Song
Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, op. 10: II. Adagio
Variation on Frank Bridge: II. Adagio
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The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra / Simple Symphony / Variations on a Theme of Frank BridgeBritten; London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten · 1969
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Matinées musicales, op. 24 / Soirées musicales, op. 9Britten; English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson · 1983
Britten: Variations On A Theme of Frank Bridge / Simple Symphony / Prelude and FugueBenjamin Britten; Ronald Thomas, Bournemouth Sinfonietta · 1985
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Mozart: Divertimento K 137Mozart, Britten, Tchaikovsky; The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown · 1988
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Les Illuminations / LachrymaeBenjamin Britten; Christina Högman, Nils‐Erik Sparf, New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Péter Csaba · 1989
Les Illuminations / Bridge Variations / Simple SymphonyBenjamin Britten · 1989
Warlock: Capriol Suite / Butterworth: A Shropshire LadWarlock, Butterworth, Britten; Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marriner · 1989
The Spirit of EnglandWilliam Boughton, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra · 1989
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op. 10 / Young Apollo, op. 16 / Lachrymae, op. 48a / Simple Symphony, op. 4Benjamin Britten; I Musici de Montréal, Yuli Turovsky, Rivka Golani · 1990
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge / Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter GrimesBritten; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis · 1991
Herbert von Karajan Edition: Handel / Vaughan Williams / Ravel / Britten / Debussy / Sibelius / Bartók / KodályHandel, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Britten, Debussy, Sibelius, Bartók, Kodály; Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan · 1993
English String MusicBournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Studt · 1994
Orchestral Favourites, Volume V: Four Sea Interludes / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Frank Bridge Variations / Simple SymphonyBritten; English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton · 1994
Lachrymae / Frank Bridge Variations / Simple SymphonyBritten; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown · 1995
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Stravinsky: Jeu de cartesBenjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Igor Stravinsky; Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan · 1998
Première Recordings 1938–1946Benjamin Britten; Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Morrison Boys Choir, Liverpool PO, Sargent · 1998
Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge op. 10 / Béla Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra (1939)Benjamin Britten, Béla Bartók; Polish Chamber Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk · 1998
The Best of BrittenBenjamin Britten; Eduard van Beinum, Neville Marriner · 2000
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / The Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraBritten; English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford · 2005
Les IlluminationsBenjamin Britten; Scottish Ensemble, Clio Gould · 2005
KarajanHerbert von Karajan · 2005
Britten Conducts Britten, Vol. IVBenjamin Britten · 2006
The Collector's EditionBenjamin Britten · 2008
The Complete EMI Recordings 1946–1984, Volume 1: OrchestralHerbert von Karajan · 2008
Les IlluminationsBenjamin Britten; Karina Gauvin, Les Violons du Roy, Jean-Marie Zeitouni · 2010
Marriner & The Academy: 20th Century ClassicsAcademy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner · 2011
Frank Bridge Variations / Lachrymae / Elegy for Strings / Simple Symphony / Two PortraitsBenjamin Britten; Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen · 2013
BrittenBritten; Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson, Barbara Hannigan, James Gilchrist, Jasper de Waal · 2013
Orchestral WorksBenjamin Britten · 2013
Britten 100: The Birthday CollectionBenjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Sängerknaben · 2013
The Complete WorksBritten · 2013
The MasterpiecesBenjamin Britten; Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan, Janine Jansen, Benjamin Britten, George Guest, Stephen Cleobury, Norman Del Mar, Paavo Järvi, George Malcolm · 2013
Treasure of Classical Music PalaceVarious Artists · 2014
Orchestral Spectaculars from Handel to Bartók (1949-1960)Herbert von Karajan · 2014
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Elgar: Introduction and AllegroVaughan Williams, Britten, Elgar; LSO String Ensemble, Roman Simovic · 2016
Four Sea Interludes / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Simple SymphonyBenjamin Britten; London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra · 2016
ReflectionsTrondheimSolistene · 2016
Official Remastered EditionHerbert von Karajan · 2016
Legendary RecordingsDvořák, Suk, Mozart, Tchaikovsky; Czech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach · 2016
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (60th anniversary edition)Academy of St Martin in the Fields · 2020
English Music for StringsBritten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley; Sinfonia of London, John Wilson · 2021
Britten : Hagen : StraussBenjamin Britten, Lars Petter Hagen, Richard Strauss: Ensemble Allegria · 2022
The World of British Classics VIBenjamin Britten
English String MusicEnglish Sinfonia, John Farrer
Works for String OrchestraBenjamin Britten; English Chamber Orchestra, William Boughton, Roger Best
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