BRITTEN, Benjamin

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Albert Herring

Boender, Fröhlich, Pierce, Lioni, vend er Geest, Blinkhof, Brjocheler, Kraak, Waber – Scheveningen – May 1973 (0244)

Hoback, Tinsley, Ward, Christin, Gerber, Pruett, Petros, Moore, Walker, Ward, Dickson – St. Louis – Moriarty – 7 Apr 1979 (0001 V, 0049, 0057 V)

Gencer, Verri, di Credico, Surjan, Mori, Gaifa, Muller – Milan – Bellugi – 1980 (0025)

Grant, Stender, Bruce, Germain, Gard, terrecini, Raisbeck – Sydney – Reid – 1980s (0)

Haggart, Begg, Bruce, Gard, Welch, Grant – Sydney – Stanhope – 1988 (0025, 0049)

Tinsley, Palmer, Gale, Kern, James, Hall, Hammond-Stroud, Oliver, van Allen, Black – London – Norrington – 12 May 1989 (0135) *

Gilchrist, Bullock, Opie, Evans, Richardson, Burgess, Stephan, Collins, Tear, Williams – Barbican – Hickox – 9 Oct 2001 (0002, 0057)

Undated

Graham Hall, Opie, Rigby – Glyndebourne – Haitink (0020 V)

Gillett, Barstow, Palmer, Lloyd, Savidge, Finlay, Gritton – Bedford (0150)

Manhattan School (0)

l’Arche

Märkl, Bou – Paris - de Noé – 24 Jan 2004 (0094)

The Beggar’s Opera

(In Italian) Cavalli, Lane, di Stefano, Franzini, Carmeli – Turin – Scaglia – 21 Mar 1968 (0049, 0233)

Kales, Poschner, Papouschek, Haas, Serafin, Kraemmer, Ofczarek, Ehrenfreund – Vienna – Bauer-Thessl – 25 Mar 1985 (0057)

Billy Budd

(Premier – 4 Act version) Uppman, Pears, Dalberg, Alan, Evans, Langdon, Marlowe, Drake, Te Waita, McAlpine, Tree, Lewis, Hobson, Cameron – London – Britten – 1 Dec 1951 (0049, 0057, 0109, 0179)

Kerns, Lewis, Robinson – London – Downes – 27 Jul 1968 (0105)

Uppman, Lewis, Evans, Michalski – Chicago – Bartoletti – 6 Nov 1970 (0181)

Allen, Davies, Robertson, Douglas, Gwynne – Welsh National – Armstrong – 30 Sep 1972 (0014, 0022)

Duesing, Lewis, Robinson, Herincx, Burchinal, Miller, Egerton, Monk, Hudson, Hoback, Eisler, del Carlo, McKee, Byrd – San Francisco – Atherton – 29 Sep 1978 (0043, 0049, 0057, 0083, 0118)

Stilwell, Pears, Morris, Glossop, Ward – Met – Leppard – 31 Mar 1979 (0181)

Stilwell, Cassilly, Morris, Glossop – Met – Leppard – 19 Apr 1980 (0238)

Duesing, King, Morris, Glossop, Pederson, Busterud – San Francisco – Leppard – 15 Nov 1985 (0083)

Allen, Langridge, van Allan, Howlett, Guy-Bromley, Bayley, Byles, Richardson, Connell, Banks, Milner, Rivers, Reaville, Booth-Jones – English National – Atherton – 1988 (0001 V, 0022 V, 0020 V, 0181 V)

Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney, Robbins, Murray, Hawkins, Macurdy, Laciura, Fitch, Meredith, Castel, Oswald – New York – Mackerras – 4 Apr 1992 (0049, 0057, 0091)

Kazaracas, Combs, Wells, Aceto – St Louis – Spano – 12 Jun 1993 (0238)

Gilfry, Tear, White, Wilson-Johnson, Whelan – Genève – Brydon – 23 Mar 1994 (0202 V, 0244 V)

Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney – Met – Mackerras – 4 Apr 1994 (0)

Gilfrey, Clarke, Tomlinson – London – Spano – 5 Jun 1995 (0)

Croft, Langridge, Morris, Courtney, Brubaker, Josephson, Plishka, Stevenson, Fitch, Hammons, Griffey, Gunn – New York – Bedford – 8 Mar 1997 (0057, 0105, 0179, 0181, 0244)

(4 Act Version) Rolfe-Johnson, Hampson, Halfvarson, Smith, Saks, Wilden, Hill, Maltman, van Allan, Burden, Gillett, Hargreaves, Thorp, Dazeley – Manchester – Nagano – 25 May 1997 (0057)

Gilfry, Kazaras, Cox, Stillwell – Dallas – Jenkins – 21 Nov 1997 (0)

Croft, Langridge, Morris – Met – Atherton – 1997 (0150)

Skovhus, Evans, Wells, van Allan – Houston – Spano – Jan 1998 (0181)

Maltman, Ens, Robson, Barrell, Richardson, Robinson, Harris, Thorpe, Dickson, Sharpe, Clifton-Thompson, Miller-Coburn, Tag, Lloyd-Evans – Welsh National – Litton – 24 Feb 1998 (0002, 0057)

Croft, Morris, Langridge, Plishka – Met – Bedford – 1998 (0020 V, 0181)

Allen, Langridge, van Allan, Howlett, Guy-Bromley, Bayley, Byles, Richardson, Connell, Banks, Milner, Rivers, Booth-Jones – English National – Elder – 1988 (0)

Keenlyside, Langridge, Tomlinson, Opie, Bayley, Best, Ewing, Egerton, Hayes, Padmore, Coxon, du Fore, Williams – London Symphony (Barbican) – Hickox – 25 Nov 1999 (0002, 0057, 0064, 0244)

Coleman-Wright, Tear, Bennett – Sydney – Hickox – 1999 (0)

Oswald, Lewis, Lewis-Williams, Pedersen – Venice – Karabtchevsky – 23 Jun 2000 (0035)

