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: 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: 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: 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...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Concerto in G minor Op.72 $189.95 - $1,049.95 Inspired by the personality, prodigious technique and musicality of the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Cello Concerto in G minor is a work of imposing scale and demanding...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concerto No.2 Op.66 "I Profeti" $189.95 - $995.00 Among Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s important, large-scale Judaically incited concert works is his second violin concerto (Op. 66), which he subtitled I profeti (The Prophets). Its three movements are...
Dallapiccola: An Mathilde, Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra $635.00 Luigi Dallapiccola’s An Mathilde (1955) is a cantata for soprano and orchestra setting five German poems by Heinrich Heine drawn from Romanzero and Letzte Gedichte. Lasting about 15 minutes,...
Dallapiccola: Cinque Frammenti di Saffo $199.95 Luigi Dallapiccola’s Cinque Frammenti di Saffo (1942) is a song cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra setting Italian texts by Salvatore Quasimodo after five poems of Sappho. Though built on...
Dallapiccola: Commiato for Soprano and 15 Instruments $285.00 Luigi Dallapiccola’s Commiato (1972) is a masterful example of the composer’s late style, blending his deep engagement with serial techniques and his fascination with literary expression...
