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These two previously-unpublished Psalm settings were written while Benjamin Britten was studying at the Royal College of Music in London but, despite encouragement from Ireland, Vaughan Williams and Howells,

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These settings of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins, the Jesuit poet, were written while Britten was resident in America. The title is a shorthand form of a pious inscription, Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam, often placed at the head of a piece of work.

King Arthur was the first of 28 scores Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) composed for radio between 1937 and 1947. It was an ambitious dramatisation of King Arthur's life and times - part pageant, part play, part cantata - written by D.G. Bridson.

Diese Ausgabe richtet sich vor allem an Gesangs- und Klavierstundenten. Sie enthält 12 dieser juwelenartigen Volksliedbearbeitungen von Benjamin Britten, die am greifbarsten, nützlichsten und am leichtesten zugänglich sind . Zusätzliche historische Anmerkungen zu den Liedern sowie die CD werden sicher helfen, Studenten wie Lehrer mit diesen expressiven lyrischen Werken vertraut zu machen.Schwierigkeitsgrad: 4-5

King Arthur was the first of 28 scores Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) composed for radio between 1937 and 1947. It was an ambitious dramatisation of King Arthur's life and times - part pageant, part play, part cantata - written by D.G. Bridson.

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Titles: Nuits de Juin * Sagesse * L'Enfance * Chanson d'Automne

Britten's last opera, Death in Venice, is based on the short story by Thomas Mann. It follows the inner turmoil of the aging novelist Gustav von Aschenbach, who becomes infatuated by a boy he sees on the beach in Venice. Unable to confess his love, he dies as the city is ravaged by plague. Full of atmosphere and intense soundscapes, the simple yet subtle motives pull the opera together with great sureness of touch.

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Britten wrote Irish Reel in 1936 as the title music for a documentary film entitled 'Around the Village Green'. It is a bravura piece, exhibiting all the energy and strong colors typical of the composer at that time, and makes good use of a traditional reel tune with the evocative title 'The Bottom of the Punch Bowl'.

The previously unpublished Two Pieces was released to mark the 2013 centenary of the Benjamin Britten's birth, who founded the publisher Faber Music. These trios were written in late 1929, after Britten composed the Rhapsody for String Quartet (March 1929). This edition was edited by David Matthews, who spent three years as an assistant to Benjamin Britten at Aldeburgh in the late 1960s.

Britten's setting of Edith Sitwell's poem "Praise We Great Men", was left unfinished at his death. It was being written for Mstislav Rostrpovich to include in his first season with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC, in 1977. The manuscript breaks of after 118 bars, near the end of the fifth of an intended ten sections.

Britten's setting of Edith Sitwell's poem "Praise We Great Men", was left unfinished at his death. It was being written for Mstislav Rostrpovich to include in his first season with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC, in 1977. The manuscript breaks off after 118 bars, near the end of the fifth of an intended ten sections.

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A perfect example of the young Britten's masterful vocal writing in a Christmas choral suite destined to become a major repertoire work. Titles: Christ's Nativity * Sweet was the Song * Preparations * New Price * New Pomp and Carol of King Cnut.

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