Britten: Cello Symphony/Bridge: Oration Isserlis, Hickox             Albert Herring3 reviews Britten, Bedford, ... Naxos, 2003 Albert the Good! + First-rate, bargain-priced "Herring" + Delightful This is a budget-priced reissue on Naxos of the performance of 'Albert Herring' previously available from the now-defunct Collins Classics, originally issued in 1997. It features a stellar cast including Josephine Barstow who has owned the role of Lady Billows for perhaps twenty years, Felicity ...             Britten: War Requiem; Spring Symphony; Five Flower Songs; Etc. [Germany]1 review Britten, Hagley, ... Dg Imports, 2002 well performed Britten choral works I must thank the Rough Guide for I had never heard of the Spring Symphony and they had recommended Gardiner. As the name suggests, the symphony is for soprano, alto and tenor soloitst and for two different choirs and orchestra interpretinng English poems about pastoral scenes and spring. Britten ...             Britten & Holst: Orchestral Works2 reviews Benjamin Britten, Gustav Holst, ... EMI Classics, 2003 ENGLAND, THEIR ENGLAND + Britten and Holst: an excellent choice Previn has a conspicuous penchant for 20th century English music, both the music I am myself enthusiastic about such as Britten and Walton and the kind for which my mania is rather muted such as Holst and Vaughan Williams. I was therefore expecting a lot of this disc and I have not been ...             Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Nocturne; Phaedra2 reviews Stephen Reay, Robert Plane, ... Naxos, 2005 Benjamin Britten's Magic Lives Well Beyond the Initial Recordings! + A Super-Budget Entry That Stands with the Best Available There are times when composers write works for specific musicians and because of that 'sacred coalition' all other performances and recordings pale. Such is most assuredly not the case for this splendid re-release of a recording made in the 1990s by Steuart Bedford conducting the English Chamber ...             Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra1 review Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2005 Superb Recordings of Two Britten Standards & Two Rare Items At the time of this review the headnote of this listing does not, unfortunately, include the two rarities recorded on this CD: Britten's 'Occasional Overture' and 'Prelude and Fugue For 18-Part String Orchestra.' More about them later. The two 'big' pieces here are among Britten's most loved ...             Prokofiev: Classical Symphony; Britten: Simple Symphony; Bizet: Symphony in C5 reviews Georges Bizet, Benjamin Britten, ... Deutsche Grammophon / Polygram Records, 1990 The Finest Recording of Three Little Wonders! + A jewel + Elegant Reappraisal of these works by Orpheus + Sophisticated, nuanced approach + The best classical CD             Britten: The Turn of the Screw3 reviews Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2004 excellent and terrific opera + Better Than the Composer's Own Recording! This is one of the greatest operas of Britten, based on a novella, an amazing ghost story of Henry James. The librettos was written by the composer's close friend Myfanwy Piper, who the librettist of "Death in Venice". The libretto is also very impressive, as like the main story. This recording is ...             Britten: Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden, ... Decca, 2006             Rattle Conducts Britten2 reviews Benjamin Britten, Simon Rattle, ... EMI Classics, 2000 Great Composer- Great Conductor + More Britten Than We Know Well This album is a must for any classical music fan and for any Britten fan in particular. Rattle brings to these great pieces a vibrancy and energy that Britten would surely have enthusiastically approved . Aside from some of the more familiar works of Britten's such as the powerful and touching ...             Britten: War Requiem7 reviews Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten, ... Decca, 2006 Great music, great recording + Fantastic + i don/t have the cds yet, but... + A Safe Bet + Can't help saying a few words about the 1-star review             Britten: Les Illuminations; Our Hunting Fathers; Quatre Chansons Françaises1 review Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2004 Stunning. (This is the same recording formerly released on Collins Classics - the Lott song cycles recorded in 1994 and the Bryn-Julson in 1990.) If this disc only had the 22 minutes of Felicity Lott's Les Illuminations, it would still be worth Naxos' asking price three times over. Les Illuminations, a ...             Britten: Peter Grimes Benjamin Britten, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden, ... Decca, 2006             Britten: War Requiem; Spring Symphony; Five Flower Songs; Etc. [Germany]1 review Britten, Hagley, ... Dg Imports, 2002 well performed Britten choral works I must thank the Rough Guide for I had never heard of the Spring Symphony and they had recommended Gardiner. As the name suggests, the symphony is for soprano, alto and tenor soloitst and for two different choirs and orchestra interpretinng English poems about pastoral scenes and spring. Britten ...             Britten: War Requiem7 reviews Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Britten, ... Decca, 2006 Great music, great recording + Fantastic + i don/t have the cds yet, but... + A Safe Bet + Can't help saying a few words about the 1-star review             Albert Herring3 reviews Britten, Bedford, ... Naxos, 2003 Albert the Good! + First-rate, bargain-priced "Herring" + Delightful This is a budget-priced reissue on Naxos of the performance of 'Albert Herring' previously available from the now-defunct Collins Classics, originally issued in 1997. It features a stellar cast including Josephine Barstow who has owned the role of Lady Billows for perhaps twenty years, Felicity ...             Britten: The Turn of the Screw3 reviews Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2004 excellent and terrific opera + Better Than the Composer's Own Recording! This is one of the greatest operas of Britten, based on a novella, an amazing ghost story of Henry James. The librettos was written by the composer's close friend Myfanwy Piper, who the librettist of "Death in Venice". The libretto is also very impressive, as like the main story. This recording is ...             Britten: Les Illuminations; Our Hunting Fathers; Quatre Chansons Françaises1 review Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, ... Naxos, 2004 Stunning. (This is the same recording formerly released on Collins Classics - the Lott song cycles recorded in 1994 and the Bryn-Julson in 1990.) If this disc only had the 22 minutes of Felicity Lott's Les Illuminations, it would still be worth Naxos' asking price three times over. Les Illuminations, a ...             Britten: Cello Symphony/Bridge: Oration Isserlis, Hickox             Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Nocturne; Phaedra2 reviews Stephen Reay, Robert Plane, ... Naxos, 2005 Benjamin Britten's Magic Lives Well Beyond the Initial Recordings! + A Super-Budget Entry That Stands with the Best Available There are times when composers write works for specific musicians and because of that 'sacred coalition' all other performances and recordings pale. Such is most assuredly not the case for this splendid re-release of a recording made in the 1990s by Steuart Bedford conducting the English Chamber ...