SACRED AND PROFANE (op. 91, 1975)
The Sixteen/Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2 • Coro COR16107
Cambridge University Chamber Ch/Tim Brown • Gamut GAMCD 529 • Heritage HTGCD213 [review][review]
Cambridge Trinity College Ch/Richard Marlow • Conifer 75605512872
Quink Ensemble • Etcetera KTC1017
RIAS C Ch/Marcus Creed • Harmonia Mundi HMC 901734
Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9701
Polyphony/Stephen Layton • Hyperion CDA67140 • Hyperion GAW21140
Vasari Singers/Caryl Thomas/Jeremy Backhouse • Classics for Pleasure 5737212 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review]
Hover Chamber Ch America • Pomegranate
Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448 [review] [review]
Ensemble Vocal Aedes • Eloquentia EL1237
Eric Ericson Ch/Eric Ericson • Caprice CAP21813
RIAS-Kammerchor/Marcus Creed • Harmonia Mundi HMG501734
SWR Vokalensemble/Marcus Creed • Hanssler 93342
(Ye that pasen by) Sospri • Naxos 8573078 [review]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Corydon Singers/ECO/Matthew Best • Hyperion CDA66333 & CDH55378 [review]
Peter Pears, David Hemmings, Ralph Downes/Girls’ Choir of Sir John Leman School, Beccles, Boys’ Choir of Ipswich School Preparatory Department, Aldeburgh Festival Choir & Orchestra/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 714-2 • Decca 475 6156 • Decca 4756040
Philip Langridge/Tallis Chamber Choir/ECO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1483-2 • Naxos 8.557203 [review]
Bruce Russell, Robert Tear, Sir Andrew Davis, Ian Hare /Cambridge Girls’ Chorus/King’s College Choir/Cambridge/Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields/David Willcocks • EMI CDM5 65112-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 4402922
Mark Tucker/Zurich Boy Ch/Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths • Claves 2302 [review]
Joseph Frank/Christ Church Cathedral Ch/Indianapolis Festival O/Frederick Burgomaster • Four Winds 3023
Peter Pears, others unknown • Documents 231134
Trinity College Cambridge Ch/Stephen Layton • Hyperion CDA67946 [review] [review]
King’s College, Cambridge Ch, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Cleobury • King’s College KGS0003 [review]
SCOTTISH BALLAD (op. 26, 1941)
Peter Donohoe/City of Birmingham SO/Rattle • EMI British Composers series CZS5739832 [review] • 2427432 [review] • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]
Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas/Luxembourg Radio/Television SO/Ettore Stratta • Phoenix 104
Robert Cowan, Joan Yarbrough/Berlin Radio SO/Paul Freeman • Centaur 2095
Duo pianistico di Padova, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto/Luigi Piovano • Brilliant Classics 96163 [review]
SERENADE FOR TENOR HORN & STRINGS (op. 31, 1943)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Thompson/Royal Nat. Scottish O/Bryden Thomson • Chandos CHAN8657 • re-released as Chandos Enchant CHAN7112 and Chandos CHAN10192X [review]
Ian Bostridge, Maria Luise Neunecker/Bamberg SO/Ingo Metzmacher • EMI 5561832 • EMI 7235472
Christoph Pregardien, Ib Lanzky-Otto /Tapiola Sinfonietta/Osmo Vänskä • BIS CD-540
Martyn Hill, Frank Lloyd/City London Sinf/Richard Hickox • Virgin 3499232 • Virgin Classics 5619782
Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell/Strings of the London SO/Benjamin Britten • London 436 395-2 • also released on London 417 153-2
Peter Pears, Dennis Brain/Boyd Neel String Orchestra/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 996-2 • Pearl GEMMCD9177 and Decca 4688012
Peter Pears, Dennis Brain/New SO/Eugene Goossens • Eloquence 4768470 [review] • Beluah 1PD35 • Documents 600047 [review] • Documents 600116 • Alto ALC1413 [review]
Peter Pears, Dennis Brain/BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent • BBC Legends BBCL41922 [review]
Philip Langridge, Frank Lloyd/English CO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7037-2 • re-released as Naxos 8.557199 [review]
Robert Tear, Alan Civil/Northern Sinf/Neville Marriner • EMI British Composers 7695222
Toby Spence/ Martin Owen/Scottish Ens/Clio Gould • Linn CKD 226
Ian Bostridge, Radek Baborák/Berlin PO/Simon Rattle • EMI 5580492 • 2427432 [review]
Robert Tear, Dale Clevenger, Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini • Deutsche Grammophon 4232392 • 4779628 [review]
Adrian Thompson, Michael Thompson/Bournemouth Sinfonietta/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.553834
Jerry Hadley, Anthony Halstead/English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 [review] • Nimbus NI5234 [review] [review]
John Mark Ainsley, David Pyatt/Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury • EMI CD-EMX2247 • Classics for Pleasure 75563
Peter Schreier, Gunther Opitz/Leipzig Radio O/Herbert Kegel • Berlin Classics 9035
Peter Schreier, Peter Damm/Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal • Campion 1313
Benjamin Butterfield, James Sommerville/Manitoba CO/Simon Streatfield • CBC 5187
Neil Mackie, Barry Tuckwell, Scottish CO/Steuart Bedford • EMI British Composers CZS5743462 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 6955792 • EMI 4402922 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Ian Partridge, Nicholas Busch/London PO/John Pritchard • Classics for Pleasure 75978
Philip Langridge, Stefan Dohr/Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado • Image Entertainment 0374
Peter Pears, others unknown • Documents 231134
Ivan Kozlovsky, Valeri Polekh, unknown O • Vista Vera VVCD00215
Mark Padmore, Stephen Bell, Britten Sinfonia/Jacqueline Shave • Harmonia Mundi HMU807552 [review] [review]
Gerald English, Hermann Baumann, Cologne RSO/Sir John Barbirolli • ICA Classics ICAC5096 [review]
James Gilchrist, Jasper de Waal, Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson • Channel Classics CCSSA32213
Allan Clayton, Richard Watkins, Aldeburgh Strings/Markus Däunert • Linn CKD478 [review]
Holst Singers/Stephen Layton • Hyperion CDA66825
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1370-2 • Coro 16034
London Sinfonietta Ch/Terry Edwards • Virgin de Virgin 561916-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review]
Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Ch/Benjamin Smith, Jonathan Cooke, Duncan McKenzie, Nigel Howells, Harry Bicket/Francis Grier • ASV CDWHL2097
Quink Ensemble • Etcetera KTC1017
