Britten - The Collector’s Edition - Box Set 37CDs

 

Label : Warner

Format : Flac track

Cover : Yes

This 37-CD set features all of his most beloved works, giving a comprehensive overview for beginners, as well as a fantastic value for seasoned collectors. Artists include Sir Simon Rattle, Paavo Järvi, Sir Neville Marriner, Daniel Harding, Steven Isserlis, Peter Pears, Britten himself on the piano, and more!

Benjamin Britten was without question one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, writer of such towering operas as Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, The Turn of the Screw and others; orchestral works such as the Cello Symphony (for Rostropovich), the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; his string quartets; and his transcendant vocal works, such as the deeply-moving War Requiem.

CD1

Sinfonia da Requiem op. 20

Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes op. 33

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra op. 34

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek. rec. 1989

CD2

Canadian Carnival op. 19

Wesley Warren, trumpet. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle.

rec. 1982

Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra op. 21

Peter Donohoe, piano. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec.

1990

Scottish Ballad op. 26

Peter Donohoe, Philip Fowke, pianos. City of Birmingham SO/Sir

Simon Rattle. rec. 1982

An American Overture op. 27

Occasional Overture op. 38

City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec. 1984

Building of the House op. 79

CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle

rec. 1990

CD3

Piano Concerto op. 13

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. City of Birmingham SO/Paavo Järvi. rec.

1997

Violin Concerto op. 15

Ida Haendel, violin. Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund. rec. 1977

Young Apollo op. 16

Peter Donohoe, piano. Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard, violins. Peter Cole,

viola. Michal Kaznowski, cello.

City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec. 1982

CD4

Simple Symphony op. 4 (rec. 1990)

Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge op. 10 (rec. 1988)

Prélude and Fugue op. 29

Lachrymae op. 48a

Lars Anders Tomter, viola. Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Iona Brown.

rec. 1991

CD5

Symphonic Suite from ‘Gloriana’ op. 53a

Royal Liverpool PO/Takuo Yuasa. rec. 1994

Cello Symphony op. 68

Steven Isserlis, cello. City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward,

Richard Hickox. rec. 1987

Men of Goodwill (Variations on a Christmas Carol for orchestra)

Minnesota Orchestra/Sir Neville Marriner. rec. 1983

CD6

Sinfonietta op. 1

Pauline Lowbury, Julian Tear, violins. Britten Sinfonia/Daniel

Harding. rec. 1997

Russian Funeral

City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec. 1994

Suite on English Folk Tunes ‘A time there was…’ op. 90

Peter Walden, cor anglais. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle

rec. 1984

Matinees Musicales op. 24

Soirees Musicales op. 9

English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson. rec. 1982

Rossini Suite original version of Soirees Musicales

Boys of the Choir of Paisley Abbey chorus/George McPhee

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. rec. 1998

CD7

The Prince of Pagodas op. 57 Acts I and II

CD8

The Prince of Pagodas op. 57 Act III

London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen. rec. 1989

CD9

Rhapsody for String Quartet

Elegy for Solo Viola - Garfield Jackson, viola

String Quartet in D - Nicholas Logie, viola

CD10

Phantasy for Oboe and String Trio op. 2

Three Divertimenti for String Quartet

String Quartet No. 1 in D op. 25

CD11

String Quartet No. 2 in C op. 36

String Quartet No. 3 op. 94

Endellion String Quartet. rec. 1986

CD12

Cello Suite No. 1 in G op. 72

Cello Suite No. 2 in D op. 80

Cello Suite No. 3 op. 87

Truls Mørk, cello. rec. 1998 & 2000

CD13

The Music For Solo Piano:

Holiday Diary op. 5

Three Character Pieces

From Sonatina Romantica

Five Waltzes – Stephen Hough, piano

Two Lullabies for Two Pianos

Introduction & Rondo alla burlesca op. 23 No. 1

Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara, pianos. rec. 1990

CD14

Suite for Violin and Piano op. 6

Alexander Barantschik, violin. John Adey, piano. rec. 1994

Cello Sonata in C op. 65

Moray Welsh, cello. John Lenehan, piano. rec. 1994

Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for Solo Oboe op. 49

Roy Carter, oboe. rec. 1995

Nocturnal after John Dowland op. 70

Julian Bream, guitar. rec. 1992

CD15

War Requiem op. 66

Requiem aeternam

Dies irae

Offertorium

Sanctus

Agnes Dei

CD16

Libera Me

Elisabeth Soderstrom, soprano. Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Thomas Allen,

baritone.