Oswald, Lewis, Pederson, Bork, Sidhom, Williams, Honeyman,, Laperrière, Garrett, Edwards, Zennaro, Dubois, Willenbrock – Venice – Karabtchevsky – 27 Jun 2000 (0057)

Oswald, Lewis, Pederson, Bork, Sidholm, Lewis Williams, Honeyman, Laperriere, Garrett, Edwards, Zennaro, Dubois, Nigl, Willenbrook – Venice – Karabtchevsky – 29 Jun 2000 (0057)

Tear, Gilfrey, Wells, McVeigh, Stilwell, Atkins, Lebherz, Mack, Andresy – Los Angeles – Brydon – Jun 2000 (0115)

Oswald, Lewis, Pederson, Bork, Sidholm, Lewis Williams, Honeyman, Laperriere, Garrett, Edwards, Zennaro, Dubois, NiglWillenbrook – Venice – Karabtchevsky – 1 Jul 2000 (0057)

Keenlyside, Begley, Halfvarson, Opie, Richardson – Covent Garden – Hickox – 28 Sep 2000 (0)

Begley, Keenlyside, Halfvarson, Opie, Broadbent, Richardson, Egerton, Clarke, Coad, Robinson, Coxon, Watson, Hayes – Covent Garden – Hickox – 7 Oct 2000 (0002, 0057, 0123)

Maltman, Kazaras, Wells – Seattle – Spano – 20 Jan 2001 (00105)

Skovhus, Shicoff, Halfvarson, Bork, Bankl, D. C. Johnson, Dickie, Smits, Šramek, Nuzzo, Ifrim, Monarcha, Steller, Chen – Vienna – Runnicles – 12 Feb 2001 (0026, 0049, 0057, 0105, 0123 V, 0179)

Skovhus, Shicoff, Halfvarson, Weber, Bankl, D. C. Johnson, Dickie, Smits, Šramek, Nuzzo, Ifrim, Monarcha, Brandstatter, Chen – Vienna – Runnicles – 4 Mar 2001 (0057)

Skovhus, Langridge, Halfvarson, Bork, Stevens, Gorny, Gimenez, Suovanen, Macurdy, Vas, Cole, Greenan, Rubiera, Sintes – Barcelona – Ros-Marba – 28 Apr 2001 (0057)

Skovhus, Shicoff, Halfverson, Bork, Bankl, Cale-Johnson, Dickie, Smits, Šramek – Vienna – Runnicles – 9 May 2001 (0)

Skovhus, Shicoff, Halfvarson, Weber, Bankl, Johnson, Roider, Smits, Nuzzo, Ifrim, Monarcha, Daniel, Jelosits, Yu Chen, Brandsletter, Aronson – Vienna – Runnicles – 14 May 2001 (0020 V, 0115 V, 0165 V)

Begley, Gunn, Ramey, West, Stilwell, Langan, Jenkins, Travis, Somese – Chicago – A. Davis – Oct 2001 (0115)

Gunn, Begley, Ramey, West, Stillwell, Langan, Kraus, Jenkins, Travis, McVeigh – Chicago – Davis – 17 Nov 2001 (0022, 0035, 0057, 0107, 0238)

Gunn, Begley, Ramey, Stilwell, West, Kraus, Langan, Cangelosi, Jenkins, Travis, McVeigh – Chicago – Davis – 25 Nov 2001 (0179)

Keenlyside, Roider, Morris, Weber, Bankl, Köves, Dickie, Smits, Šramek, Nuzzo, Ifrim, Monarcha, Steller, Chen – Vienna – Hickox – 20 Sep 2002 (0057)

Begley, Gunn, Ens – San Francisco – Runnicles – 26 Sep 2004 (0199)

Croft, Leggate, Ramey, Hancock, Volpe, Baumer, Kolbet, Phares, Coad – Washington – Hickox – 30 Sep 2004 (0105, 0179)

Gunn, Begley, Ens, Baerg, West, Skinner, Duykers, Ulrich, Stapp, Meers, Scully, Okulitch, Pickersgrill, Meacham – San Francisco – Runnicles – 12 Oct 2004 (0057)

Gunn, Daszak, Tomlinson, Gantner, Black, Williams, Mee, Rieger, Reß, Borchev, Williams, Trebes, Humes, Miedl – München – Nagano – 15 Jan 2005 (0022, 0057, 0082, 0094)

Vacik, Tierney, Holland, Zaramella, Granieri, Milazzo, Lisi, Monti, Belfiore, Olivieri, Caselli, Denti – Modena – Dawes – 27 Feb 2005 (0094) *

Keenlyside, Tomlinson, Robinson, Napier–Burrows, Tinkler, Hunka, Folwell, Stafford–Allen, Rees, Edwards, Coxon, Holland,

Sherratt, Cartmale, Berger, Howell – English National Opera – Litton – 10 Dec 2005 (0082)

Keenlyside, Tomlinson, Robinson, Napier–Burrows, Tinkler, Hunka, Folwell, Stafford–Allen, Rees, Edwards, Coxon, Holland,

Sherratt, Cartmale, Berger, Howell – English National Opera – Litton – 14 Dec 2005 (0001)

Undated

Croft, Morris, Langridge – Met – Levine (0)

Tear, Gilfry, Halvarson, Wilson-Johnson, Saks – Bastille – Bertini (0)

Excerpts

Various – Uppman, McKinley, Lishner, Galjour, Ukena, Monachino, Fried, Gross, Smith, Williams, Holland, Zadorozny, Ryan, Aiken – NBC – Adler – 1952 (0057)

The Burning Fiery Furnace

Hollweg, Helm, Wyzner, Weber, Lukas, Korn – Vienna – Keuschnig – 7 Jun 1977 (0057)

Undated

Pears, Leeming, Drake, Shirley-Quirk, Tear, Dean – London? – Britten (0057)

Cantate Phedre

Baker – England – Soudant – 2 Dec 1977 (0)

