Britten: Two Portraits $469.99 Benjamin Britten composed his Two Portraits for string orchestra in 1930, at the age of sixteen, during the summer between leaving Gresham's School and beginning his studies at the Royal College of...
Britten: Passacaglia from "Peter Grimes" Op.33b $85.00 - $435.00 Benjamin Britten’s Passacaglia, Op. 33b, is an orchestral interlude drawn from Act II of his opera Peter Grimes, Op. 33. Britten extracted it as an independent concert work shortly after the opera’s...
Britten: Nocturne, Songs for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra Op.60 $559.95 Benjamin Britten’s Nocturne, Op. 60, was composed in August–September 1958 for tenor voice, seven obbligato instruments, and string orchestra. It lasts about 25 minutes, and its first performance was...
Britten: Prelude and Fugue for 18-Part String Orchestra, Op.29 $449.95 Benjamin Britten’s Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29, was composed in 1943 for 18-part string orchestra, and it was written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Boyd Neel Orchestra. It lasts about...
Britten: Simple Symphony Op.4 for String Orchestra $535.00 Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony, Op. 4, was written in 1933–34 and is wholly derived from themes he composed as a child; it is scored for string orchestra (also playable as a string quartet) and...