Mark Blatchly, chamber organ. Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/

Francis Grier

CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle.

rec. 1983

Spring Symphony op. 44 Parts I-IV

Sheila Armstrong, soprano. Dame Janet Baker, contralto. Robert Tear,

tenor.

St. Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir/Keith Walters. London Symphony

Chorus/Richard Hickox

LSO/Andre Previn. rec. 1978

CD17

Hymn to St. Cecilia op. 27

A Ceremony of Carols op. 28

James Clark, Julian Godlee, trebles. Osian Ellis, harp

Miss brevis in D op. 63

Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony Sackville, Rory Phillips &

James Clark, trebles. Ian Hare, organ.

Festival Te Deum op. 32

Simon Channing, treble. James Lancelot, organ

Rejoice in the Lamb op. 30

Simon Channing, treble. James Bowman, countertenor. Richard Morton,

tenor. Marcus Creed, bass.

James Lancelot, organ. David Corkhill, percussion.

Te Deum in C

Rory Phillips, treble. James Lancelot, organ

Jubilate Deo

James Lancelot, organ. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Sir David

Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger. rec. 1971, 72 & 74

CD18

A Hymn to the Virgin

Stephen Barton, Hugh Hudleston, treble. Warren Trevelyan-Jones, tenor

Francis Pott, bass

Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill. rec. 1996

Saint Nicolas op. 42

Robert Tear, tenor. Bruce Russell, treble. Andrew Davis & Ian Hare,

piano duet.

Cambridge Girl’s Choir, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner, Sir David

Willcocks. rec. 1970.

Hymn to St. Peter op. 56a

Mark Emney, Peter Rowe, trebles. Timothy Farrell, organ. Wandsworth

School Choir/Russell Burgess. rec. 1968

A Hymn of St. Columba – Regis regum rectissimi op. 56a

Mark Emney, Peter Rowe, trebles. Christopher Hughes, Timothy Farrell,

organ.

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Wandsworth School Choir/Russell

Burgess. rec. 1968

Sacred and Profane op. 91

Vasari Singers. Jeremy Backhouse. rec. 1992

CD19

The Little Sweep – A Children’s Opera in 3 Scenes op. 45 rec. 1977

A Boy was Born op. 3

London Sinfonietta Chorus. Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John

Scott, Terry Edwards

A Shepherd’s Carol for unaccompanied chorus, words by W. H. Auden

Sarah Leonard, soprano. Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano. Peter Hall,

tenor. Gordon Jones, baritone.

London Sinfonietta Chorus/Terry Edwards. rec. 1988

CD20

Noye’s Fludde op. 59 rec. 1898

AMDG words by Gerard Manley Hopkins

London Sinfonietta Chorus/Terry Edwards. rec. 1987 & 1988

The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard

Baccholian Singers of London. Rogers Covey-Crump, Ian Partridge, Ian

Thompson, Paul Elliott, tenors

Ian Humphris, Stephen Varcoe, baritones. Michael George, Brian

Etheridge, bass. rec. 1976

CD21

The Company of Heaven Parts I, II & III

Peter Barkworth, Sheila Allen, narrators. Cathryn Pope, soprano. Dan

Dressen, tenor. Christopher Herrick, organ

London Philharmonic Chorus/Richard Cooke. English Chamber Orchestra/Philip Brunelle rec. 1989

Ballad of Heroes op. 14

Robert Tear, tenor. CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle

Praise We Great Men

Alison Hargan, soprano. Mary King, contralto. Robert Tear, tenor

Willard White, bass.

CBSO Chorus/Simon Halsey. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle

rec. 1990

CD22

Les Illuminations op. 18

Heather Harper, soprano. Northern Sinfonia Orchestra/Sir Neville

Marriner. rec. 1970

Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings op. 31

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Tennyson)

Neil Mackie, tenor, Barry Tuckwell, horn. Scottish C.O./John Tunnell,

Steuart Bedford. rec. 1988

Nocturne op. 60

Robert Tear, tenor. English C.O./Jeffrey Tate. rec. 1987

CD23

Quatre Chansons Francaises

Jill Gomez, soprano. City of Birmingham SO/Sir Simon Rattle. rec.