Canticles

III: Still Falls the Rain – Pears – Brain – Britten – 1956 (0179)

Curlew River

Ainsley, Maltman, Hargraves – Amsterdam – Spanjaard – 22 Feb 2003 (0244)

Wilde, Clarke, Paterson, Watson, Durrant – London (Prom) – Halsey – 28 Jul 2004 (0057 V, 0179)

Ainsley, Bailey, Adams, Kang – Frankfürt – Nielsen – 16 Feb 2005 (0022, 0057 V)

Death in Venice

Pears, Bowman, Shirley-Quirk – Aldborough – Bedford – 22 Jun 1973 (0238)

Pears, Shirley-Quirk, Velis, Garrison, Burchinal, Jaffe – Met – Bedford – 14 Dec 1974 (0049, 0179, 0181)

Rolfe-Johnson, Allen, Gall, Garvin – Met – Atherton – 26 Feb 1994 (0014, 0057, 0238, 0244)

Rolfe-Johnson, Opie, Chance, McIntyre – London – Tortelier – 10 Apr 1999 (0057, 0064)

Rolfe-Johnson, Opie, Chance, S. McIntyre – London – Tortelier – 19 Apr 1999 (0)

Rolfe-Johnson, Opie, Chance – BBC Philharmonic – Tortelier – 7 May 1999 (0)

Kazaras, Antoniozzi, Metha – Genoa – 20 Nov 1999 (0049)

Kazaras, Antoniozzi, Metha - Genoa – Bartoletti – 29 Nov 1999 (0)

Rolfe-Johnson, Wilson-Johnson, Asawa – Amsterdam – Montgomery – 17 Mar 2001 (0057)

Rolfe-Johnson, Asawa, Wilson-Johnson, Lemmings – Amsterdam – Montgomery – 2002 (0115 V)

Langridge, Opie, Chance – Cheltenham, England – Hickox – 2 Jul 2004 (0022, 0179)

Wyn-Jones, Allen, Davies, Hoare, McGreevy – London – Bedford – Mar 2005 (0014)

Double Concerto

Undated

Fleezanis, Turner – MN Orchestra – Tortelier (0)

Folk Song Arrangments

5 Songs – M. Price – BBC – 1965 (0223)

Taylor, Henschel – Ossiach – Gage – 27 Jul 2004 (0118)

Undated

Langridge, Lott (0)

Gloriana

(Act 1 Scene 1 Missing) Cross, Sinclair, Vyvyan, Pears, Evans, Matters, Dahlberg, Lewis, Te Waita – London – Pritchard – 8 Jun 1953 (0057)

Fisher, Pears, Robinson, Vyvyan – RFH, London – Fairfax – 23 Nov 1963 (0064)

Fisher, Andrew, Chapman, Hillman, Hammond-Stroud, Morgan, Garrard – Sadlers Wells (ENO) – Bernardi – 13 Jun 1968 (0001, 0002, 0049)

Kitchiner, Hillman, June, Garrard, Stroud, Coghill, Ferguson, Vyvyan, Morelle – London – Mackerras – 1977 (0091)

Walker, Vaughan, Davies, Howlett, Rigby, van Allan, Opie, Donnelly, Wicks – Engish National (at the Met) – Davies – 30 Jun 1984 (0001, 0179, 0181)

Bartsow, Langridge, Jonas, Summers, Kenny, Gallesa – Mackerras – 1992 (0082)

Barstow, Randle, Chilcott, Burnett, Daymond, Roberts, Batley, Thornton, Gwynne, Budd, Nilon – Opera North (London) – Daniel – 10 Feb 1994 (0057, 0179)

Castle, Nobl, Wilson, Volpe – Central City – France – Aug 2001 (0)

Barstow, Peel, Glanville, Jackson, Randle, Daymond, Roberts, Beesley, Whitehouse, Pearson, Bell, Paton – Leeds – Farnes – 15 Dec 2001 (0057)

Brewer, Randle, Watson, Helen-Stephen, Coleman-Wright, Shirley-Quirk, Lloyd – Aldburgh – Hickox – 2 Jun 2003 (0064, 0244)

Brewer, Randle, Watson, Coleman-Wright, Stephen, Williams, Pearson, Lloyd, Shirley-Quirk, Hayward, Clark, Gilchrist – Aldeburgh – 6 Jun 2003 (0022, 0057, 0238)

Brewer, Jovanovich, Wilson, van Horn – St Louis – Bedford – 15 Jun 2005 (0238)

Undated

Fisher, Hillman, Hammond-Stroud, Andrew, Garrard – Sadlers Wells (at Aldeburgh) – Bernardi (0)

Hymn to St. Cecilia

King’s Consort – Potsdam – King – 7 Jun 2002 (0118)

Las Illuminations

Pears – CBS – Britten – 18 May 1941 (0179)

Harper – RFH, London – Groves – 30 May 1978 (0179)

Upshaw – Helsinki – Sarasate – May 2002 (0094)

Bostridge – New York – Davis – 14 Nov 2002 (0091, 0179)

Upshaw –Detroit Symphony – Wigglesworth – Feb 2004 (0237)

Labelle – Limerick – McGegan – 21 Jul 2004 (0094) *

Undated

Griffiths – Robinson (0094)

The Little Sweep

(In Czech) Kyzlink, Mixova, Koci, Jonasova, Sormova – Prague – Kares – 1975 (0)

Wicks, Archer, Adams, Bullock, Forrester – Thames TV, England – 1989 (0022 V, 0057 V, 0094 V)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Vyvyan, Deller, Cantelo, Thomas, Maran, Ward, Brannigan – Aldeburgh – Britten – 11Jun 1960 (0)

Britta, Burello, Sinclair, Collier, Souza, Chelavine, Feller, Turp, Viamonte, Robinson, Rouleau, Vallori, de Narke, Falsetti – Buenos Aires – M. Davies – 1962 (0057)

Gomez, Bowman, Davies, Howells, Allen, Barstow, Langdon – Covent Garden – Mackerras – 15 Jan 1974 (0049)

