Since you are interested in The Best of Britten (Incls 'Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27' & 'Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: English Choral Music: Nine Tenebrae Motets Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] "Another winner from the Naxos/St. John's Cambridge stable-nourishing repertoire, captivated and captivating performances....a bargain of the first order." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / LENNOX BERKELEY
Auden Songs Philip Langridge (tenor) / Della Jones (mezzo-soprano) / Steuart Bedford (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "...Langridge and Jones sing them with admirable ardour, colour and clarity." - Jeremy Nicholas, Classic FM Magazine |
CHORAL MUSIC
Discover Choral Music: a combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 17/Sep/2007 ] Discover Choral Music surveys and explains the development of choral music from medieval plainchant to contemporary favourites such as John Rutter and Arvo Pärt, via Renaissance motets, oratorios by Bach and Handel, and symphonies by Beethoven,... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: St. Nicolas / Christ's Nativity / Psalm 150 Philip Langridge (tenor) BBC Singers / Tallis Chamber Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "Intensely committed performances. Naxos's couplings offer a student setting for unaccompanied choirs of Christmas texts and a sixties setting of Psalm 150 in a delightfully exuberant performance." -- Mathew Rye, BBC Music Magazine |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo / The Holy Sonnets of John Donne / Winter Words Philip Langridge (tenor) / Steuart Bedford (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 7 / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] The three cycles on this recording span the years 1940 to 1953, an astonishingly productive and fertile period for Britten that saw the completion of no fewer than eight operas, as well as several other by no means insubstantial scores such as the... |
PROKOFIEV
Peter & The Wolf (with Saint-Saens-Carnival of the Animals / Britten-Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ondrej Lenard [ naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] The Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev wrote his Peter and the Wolf in 1936 to introduce to children the instruments of the orchestra. He had taken his two sons to see performances at the Moscow Children's Music Theatre and this had suggested to him... |
STRAVINSKY / BRITTEN / DUTILLEUX / DEBUSSY
Cello Recital Tatjana Vassilieva (cello) Yumiko Urabe (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series: cello / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "Listen, for example, to how subtly she handles the many unconventional tonal effects in the piece." - Michael Jameson, Classics Today |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 2 Thomas Allen (baritone) Osian Ellis (harp) Margaret Feaviour (soprano) Judith Harris (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) / BBC Singers and others [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Aug/2005 ] Benjamin Britten occupies an unrivalled position in English music of the twentieth century and a place of the greatest importance in the wider musical world. |
STANFORD / FINZI / WALTON / BRITTEN / TAVENER / etc
English Choral Music (Incls the Coronation te Deum & Song for Athene) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "At Naxos's bargain price these performances should be snapped up and relished. Better still, get yourself to Cambridge during Advent or Easter and hear the choir for yourself...All texts are provided." -- Gary Higginson, MusicWeb |