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Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 53 episodes and was first played on 4 September 1977.

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, OM (1913–1976) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist.

Britten was born on 22nd November 1913 in Lowestoft in Suffolk, the son of a dentist and a talented amateur musician. He began composing prolifically as a child, and in 1927 began private lessons with Frank Bridge. He also studied, less happily, at the Royal College of Music under John Ireland and with some input from Ralph Vaughan Williams. Although ultimately held back by his parents (at the…

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A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28
Britten, Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Osian Ellis
RCA Red Seal1979
A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28
Britten, Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Osian EllisRCA Red Seal1979
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Night Piece (Notturno) (1963)
Stephen Hough, Ronan O'Hora, Benjamin Britten
Virgin Classics1991
Night Piece (Notturno) (1963)
Stephen Hough, Ronan O'Hora, Benjamin BrittenVirgin Classics1991
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A Ceremony Of Carols Op. 28
Britten, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Francis Grier
ASV1982
A Ceremony Of Carols Op. 28
Britten, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Francis GrierASV1982
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Cello Suite No. 2 In D Minor, BWV 1008
Bach, Britten, Falla, Jacqueline Du Pré, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Ernest Lush
EMI Studio DRM, Angel Records1989
Cello Suite No. 2 In D Minor, BWV 1008
Bach, Britten, Falla, Jacqueline Du Pré, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Ernest LushEMI Studio DRM, Angel Records1989
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Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67
Prokofiev, Britten, Saint-Saëns, Marian Lapšansky, Peter Toperczer, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd
Naxos1990
Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67
Prokofiev, Britten, Saint-Saëns, Marian Lapšansky, Peter Toperczer, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej LenárdNaxos1990
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A Boy Was Born
Britten, King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury
Argo0
A Boy Was Born
Britten, King's College Choir, Stephen CleoburyArgo0
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Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis
The Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge, George Guest, Bairstow, Britten, Howells, Ireland, Orr, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, Walton
Argo1963
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis
The Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge, George Guest, Bairstow, Britten, Howells, Ireland, Orr, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, WaltonArgo1963
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Peter And The Wolf Op.67
David Bowie, Prokofiev, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Britten
RCA Red Seal1978
Peter And The Wolf Op.67
David Bowie, Prokofiev, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, BrittenRCA Red Seal1978
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Friday Afternoons Op. 7
Wiener Sängerknaben, Andrei Gavrilov, Britten
Deutsche Grammophon1994
Friday Afternoons Op. 7
Wiener Sängerknaben, Andrei Gavrilov, BrittenDeutsche Grammophon1994
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Stanza II For Harp And Tape (1971)
Britten, Patterson, Byrnes, Yun, Takemitsu, Lavinia Meijer
Channel Classics2009
Stanza II For Harp And Tape (1971)
Britten, Patterson, Byrnes, Yun, Takemitsu, Lavinia MeijerChannel Classics2009
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