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The music of Henry Purcell formed a major influence across Britten’s output. The numerous editions of Purcell housed in Britten and Pears’s Library and Archive in Aldeburgh indicate the lasting import...

Composed in 2021 and dedicated to the soloist Nicola Benedetti, this work was written as a memorial tribute to the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who died the previous year and was a major musi...

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Bartók wrote his Piano Concerto No. 3 during the summer of 1945, intending it as a birthday present to be given to his wife, Ditta, on 31st October. By this time he was already gravely ill; however, h...

HPS 607

HPS 657

HPS 658

HPS 668

HPS 710

HPS 863

HPS 1196

Mezzo-Sopran und Orchester. Deutsch / englisch / französisch.

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Saint Nicolas (note the name has no 'H' in it!) was written for the centenary of Lancing College in Sussex, the independent secondary boarding school on the south coast of England which Peter Pears ha...

Scored for Soprano, Alto and Tenor Soloists, Boys' Choir, SATB divisi Chorus and Orchestra.

Complete Opera in Hardbound HPS 656

Benjamin Britten's Cantata Academica: Carmen Basiliense was composed and didicated to the university of Basle for the celebration of its 500th anniversary. The Latin text was compiled from the charter...

The Sudoku fever has finally reached the world of music. 'Musik-Sudoku' is the first musical variant of the popular number-placement puzzle. Instead of numbers, the seven solfège syllables Do Re Mi Fa...

for Tenor and Baritone Solos, SATB chorus and Orchestra

HPS 755 Contents: Prologue - Rats Away! - Messalina - Dance of Death - Epilogue.

Text from English Miracle Plays, Moralities and Interludes, edited by Alfred Pollard.