Ch Christ’s College, Cambridge/David Rowland • Regent REGCD243
Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448 [review] [review] • Decca 4785947 [review]
Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey • Eloquence 4802336
Bournemouth Sinfonietta./Richard Studt • Naxos 8.550979
English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 509-2 • Decca 4485692 • Universal Rosette Collection 4761641 • Decca Eloquence 467 237
Leningrad CO/Lazar Gosman • Manchester Classical Gallery CDMAN180
English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425160-2
Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • ASV CDDCA682 • re-released as ASV PLT8503
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra • Deutsche Grammophon 423 624-2 [review]
Kiev CO/Roman Kofman • MDG 601 1275 [review] • MDG 9011275
Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1526-2 • Naxos 8.557205 [review]
Budapest Str/Károly Botvay • Capriccio 10 584
Musici di Montreal/Yuli Turovsky • Chandos CHAN8817 • Chandos CHAN241-2
Bournemouth Sinfonietta • Chandos CHAN6592
Neel String O/Boyd Neel • Pearl GEM0002
Royal Phil O/Christopher Warren-Green • Warner Apex 2564 614372 [review]
Orchestre de Chambre 13/Jean-Pierre Lecaudey • Pavane ADW7361 [review]
English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 • Nimbus NI7017 [review]
Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 4402922 • EMI 9781602 [review]
Ensemble Audoli/Jean-Walter Audoli • Arion ARN68035
London CO/Christopher Warren-Green • Virgin 561269-2 • EMI 6955792
London Festival O/Ross Pople • Arte Nova 340520
English Sinf/John Farrer • IMP Classics 30366 00542
Ensemble Instrumentale/Jean-Walter Audoli • Arion ARN68035
English CO/Gilbert Levine • Arabesque Z6603
Berne Camerata/Thomas Füri • Denon 9409
Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal • Campion 1313
Southwest German CO/Vladislav Czarnecki • Ebs 6114
Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra/Plamen Djurov • Gega New 286
Rome CO/Nicolas Flagello • Phoenix 119
European Community CO/Eivin Aadland • IMP 1001
ASMF/Kenneth Sillito • Lasel (Collins ?) 12342
English Sinf/John Farrer • IMP Classics 30366 00542
Ensemble 13/Jean-Pierre Lecaudey • Pavane ADW7361
European Camerata/Laurent Quénelle • Fuga Libera FUG534
Trondheim Soloists • 2L 2L50SABD
Festival Strings Lucerne/Achim Felder • Oehms OC723
unknown • Documents 231134
Camerata Nordica/Terje Tonnesen • BIS BISSACD2060
Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.554360
Britten Quartet • Collins 11152 • Brilliant 9168 [review] • Alto ALC1441 [review]
I Musici/Felix Ayo • Regis RRC1417 [review]
BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent • Warner 2564 634121 [review]
Emperor Qt • BIS BIS1870 • BIS BIS2640 [review]
Dogma CO/Mikhail Gurewitsch • MDG AUD9121944 [review]
Metamorphosen Berlin/Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt • Sony G0100045460061 [review]
(arr.) Take Four Guitar Qt • Ars Musici 1316
SINFONIA DA REQUIEM (op. 20, 1940)
City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle • EMI CDM7648702 • EMI CDS 7542702 • re-released three times in British Composers series: CDC5553942 & CZS5739832 [review] and a boxset 575792-2 • 2427432 [review] & 2175002 [review]
Philharminia O/Simon Rattle • EMI Encore 86871
London SO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1019-2 • Naxos 8.557196 [review]
New Phil O/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 100-2
Danish State RSO/Benjamin Britten • Documents 600047 [review] • Regis RRC1417 [review]
SWR SO /Benjamin Britten • Hanssler CD94213
New York Phil O/John Barbirolli • NMC NMCD030
London SO/André Previn • EMI 5626162 [review]
St Louis SO/André Previn • British Pageant (??)
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8983/4 • also released as CHSA5007
New Zealand SO/Myer Fredman • Naxos 8.553107
Chicago SO/Rafael Kubelik • CSO Special Edition
Stuttgart Radio SO/Neville Marriner • Capriccio 10428
Royal Liverpool Phil O/Libor Pesek • Virgin Classics 61835-2 • Virgin Classics 7353012 [review] • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 6955792 • EMI 9781602 [review]
BBC SO/John Barbirolli • BBC Legends BBCL4013-2
BBC SO/Mark Elder • BBC Legends
Royal Concertgebouw O/John Barbirolli • Testament 1252
Berlin PO/Sergiu Celibidache • Music & Arts 1079
London Phil O/Leonard Slatkin • BMG 9026
BBC SO/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky • BBC Radio Classics BBCRD9129
Staatskapelle Dresden/Rudolf Kempe • Berlin Classics BC1097 • 0300890BC [review] • 0300892BC (vinyl)
Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles • Telarc CD80677 • SACD60677
Kansas City Sy/Michael Stern • Reference Recordings RR120 [review]
NBC SO/Guido Cantelli • Pristine Audio PASC169 [review]
Sydney SO/Mark Wrigglesworth • Melba MR301131 [review]
Oregon SO/Carlos Kalmar • Pentatone PTC5186393 [review]
BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek • Supraphon SU40952 [review]
Texas Music Fest O/Daniel Hege • High Definition Tape Transfers [review]
BBC SO/Sir John Barbirolli • Barbirolli Society SJB1104 [review]
London SO/Sir Simon Rattle • LSO Live LSO0830 [review][review]
London Mozart Players/Glover • ASV CDDCA682 • ASV PLT8503
BBC SO/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10671 [review]
Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • Hyperion Helios CDH55225 [review]
Vienna Octet • Decca 425 715-2 • Decca 475051-2
Basel CO/Christopher Hogwood • Arte Nova 926500
West Jutland Chamber Ensemble • BIS CD-31
Tapiola Sinfonietta/Osmo Vänskä • BIS CD-540
English CO/Norman Del Mar • Lyrita SRCD257 [review]
Britten Sinf/Daniel Harding • EMI 5565342 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]
Stuttgart Radio SO/Neville Marriner • Capriccio 10428
Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia/Glen Barton Cortese • Phoenix PHCD145 [review]
Hallé O/Kent Nagano • Erato 3984255022 [review] • Elatus 0927467182 • Warner 2564694521 • Apex 2564673917 [review]
Mahler CO/Teodor Currentzis • Euroarts 2059814 (Blu-ray) & 2059818 (DVD) [review]
Chamber Domaine • Resonus Classics RES10139
Lahti SO/Dima Slobodeniouk • BIS BIS2601 [review]
SOIREES MUSICALES (op. 9, 1936)
English CO/Alexander Gibson • EMI CDCFP4598 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]
Helsingborg SO/Okku Kamu • Ondine ODE825-2
National Phil O/Richard Bonynge • Decca 452 659-2
Brill O/Charles Brill • Beulah 1PD14