Gomez, Bowman, Davies, Howells, Luxon, Barstow, Langdon – Covent Garden – Dvies – 18 May 1976 (0)

(In German) Roberts, Blasi, Lis, Drakulich, Crasnaru, Hrämer-Jenster, Outland, Schulte, Delamboye, Babi – Wiesbaden – Pintgen – 7 Apr 1984 (0135) *

Watson, Booth, Stuart, Bowman, Graham-Hall, Finlay, Rose – Aix–en–Provence – Bedford – 15 Jul 1992 (0244)

Watson, Robson, Chilcott, James, Rose, Wolk, Graham-Hall, Adams, Rigby, Booth Jones, Jenkins – English National – Bedford – 3 Jun 1995 (0002)

Kowalski, McNair, Gustafson, Bunnell, Livengood, Streit, Laciura, Gilfry, Wells, Rose, del Carlo – Met – Atherton – 21 Dec 1996 (0093, 0179, 0221, 0238, 0244)

Josey, McFadden, Pearl, Taylor, Williams, Knightley, Rutherford, Sears, Stone, Best, Slater, Saunders, Bannatyne-Scott, Bodenham, Burkhard – Leeds – Sloane – 13 Jan 2000 (0057)

Josey, McFaddyen, Williams – Sloane – 23 Apr 2000 (0064) *

Larsson, Rigby, Taylor, Bender, Chance, Liman, Best, Gietz, Dazeley, Rose, Waddington, Banks, Moss, Saunders, Newman – Glyndebourne – Atherton – 23 Jun 2001 (0057, 0064)

Lemalu, Lakhsasi, van der Linde, Durán, Burggraaf, Kennedy – London – Rosewell – 22 Nov 2001 (0083)

Daniels, Deshorties, Brill, Chilcott, Groves, Zifchak, Gunn, Wells, Livengood, Rose, Banks, Carfizzi, Lehr, Laciura, Devlin, Kaplan-Newman, Herman, Danner, Bailen – Met – Atherton – 22 Apr 2002 (0001, 0022, 0032, 0057, 0238)

Dehta, Deshorties, Brill, Chilcott, Groves, Zifchak, Gunn, Wells, Livengood, Rose, Banks, Carfizzi, Lehr, Laciura, Devlin, Letzler, Herman, Danner, Bailen – Met – Atherton – 10 May 2002 (0001, 0032)

Chance, Claycombe, Greeves, Sheratt, Philogene, Boe, Melrose, Rice, Bender, Naouri – Brussels – Bolton – 11 Dec 2004 (0082, 0094)

Towers, Gritton, Mellor, Beale, Dazeley, Hagley, Lunn, Gautlett, Beesley, Coad, Bryson, Davies, Moses, Egerton, Clarkson – Venice – Gardiner – 20 Feb 2004 (0022, , 0057, 0179)

Tynan, Jones, Simmonds, Richardson, Blaze, Wolk, Paterson, Boe, Melrose, Rose, Danby, Gillett, Bayley, Burt, Flanagan – English National – Daniel – 26 May 2004 (0057)

Daniels, Sala, Gietz, Dazeley, Meek, Hahn, Waddington, Wilson, Foster-Williams, Gillett, van Ros, Barth – Barcelona – Bicket – 28 Apr 2005 (0094, 0202 V)

Undated

Larsson, Chance, Rose, Bender, Dazeley, Taylor, Getz – Glyndebourne – Atherton (0)

Miscellaneous

The Sixteen – Paris – Chrotophers – 8 Jun 2993 (0094) *

Nocturne for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra

Pears – London – Britten – 1967 (0179)

Bostridge – Berlin – Harding – 28 Mar 2001 (0)

Stenz – Ferrara – Lewis – May 2003 (0094)

Noye’s Fludde

(In German) Pailr, Lienert, Baumgärtner, Gärtner, Das, Schröter – Goubeau – 1985 (0)

On This Island

Pears – London – Britten – 1969 (0179)

Chilcott – Brussels – Burnside – 5 Oct 2002 (0118)

Our Hunting Fathers

Harper – London (Prom) – Haitink – 14 Aug 1979 (0179)

Harper – Manchetser – Downes – 12 Feb 1986 (0179)

Overture to the Building of a House

Bournemouth Symphony – Bristol – Silvestri – 20 Sep 1967 (0)

Owen Wingrave

(Premier) Luxon, Fisher, Baker, Pears, Harper – BBC – English Chamber – Britten – Nov 1970 (0001 V, 0057 V)

Harper, Baker, Pears, Luxon – Covent Garden – Bedford – 12 May 1973 (0)

Pritchard, Harrhy, Gale, Peel, Jenkins, Duzeley – Bolton – Sep 1995 (0)

Dazely, Gale, Jenkins, Peel – Glyndebourne – Bolton – 1995 (0238)

Finley, Hellekant, Barstow, Hill – Berlin – Nagano – 28 Jul 2001 (0)

Plaza, van Haaren, van de Sant, Tierny, Lemmings, Dazeley, Savidge – Amsterdam – Renes – 17 May 2003 (0244)

"I was immensely fascinated watching Benjamin Britten compose a score," Ronald Duncan once recalled. "I had no idea of the amount of physical work required. He used to say that a composer was a manual worker and reminded me that there were more notes in one of Wagner's operas than words in all of Shakespeare's plays..."

