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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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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Monday, March 16, 2026

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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Saturday, March 14, 2026

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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Friday, March 13, 2026

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
&
Peter Donohoe, piano

Date: 2000
Label: Naxos

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

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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