Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

This page lists all recordings of Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31, by Benjamin Britten (1913-77) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Britten:

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Phaedra, Op. 93

Philip Langridge (tenor) & Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)

English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Naxos - 8557199

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Britten:

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

David Pyatt, horn

Les illuminations, Op. 18

Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

John Mark Ainsley

Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury

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EMI Classics for Pleasure - 5755632

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British Music Collection - Britten & Walton

Britten:

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

4 Folksongs

Walton:

Façade

Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Sitwell (narrator)

Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Anthony Collins

Recorded 1944 & 1953

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Decca British Music Collection - 4688012

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Britten:

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Les illuminations, Op. 18

Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Peter Pears & Barry Tuckwell

London Symphony Orchestra & English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Decca - 4363952

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Britten:

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Peter Pears (tenor) & Dennis Brain (horn)

New Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens

Les illuminations, Op. 18

New Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens

Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Barry Tuckwell (horn), Willie Anthony Waters (bassoon), Osian Ellis (harp), Denis Blyth (timpani), Roger Lord (cor anglais), Alexander Murray (flute) & Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)

London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recorded Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK, November 1953 (Serenade, Les illumination); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, UK, September 1959 (Nocturne)

Decca Eloquence - 4768470

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Dennis Brain

Britten:	Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 John Hollingsworth BBC Symphony Orchestra, Peter Pears
Fricker:	Wind Quintet Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
Milhaud:	La Cheminée du roi René, Op 205 Chasse à Villarb Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
Mozart:	Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Divertimento in B flat, K270 Movements 1 & 4 Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
Schumann:	Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Benjamin Britten

Dennis Brain (horn)

BBC Legends - BBCL41922

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Britten:

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Les illuminations, Op. 18

Noye's Fludde

Frank Lloyd (horn) & Martyn Hill (tenor)

City of London Sinfonia, Coull String Quartet, Members of Endymion Ensemble & School’s Orchestra Salisbury & Chester, Richard Hickox & David Horlock

Virgin de Virgin - 3499232

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Benjamin Britten

Britten:

Les illuminations, Op. 18

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Heather Harper (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor)

Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner

Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings

Robert Tear

ECO, Jeffrey Tate

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EMI British Composers - 3522862

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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century

A Conducted Tour by Sir Simon Rattle. Volume 6 - After the Wake

	excerpts from:
Boulez:	Le Marteau sans maître
Britten:	Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
Schoenberg:	A Survivor from Warsaw
Stockhausen:	Gruppen
Strauss, R:	Four Last Songs
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