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Benjamin Britten

1913–1976

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A Birthday Hansel, Op.92817 min 00 s
A Boy Was Born, Op.3359 min 58 s
A Ceremony of Carols, Op.288714 min 33 s
A Charm of Lullabies, Op.411110 min 17 s
A Dirge11 min 14 s
A Hymn to the Virgin633 min 21 s
A Little Idyll12 min 29 s
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.641337 min 33 s
A Shepherd's Carol84 min 13 s
A Sweet Lullaby "Come Little Babe"14 min 00 s
A Wealden Trio: The Song of the Women42 min 51 s
A Wedding Anthem, Op.4649 min 12 s
A. M. D. G., Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam616 min 26 s
Advance Democracy33 min 15 s
Albert Herring, chamber opera, Op.3971 h 47 min
Alla Marcia63 min 39 s
An American in England, music for a 6-part radio program117 min 41 s
An American Overture29 min 55 s
Antiphon, Op.56b95 min 48 s
Around the Village Green11 min 24 s
At the mid hour of night32 min 47 s

B

Ballad of Heroes, Op.14217 min 18 s
Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard59 min 30 s
Billy Budd, Op.50111 h 14 min
Britain to America, music for 3 radio programs12 min 06 s

C

Ca' the yowes23 min 57 s
Calypso42 min 22 s
Canadian Carnival, Op.19313 min 50 s
Cantata academica, Op.62320 min 54 s
Cantata misericordium, Op.69319 min 47 s
Canticle I: My Beloved Is Mine, Op.401411 min 25 s
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op.511016 min 25 s
Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, Op.551213 min 28 s
Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, Op.86811 min 31 s
Canticle V: The Death of St Narcissus, Op.89129 min 03 s
Canticles59 min 52 s
Cello Symphony, Op.682034 min 55 s
Chamber Music V21 min 21 s
Children and Sir Nameless32 min 44 s
Children's Crusade, Op.82219 min 10 s
Coal Face111 min 53 s
Come you not from Newcastle?61 min 17 s
Corpus Christi Carol112 min 42 s
Cradle Song for Eleanor12 min 32 s
Curlew River, church parable, Op.7121 h 09 min

D

Dans les bois11 min 43 s
Dawtie's Devotion31 min 12 s
Dear harp of my country12 min 10 s
Death in Venice, Op.8841 h 53 min
Deus in adjutorium meum85 min 06 s
Diaphenia11 min 56 s
Diversions, Op.21924 min 26 s

E

Early one morning22 min 47 s
Elegy, for solo viola26 min 50 s

F

Fancie: Tell me where is fancy bred158 s
Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury33 min 29 s
Festival Te Deum, Op.32146 min 11 s
Fileuse, folksong11 min 56 s
Fish in the Unruffled Lakes83 min 07 s
Friday Afternoons, Op.7169 min 47 s
Funeral Blues52 min 42 s

G

Gemini Variations, 4 hands, Op.73215 min 07 s
Gloriana, Op.531624 min 25 s
Gloriana, Op.53a1118 min 09 s

H

Holiday Diary, Op.5513 min 02 s
How sweet the answer42 min 04 s
Hymn of St. Columba132 min 16 s
Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op.273710 min 32 s
Hymn to St. Peter, Op.56a135 min 44 s

I

I will give my love an apple21 min 31 s
If it's ever spring again32 min 48 s
In Memoriam Dennis Brain13 min 53 s
Introduction and Allegro114 min 14 s

J

Johnny69 min 00 s
Johnson over Jordan413 min 29 s
Jubilate Deo, in C major "St. Anthony Variations"22 min 48 s
Jubilate Deo, in E flat major "St. Anthony Variations"22 min 46 s

K

King Herod and the Cock41 min 42 s

L

La belle est au jardin d'amour32 min 53 s
La Noël passée13 min 52 s
Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland, Op.482413 min 57 s
Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland, Op.48a2014 min 08 s
Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse22 min 26 s
Lemady, folksong11 min 29 s
Les illuminations, Op.184720 min 58 s
Lilian13 min 00 s
Little Sir William52 min 54 s
Love from a Stranger110 min 26 s
Lucy11 min 25 s

