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In the Thread: Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto

Post Subject: I have 3 Britten VCs ...Posted by JANDL100 on: 12/12/2008

I must admit that in general Britten is one of my least favourite Brit composers - I really just do not usually get on with his musical language.

But the violin concerto is a very honourable exception - I guess because it has so many similarities with the Shostakovich VC1.

I've got 3 recordings of Britten's violin concerto. Nora Grumlikova with the Prague SO under Peter Maag on Supraphon - Not sure why I keep this one! Rebecca Hirsch with the BBC Scottish SO under Yuasa on Naxos - not bad at all, a real bargain. But the best of the 3 is Mark Lubotsky, with the English Chamber Orch under the composer himself on Decca. This disc also has Richter playing the piano concerto (OK, but a much lesser work, in my opinion).

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