National Youth O Great Britain/Walter Susskind • BBC Classic
New Flemish SO/Patrick Pierre • Rene Gailly 87062
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult • First Hand FHR06 [review] • Alto ALC1413 [review]
Stephen Hough • EMI CDM567429-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0151492 [review]
David Glen Hatch • Critics Choice 1333
SONGS AND PROVERBS OF WILLIAM BLAKE (op. 74, 1965)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 428-2
Gerald Finley, Julius Drake • Hyperion CDA67778
Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside • Naxos 8.572600 [review]
SONGS FROM THE CHINESE (op. 58, 1957)
Ian Partridge/Jukka Savijoki • Ondine ODE7792
Philip Langridge/Stephen Marchionda • Chandos CHAN10305
Märta Schéle/Josef Holecek • BIS CD-31 • also released on BIS CD-34
Peter Pears/Julian Bream • RCA 09026616012
James Griffett/Timothy Walker • Regis 1054
Ian Bostridge, Xuefei Yang • EMI 4334302 [review]
Scot Weir, Volker Niehusmann • Dreyer Gaido DGCD21078
Ivonne Fuchs, Georg Gulyás • Proprius PRSACD2075
Birthday Song For Irwin (1945)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Chamber Music V (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128 [review]
The Children and Sir Nameless (1953)
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins 1468-2 • Naxos 8.557201
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510 [review]
Cradle Song For Eleanor (1942)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Mark Wilde, David Owen Norris • Naxos 8.572706 [review]
Dawtie’s Devotion (1969)
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • Warner 0151642 [review]
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510 [review]
Mark Wilde, David Owen Norris • Naxos 8.572706 [review]
Diaphenia (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128 [review]
Fish In The Unruffled Lakes (1938)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823 Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson • Chandos CHAN6653
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204
The Gully (1969)
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • Warner 0151642 [review]
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510 [review]
Mark Wilde, David Owen Norris • Naxos 8.572706 [review]
If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart (1942)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
If It’s Ever Spring Again (1953)
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins 1468-2 • Naxos 8.557201
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510 [review]
May (1934)
New London Children’s Choir/Ronald Corp • Naxos 8.572113 [review]
Mother Comfort
Felicity Lott, Ann Murray/Graham Johnson • EMI CDC 754411-2 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Kathleen Livingstone, Neil Mackie/John Blakely • Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2009
Night Covers Up The Rigid Land (1937)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • Warner 0151642 [review]
Not Even Summer Yet (1937)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
O that I ne’er married (1922)
Mark Wilde, David Owen Norris • Naxos 8.572706 [review]
The Owl (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128 [review]
The Poison Tree (1935)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
The Red Cockatoo (1938)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Somnus the humble God (1947)
Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton • Chandos CHAN10944 [review]
The Sun Shines Down
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204
Sweet lullaby (1947)
Sarah Connolly, Joseph Middleton • Chandos CHAN10944 [review]
To Lie Flat On One’s Back (1937)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • Warner 0151642 [review]
Tradition (1969)
Neil Mackie/Roger Vignoles • Warner 0151642 [review]
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510 [review]
Mark Wilde, David Owen Norris • Naxos 8.572706 [review]
Um Mitternacht (1960)
Mark Padmore/Roger Vignoles • Hyperion CDA67459
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Mark Padmore/Iain Burnside • Signum SIGCD122 [review]
Ruby Hughes, Joseph Middleton • Champs Hill CHRCD098
Underneath The Abject Willow (1937)
Philip Langridge, Della Jones/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204 Felicity Lott, Ann Murray/Graham Johnson • EMI CDC 754411-2 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Kathleen Livingstone, Neil Mackie/John Blakely • Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2009
What’s On Your Mind?
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204
When You’re Feeling Like Expressing Your Affection (1936)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Della Jones/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1490-2 • Naxos 8.557204
Mary Carewe/Philip Mayers • ASV WHL2124
Mary Carewe/Malcolm Wilson • NMC NMCD112
Wild With Passion (1942)
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Mark Stone, Stephen Barlow • Stone Records 5060192780000 [review]
Witches Song (1929)
Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128 [review]
SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO (op. 22, 1940)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66209 • Hyperion Helios CDH55067
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins 1468-2 • Naxos 8.557201
John Stewart, Ellen Shade/Martin Katz • Phoenix PHCD129
Justin Lavender/Julian Milford • Carlton Classics 30366 0056-2
Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 996-2 • EMI 2175752 [review] • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • NMC NMCD030 • Pearl 9177 • Eloquence 476849 • Heritage HTGCD229 • Warner 0151642 [review]
Mark Padmore/Iain Burnside • Signum SIGCD122 [review]
Robert Tear/Philip Ledger • EMI British Composers CZS5739952
Peter Pears, others unknown • Documents 231134
Matthew Polenzani, Julius Drake • Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0048 [review]
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook • Linn CKD404 [review]
Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang • Avie AV2238 [review]
Ian Bostridge, Antonio Pappano • EMI 4334302 [review]
Francesco Meli, Iain Burnside • Opus Arte OACD9019D
Thomas Michael Allen, Charles Spencer • Capriccio C5194 [review]
Sir John Tomlinson, David Owen Norris• Chandos CHAN10785 [review]
SPRING SYMPHONY (op. 44, 1949)
