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1. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Edward Benjamin Britten was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He's best-known for his substantial operatic output, including Peter Grimes, Billy Budd and The Turn of the Screw, among others, but also wrote song cycles and a large number of orchestral works.
The most remarkable English composer of the post-war period, Edward Benjamin Britten changed the face of British opera and composed some of this century’s most-loved choral works. Renowned for his emotive and accessible compositions, Britten’s works range from enchanting operas to heartfelt choral masterpieces and orchestral gems.
Britten was born, by happy coincidence, on St. Cecilia's Day, at the family home in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. His father was a dentist. He was the youngest of four children, with a brother, Robert (1907), and two sisters, Barbara (1902) and Beth (1909). He was educated locally, and studied, first, piano, and then, later, viola, from private ...
May 23, 2018 · Composer, conductor, and pianist Benjamin Britten was a giant of mid-twentieth-century British music. The creator of War Requiem, one of the most performed pieces of classical music, he wrote an important body of songs for amateurs and, perhaps most importantly, revived modern British opera.
Nov 20, 2013 · Now we can finally celebrate the centenary of Benjamin Britten for real. In anticipation of the actual date of the composer’s birth on 22 November, all eyes and ears turn to Britten’s...
The founding composer of Faber Music, Benjamin Britten is a central figure in this history of British music. Blessed with tremendous imagination and facility he composed across all genres, though vocal music was always a central preoccupation.
Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, (born Nov. 22, 1913, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Eng.—died Dec. 4, 1976, Aldeburgh, Suffolk), British composer. He studied at the Royal College of Music, where he met the tenor Peter Pears (1910–86), who would become his lifelong companion.
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Schubert, Wolf: Lieder
1999
Britten: Our Hunting Fathers; Who Are These Children?; Still Falls the Rain; Lachrymae
1999
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; Sinfonia da Requiem; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo
1995
Britten the Performer, Vol. 9
1999
Bach: St. John Passion (Highlights)
1993
Britten the Collection [Bonus CD]
2000
