Vocal, Britten (composer)

Special offer. For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)

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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Vocal Choice
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Contemplation

Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg

BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Broken Branches

Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar)

Presto Recording of the Week, 12th May 2023
Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Special offer. Shakespeare Songs

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Adam Walker (flute), Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet)

Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Images

Anna Lapwood (organ of Ely Cathedral)

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio

Songs For Peter Pears

Robin Tritschler (tenor), Philip Higham (cello), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sean Shibe (guitar)

Presto Recording of the Week, 21st June 2024
BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Choral & Song Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Song

Special offer. Song Cycles

Mark Padmore (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice

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Come to Me in My Dreams | 120 years of songs from the RCM

Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice

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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Special Edition)

Britten: War Requiem

Heather Harper (soprano). Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Roderick Elms (organ) London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Richard Hickox

Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering

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Venice

Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Basel Chamber Orchestra

Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs

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Dame Edna Everage (narrator), Barry Humphries (narrator) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Paradise Lost

Britten: War Requiem

Heather Harper (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor) Choristers of St Paul`s Cathedral, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox

Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended

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Parfum

Christiane Karg (soprano) Bamberger Symphoniker, David Afkham

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Record Review, 3rd June 2017, Recording of the Week

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Anna Prohaska (soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song

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Songs of Rain

Karolina Errera (viola), Lilit Grigoryan (piano)

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent

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Special offer. Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake | and other songs

Gerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano)

Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Solo Vocal

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The English Song Series Volume 22 - Benjamin Britten

Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Solo Vocal
Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice

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Special offer. Britten: Serenade, Les Illuminations & Nocturne

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Radek Baborák (horn) Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Disc of the Month
Penguin Guide, Rosette

Special offer. Britten: Les Illuminations and other works

Julie Roset (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster

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Coming soon. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings | Goossens - Ireland - Walton

Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christopher Parkes (horn), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

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New. Winter Tales: The Britten Christmas Album

Anna Viechtl (harp), Leander Alpers (boy soprano), Marcel Andreas Ober (organ), Philip Mayers (piano), RIAS Kammerchor, Staats- und Domchor Berlin, Justin Doyle

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A Lad's Love

Brian Giebler (tenor), Steven McGhee, Katie Hyun, Ben Russell, Jessica Meyer, Michael Katz, Reginald Mobley

Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Special offer. British Music Collection - Britten & Walton

Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Sitwell (narrator) Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Anthony Collins

Building a Library, November 1999, Historic Choice
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Britten & Dowland - Lute Songs

Mark Padmore (tenor) & Elizabeth Kenny (lute), guitar solo by Craig Ogden

Building a Library, January 2013, Top recommendation - Dowland Songs

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Lines Written During a Sleepless Night

Louise Alder (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd January 2020
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
The Times Records of the Year, 2020

Special offer. Britten - Songs

Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Graham Johnson (piano)

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Fairy Tales

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), CHAARTS Chamber Artists

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Vocal

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Special offer. Britten Songs

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano), Xuefei Yang (guitar)

Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2013
Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice

Special offer. Long Time Ago

Susan Manoff, Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano)

Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019

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Special offer. Britten: Les Illuminations

Karina Gauvin (soprano) Les Violons du Roy, Jean-Marie Zeitouni

Building a Library, June 2015, First Choice

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Special offer. The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4 | From 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952

Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical

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Dance!

Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)

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Britten: My Beloved is Mine | Song cycles by Benjamin Britten

James Gilchrist (tenor) & Anna Tilbrook (piano)

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Day of These Days | The British Isles Reflected in Song

Amidst the Shades

Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg, Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann

Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice

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Tristan Hambleton (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Vocal Choice

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Unknown Britten

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Rolf Hind (piano), Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb & Chris Griffiths (horns), Michael Collins (clarinet) Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair

Presto Recording of the Week, 28th September 2009
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Disc of the Month

Special offer. Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne

Andrew Staples (tenor), Christopher Parkes (horn), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding

International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music

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A Musical Zoo

Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Choral & Song Choice

Visions Illuminées

Mary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano), 12 Ensemble, Ruisi Quartet

Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023

À sa guitare

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2021
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021

Special offer. Blackbirds

Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev

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I Wonder As I Wander | Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler & Britten

James Newby (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021

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Special offer. You Did Not Want For Joy

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Matthew Wadsworth (lute)

Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice

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Unveiled: Britten, Tippett, Gipps, Browne, Thomas

Elgan Llŷr Thomas (tenor), Iain Burnside (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar)

Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023

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Britten: Les Illuminations; Quatre Chansons françaises & Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne

Mari Eriksmoen (soprano) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

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Special offer. Reflet

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo, Jean-François Verdier

International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music

The Poet’s Echo | Britten - Prokofiev - Shostakovich

Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), Abi Hyde-Smith, Jocelyn Freeman (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023

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Flax & Fire

Stuart Jackson (tenor), Jocelyn Freeman (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020

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Within a Dream - A Celebration of Richard Hickox | in association with the Richard Hickox Foundation

Richard Hickox

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Benjamin Britten: Canticles

James Way (tenor), Natalie Burch (piano), Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), Annemarie Federle (horn), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone), Alis Huws (harp)

Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Song

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Special offer. Very Best of English Song

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Nina Walker (piano), Frederick Harvey (baritone), Jack Byfield (piano), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Robert Tear (tenor), André Previn (piano), Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders, Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christopher Wilson (lute), Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute), Charles Daniels (tenor), David Miller (lute), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (harpsichord), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Boothby (lute), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ernest Lush (piano), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone), Donald Swann (piano), Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, Alan Civil (horn), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Pauline Lowbury (violin), John Noble (baritone) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Fretwork, London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir David Willcocks, Christopher Finzi, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Charles Groves, Bernard Haitink, George Weldon

Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)

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Special offer. Paul Daniel conducts Barber, Berlioz & Britten

Anne-Catherine Gillet (soprano) Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Paul Daniel

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Special offer. The Britten Collection | Celebrating The 100th Anniversary of Britten’s Birth

Ian Partridge (solo tenor) The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

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Sweet Chance

Tanya Houghton, Jenny Bourke, Lynda Barrett, Jennifer Sturgeon

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Britten Works For Children’s Voices

Bruno Crabbé (piano) The Monnaie Children’s Choir, Denis Menier

CD: $20.25

Coming soon. Britten: « En français ! »

Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Tristan Raës, Orchestre national de Metz Grand Est, David Reiland