Alison Hagley, Catherine Robbin, John Mark Ainsley/Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral/Monteverdi Ch/Philharmonia O/John Eliot Gardiner • Deutsche Grammophon 453 433-2
Elisabeth Gale, Alfreda Hodgson, Martyn Hill/Southend Boy’s Choir/London S O & Ch/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8855 • CHAN10782X [review]
Kathleen Ferrier, Peter Pears/St. Willibrord’s Boys’ Ch, Netherlands Radio Ch/Concertgebouw O/Amsterdam/Eduard van Beinum • Decca 440 063-2
Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Robert Tear/London SO & Ch/André Previn • EMI CDM7647362 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0953952 [review] • EMI 4402922
Jennifer Vyvyan. Peter Pears, Norma Procter/Royal Opera House Covent Garden O & Ch, Emmanuel Schools Boys’ Ch/Benjamin Britten • London 436 396-2 • re-released in boxset Decca 4756040
Alexandra Yakovenko, Vladimir Mahov, N. Postavnicheva/USSR Radio/TV SO & Ch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky • Revelation 10010
Milada Šubrtová, Věra Soukupová, Beno Blachut,Czech Philharmonic Ch & O/Karel Ančerl • Supraphon SU41352 [review]
Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, London SO/Sir Simon Rattle • LSO Live LSO0830 [review][review]
STRATTON (1949)
English Opera Group/Benjamin Britten • Pearl 231
STRING QUARTET IN F MAJOR (1928)
Ruysdael Qt • Cobra 0032
Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9664
Emperor Qt • BIS BIS1870 • BIS BIS2640 [review]
STRING QUARTET IN D MAJOR (1931)
Britten String Quartet • Collins Classics 1115-2 • Brilliant 9168 [review]
Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9664
Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • 0151492 [review]
Emperor Qt • BIS BIS2640 [review]
STRING QUARTET No. 1 (op. 25, 1941)
Britten String Quartet • Collins Classics 1115-2 • Brilliant 9168 [review] • Alto ALC1441 [review]
Brodsky Quartet • Challenge CC72106 • Challenge Classics CC72655
Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9469
Belcea Quartet • EMI 557968 [review] • EMI 2285182 [review] • Euroarts 2072768 DVD [review]
Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.553883
Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0151492 [review]
Alberni Quartet • CRD 3351
Coolidge Quartet • Classico 251
Emperor Qt • BIS BISSACD1570 • BIS BIS2640 [review]
Takacs Qt • Hyperion CDA68004 [review]
Nordic Str Qt • Danacord DACOCD945 [review]
STRING QUARTET No. 2 (op. 36, 1945)
Amadeus Quartet • Decca 425 715-2 • Decca 475051-2
Jupiter Qt • Marquis 77471813712 [review]
Belcea Quartet • EMI 557968 [review] • EMI 2285182 [review] • Euroarts 2072768 DVD [review]
Philharmonia Qrt Berlin • Thorofon CTH 2455
Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9664
Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.553883
Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0151492 [review]
Brindisi Quartet • Conifer CDCF196
Tokyo Quartet • RCA 61387-2
Sequoia Quartet • Music & Arts 4740
Auryn Quartet • Tacet 15
Amadeus Quartet • Testament 1001 • Audite 21429
Britten String Quartet • Collins Classics ?? • Brilliant 9168 [review]
Barbirolli Qt • Nimbus NI6165 [review]
Takacs Qt • Hyperion CDA68004 [review]
Engegard Qt • 2L 2L105SABD
Brodsky Qt • Challenge Classics CC72655
Emerson Qt • Decca 4815204
Emperor Qt • BIS BIS2640 [review]
STRING QUARTET No. 3 (op. 94, 1975)
Amadeus String Quartet • Decca 425715-2 • Decca 475051-2
Belcea Quartet • EMI 557968 [review] • EMI 2285182 [review] • Euroarts 2072768 DVD [review]
Britten String Quartet • Collins Classics 70222 • Brilliant 9168 [review] • Alto ALC1441 [review]
Brodsky Qt • Challenge Classics CC72655
Lindsay String Quartet • ASV CDDCA 608
Medici Quartet • Koch 36436-2
Sorrel Quartet • Chandos CHAN9469
Philharmonia Qrt Berlin • Thorofon CTH 2455
Maggini Quartet • Naxos 8.554360
Endellion Quartet • EMI CMS5 65115-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0151492 [review]
Verdi Quartet • Hänssler Classic 98394
Penderecki Quartet • Marquis ERAD173
Vermeer Qt • Cedille CDR110000093
Coull Qt • Somm SOMMCD065 [review]
Auryn Quartet • Tacet 15
Amadeus Quartet • Testament 1002 • Hanssler CD93706
Emperor Qt • BIS BISSACD1570 • BIS BIS2640 [review]
Takacs Qt • Hyperion CDA68004 [review]
Emerson Qt • Decca 4815204
Osian Ellis • Meridian CDE 84119 • Eloquence 4429448 [review] [review]
Sarah O’Brien • Audite 92561
Margit-Anna Suss • Campanella 130038
Claudia Antonelli • Arts Music 47202 • Arts Music 47532
Godelieve Schrama • Canal Grande 4730
Gabriella Dall’olio • Claves 50-9902
Elisabeth Remy • Aca 20070
Marshall Maguire • ABC 4765951
Emilia Moskvitina • Vista Vera VVCD00131
Lavinia Meijer • Channel CCSSA29709 [review]
Suzanna Klincharova • VMS 206
Elinor Bennett • Nimbus NI5441 [review]
Keziah Thomas • Discovery DMV110 [review]
Jennifer Swartz • Atma Classique ACD22623
Katerina Englichová • Supraphon SU41852 [review]
Sandrine Chatron • Aparte AP140
SUITE FOR VIOLIN & PIANO (op. 6, 1935)
Alexander Barantschik/John Alley • EMI British Composers CZS 573989-2 • EMI CDC 5553982 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0953952 [review] • EMI 0151492 [review]
Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne, Carole Presland • EMI 72825
Lorraine McAslan/John Blakely • Continuum CCD1022
Trio Lengyel members • Le Joueur LJD002
Mireille Jardon/Lydia Jardon • Ar Ré – Sé Ar 2003-6 [review]
John Gilbert, Susan Wass • Centaur CRC2922
Jana Vonaskova-Novakova, Petr Novak • Cube Bohemia CBCD2841
Tasmin Little, Piers Lane • Chandos CHAN10770 [review]
Thomas Grubb • Lyrichord LYR6025 [review]
Chamber Domaine • Resonus Classics RES10139
Gabriella Lengyel, Atty Lengyel • Rhine Classics RH018 [review][review]
SUITE ON ENGLISH FOLK TUNES (“A Time There Was”) (op. 90, 1975)
Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9221 • CHAN10784X [review]
Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1526-2 • Naxos 8.557205 [review]
City Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle • EMI CDS 7542702 • re-released three times in British Composers series: CDC5553942 & CZS5739832 [review] and a boxset 575792-2 • 2427432 [review] • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]
English SO/William Boughton • Nimbus NI5295 [review] • Nimbus NI1751 [review]
English CO/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCL8009-2
(Hankin Booby) English CO/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCL8009-2