Paul Bunyan

Murray, Howlett, Hamilton – Aldeburgh – Bedford – 1 Feb 1976 (0049)

Lawless, Nelson, Dressen, Bohn, Wagner – Plymouth – Brunelle – May 1987 (0181)

Gritton, Randle, Coleman-Wright, Tibbles, Stephen, Jones, Cranham, Padmore, Egerton, White – Covent Garden – Hickox – 11 Dec 1997 (0)

McDonough, Lentz, Lutken, McVeigh, Comeaux, Caves – NYCO – Robertson – 1998 (0181 V)

Coleman-Wright, Cranham, Streit, Gritton, Robinson, Egerton, Broadbent – English National – Hickox – 23 Apr 1999 (0)

Ney York – Manahan – 1999 (0)

Smart, Allen, Johnston, Parfitt – Birmingham – Wordsworth – 11 Nov 2001 (0057)

Undated

Pears, Howlett, Oliver, Dougdale – BBC Northern – Bedford (0052) *

Peter Grimes

Jagel, Stoska, Harrell, Turner, Hines, Lipton, Hayward – Met – Cooper – 13 Mar 1948 (0)

Sullivan, Stocka, Tibbett, Madeira, Hines – Met – Cooper – 12 Feb 1949 (0181)

Pears, Fisher, Pease, Watson, Elms, Lanigan – Covent Garden – Kubelik – 6 Feb 1958 (0001, 0179, 0202)

Vickers, Amara, Evans, Chookasian, Madeira, Sgarro – Met – Davis – 11 Feb 1967 (0032, 0057, 0238)

Vickers, Amara, Evans, Sgarro, Madeira, Franke, Chookasian – Met – Davis – 5 Apr 1969 (0181)

Vickers, Harper, Evans, Mangin, Bryn-Jones – Covent Garden – Davis – 6 May 1969 (0093)

Pears – BBC – 1969 (0001 V, 0026)

Vickers, Amara, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian – Met – Ehrling – 25 Mar 1973 (0181)

Thomas, June, Evans, Langdon, Nadler, Peterson, Benson, Roberts, Nolen, Neill, Atherton, Booth – San Francisco – Pritchard – 9 Nov 1973 (0043, 0049, 0057, 0083, 0115, 0118, 0153, 0179, 0221)

Vickers, Kubiak, Evans, Nole – Chicago – Bartoletti – 30 Sep 1974 (0046, 0238)

Vickers, Harper, Allen, Bailey, Begg, Bainbridge – RAH, London – Davis – 3 Sep 1975 (0025)

Vickers, Harper, Bainbridge, Begg, Dobson, Lanigan, Evans, Allen, Robinson, Howell – Covent Garden (in Milan) – Atherton – 11 Mar 1976 (0057)

Vickers, Harper, Evans, Nadler, Petersen, Crook, Geiger, Malta, del Carlo, Frank, Cummings, South, Turnage, Lampe, Duykers, Janusz, Aaland, de Vol - San Francisco – Pritchard – 15 Oct 1976 (0)

Vickers, Harper, Evans, Nadler, Peterson, Cummings, South, Turnage, Malta, Crook, Frank, Geiger – San Francisco – Pritchard – 22 Oct 1976 (0043, 0049, 0057, 0083, 0118, 0179)

Remedios, Andrew, Sharp, Bainbridge, Cuttone, Wicks, de Narké – Buanos Aires – Bedford – 11 May 1979 (0022, 0057, 0064)

Eliasson, Söderström, Saedén, Meyer, Tyrén, Peterson, Vikström – Stokholm – Klobuçar – 26 Jan 1980 (0)

Remedios, Bingemann, Gauld, Smullen, Reed – Abbey Opera – Shelley – 17 Jan 1981 (0057)

Vickers, Well, Luxon, King, Quilico, Berbié, Lubin, Porta, Sénéchal, Best, Oliver – Paris – Pritchard – 29 Jan 1981 (0091)

Vickers, Söderström, Decker, Kraft, Stewart, Hines, Anthony, Norden, Duesing, Courtney – Met – Pritchard – 15 Nov 1983 (0057, 0115, 0179)

Coburn, Bainbridge, Kraft, Trussell, Busse, Kaasch, Stuart, Nolen, Kennedy, Crider – Florence – Argiris – 29 Apr 1988 (0035)

Blinkoff, Putnam, Collins, Walker, Tear, Jenkins, Braun, Coleman-Wright, Wilson-Johnson, Graus – Genèva – Bartoletti – 23 Feb 1991 (0)

Tierney, Drakulich, Opie – Glyndebourne – Davis – 16 May 1992 (0244)

Rolfe-Johnson, Lott, Allen, Wilson-Johnson, Dean, Walker, Payne, Kale, Jenkins, Keenlyside, Kriegan, Lackner, Hazel – Covent Garden – Haitink – 1993 (0)

Coburn, Kollo, McIntyre – München – Armstrong – 12 Jan 1994 (0221)

Cochrane, Chilcott, Yurisisch, Collins, Larsson, Konsek, Caley, Connell, Walker, Oliver, Mannov, Smith – Brussels – Pappano – 30 Apr 1994 (0057, 0179, 0244)

Rolfe-Johnson, Fleming, Opie, Howard, Walker, del Carlo – New York – Conlon – 31 Dec 1994 (0107, 0181, 0238, 0244)

Cairnes, Langridge, Opie – English National – Atherton – 1994 (0064, 0135 V)

Heppner, Racette, Held, Nadler, Milne, Baerg, Khara – Vancouver – Agler – 28 Jan 1995 (0035)

Heppner, Barstow, Terfel, Powell, Savidge, Leggate, Garrett, Wyn-Rogers – Covent Garden – Tamayo – 8 Jun 1995 (0244)

Heppner, Magee – Chicago – 1995 (0)

Shicoff, Gustafson, Slabbert, Geister, Jahn, Ivan, Sima, Tichy, Schubert, Zednik, Brunner, Köves – Vienna – Rostropovich – 9 Feb 1996 (0057)

Shicoff, Gustafson, Slabbert, Geister, Jahn, Ivan, Sima, Tichy, Schubert, Zednik, Brunner, Köves – Vienna – Rostropovich – 12 Feb 1996 (0057, 0123)

Shicoff, Gustafson, Slabbert, Geister, Jahn, Ivan, Sima, Tichy, Schubert, Zednik, Brunner, Köves – Vienna – Rostropovich – 17 Feb 1996 (0010, 0057)

