Benjamin Britten
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Little Wanderer
$19.99CDSignum Classics
Oct 24, 2025SIGCD952 -
Tippett, Britten & Walton
$21.99SACDBIS
Oct 10, 2025BIS-2604 -
Chausson, Britten & Saint-Saens
$21.99CDAccentus Music
Nov 21, 2025ACC30677 -
Britten & Shostakovich: Music based on texts by Michelangelo
$14.99CDBrilliant Classics
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Leif Ove Andsnes - The Warner Classics Edition 1990-2010
Antonio Pappano - Complete Santa Cecilia Symphonic,Concertante & Sacred Music Recordings
Belcea Quartet - The Complete Warner Classics Edition
Today one of the most highly respected string quartets, the Belcea were established in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London and studied with the Chilingirian, the Amadeus, and later the Alban Berg quartets. Today one of the most highly respected string quartets, the Belcea were established in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London and studied with the Chilingirian, the Amadeus, and later the Alban Berg quartets. They recorded for EMI Classics across nearly a decade, between 2000 and 2009, bringing about tremendous versions of quartets by Schubert, Britten, Bartók, and Mozart, to name a few.
"The Belcea Quartet throw every fibre of their beings into the most vivid projection of the masterpieces they undertake." - The Independent "These recordings form a crucial part of our life as a quartet and we hope that over the ensuing years they haven't lost their freshness and sense of adventure." - Krzysztof Chorzelski, violist of the Belcea Quartet
Lux Intus
Amidst the Shades
Little Wanderer
Tippett, Britten & Walton
Chausson, Britten & Saint-Saens
Britten & Shostakovich: Music based on texts by Michelangelo
WAR REQUIEM
Britten: Canticles I-V - The Heart of the Matter (English So
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony
EARLY STRING QUARTETS
Traume - Dreams
Britten: Missa Brevis; Ceremony of Carols; Williams: Mass
Shostakovich: Symphony No 14; Britten / Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra
Okay, you're not going to find the insane intensity of Rostropovich/Vishnevskaya/Reshetin in Ormandy's Fourteenth symphony, but as you might expect, this Western premiere recording is really well played, and surprisingly well sung. Simon Estes has a rich, dark bass sound, and Phyllis Curtin is, in her own way, practically as intense as Vishnevskaya. Ormandy's conducting could be more volatile, particularly in the quicker songs, but he was always an excellent interpreter of this composer, and it's good to see this disc reappearing in Japanese RCA's Ormandy edition. The Britten pieces are also surprisingly effective given their late date in Ormandy's career. Again, the "Storm" could be a bit wilder, but the Passacaglia is terrific. Sonically this really is pretty good for its 1970s RCA vintage. Available from Arkivmusic.com, on-demand.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
Britten, B.: 4 Sea Interludes / Variations On A Theme of Fra
Yuri Bashmet - Britten, Reger, Hindemith, Schnittke
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Britten: War Requiem
Britten: Choral Works
SPRING SYMPHONY / FOUR SEA INT