New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein • Sony SMK47541
SWEET WAS THE SONG THE VIRGIN SANG (1931, rev. 1966)
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1370-2 • Coro 16034
New London Children’s Choir/Alexander Wells/Ronald Corp • Naxos 8553183
Andrew Lumsden/Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9598
Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448 [review] [review]
Les Sirènes • Nimbus NI6249 [review]
THE SWORD IN THE STONE – Concert Suite (1939)
Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend • Hyperion CDA66845 • Hyperion Helios CDH55225 [review]
Richmond SO/Peter Bay • Opus One 100
unknown O/Walter Goehr • Eloquence 4802296
Ohio State University Wind Symphony/Russel C. Mikkelson • Naxos 8573446 [review]
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2 • coro 16034
Quink Ensemble • Etcetera KTC1017
Wellington Cathedral Ch/Philip Walsh • Herald HAVP191
His Majesties Clerkes/Anne Heider • Centaur 2168
Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448 [review] [review] • Decca 4785947 [review]
Truro Cathedral Ch/Christopher Gray • Regent REGCD349
Ch Clare College, Cambridge/Graham Ross • Harmonia Mundi HMM905329 [review]
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Harry Bickett/Francis Grier • ASV CDQS6030 • Resonance CDRSN3007
St Thomas Ch/Michael Kleinschmidt/Gerre Hancock • Koch 7030
Holst Singers/Stephen Layton • Hyperion CDA66825
Ch King’s College, Cambridge/David Willcocks • EMI CDC7 47709
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/James Lancelot/Philip Ledger • EMI CDM7 646532 • EMI 562796-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review]
The Sixteen/Margaret Philips/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2
Robert Quinney /Westminster Abbey Ch/ James O’Donnell • Hyperion CDA67557
Connor Burrowes/St. Paul’s Cathedral Ch/Andrew Lucas/John Scott • Hyperion CDA66916
Andrew Lumsden/Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9598
Cambridge St John’s College Choir/Christopher Robinson • Naxos 8.554791 [review]
Oxford New College Ch/David Lumsden • Saga EC33852
Westminster Ch/Joseph Flummerfelt • Chesky CD138
Wells Cathedral Ch/Rupert Gough/Malcolm Archer • Lammas LAMM125
Worcester Cathedral Ch/Adrian Partington/Donald Hunt • IMP 30367
Marsh Chapel Ch/Cathleen Ellis, Scott Jarrett/Julian Wachner • Arsis 134
Robert Eaton/St. Paul’s Cathedral Ch/Barry Rose • Guild 7102
Kevin Bowyer/St. Mary Collegiate Church Choir Warwick/Mark Shepherd • Guild 7147
Harry Sever/Winchester College Chapel Ch/Christopher Tolley • Herald 303
Elizabeth Arnold/Britten Ch/Alfred Calabrese • Aca 20039
Con Brio Ens • Norway Music 13
Edward Whiting/Norwich Cathedral Ch/Neil Taylor/MichaelNicholas • Priory PRCD934
Hereford Cathedral Ch/Geraint Bowen/Roy Massey • Priory PRCD507
Anne Harley/Boston Trinity Church Ch/Ross Wood/Brian Jones • Gothic 49071
Truro Cathedral Ch/Christopher Gray • Regent REGCD349
Ch New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom • Novum NCR1386 [review]
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain/Ben Parry • Delphian DCD34133 [review]
Ch Jesus College, Cambridge/Mark Williams • Signum Classics SIGCD481
Ch Clare College, Cambridge/Graham Ross • Harmonia Mundi HMM905329 [review]
Norwich Cathedral Choir/Ashley Grote • Priory PRCD1233 [review]
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112
Julian Lloyd Webber • ASV CDDCA592
Henrik Dam Thomsen • Chandos CHAN10189
Kim Bak Dinitzen • Kontrapunkt 32101/2
Matt Haimovitz • DG 457584-2 • DG 4775506
Win-Sinn Yang • Arts Music 47618-2
Alban Gerhardt • Hyperion CDA67941-2
Alexander Ivashkin • Brilliant Classics 94729 [review]
Mayke Rademakers • Challenge Classics CC72682 [review]
Steven Isserlis • Hyperion CDA68373 [review]
Peter Bree/Paul Komen • Etcetera KTC 1074
Heinz Holliger/Andras Schiff • Philips 434076-2
Janet Craxton/Ian Brown • BBC Artium BBCCD 635
Eric Speller/Olivier Peyrebrune • Ambroisie AMB9909 [review]
Sarah Francis/Michael Dussek • Hyperion CDA66776 • Hyperion Helios CDH55154)
Helen Jahren/Elisabeth Westenholz • BIS CD-737
Derek Wickens/John Constable • Unicorn Kanchana UKCD2060
François Leleux/Emmanuel Strosser • Harmonia Mundi 911556
Gernot Schmalfuss/Mamiko Watanabe • MDG 3010925
Pauline Oostenrijk/Ivo Janssen • Canal Grande CG9326
Thomas Indermühle/Kalle Randalu • Camerata 30449
Robin Canter/Simon Nicholls • Carlton 3036600962
Hansjorg Schellenberger/Klaus Hellwig • Campanella 130038
Julian Milford/Emily Pailthorpe • Oboe Classics 2008
Birgit Schmieder, Akiko Yamashita • Audite 92539
Alexei Ogrintchouk, Leonid Ogrintchouk • BIS BIS2023
(arr. w/str orch.) Alexei Utkin, Hermitage CO • Caro Mitis CM0102004
(orch. C. Matthews) Nicholas Daniel/Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1526-2 • Naxos 8.557205 [review]
Timothy Boyd • Regent REGCD205 [review]
John Robinson • Priory PRDVD6P
Ian Bostridge/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66823
Ruby Hughes, Joseph Middleton • Champs Hill CHRCD098
Benjamin Luxon/David Willison • Chandos CHAN8514
Derek Lee Ragin/Julius Drake • Etcetera KTC1092
John Shirley-Quirk/Philip Ledger • Meridian CDE 84119
Jonathan Lemalu/Malcolm Martineau • EMI 58050 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • Warner 0151642 [review]
Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Eloquence 476849
Brett Polegato/Iain Burnside • CBC MVCD 1134
Sarah Connolly, Eugene Asti • Signum SIGCD072 [review]
Gerald Finley, Julius Drake • Hyperion CDA67778
Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside • Naxos 8.572600 [review]
THE TURN OF THE SCREW (op. 54, 1954)
Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Ava June, Lillian Watson, Michael Ginn, Philip Langridge/Members of the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden/Colin Davis • Philips 446 325-2 • Decca 4784143
Peter Pears, Jennifer Vyvyan, David Hemmings, Olive Dyer, Joan Cross, Arda Mandikian, English Opera Group/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 672-2
Mark Padmore, Lisa Milne, Catrin Wyn Davies, Diana Montague, Nicholas Kirby Johnson, Caroline Wise/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • BBC Opus Arte OA0907D [review] [review] [review]
Phyllis Cannan, Eileen Hulse, Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Sam Pay/Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 7030-2 • Naxos 8.660109/10 [review] [review]
Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang/Mahler CO/Daniel Harding • Virgin Classics 545521-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 4563792
Eilene Hannan, Margaret Haggart, Anson Austin, Wendy Dixon/West Australian SO/David Stanhope • Faveo OAF4014D
Menai Davies, Richard Greager, Helen Field, Machiko Obata, Stuttgart RSO/Steuart Bedford • Arthaus 100199 [review] Arthaus 102303 [review]
William Burden, Camilla Tilling, Emma Bell, Anne-Marie Owens, Joanna Songi, Christopher Sladdin, London PO/Edward Gardner • Glyndebourne GFOCD011-07
Peter Pears, others unknown • Documents 231134
Toby Spence, Miah Persson, Susan Bickley, Giselle Allen, London PO/Jakub Hrusa • FRA 007 & 507 [review] [review]
Andrew Kennedy, Sally Matthews, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, London SO/Richard Farnes • LSO Live LSO0749 [review] [review] [review]
Eric Barry, Dominic Lynch, Emily Workman, ensemble/Łukas Borowicz • Dux 1247/8 [review]
Rhian Lois, Robert Murray, Sinfonia of London/John Wilson • Chandos CHDVD5290 [review][review]
Sally Matthews, Julian Hubbard, La Monnaie CO/Ben Glassberg • Alpha 828 [review]
Philip Langridge, David Owen Norris/Wenhaston Boy’s Choir/Christopher Barnett • Collins Classics 7039-2
New London Children’s Choir/Alexander Wells/Ronald Corp • Naxos 8.553183
Toronto Children’s Ch/Jean Ashworth Bartle • IMP PCD1088
Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Children’s Ch/Denis Menier • Fuga Libera 507
Elizabethan Singers/Louis Halsey • Eloquence 4802336
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain/Ben Parry • Delphian DCD34133 [review]
(The Rainbow) Andrew Swait, James Bowman/Andrew Plant • Signum SIGCD128 [review]
VARIATIONS ON A CHRISTMAS CAROL (“Men of Goodwill”) (1947)
Minnesota O/Neville Marriner • EMI CDC7 49300-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review]
Southwest German Radio O (Kaiserlautern)/Paul Goodwin • Hänssler 93114
TWELVE VARIATIONS FOR PIANO (1931)
Stephen Hough • EMI CDM567429-2 • EMI 0151492 [review]
David Glen Hatch • Critics Choice 1333
Rolf Hind • NMC D140
VARIATIONS ON AN ELIZABETHAN THEME (1953)
SWR SO/Benjamin Britten • Hanssler CD94213
BBC SO/Jac van Steen • NMC D062 [review]
VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF FRANK BRIDGE (op. 10, 1937)
BBC SO/Andrew Davis • Teldec 9031-73126-2 • Apex 89082
Musici di Montreal/Yuli Turovsky • Chandos CHAN 8817 • Chandos CHAN241-2
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt • Naxos 8.550823
English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 509-2
Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • ASV CDDCA 591
Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan • EMI 76880 • Documents 600047 [review] • Warner 2564633621 [review] • Alto ALC1413 [review]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Andre Previn • Telarc CD 80126
Scottish Ens/Clio Gould • Linn CKD 226
Kiev CO/Roman Kofman • MDG 601 1275 [review] • MDG 9011275
English CO/Bedford • Collins Classics 1305-2 • Naxos 8.557200 [review]
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner • Decca Eloquence 467 237
Netherlands CO/Gordan Nikolic • Pentatone PTC 5186 056
Bournemouth Sinfonietta • Chandos CHAN6592
New Stockholm CO/Péter Csaba • BIS CD-435
Neel String O/Boyd Neel • Pearl GEM0002 • Pristine Audio PACO202 [review]
English String O/William Boughton • Nimbus NI1751 [review] • Nimbus NI7017 [review]
Norwegian CO/Iona Brown • Virgin 545121-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]
London Festival O/Ross Pople • Arte Nova 340520
English CO/Gilbert Levine • Arabesque Z6603
Berne Camerata/Thomas Füri • Denon 9409
Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal • Campion 1313
Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths • Claves 2302 [review]
Polish CO/Jerzy Maksymiuk • MDG 3210180
English CO/Alexander Gibson • EMI CDCFP4598
European Camerata/Laurent Quénelle • Fuga Libera FUG534
London PO/Vladimir Jurowski • LPO Live LPO0037 [review] [review]
Festival Strings Lucerne/Achim Felder • Oehms OC723
Unknown • Documents 231134
Royal Academy Soloists/Clio Gould • Cantoris CRCD6063 [review]
Les Violons du Roi/Jean-Marie Zeitouni • Atma ACD22601 [review]
Camerata Nordica/Terje Tonnesen • BIS BISSACD2060
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson • Channel Classics CCSSA32213
Ostrobothnian CO/Sakari Oramo • Alba ABCD387 [review]
LSO String Ens/Roman Simovic • LSO Live LSO0792 [review]
Trondheimsolistene/Øyvind Gimse • 2L 2L125SABD [review]
Musica Vitae/Malin Broman • Daphne 1063 [review]
Boston SO/Charles Munch • Pristine Audio PASC572 [review]
Sinf London/John Wilson • Chandos CHSA5264 [review]
(arr. two pianos) Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow • Olympia OCD648
Ch New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom • Novum NCR1386 [review]
Trinity College Ch/Richard Marlow • Alto ALC1433 [review]
Timothy Boyd • Regent REGCD205 [review]
VIOLIN CONCERTO (op. 15, 1939)
Lorraine McAslan/English CO/Steuart Bedford • Collins Classics 1301-2 • re-released by Naxos 8.557198 [review]
Mark Lubotsky/English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 308-2
Theo Olof/Hallé O/John Barbirolli • EMI British Composers CDM5 66053-2
Boris Gutnikov/St Petersburg PO/Alexander Dmitriev • Manchester Classical Gallery CDMAN180
Lydia Mordkovitch/BBC SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9910 [review][review]
Maxim Vengerov/London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich • EMI 557510 [review] • EMI 2285252 [review]
Daniel Hope/BBC SO/Paul Watkins • Warner 2564-60291-2 [review] 2564 660542
Rebecca Hirsch/BBC Scottish SO/Takuo Yuasa • Naxos 8.553882
Sergej Azizian/Copenhagen PO/Osmo Vanska • Classico CLASSCD 233 [review] • Alto ALC1152 • Documents 600047 [review]
Ida Haendel/Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund • EMI CDM764202-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0953952 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]
Rodney Friend/London Philharmonia O/John Pritchard • Classics for Pleasure 75978
Ruggerio Ricci/SWF SO Baden-Baden/G Brott • One-Eleven 96020
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Swedish RSO/Manfred Honeck • Sony 88697 439992
Janine Jansen, London SO/Paavo Jarvi • Decca 4781530 [review]
Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw PO/Witold Rowicki • Orchestral Concerts CD12-2011 [review][review][review]
