Concertos, Piano Concertos, Britten (composer)
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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 & 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, the... — More…
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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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Unknown Britten
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Rolf Hind (piano), Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb & Chris Griffiths (horns), Michael Collins (clarinet)
Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair
Britten completed but didn't orchestrate the songs - 'Phrase', 'Aube' and 'À une raison'; Matthews matches them finely to the style of Illuminations. While the cycle is often associated with... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th September 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Disc of the Month
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Spirit of England II
Martin Jones (piano)
English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, William Boughton
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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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Meditations for All Seasons
John Lill (piano), Martin Jones (piano), Kevin Bowyer (organ), Elinor Bennett, Judith Hall
The Philharmonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Hanover Band, English String Orchestra
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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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