Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Britten – Sinfonia da Requiem (DG)
Like Beethoven’s Mass in C major which is overshadowed by the mighty Missa Solemnis, Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem is sometimes mistaken for the War…
Browsing: Benjamin Britten
Lebrecht’s Album of the Week: Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
It has been a while since the viola last had a powerful advocate. Timothy Ridout, 24 and British, is being touted as the next star…
Britten’s War Requiem
This May, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is closing its season with Benjamin Britten’s choral masterpiece War Requiem, conducted by Kent Nagano with soloists Catherine Naglestad,…
Lebrecht Weekly – British Clarinet Concertos 2 (Chandos)
An unknown work by Benjamin Britten sets the pulse racing. It turns out to be fragments of a concerto he started writing for Benny…
Video of the Day – Rattle and the BPO Play Britten’s War Requiem
November 22 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. During his lifetime Britten was recognized as one of the foremost composers of…
Video of the Day – The Aldeburgh Connection Presents Its Final Concert
After more than 30 years of distinguished music-making, the Aldeburgh Connection has decided to pack it in. This month it will give its final concert.…
DSO, van Zweden & Co. Present Britten’s Prayer for Pacifism
by Paul E. RobinsonOlga Guryakova, sopranoIan Bostridge, tenorDietrich Henschel, baritoneChildren’s Chorus of Greater DallasDallas Symphony ChorusDallas Symphony OrchestraJaap Van Zweden, conductorPaul Phillips, conductor (chamber orchestra)Myerson…
The Odd Couple: Britten and Shostakovich Superb Match Under van Zweden & DSO
by Paul E. RobinsonThere are plenty of recordings of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 Op. 60 (Leningrad), but one rarely gets a chance to hear it…