M

Matinées musicales, Op.24614 min 06 s
May21 min 20 s
Men Behind the Meters13 min 12 s
Men of Goodwill, variations on a carol28 min 28 s
Miniature Suite, for string quartet110 min 20 s
Missa Brevis in D major "St. Anthony Variations", Op.63199 min 44 s
Movements for a Clarinet Concerto218 min 39 s

N

Night covers up the rigid land22 min 04 s
Night Piece75 min 34 s
Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op.702517 min 21 s
Nocturne, Op.601724 min 36 s
Now sleeps the crimson petal33 min 25 s
Noye's Fludde, children's opera, Op.59531 min 01 s

O

O can ye sew cushions?12 min 01 s
O Waly, Waly73 min 48 s
Occasional Overture in C major "St. Anthony Variations", Op.3817 min 18 s
Of a' the airts the wind can blaw11 min 06 s
Oft in the stilly night22 min 43 s
Oh why did e'er my thoughts aspire11 min 34 s
Oliver Cromwell342 s
On the Frontier213 min 56 s
On this Island, Op.112210 min 43 s
Our Hunting Fathers, Op.8528 min 04 s
Owen Wingrave, Op.85546 min 43 s

P

Passacaglia, Op.33b96 min 46 s
Paul Bunyan, Op.17737 min 07 s
Peter Grimes, Op.333059 min 56 s
Phaedra, Op.93913 min 49 s
Phantasy Quartet in F minor "St. Anthony Variations", Op.21514 min 00 s
Phantasy, in F minor "St. Anthony Variations"110 min 59 s
Piano Concerto in D major, Op.131740 min 31 s
Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria45 min 10 s
Prelude and Fugue, Op.2999 min 09 s
Prithee11 min 52 s
Psalm 150, Op.6754 min 56 s
Purcell Realizations from Harmonia Sacra14 min 38 s

Q

Quand j'étais chez mon père22 min 08 s
Quartettino316 min 18 s

R

Reflection24 min 10 s
Rejoice in the Lamb, Op.302614 min 44 s
Rhapsody, for string quartet27 min 24 s
Rondo Concertante114 min 58 s
Russian Funeral26 min 17 s

S

Sacred and Profane, Op.911414 min 29 s
Sail on, sail on22 min 49 s
Saint Nicolas, treble, Op.42943 min 47 s
Scottish Ballad, Op.26514 min 24 s
Serenade, Op.313820 min 26 s
She's like the swallow12 min 59 s
Simple Symphony, Op.45015 min 18 s
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.202419 min 25 s
Sinfonietta, Op.11315 min 39 s
Soirées Musicales, Op.9129 min 35 s
Somnus, the Humble God12 min 11 s
Sonata for cello and piano in A major212 min 46 s
Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op.652720 min 36 s
Sonatina Romantica, for piano12 min 53 s
Songs and Proverbs of W. Blake, Op.74816 min 30 s
Songs from the Chinese, Op.58910 min 18 s
Spring Symphony, Op.442220 min 38 s
String Quartet in D major420 min 09 s
String Quartet in F major222 min 30 s
String Quartet No.1 in D major, Op.251225 min 12 s
String Quartet No.2 in C major, Op.361727 min 19 s
String Quartet No.3, Op.941826 min 38 s
Suite for harp in C major, Op.831414 min 10 s
Suite for solo cello No.1, Op.722926 min 36 s
Suite for solo cello No.2, Op.802822 min 31 s
Suite for solo cello No.3, Op.873621 min 59 s
Suite for violin and piano, Op.61413 min 40 s
Suite on English folk tunes, Op.90814 min 59 s
Sweet Polly Oliver42 min 22 s
Sweet was the Song52 min 44 s