Anthony Marwood, BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov • Hyperion CDA67801 [review]
Sebastian Bohren, Royal Liverpool PO/Andrew Litton • RCA 19075861142 [review]
Livia Sohn, O del Teatro Marrucino di Chieti / Luigi Piovano • Eloquentia EL1340
James Ehnes, Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits • Onyx 4113 [review]
Tasmin Little, BBC PO/Edward Gardner • Chandos CHAN10764 [review] Chandos CHAN20185 [review]
Linus Roth, Deutsches SO Berlin/Mihkel Kütson • Challenge Classics CC72627 SACD [review][review]
Philippe Graffin, Philharmonia O/Nicholas Collon • Dutton CDLX7320 [review]
Vilde Frang, Frankfurt Radio Symphony/James Gaffigan • Warner 2564600921 [review] [review]
Arabella Steinbacher, Berlin RSO/Vladimir Jurowski • Pentatone PTC5186625 [review][review]
Ralph Holmes, Hallé O/Sir John Barbirolli • Barbirolli Society SJB1104 [review]
Baiba Skride, ORF Vienna RSO/Marin Alsop• Orfeo C220021 [review]
VOICES FOR TODAY
Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus & Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks • Eloquence 4802296
VOLUNARY ON TALLIS ‘LAMENTATION’
Timothy Boyd • Regent REGCD205 [review]
FIVE WALZTES (accords with Britten’s own teenage mis-spelling)
Anthony Goldstone • Gamut Classics GAMCD 526 • Diversions 24118 [review]
Sarah Francis • Hyperion CDA66776 • Hyperion Helios CDH55154
Stephen Hough • EMI CDM567429-2 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 0151492 [review]
David Glen Hatch • Critics Choice 1333
Dejan Lazic • Channel Classics CCSSA28511 [review]
WAR REQUIEM (op. 66, 1961)
Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen/Trebles of Christ Church Cathedral/Oxford/City of Birmingham SO & Ch/Simon Rattle • EMI CDS7 47034 8 • EMI British Composers 5059092 [review] [review] • 2427432 [review] • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 4402922 • Warner Classics 5059092 [review]
Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir/Melos Ensemble/London SO & Ch/Benjamin Britten • Decca 414 383-2 • Decca 4757511 [review] and in boxset Decca 4756040 • Decca 4785433 [review]
Heather Harper, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk/St Paul’s Cathedral Ch, London S Ch/London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8983/4 • also released as CHSA5007
Lorna Haywood, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Benjamin Luxon/Atlanta Boys’ Choir/Atlanta SO & Ch/Robert Shaw • Telarc CD 80157 [review]
Luba Orgonasova, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Boje Skovhus/Monteverdi Ch, North German Radio Ch & SO/John Eliot Gardiner • Deutsche Grammophon 437 801-2
Gerald Finley, Christine Brewer, Anthony Griffey/London Philharmonic O & Ch/Kurt Masur • LPO 10
Lynda Russell, Thomas Randle, Michael Volle/Choir of St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh/Scottish Festival Chorus/BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins • Naxos 8.553558/9
Christine Goerke, Richard Clement, Richard Stilwell, Gavin Horsley/Shenandoah Conservatory Ch/Maryland Boy Ch/Washington O & Ch/Robert Schafer • Gothic G 49241
Kari Lövaas, Anthony Roden, Theo Adam, Dresden Phil O/Herbert Kagel • Edel Classics 0002332CCC [review] • Brilliant Classics 95104
Stefania Woytowicz, Peter Pears, Hans Wilbrink/New Phil Ch/Melos Ensemble/New Phil O/Carlo Maria Giulini • BBC Legends BBCL4046-2
Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson/American Boychoir, Westminster Symphonic Ch, New York PO/Kurt Masur • Teldec 17115 • Warner Apex 2564 659416
Jeannine Altmeyer, Michael Sells/William Hall O & Ch • Klavier 11017
Elena Prokina, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, BBC Singers, Boy’s Choir of St. Nikolai, Hamburg, NDR Choir, Philharmonia Chorus London, NDR SO, NDR Radio PO Hannover/Mstislav Rostropovich • Arthaus 101423
Tom Krause, Nicholas Di Virgilio, Phyllis Curtin, Columbus Boychoir, Pro Musica Chorus, Boston SO/Erich Leinsdorf • VAI 4429
Annette Dasch, James Taylor, Christian Gerhaher, Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw, Festivalensemble Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling • Hanssler CD98507 [review] CD98008
Chloé Owen, Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Ch Pro Arte, Petit Ch Collège Villamont, Suisse Romande O & Ch/Ernest Ansermet • Cascavelle VEL3125 [review]
Edith Wiens, Nigel Robson, Hakan Hagegard, Israel PO/Kurt Masur • Helicon HEL029645
Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Sabina Cvilak, Choir of Eltham College, London SO & Ch/Gianandrea Noseda • LSO Live LSO0719 [review] • Alto ALC2029 [review]
Evelina Dobracheva, Anthony Dean Griffey, Mark Stone, Netherlands RPO/ Jaap van Zweden • Challenge CC72388 [review]
Erin Wall, Mark Padmore, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, City of Birmingham SO & Ch/Andris Nelsons • Arthaus 101659 [review] 108070 [review]
Susan Gritton, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman, Wrocław Philharmonic Ch, Gabrieli Young Singers Scheme, Trebles of New College Ch, Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh • Signum SIGCD340 [review] [review] [review]
Anna Netrebko, Ian Bostridge, Thomas Hampson, Ch, O & Voci Bianche dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano • Warner Classics 6154482 [review] [review] [review]
Emily Magee, Mark Padmore, Christian Gerhaher, Tölz Boys’ Ch, Bavarian RSO & Ch/Mariss Jansons • BRKlassik 900120 [review]
Naděžda Kniplová, Gerald English, John Cameron, Czech Philharmonic Ch & O/Karel Ančerl • Supraphon SU41352 [review]
Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, City of Birmingham SO/Meredith Davies • Testament SBT1490 [review] Pristine Audio PASC166 [review]
Kari Lövaas, Anthony Roden, Theo Adam, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Dresdner Philharmonie/Herbert Kegel • Brilliant Classics 95354
Unknown orchestra/Geoffrey Tandy/Benjamin Britten • Beulah 1PD14
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Martyn Brabbins • NMC NMCD112
New London Children’s Choir/Ronald Corp • Naxos 8.553183
Quink Ensemble • Etcetera KTC1017
Wilbye Consort/Peter Pears • Eloquence 4429448 [review] [review] • Decca 4785947 [review]
Les Sirènes • Nimbus NI6249 [review]
A WEDDING ANTHEM (‘Amo ergo sum’) (op. 46, 1949)
The Sixteen/Margaret Philips/Harry Christophers • Collins Classics 1343-2
Philip Salmon, Janet Coxwell/Corydon Singers/Thomas Trotter/Westminster Cathedral Choir/Matthew Best • Hyperion CDA66126 • Hyperion Helios CDH55307 [review]
