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Britten: Essential Recordings

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by

Various Artists,

Benjamin Britten

Collaborators: 110

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Dec 1, 2022

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Britten: Essential Recordings

Various Artists

91

credits

Songwriters (1)

Composer

Benjamin Britten

Francis Beaumont

Wystan Hugh Auden

Musicians (12)

Leader

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

Instrumentation

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

NDR-Sinfonieorchester

Philharmonia Orchestra

Philharmonic Orchestra

Gabrieli Consort

Visual (0)

Organizations (2)

Record Label

Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

UME - Global Clearing House

Publisher

EUROPEAN AMERICAN MUSIC OBO UNIVERSAL EDITION INC

FABER MUSIC LIMITED

BOOSEY & HAWKES INC

Producers (4)

Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Benjamin Britten

Carlo Maria Giulini

Producer

Dr. Peter Czornyj

Karl-August Naegler

Nicholas Parker

Christopher Alder

Engineers (3)

Mastering

Mixing

Engineer

Neil Hutchinson

Hans-Peter Schweigmann

Management (0)

Others (3)

Supervision

Miscellaneous

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH

Mstislav Rostropovich

Editorial

Jenni Whiteside

Songwriters (1)

Composer

Benjamin Britten

Francis Beaumont

Wystan Hugh Auden

Producers (4)

Conductor

John Eliot Gardiner

Benjamin Britten

Carlo Maria Giulini

Producer

Dr. Peter Czornyj

Karl-August Naegler

Nicholas Parker

Christopher Alder

Musicians (12)

Leader

Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

Instrumentation

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

NDR-Sinfonieorchester

Philharmonia Orchestra

Philharmonic Orchestra

Gabrieli Consort

Engineers (3)

Mastering

Mixing

Engineer

Neil Hutchinson

Hans-Peter Schweigmann

Visual (0)

Management (0)

Organizations (2)

Record Label

Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

UME - Global Clearing House

Publisher

EUROPEAN AMERICAN MUSIC OBO UNIVERSAL EDITION INC

FABER MUSIC LIMITED

BOOSEY & HAWKES INC

Others (3)

Supervision

Miscellaneous

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH

Mstislav Rostropovich

Editorial

Jenni Whiteside

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Tracks

1

Suite for Harp, Op. 83: IV. Fugue. Lively

Magdalena Hoffmann, Benjamin Britten

2

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 11. Sound the flute!

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Seal, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers, Benjamin Britten

3

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Dies irae (II)

The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

4

Folksong Arrangements - France: 2. Voici le Printemps

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

5

Suite for Harp, Op. 83: II. Toccata. Fast and gay

Magdalena Hoffmann, Benjamin Britten

6

Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31: Prologue

Dale Clevenger, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Benjamin Britten

7

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 3. Spring, the sweet Spring

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Alison Hagley, Catherine Robbin, John Eliot Gardiner, John Mark Ainsley, Benjamin Britten

8

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Be slowly lifted up

John Eliot Gardiner, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Bo Skovhus, Benjamin Britten

9

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Bo Skovhus, Benjamin Britten

10

Five Flower Songs op.47: 2. The Succession of the Four Sweet Months

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

11

Folksong Arrangements - France: 7. Eho! Eho!

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

12

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 4. The driving boy

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Seal, Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, Benjamin Britten

13

Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: I cannot grow

Penelope Vickers, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross, Emma Preston-Dunlop, Peter Mitchell, Richard Savage, Benjamin Britten

14

Five Flower Songs op.47: 5. Ballad of Green Broom

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

15

Five Flower Songs op.47: 1. To Daffodils

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

16

Folksong Arrangements - France: 3. Fileuse

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

17

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 2. The merry cuckoo

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Mark Ainsley, Benjamin Britten

18

Folksong Arrangements - France: 4. Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

19

A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41: 2. The Highland Bales

Malcolm Martineau, Magdalena Kozená, Benjamin Britten

20

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Lacrimosa dies illa

The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Luba Orgonasova, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

21

Five Flower Songs op.47: 3. Marsh Flowers

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

22

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 10. Fair and fair

Philharmonia Orchestra, Alison Hagley, John Eliot Gardiner, John Mark Ainsley, Benjamin Britten

23

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 9. When will my May come

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Mark Ainsley, Benjamin Britten

24

Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: IV. Marcia. Energico (Ed. Rostropovich) - Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016

Lily Maisky, Mischa Maisky, Benjamin Britten

25

Folksong Arrangements - France: 8. Quand j'étais chez mon père

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

26

Folksong Arrangements - France: 5. La belle est au jardin d'amour

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

27

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 7. Waters above!