T

Telegrams22 min 32 s
Tell me the Truth about Love55 min 15 s
Tema "Sacher,"21 min 00 s
Temporal Variations1413 min 40 s
The Ascent of F6133 min 01 s
The ash grove62 min 53 s
The Birds81 min 51 s
The Bitter Withy25 min 11 s
The Bonny Earl o' Moray32 min 27 s
The brisk young widow42 min 04 s
The Building of the House, Op.7915 min 02 s
The Company of Heaven226 min 53 s
The Eagle Has Two Heads11 min 20 s
The foggy, foggy dew42 min 17 s
The Golden Vanity, Op.78318 min 36 s
The Gully355 s
The Heart of the Matter, narrator320 min 10 s
The Holly and the Ivy11 min 56 s
The Joy of Grief11 min 08 s
The King's Stamp114 min 12 s
The last rose of summer74 min 10 s
The Lincolnshire poacher31 min 59 s
The Little Sweep, children's opera, Op.45544 min 00 s
The miller of Dee32 min 01 s
The minstrel boy41 min 56 s
The Owl11 min 27 s
The Oxen42 min 55 s
The Plough Boy71 min 49 s
The Poet's Echo, Op.76712 min 29 s
The Prince of the Pagodas, Op.5771 h 14 min
The Queen's Epicedium18 min 28 s
The Rape of Lucretia, chamber opera, Op.37940 min 53 s
The Red Cockatoo114 min 44 s
The Rescue of Penelope136 min 13 s
The Salley Gardens122 min 35 s
The soldier and the sailor12 min 07 s
The Sun Shines Down22 min 04 s
The Sycamore Tree41 min 40 s
The Tocher19 min 35 s
The trees they grow so high43 min 34 s
The Way to the sea214 min 51 s
There's none to soothe41 min 44 s
This Way to the Tomb, 4 hands22 min 25 s
To lie flat on the back22 min 24 s
Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements125 min 16 s
Tradition353 s
Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op.54111 h 10 min
Two Portraits314 min 41 s

U

Um Mitternacht44 min 13 s
Untitled Fragment228 min 30 s

V

Variations1021 min 26 s
Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, Op.103520 min 43 s
Venite exultemus Domino, in C major "St. Anthony Variations"34 min 51 s
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.152835 min 44 s
Virtue in Deeds Not Words11 min 11 s
Voices for Today, Op.7519 min 45 s
Voici le printemps11 min 40 s

W

War Requiem, Op.663855 min 36 s
Welcome Ode, Op.9518 min 22 s
What's in your mind?11 min 50 s
When you’re feeling like expressing your affection553 s
Who are these Children?, Op.84618 min 47 s
Wild with passion12 min 05 s
Winter Words, Op.521820 min 00 s
Witches' Song143 s

Y

Young Apollo, Op.16107 min 39 s
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.346015 min 46 s

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2 Ballads41 min 51 s
2 Insect Pieces84 min 50 s
2 Lullabies15 min 42 s
2 Part-Songs64 min 45 s
2 Pieces, Op.23512 min 18 s
2 Songs by Thomas Hardy15 min 44 s
3 Character Pieces27 min 17 s
3 Divertimenti810 min 19 s
4 Cabaret songs for Hedli Anderson414 min 46 s
4 Chansons Françaises911 min 10 s
4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op.33a3417 min 00 s
5 Flower Songs, Op.47119 min 28 s
5 French Folk Songs112 min 37 s
5 Waltzes210 min 44 s
6 Hölderlin Fragments, Op.61911 min 39 s
6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op.492112 min 57 s
7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op.221917 min 19 s
8 Folk Song Arrangements687 min 43 s
9 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op.351423 min 13 s
12 Variations18 min 41 s

Albums

Late Summer Languidness
Christmas Classics 2024
An Ode to Nature - Welcome Spring
Concert of the Birds
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos etc.
A Musical Bestiary
Relaxing Cello
Soft Relaxing Guitar
Scenes of Pastoral Life
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; A Boy was Born; Psalm 150
Zzz - Classical Dream. Music for Deep Sleep
Spring Sonatas
Sacred Music Jewels
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Simple Symphony, etc.
"Moonlight" Sonata - Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy
Torrid Classics - Voluptuous Music for Passionate Nights
Refreshing Classics
Antonio Pappano & Friends
Carols from King’s College, Cambridge
The Poetic Conductor

Performers

Sir Peter Pears
Steuart Bedford (Conductor)
Philip Langridge (Tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Traditional
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Richard Hickox (Conductor)
Harry Christophers (Conductor)
Mark Milhofer
Marco Scolastra (Piano)
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Sir Simon Rattle (Conductor)
Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge (Choir)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Edward Gardner (Conductor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
Paul Spicer (Conductor)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)

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