Shicoff, Gustafson, Slabbert, Geister, Jahn, Ivan, Sima, Tichy, Schubert, Zednik, Brunner, Köves – Vienna – Rostropovich – 21 Feb 1996 (0049, 0057)

Shicoff, Gustafson, Slabbert, Geister, Jahn, Ivan, Sima, Tichy, Schubert, Zednik, Brunner, Köves – Vienna – Rostropovich – 25 Feb 1996 (0057)

Heppner, Magee, Nolen, Cook, Gorton, Wiper, Berneche, Ellis, Travis, Duykers, Sienna, Langan – Chicago – Elder – 10 Mar or 3 Oct 1997 (0035, 0057, 0238)

Bilandzija, Geister, Boschkowa, Ivan, Sima, Shicoff, Slabbert, Tichy, Schubert, Suttheimer, Jelosits, Bankl – Vienna – Halasz – 4 Oct 1997 (0057)

Treleaven, Whitehouse, Ueberschaer, Kale, George, Pittman-Jennings, Savidge, Dean, van Allan – Genoa – Bertini – 15 Oct 1997 (0)

Gustafson, Howard, Jahn, Ivan, Sima, Moser, Slabbert, Gati, Schubert, Zednik, Kasemann, Bankl – Vienna – Young – 16 Nov 1997 (0057)

Racette, Blythe, Christin, Guyer, Pulley, Langridge, Opie, Whelan, Courtney, Brubaker, Fitch, Sumegi – New York – Atherton – 10 Jan 1998 (0057)

Barstow, Powell, Boylan, Suzuki, Koshigoe, Rolfe-Johnson, Fukushima, Aoto, Best, Gorobe, Yukawa, Osawa – Tokyo – Odaka – 19 Mar 1998 (0057 V)

Pieczonka, Collins, Walker, Kwon, Halbwachs, Shicoff, Yurisich, Mannov, Greenan, Caley, Roden, Schumann – Hamburg – Metzmacher – 30 May 1998 (0057)

Shicoff, Gustafson, Slabbert – Vienna – Märkl – 17 Nov 1998 (0)

Daszak, Watson, Maxwell, A. Howard, Gorton, Page, N. Howard, Savidge, Greenan, Broder, Jenkins, Ewing – Welsh National – Rizzi – 24 Feb 1999 (0057, 0064)

Treleaven, J. Smith, Pittman-Jennings, Self, Kale, Byrne, Knobel, Oliver, Moses – Strasbourg – Latham-König – 10 Jun 1999 (0118)

Racette, Walker, Collins, Langridge, George, Held, Poilegato, Tranter – Milan – Tate – 15 Jun 2000 (0)

Tierney, Gorton, Summers, Tilling, Tuvas, Griffey, Page, Maltman, Dean, Hall, Sperrhacke, Druiett – Glyndebourne – Wigglesworth – 1 Jul 2000 (0057, 0064)

Watson, Jones, Wyn-Rogers, Richardson, Kitchen, Begley, Joll, Salvatori, Wilson-Johnson, Graham-Hill, Leggate, S. Richardson – Amsterdam – de Waart – 3 Dec 2000 (0057)

Skovhus, Shicoff, Halfvarson, Bork – Vienna – Runnicles – 12 Feb 2001 (0)

Heppner, Chilcott, Opie, Blythe, Devellereau, Berman, Caley – Paris – Conlon – 2 Apr 2001 (0)

Heppner, Chilcott, Blythe, Jones, Devellereau, Berman, Heppner, Opie, Howard, Richardson, Caley, Jenkins, Black – Paris – Conlon – 21 Apr 2001 (0035, 0057, 0091, 0154, 0179)

Treleaven, Kienast, Gustafson, Stensvold, Ormiston – Frankfürt – Edwards – 17 Jun 2001 (0)

Langridge, Goerke, Opie, Bunnell, Castle, Schowalter, Dean, Davies, Polegato, van Allen – Florence – Ozawa – 22 Oct 2002 (0057, 0179)

McGreevy, Skelton, Grochowski, Collins, Lazar, Bailey, May, Does, McCown – Frankfürt – Alber – 23 Mar 2003 (0123)

(In German) Nasrawi, G. Allen, de Vries, Suovanen, Oertel, Erdmann, Meyer, Owen – Perlin – Petrenko – 27 Apr 2003 (0057, 0118)

Winslade, Watson, Michaels-Moore, Grove, Gunn – Barbican, London – Davis – 10 Jan 2004 (0022)

Winslade, Watson, Michaels-Moore, Grove, Matthews – Barbican, London – Davis – 12 Jan 2004 (0)

Ventris, Geyer, Bork, Gorton, Vas, de Pont Davies, Riegel, Buck, Alberdi, Eiche, Doss, Sacher, Schabel – Barcalona – Bros or Pons – 22 Jan 2004 (0022, 0057)

Dean Griffey, Hahn, Sidholm, Powell, Caley, Druiett, Howard, Black, Jones, Sampson – Paris – Brydon – 25 Jan 2004 (0)

Hahn, Jones, Keen, Baumans, Williams, Begley, Joll, Poulton, Maxwell, Graham-Hill, Leggate, Richardson – Amsterdam – Wigglesworth – 10 Apr 2004 (0057, 0244)

Heppner, Watson, Opie, Collons, Hayes, Veira, Best, Walker, Caley, Galliford, Tynan – Covent Garden – Pappano – 6 Jul 2004 (0179, 0244)

Heppner, Opie, Watson, Veira, Best, Caley, Collins, Walker, Tynan, Williams, Hayes, Galliford – Covent Garden – Pappano – 10 Jul 2004 (0022, 0057)

Arapi, Kouloumpis, Hristopoulos, Aggelopoulou, Varlamou, Kostopoulos – Athens – Fidetzis – 20 Feb 2005 (0113)

Tierney, Zaramella, Belfiore, Granieri, Milazza, Vacik, Hollan, Caselli, de Monti, de Lisi, Olivieri, Denti – Modena – Dawes – 27 Feb 2005 (0057)

