Recommended recordings
Serenade op.31 for tenor, horn and strings
Reviewer: Hilary Finch
Broadcast: 28th May 2011
- c/w Sinfonietta op.1, Nocturne op.60
- Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Ib Lanzky-Otto (horn), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
- BIS BISCD540 (CD)
Violin Concerto Op 15 (1939 rev 1958)
Reviewer: Anthony Burton
Broadcast: 27th February 2010
- c/w Piano Concerto Op 13 (Sviatoslav Richter, piano)
- Mark Lubotsky (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten (conductor)
- Decca 4737152 (CD, budget)
- Britten conducts Britten
- c/w Piano Concerto Op 13; Symphony for Cello and Orchestra Op 68; Sinfonia da Requiem Op 20; Cantata misericordium Op 69; Simple Symphony Op 4; Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; etc
- Mark Lubotsky (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Britten (conductor) / Various Others
- Decca 4756051 (7CD, budget)
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War Requiem
Reviewer: Jonathan Swain
Broadcast: 7th November 2009
- Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) / Peter Pears (tenor) / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / The Bach Choir / London Symphony Orchestra Chorus / Highgate School Choir / Simon Preston (organ) / Melos Ensemble / London Symphony Orchestra / Benjamin Britten (conductor)
- Decca The Originals 4757511 (2CD, Mid Price)
Britten: Nocturne
Reviewer: Hilary Finch
Broadcast: 7th March 2009
- (c/w Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Les Illuminations)
- John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
- Classics for Pleasure 5755632 (CD, Mid Price)