Philharmonia Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Mark Ainsley, Benjamin Britten

28

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 6. Welcome Maids of Honour

Philharmonia Orchestra, Catherine Robbin, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

29

Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: In a garden shady

Penelope Vickers, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross, Emma Preston-Dunlop, Peter Mitchell, Richard Savage, Benjamin Britten

30

Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: V. Moto perpetuo. Presto (Ed. Rostropovich) - Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016

Lily Maisky, Mischa Maisky, Benjamin Britten

31

Five Flower Songs op.47: 4. The Evening Primrose

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

32

Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: II. Scherzo-pizzicato. Allegretto (Ed. Rostropovich) - Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016

Lily Maisky, Mischa Maisky, Benjamin Britten

33

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Bugles sang, saddening the evening air

John Eliot Gardiner, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Bo Skovhus, Benjamin Britten

34

The National Anthem (God Save The Queen)

London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Chorus

35

Suite for Harp, Op. 83: III. Nocturne. Slow and quiet

Magdalena Hoffmann, Benjamin Britten

36

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Liber scriptus proferetur

The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Luba Orgonasova, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

37

Corpus Christi Carol

Ulf Forsberg, Ulrika Jansson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mats Rondin, Torbjörn Helander, Svante Henryson, Markus Leoson, Benjamin Britten

38

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 5. The morning star

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

39

Suite for Harp, Op. 83: I. Overture. Majestic

Magdalena Hoffmann, Benjamin Britten

40

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe

The Monteverdi Choir, Tölzer Knabenchor, John Eliot Gardiner, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

41

Folksong Arrangements - France: 1. La Noel passée

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

42

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Agnus Dei: One ever hangs where shelled roads part

The Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

43

A Hymn To The Virgin

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli, Benjamin Britten

44

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Sanctus: After the blast of lightning from the East

John Eliot Gardiner, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Bo Skovhus, Benjamin Britten

45

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam: What passing bells for these who die as cattle?

The Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

46

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Dies irae (I)

The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

47

Hymn to St. Cecilia (1942), Op. 27: O ear whose creatures

Penelope Vickers, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross, Emma Preston-Dunlop, Peter Mitchell, Richard Savage, Benjamin Britten

48

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Recordare Jesu pie

The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

49

Suite for Harp, Op. 83: V. Hymn. Slow and solemn

Magdalena Hoffmann, Benjamin Britten

50

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Dies Irae: Move him into the sun

The Monteverdi Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Luba Orgonasova, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

51

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Requiem aeternam: Requiem aeternam

The Monteverdi Choir, Tölzer Knabenchor, John Eliot Gardiner, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

52

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Catherine Robbin, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

53

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium: So Abraham rose, and clave the wood

The Monteverdi Choir, Tölzer Knabenchor, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Bo Skovhus, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

54

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: Let us sleep now...In paradisum

The Monteverdi Choir, Tölzer Knabenchor, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Luba Orgonasova, Bo Skovhus, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

55

Folksong Arrangements - France: 6. Il est quelqu'un sur terre

Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Benjamin Britten

56

Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: III. Elegia. Lento (Ed. Rostropovich) - Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016

Lily Maisky, Mischa Maisky, Benjamin Britten

57

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Sanctus: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Luba Orgonasova, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

58

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: Libera me, Domine

The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Howard Arman, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Luba Orgonasova, Benjamin Britten, NDR Chor

59

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 12. Finale: London, to thee I do present

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Alison Hagley, Catherine Robbin, John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Seal, John Mark Ainsley, Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, Benjamin Britten

60

Spring Symphony, Op. 44: 1. Introduction: Shine out

Philharmonia Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Britten

61

Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: I. Dialogo. Allegro (Ed. Rostropovich) - Live at Schloss Elmau, Krün / 2016

Lily Maisky, Mischa Maisky, Benjamin Britten

62

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me: It seemed that out of battle I escaped

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Bo Skovhus, Benjamin Britten