Although Britten found inspiration in individual instrumentalists and was himself an outstanding pianist, his greatest muse was the human voice. What these CDs underline is that the love affair ran ...

Most people will, I suspect, be drawn to this disc by the thought of Sarah Connolly singing Phaedra, the cantata that Britten wrote in 1975 for Janet Baker, with whom Connolly has often been compared.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The debate continues over whether Britten’s Violin Concerto, a product of his early maturity, is a masterwork or ...

Andrew Manze takes a close look at the music and ideas behind the seven pavans from John Dowland's Lachrymae or Seven Teares, published in 1605 for lute and viol consort. This profoundly intimate and ...

Music for strings by Purcell, Britten, Pért, Walton, Vaughan Williams and Tippett. Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Douglas Boyd, William Conway and Richard Egarr (Warner Classics 2564 ...

Benjamin Britten's Lachrymae was premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1950, with William Primose on the viola and the composer at the piano. Lachrymae is a set of variations on Dowland's song "If my ...

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Bows to Britten were all the rage across the classical music world last year, as 2013 marked the 100th anniversary of English composer Benjamin Britten’s birth. The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra planned ...

Live from Glasgow’s City Halls and introduced by Kate Molleson, tenor Mark Padmore joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as they team up with long-time friend and collaborator Martyn Brabbins for ...