Diener, Denschlag, Baechle, Ivan, Gigorian, Sadé, Opie, Kammerer, Sim, Pecoraro, Jelosits, Monarcha – Vienna – Young – 17 Mar 2005 (0057)

Gambill, Roocroft, Tomlinson, Henschel, Graham-Hall, Maxwell, Harries, Sherratt, Cragg, Fox, Maltman, Hall, Davies – Salzburg – Rattle – 19 Mar 2005 (0057, 0179)

Simo, Papoulia, Yannisis, Zikou – Athens – Alkis Baltsa – 24 Apr 2005 (0113)

Undated

Pears, Harper, Bainbridge, Gomez, Tear – Aldeborough – London Symphony – Britten (0001 V)

Shicoff – Covent Garden (0)

Harper, Bainbridge, Payne, Vickers, Lanigan, Bailey, Robinson, Tomlinson – London? – Davis (0244)

Langridge, Watson, Opie – London – Hickox (0064) *

Excerpts

Various – Pears, Cross – Covent Garden – Goodall – Jul 1948 (0181)

Four Sea Interludes – Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky – 13 Apr 1946 (0)

Four Sea Interludes – BBC Symphony – Croydon – Kempe – 12 Oct 1972 (0)

Four Sea Interludes – New York Philharmonic – Zhang – Jan 2005 (0237)

Phaedra

Baker – Germany – Soudant – 2 Dec 1977 (0091)

Hunt, Lieberson – RAH – Saraste – 7 Sep 2003 (0135)

Hunt Lieberson – New York Philharmonic – Davis – 18 Dec 2004 (0032)

New York Philharmonic – Davis – Dec 2005 (0237)

The Rape of Lucretia

Baker – Snape Maltings – 1970 (0)

Vickers, Vernon, Rydout, Monk – Canada – Goldschmidt – 1974 (0093, 0181)

Bouleyn, Walker, Curry, Brown, Hedlund – Spoleto – Agler – 6 Jun 1976 (0)

One evening while touring with The Rape of Lucretia, Benjamin Britten's librettist, Ronald Duncan, was surprised to find the composer (then thirty three years old) in the corridor of his Edinburgh hotel, hobbling along like a disabled person. "What I am trying to do," he explained, "is walk down the corridor and back without touching any of the red lines on the carpet." Duncan naturally asked him what he hoped to accomplish by doing so. "If I can get up and down the corridor without touching the lines," Britten declared, "it will mean that I am a composer."

Rigby, Harries, Pope, Owens, Rolfe-Johnson, Smythe, van Allen, Opie – English National Opera – Friend (0001 V, 0057 V)

Costa, Zimmermann, Laghezza, Tabiadon, Terranova, Guarnera, de Carolis – Naples – Nazareth – 14 Jan 1990 (0)

Vavrille, Orciani, Colonna, Sborgi, Ovenden, Damiani, Chiummo, Ulivieri – Genoa – Webb – 3 Dec 1999 (0)

Hunt-Lieberson, Keenlyside, Reylea, Davies, Wyn-Rogers, Milne, Bostridge, McGreevy – Edinburgh – Runnicles – 19 Aug 1999 (0057, 0179, 0238)

Varille, Chiummo, Colonna – Genova – Webb – 8 Jan 2000 (0035)

Kaasch, Bell, Bayley, Holland, Marber, Petrinsky, Wilkens, Fournier – Lausanne – Darlington – 12 Nov 2000 (0049)

Connolly, Maltman, Ainsley, Melrose, Boylan, Bayley, Wyn-Rogers, Nelson – ENO (At Snape) – Daniel – 8 or 11 Jun 2001 (0001 V, 0002 V, 0030 V, 0057 V, 0064)

Connolly, Maltman, Wyn-Rogers, Melrose, Bayley, Nelson, Robinson, Boylan – Luxembourg – 23 Nov 2003 (0030, 0094)

Lee, Nava, Rice, Gubanova, Francis, Doyle, Holt, Rose – Covent Garden – Briger – Jun 2004 (0017)

Bostridge, Bullock, Held, Gantner, Maltman, Connolly, Owens, York – München – Bolton – 19 Jul 2004 (0017, 0022, 0030, 0057, 0094, 0115, 0118, 0179)

Wyn-Rogers, McGreevy, Christenssen, Owens, Hoere, Allen, Davies, Melrose – London – Bedford – 23 Mar 2005 (0057)

Undated

Pears, Harper – London (0)

Excerpts

Various – Ferrier, Cross, Ritchie, Pollak, Pears, Kraus, Brannigan, Donleavy – Amsterdam – Goodall – 2/5? Oct 1946 (0057, 0109, 0179, 0181, 0244)

Various – Ferrier, Kraus, Brannigan, Donleavy, Pollack, Ritchie, Pears, Cross – Britten – 1946 (0179)

The Rescue of Penelope

Connolly, Wells, Randle, Foster, Suzman – Aldborogh – Cleobury – 23 Oct 1993 (0030)

Wells, Connolly, Randle, C. Foster – London – Cleobury – 2000 (0057)

Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings

Robinson – Coruna – Atherton – 28 Mar 2003 (0094) *

Agnew – Radio France – Hogwood – 2003 (0094) *

Gilchrist – Stirling – Bangor, Wales – Hickox – 19 Mar 2004 (0179)

Undated

Langridge – Mackerras – (0)

Six Metamorphosen after Ovid

Holliger – 8 May 1997 (0191)

A Spring Symphony

(Premier) Vincent, Ferrier, Pears – Amsterdam – van Beinum – 1949 (0179)

Vyvyan, Sarfaty, Lewis – New York – Bernastein – 1963 (0197)

Watson, Stephen, Langridge – Hickox – London (Prom) – 1991 (0221)

Hagley, Fulgoni, Randle – Paris – Gilbert – 10 Mar 2000 (0)