Andrew Lumsden/Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer • Chandos CHAN9598
Westminster Abbey Ch/Martin Neary • Sony SK62125
Ch New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom • Novum NCR1386 [review]
City of London Boys & Girls School Choirs/London SO/Hickox • Chandos CHAN8855 • CHAN10782X [review]
WHO ARE THESE CHILDREN? (op. 84, 1969)
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510 [review]
Mark Padmore/Roger Vignoles • Hyperion CDA67459
Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • BBC Legends BBCB80142 • Eloquence 476849
Mark Wilde, David Owen Norris • Naxos 8.572706 [review]
Ian Bostridge, Antonio Pappano • EMI 4334302 [review]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Graham Johnson • Hyperion CDA66209 • Hyperion Helios CDH55067 • Cypres CYP8607 [review]
Justin Lavender/Julian Milford • Carlton 30366 0056-2
Philip Langridge/Steuart Bedford • Collins 1468-2 • Naxos 8.557201
Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten • Decca 425 996-2 • Eloquence 476849
Robert Tear/Philip Ledger • EMI 73995 • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • Warner 0151642 [review]
Ian Partridge/Jennifer Partridge • ASV Quicksilva QS6172 • Resonance CDSRN3062
Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould • BIS BISCD1510 [review]
Mark Padmore, Roger Vignoles • Harmonia Mundi HMU907443
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook • Linn CKD431
Nicholas Phan, Myra Huang • Avie AV2238 [review]
Ian Bostridge, Antonio Pappano • EMI 4334302 [review]
Richard Edgar-Wilson, Eugene Asti • EM Records EMRCD014 [review] [review]
THE WORLD OF THE SPIRIT (1938)
Susan Chilcot, Pamela Stephen, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, Hannah Gordon/Britten Singers/BBC PO/Hickox • Chandos CHAN9487
I Musici di Montreal/Yuri Turovsky • Chandos CHAN8817 • Chandos CHAN241-2
Peter Donohoe/City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle • EMI British Composers series CZS5739832 [review] • 2427432 [review] • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 9781602 [review]
Joshua Pierce/Slovak State CO/Kirk Trevor • Kleos 5137 [review] [review]
Peter Evans/Scottish CO/José Serebrier • Phoenix PHCD111
Nikolai Lugansky/Hallé O/Kent Nagano • Erato 3984255022 [review] • Elatus 0927467182 • Warner 2564694521 • Apex 2564673917 [review]
Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins • Hyperion CDA67625 [review]
Lorenzo Soulès, Aldeburgh Strings/Markus Däunert • Linn CKD478 [review]
YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA (op. 34, 1946)
Richard Baker/New Phil O/Raymond Leppard • Classics For Pleasure CFPCD185 • 3822302
BBC SO/Andrew Davis • Teldec 9031-73126-2 • Apex 89082
Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Ondrej Lenárd • Naxos 8.550335 • also released as Naxos 8.550499
French National Radio Orchestra/Lorin Maazel • Deutsche Grammophon 423 239-2
Royal PO/Andre Previn • Telarc 80126 • Telarc 80460
Minnesota Orchestra/Neville Marriner • EMI CDM7 64300-2
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein • Sony SMK47541 • Sony 60175
Concertgebouw O/Eduard van Beinum • Decca 440 063-2 • Decca Eloquence 467 237 • Documents 600047 [review] • Regis RRC1417 [review]
Warsaw PO/Igor Markevitch • CD Accord ACD 115-2 [review]
London SO/Stueart Bedford • Collins Classics 1305-2 • Naxos 8.557200 [review]
Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9221 • CHAN10784X [review]
London SO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 417 509-2 • Decca 425 659-2
Dame Edna Everage/Melbourne SO/John Lanchbury • Naxos 8.554170 (also released with Cantonese [8.554170DXC] and Mandarin [8.554170DXM] narration)
Bergen Phil O/Neeme Järvi • BIS CD-420
Liverpool Phil O/Malcolm Sargent • Pearl GEM0002 • Avid Masters 601
BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent • Warner 2564 634121 [review]
Royal Liverpool Phil O/Libor Pesek • Virgin Classics 61835-2 • Virgin Classics 7353012 [review] • EMI Collector’s Edition 2175262 [review] • EMI 6955792 • EMI 4402922 • EMI 9781602 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Groves • Unesco Classics 707152 (re-release of 1977 EMI) Warner 2564614724 [review]
BBC SO/John Barbirolli • BBC Legends BBCL4013-2
Hallé O/Sir John Barbirolli • Barbirolli Society SJB1104 [review]
London Phil O/Leonard Slatkin • BMG 9026
English SO/William Boughton • Nimbus NI5295 [review] Nimbus NI1751 [review] Nimbus NI5450-53 [review] Nimbus NI7017 [review]
Leningrad Phil O/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky • BBC Legends BBCL4184-2 [review]
Sean Connery/Netherlands Radio PO/Antál Dorati • Decca 444104
Bostons Pops O/Arthur Fielder • RCA Victor 68131
London SO/Charles Mackerras • Cala 1022
Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy • Sony 62638 • RCA Victor 60878
City Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle • EMI 55394 • 2427432 [review]
Cher/St Luke’s O/James Levine • DG 471371
BBC SO/Leopold Stokowski • BBC Legends BBCL4402 • ICA Classics ICAB5180 [review]
Melissa Joan Hart/Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa • Sony 64079
Czech PO/Karel Ancerl • Supraphon SU36762
Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink • Philips 464037-2
Brandon De Wilde/Vienna Pro Musica O/Hans Swarowsky • Vox Allegretto 8219
Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini • EMI Profile (details unknown) • Warner 9937392 [review] • Alto ALC1413 [review]
Cincinnati SO/Paavo Jarvi • Telarc 80660, 60660 & 80743 [review]
Willie Rushton/London Phil O/Sian Edwards • Classics for Pleasure 5861752
USSR State SO/Yuri Temirkanov • Brilliant 8818 [review]
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult • First Hand FHR06 [review]
London SO/Sir Malcolm Sargent • Beulah YB35 [review]
Kansas City Sy/Michael Stern • Reference Recordings RR120 [review]
Sydney SO/Benjamin Northey • ABC 4764134
unknown • Documents 231134
San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas • Avie SFS0052 & 57 [review]
Czech Philharmonic O/Karel Ančerl • Supraphon SU41352 [review]
Minneapolis Symphony/Antal Doráti • Dorati Edition ADE007 [review]
Netherlands Radio PO/Antal Dorati • Eloquence 4808475
Britten-Pears O/Marin Alsop • Naxos NBD0102V [review]
London SO/Andre Previn • Warner 9029506573 [review]
London SO/Sir Simon Rattle • LSO Live LSO0830 [review][review]
