Browse: Britten (composer), Viola Concertos
This page lists all recordings composed by Benjamin Britten (1913–76).
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
RecommendedAnthony Marwood (violin), Anthony Marwood (violin) & Lawrence Power (viola), Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
Aided by the alert Ilan Volkov, Anthony Marwood and Lawrence Power form a persuasive partnership...we are left in no doubt about the levels of searing commitment behind Marwood's performance.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th January 2012
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Edward Gardner conducts Britten Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The Charm is a total winner, wrapped by Matthews in string woodwind sleep-music so familiar from the Nocturne and phrased by Connolly with alternate tenderness and edginess. Maxim Rysanov compels... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15, etc.
RecommendedMaxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropivich
When artists of the stature of Vengerov and Rostropovich tackle English music it's often a revelation, and here's some of the most ravishing string-playing ever heard in either of these masterpieces.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
RecommendedLorenzo Soulès (piano), Máté Szücs (viola), Richard Watkins (horn), Allan Clayton (tenor)
Aldeburgh Strings, Markus Däunert
In Britten’s buoyant Young Apollo Aldeburgh Strings field a greater weight and range of colour that Rattle’s CBSO, making the work sound more expressive and substantial, and Lorenzo Soulès is... — More…
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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Britten: Orchestral and String Works Rivka Golani (viola)
Ulster Orchestra, I Musici de Montreal, English Chamber Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Yuli Turovsky, Steuart Bedford
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Yo-Yo Ma: The Classical Cello Collection
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Pamela Frank (violin), Rebecca Young (viola), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jaime Laredo (viola), Kathryn Stott (piano)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre...
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Arcadia Lost: Music of Vaughan Williams & Britten
Michael Dauth (violin), Roger Benedict (viola), Steve Davislim (tenor) & Benjamin Martin (piano)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Cantillation, Hamer Quartet, Mark Wigglesworth
A concept album which may or may not suit the dedicated collector but is certainly worth trying...Performance-wise [Sinfonia da Requiem] is arguably the highlight of the disc...[On Wenlock Edge]... — More…
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