Towards Britten
Launching Radio 3's Britten week, Humphrey Carpenter explores the influences behind the music of Benjamin Britten , who died 25 years ago. 1: Britten and England
Purcell, arr Britten Music fora While;
There's Not a Swain; Sweeter than Roses Emma Bell (soprano), Andrew Smith (piano) Britten Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 2 7
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury Bridge Go Not, Happy Day; When You Are Old and Gray; So Peverse; 'Tis But a Week; Love Went a-Riding; 0 that It Were So James Rutherford (bass-baritone), Eugene Asti (piano)
Idyll No 2 Sorrel Quartet
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank
Bridge, Op 10 BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerard Korsten
Walton Improvisations on an Impromptu by Benjamin Britten BBC Concert
Orchestra, conductor Daryl Griffith