Britten: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Op.13 (1945 Revised Version) $99.95 - $949.99 Benjamin Britten’s Piano Concerto, Op. 13, was composed in 1938 and revised in 1945, as presented here. Britten wrote the concerto for himself to play at a Promenade Concert in 1938. The...
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" Op.33a $175.00 - $895.00 Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a, is a concert suite extracted from his opera Peter Grimes, first performed in 1945. Britten selected four orchestral interludes from the opera...
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...
Britten: Our Hunting Fathers Op.8 for Voice and Orchestra $69.99 - $869.99 Benjamin Britten composed Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8, between May and July 1936, on a commission from the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festival. The text, describing a "symphonic cycle for...
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...
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...
Britten: Scottish Ballad for Two Pianos and Orchestra Op.26 $129.99 - $749.99 Benjamin Britten’s Scottish Ballad, Op. 26, is a concertante work for two pianos and orchestra composed in 1941. Britten wrote it for the piano-duet team Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson, and...
Britten: Serenade for Solo Tenor, Horn and String Orchestra Op.31 $439.95 Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, was composed in 1943 for tenor, solo horn, and string orchestra and it is one of his most distinctive early wartime works. The...
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...
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Op.20 $169.99 - $1,095.99 Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20, was composed in 1939–40 to a commission from the Japanese government for the 2,600th anniversary of the imperial line; the Japanese...
Britten: Soirées musicales Op.9 $169.99 - $849.95 Benjamin Britten composed Soirées musicales, Op. 9, in 1935–36, drawing on melodies by Gioachino Rossini, particularly from Rossini’s vocal collection Soirées musicales of...
Britten: Spring Symphony Op.44 for Soprano, Alto and Tenor Voice, SATB Chorus, Boy's Chorus and Orchestra $169.99 - $1,095.00 Benjamin Britten’s Spring Symphony, Op. 44, was composed in 1948–49 on commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Britten described it as “a symphony not only dealing with the...
Britten: Symphonic Suite from "Gloriana" Op.53a $149.95 - $895.00 Benjamin Britten composed Gloriana, his coronation opera honoring Queen Elizabeth II, in 1953, and drew from it the Symphonic Suite, Op. 53a, as a concert work for orchestra with optional tenor solo...
Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra Op.68 $174.99 - $845.00 Benjamin Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68, was composed in 1963 and dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, who gave the premiere with Britten conducting the Moscow Philharmonic...
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34 $159.95 - $799.95 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (subtitle Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell) was written by Benjamin Britten in 1945 for a British Ministry of Education film,...
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: Violin Concerto Op.15 for Violin and Orchestra $174.99 - $949.99 Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto Op.15, was composed in 1938–39 and premiered in New York in March 1940 with Antonio Brosa as soloist and Sir John Barbirolli conducting. the...
Britten: War Requiem Op.66 $129.95 - $1,795.00 Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, Op. 66 (composed 1961–62), is a large-scale choral-orchestral work written for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral and intended as a musical act...
