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Britten - Piano Concerto, Op. 13
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin), Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Shelley and Edward Gardner create something more mercurial [than Britten's own reading], Gardner conjuring that lithe, high-tension drama he has so successfully achieved with Britten's stage... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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Britten: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
Steven Osborne and Ilan Volkov launch into the Piano Concerto's opening 'Toccata' at a headlong pace… For all the remarkable velocity, the playing has weight and incisiveness too, and Osborne's... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, March 2018, Recommended Recording
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Britten: Piano Concerto, Overture to Paul Bunyan & Johnson over Jordan
RecommendedJoanna MacGregor (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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Britten conducts Britten vol. 4
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Julius Katchen (piano), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Alexander Murray (flute), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet),...
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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Britten & Barber: Piano Concertos & Nocturnes
RecommendedElizabeth Joy Roe (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
Roe brings an incisive and well-articulated touch to the ebullient first movement of the Britten..Barber's complex and declamatory opening Allegro appassionato is satisfactorily dealt with,... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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British Music Collection - Benjamin Britten
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Just after Britten's performances were released on LP in 1971, the composer admitted with some pride that Sviatoslav Richter had learned his Piano Concerto 'entirely off his own bat', and had... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice
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Britten - Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter, Mark Lubotsky
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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