1982

Our Hunting Fathers op. 8

Folksong Arrangements

Elisabeth Soderstrom, soprano. Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/

Richard Armstrong. rec. 1982

Phaedra op. 93

Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano. Jane Salmon, cello. Melvyn Tan,

harpsichord. Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield

Five French Folksong Arrangements

Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano. Endymion Ensemble/John Whitfield.

rec. 1986

CD24

Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op. 22

Peter Pears, tenor, Benjamin Britten, piano. rec. 1942

Holy Sonnets of John Donne op. 35

Peter Pears, tenor, Benjamin Britten, piano. rec. 1947

On This Island op. 11

Winter Words op. 52

Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Philip Ledger, piano. rec. 1973

CD25

The Five Canticles

Folksong Arrangements

Ian Bostridge, tenor. David Daniels, counter-tenor. Christopher Maltman,

baritone

Timothy Brown, horn. Aline Brewer, harp. Julius Drake, piano

CD26

Two Songs by Thomas Hardy

Beware! Three Early Songs

Two Songs by W. H. Auden

Three Rhymes by William Soutar

Neil Mackie, tenor. Roger Vignoles, piano. rec. 1986

Tit for Tat (5 settings of poems by Walter de la Mare)

Jonathan Lemalu, bass baritone. Malcolm Martineau, piano. rec. 2005

Two Ballads for Two Voices and Piano

Felicity Lott, soprano. Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano. Graham Johnson,

piano. rec. 1991

Folksong Arrangements

Robert Tear, tenor. Sir Philip Ledger, piano. rec. 1974

Sarah Brightman, soprano. Geoffrey Parsons, piano. rec. 1986

CD27

Realisations of Henry Purcell – Odes and Elegies

The Queen’s Epicedium

Peter Pears, tenor. Benjamin Britten, piano. rec. 1947

Orpheus Britannicus

Felicity Lott, soprano. Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano. Graham Johnson,

piano. rec. 1991.

Neil Mackie, tenor. Roger Vignoles, piano. rec. 1986

Suite of Songs for High Voice and Orchestra

Neil Mackie, tenor. Scottish C.O./John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. rec.

1988

Orchestrations of Schubert & Schumann

Neil Mackie, tenor. Scottish C.O./John Tunnell, Steuart Bedford. rec.

1988

CD28

Paul Bunyan – Operetta in 2 acts and prologue op. 17 – ACT I rec. 1987

CD29

Paul Bunyan – ACT II

Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series / Philip Brunelle

CD30 + CD31

Peter Grimes rec. 1992

Anthony Rolfe Johnson; Felicity Lott; Thomas Allen; Patricia Payne; Maria Bovino; Gillian Webster; Stuart Kale; Stafford Dean; Sarah Walker; Neil Jenkins; Simon Keenlyside; David Wilson-Johnson

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Bernard Haitink

CD32 + CD33

The Turn of the Screw rec. 2002

Ian Bostridge; Joan Rodgers; Julian Leang; Caroline Wise; Jane Henschel; Vivian Tierney

Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding

CD34 + CD35

A Midsummer Night’s Dream rec. 1990

James Bowman; Lillian Watson; Dexter Fletcher; John Graham-Hall; Henry Herford; Della Jones; Jill Gomez; Norman Bailey; Penelope Walker

Trinity Boys’ Choir; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

CD36 + CD37

The Rape of Lucretia op. 37 Opera in 2 acts rec. 1947

Peter Pears; Joan Cross; Norman Lumsden; Denis Dowling; Frederick Sharp; Nancy Evans; Flora Nielsen; Margaret Ritchie

English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra/Reginald Goodall

Scenes from Peter Grimes op. 33. rec. 1948

Peter Pears, tenor; Joan Cross, Tom Culbert, Herbert Dawson, BBC Theatre Chorus, Orchestra of the ROH Covent Garden/Reginald Goodall

Complete tracklist : Britten - The Collector’s Edition