Benjamin Britten - Young Person's Guide; Bridge Variations; Simple Symphony

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

• The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
• Simple Symphony, Op. 4
• Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10

London Symphony Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra

Benjamin Britten, conductor

Date: 1963; 1968; 1966

Label: Decca

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Benjamin Britten - Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto (Sviatoslav Richter; Mark Lubotsky)

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

• Piano Concerto, Op. 13
• Violin Concerto, Op. 15

Sviatoslav Richter, piano

Mark Lubotsky, violin

English Chamber Orchestra

Benjamin Britten, conductor

Date: 1970

Label: Decca

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Benjamin Britten - Cello Symphony; Sinfonia da Requiem (Mstislav Rostropovich; Benjamin Britten)

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

• Cello Symphony, Op. 68
• Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
• Cantata misericordium, Op. 69

Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

Peter Pears, tenor / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone

English Chamber Orchestra

New Philharmonia Orchestra

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Benjamin Britten, conductor

Date: 1964; 1963

Label: Decca

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Benjamin Britten - Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Cello Sonata (Mstislav Rostropovich)

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

• Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72
• Cello Suite No. 2, Op. 80
• Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 65

Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

Benjamin Britten, piano

Date: 1968; 1961

Label: Decca

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Benjamin Britten - War Requiem (Gianandrea Noseda)

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

• War Requiem, Op. 66

Ian Bostridge

Simon Keenlyside

Sabina Cvilak

Choir of Eltham College

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Date: 2012

Label: LSO Live

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Benjamin Britten - War Requiem

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Composer: Benjamin Britten

• War Requiem, Op. 66 (+ rehearsal)

Galina Vishnevskaya

Peter Pears

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

The Bach Choir

Melos Ensemble

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Benjamin Britten, conductor

Date: 1963

Label: Decca

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William Walton - Film Music Vol. 4 (Neville Marriner)

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Composer: William Walton

• Richard III, A Shakespeare Scenario
• Macbeth: Fanfare and March
• Major Barbara - A Shavian Sequence for Orchestra

John Gielgud, speaker

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Neville Marriner, conductor

Date: 1991

Label: Chandos

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William Walton - Film Music Vol. 3 (Neville Marriner)

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Composer: William Walton

• Henry V, A Shakespeare Scenario

Christopher Plummer, narrator

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Neville Marriner, conductor

Date: 1990

Label: Chandos

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William Walton - Film Music Vol. 2 (Neville Marriner)

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Composer: William Walton

• 'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue
• A Wartime Sketchbook
• Suite 'Escape Me Never'
• 'The Three Sisters', Music for the Film
• Suite 'Battle of Britain'

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Neville Marriner, conductor

Date: 1990

Label: Chandos

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William Walton - Film Music Vol. 1 (Neville Marriner)

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Composer: William Walton

• Hamlet, A Shakespeare Scenario
• As You Like It, A Poem for Orchestra after Shakespeare

John Gielgud, narrator

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Neville Marriner, conductor

Date: 1989

Label: Chandos

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William Walton - Complete Song Collection (Siân Dicker; Krystal Tunnicliffe; Saki Kato)

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Composer: William Walton

• A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table
• Anon in Love
• Four Early Songs
• Tritons
• Under the Greenwood Tree
• Christopher Columbus: Beatriz' Song (arr. Christopher Palmer)
• Three ‘Façade’ Settings

Siân Dicker, soprano

Krystal Tunnicliffe, piano

Saki Kato, guitar

Date: 2024

Label: Delphian Records

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William Walton - String Quartets (Doric String Quartet)

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Composer: William Walton

• String Quartet No. 1
• String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Doric String Quartet

    Alex Redington, violin

    Jonathan Stone, violin

    Simon Tandree, viola

    John Myerscough, cello

Date: 2011

Label: Chandos

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William Walton - Piano Quartet; String Quartet (Maggini Quartet; Peter Donohoe)

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Composer: William Walton

• String Quartet in A minor
• Piano Quartet in D minor

Maggini Quartet

    Laurence Jackson, violin

    David Angel, violin

    Martin Outram, viola

    Michal Kaznowski, cello

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Peter Donohoe, piano

Date: 2000

Label: Naxos

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William Walton - Violin Concerto; Portsmouth Point; Troilus and Cressida (John Wilson)

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Composer: William Walton

• Troilus and Cressida Symphonic Suite (arr. Christoper Palmer)
• Violin Concerto
• Portsmouth Point

Charlie Lovell-Jones, violin

Sinfonia of London

John Wilson, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Chandos

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William Walton - Symphonies (Martyn Brabbins)

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Composer: William Walton

• Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
• Siesta
• Symphony No. 2

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2011

Label: Hyperion

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