elatus 0927467182



PRAISE WE GREAT MEN (1976)

Alison Hargan, Mary King, Robert Tear, Willard White/City of Birmingham S Ch & O/Rattle • EMI CDS 7542702 • re-released on EMI British Composers series CZS5739832



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

Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • ASV CDDCA 591

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

Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Ronald Thomas • Chandos CHAN6592

English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751

Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2

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 • re-released on Universal Rosette Collection 4761641



PRELUDE AND FUGUE ON A THEME OF VITTORIA (1946)

John Charles Schucker • AlbemarleAR 1003

Christopher Robinson • Naxos 8.554791

Timothy Boyd • Regent REGCD205

Michael Kleinschmidt • Koch 7030

Arturo Sacchetti • Arts Music 47391-2

Julian Wachner • Arsis 134



PRINCE OF THE PAGODAS (op. 57, 1956)

London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen • Virgin Classics VCD 7 595782 

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Ashley Lawrence NVC Arts 9031-93826-2

 

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

BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin • Chandos CHSA 5017 • re-released as Chandos CHAN10111

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  

New London Children's Ch/London Schools SOSteuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1483-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557203

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



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   • also released in boxset Decca 4756020

Jean Rigby, Donald Maxwell/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9254/5  

Otakar Kraus, Peter Pears, Frederick Sharp, Owen Brannigan, Joan Cross, Kathleen Ferrier, Margaret Ritchie, Anna Pollak/English Opera Group/Reginald Goodall • Pearl GEMS0231 • also released on Gala 500 • excerpts on EMI CMS 764727-2  

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



REALIZATIONS - Purcell & Others

Complete Purcell realizations (also listed separately) • Hyperion CDA 67061/2 • re-released as Hyperion Dyad CDD22058

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

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