Peterson, Watkinson – Rome – Tate – 3 Jun 2001 (0057)

Turn of the Screw

Bouvent, Castle, Antoine, Piau – Paris – Rudel – 3 Jan 1978 (0091)

Vye, Heller, Field, Hartle, Winkler, Prins, Oliver, van Baasbank – Schevenningen – Vonk – 1 Jun 1982 (0244)

Protschka, Buchann, Eiwanger, Obata, Gessendorf, Tear, Griffel – Köln – Bedford – 8 Oct 1983 (0)

Gomez, Kale, McDonell, Langridge, Kingsley – English National – Friend – 25 Jan 1984 (0002)

Field, Davies, Cannan, Graeger – Schwetzingen – Bedford – 1990 (0135 V)

Lott, Langridge, Secunde, Hukse – Aldeburgh – 1993 (0)

Salmon, Williams-King, Davies, Kennedy-Richardson – Scottish Opera – Lole – 1994 (0001)

Kabaivanska, Pendachanska, Knight, Hale, Long, Salmon – Turin – Campanella – 27 Sep 1995 (0221)

Rodgers, Bostridge, Henshel, Tierney - Covent Garden - Davis – 11 Oct 1997 (0057)

Rodgers, Tierney, Henschel, Bostridge – London – Davis – 18 Oct 1997 (0)

Blegen – London – 1998 (0)

Rogers, Bostridge – 1998 (0091)

Kaasch, Kabaivanska, Zillio, Orciani – La Zarzuela – Ros-Marba – 27 Jun 1999 (0)

Nilon, Watson, Carden, McGreevey – Welsh National – Rizzi – 31 May 2000 (0064) *

Dumay, Delunsch, Monk, Fikret, Schaer, Miller, McLaughlin – Aix-en-Provence – Harding – 23 Jul 2001 (0022 V, 0057 V, 0118, 0135 V, 0165 V)

Dumay, Delunsch, Monk, Fikret, Schaer, Miller, McLaughlin – Aix-en Provence – Harding – 27 Jul 2001 (0179)

Rodgers, Henschel, Tierney, Bostridge – London – Harding – 5 Jan 2002 (0057)

Bostridge, Rodgers, Henschel, Tierney – Covent Garden – Harding – 10 Jan 2002 (0049)

Zachariassen, Petersen, McNally, Prasch, Powell – Graz – Jordan – 3 Feb 2002 (0083)

Delunsch, Schaer, McLaughlin, Miller, Dumait – Vienna – Harding – 31 May 2002 (0057)

Delunsch, Schaer, McLaughlin, Miller, Dumait – Vienna – Harding – 2 Jun 2002 (0057)

Delunsch, Schaer, McLaughlin, Miller, Dumait – Vienna – Harding – 4 Jun 2002 (0057)

Kenny, Campbell, Stewart, Austin – Sydney – Kildea – Oct 2002 (0057)

Persson, Murphy, Krause, Jonsson – Frankfürt – Kamensek – 3 Nov 2002 (0057)

Rodgers, Jones, Bell, Thomson, van Rensburg – Genève – Tate – 2002 (0179)

Rodgers, Bell, D. Jones, Wise, Strong, van Rensburg, Thompson – Genève – Tate – 23 Apr 2003 (0017, 0057, 0094)

Padmore, Milne, Montague, Wyn-Davies, Wise – BBC Hickox – 2004 (0022 V)

Delunsch, Schaer, McLoughlin, Miller, Dumait – Brussels – Davin – 26 Mar 2005 (0057)

Undated

Halvorson – Berkshire Opera – Revson (0)

War Requiem

(In German – translated by Fischer-Dieskau) Kuhse, Schreier, Leib – Leipzig – Kegel – 1969 (0)

Woytowicz, Pears, Wilbrink, Britten – London – Giulini – 1969 (0179)

G. Jones, Pears, Shirley-Quirk – Ottobeuren – 12 Sep 1976 (0091, 0118)

Berbard, Brewer, Groenroos – Saint Denis – Maazel – 13 Apr 1983 (0091)

Varady, Fischer-Dieskau, Tear – London – Davis – 1985 (0091)

Kelm, Aler, Luxon – St Louis – Slatkin – 11 May 1990 (0238)

Varady, Heppner, Rootering – München – Buchkov – 1 Jul 1993 (0)

Varady, Langridge, Hagegard – Stuttgart – Bartini – 9 Sep 1994 (0135) *

Urbanova, Blochwitz, Hampson – Salzburg – A. Davis – Aug 1997 (0)

Halgrimson, Dent, Hagagård – Washington – Scribner – 16 Nov 1997 (0)

Vaness, Hadley, Hampson – New York – Masur – 1997 (0)

Bostridge, Fourcade – St Denis – Sado – 23 Jul 1999 (0221)

Bostridge, Hampson, Mesheriakova – Paris – Haitink – 26 Oct 1999 (0035, 0179 (incomplete))

Goerke, Bostridge, Quasthoff – Boston – Ozawa – 25 Feb 2000 (0032)

Goerke, Griffey, Qusathoff – Boston – Ozawa – 6 Aug 2000 (0)

Prokina, Ainsley, Mohr – BBC – Slatkin – 11 Nov 2001 (0)

Prokina, Rolfe-Johnson, Schmidt – Peenemünde – Rostropowitsch – 28 Sep 2002 (0022)

Prokina, Rolfe-Johnson, Schmidt – Peenemünde – Rostropowitsch – 11 Nov 2002 (0064) *

Anthony, Bostridge, Keenlyside – BBC Symphony (Prom) – C. Davis – 1 Aug 2004 (0022)

Lichtenstein, Sheffield, Mohr – Berlin – Rucha, Weller – 8 May 2005 (0118)

Undated

Lovaas, Roden, Adam – Kegel (0094) *

Who are these Children?

Pears – Britten – 1971 (0179)

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Warsaw Philharmonic – Markewitsch – 26 Jan 1962 (0229)

Undated

Philadelphia Orchestra (0)