• “The reasons for Britten Sinfonia’s incremental rise in the past 20 years are various, but among them are a commitment to interesting programmes and the assiduous building of relationships”

  Financial Times

• “The playing was marked by the kind of luminous and infectious beauty that only comes from a true marriage of mastery and love”

  The Guardian

• “The UK’s most consistently dynamic chamber ensemble”

  The New Statesman

• “I haven’t heard a chamber orchestra performing with such extrovert character and unflagging energy for years.”

  The Times

• “But as always with this orchestra there was more to savour than just stellar perfomance. The programme was ingeniously shaped.”

  The Daily Telegraph, Ivan Hewett

Britten Sinfonia Own Label

Britten Sinfonia launched its first own label CD in March 2009. The orchestra is acclaimed for its rigorous, adventurous approach to programming and Britten Sinfonia Own Label follows suit. To order copies of Britten Sinfonia's own label CD's for £10 each plus postage and packing please complete an order form and send with a cheque to Lisa Buckby, Britten Sinfonia, 13 Sturton Street, Cambridge, CB1 2SN.  Download order form

Read reviews of the two discs here

The first release set the tone, with artistic fusions and distinctive new works performed by Britten Sinfonia and outstanding guest artists. Songs of the Sky, features recent Britten Sinfonia commissions by Tarik O’Regan, Huw Watkins, Steve Martland, John Tavener and jazz saxophonist Jason Yarde and features soloists Alina Ibragimova, Nicholas Daniel, Julius Drake, Joanna MacGregor, Jacqueline Shave and Jason Yarde. The running order is:

• Steve Martland Tiger Dancing Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Huw Watkins Dream Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Tarik O’Regan Raï Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Jason Yarde Who Knows the Beauty Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• John Tavener Songs of the Sky Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip

Britten Sinfonia Own Label’s second release is devoted to the music of Paul Hindemith and in particular his compositions for the organ, used so creatively to create new sound-worlds in his ensemble piece, Kammermusick 7. Alongside his sublime wind quintet, Hindemith’s complete solo organ music is featured (including the first recording of his Zwei Stüke)performed by the celebrated young organist Daniel Hyde on the new organ by Orgalbau Kuhn at Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge.

• Kammermusik No. 7 Op. 46 No. 2 Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Sonate 111 uber alte Volkslieder Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Zwei Stucke fur Orgel Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Kleine Kammermusik fur funf Blaser Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Sonate 11 Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
• Sonate 1 Click here to listen to a 1 minute clip
  
  You can see our comprehensive list of CDs on the Recordings page.

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