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| 1946 | Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation I: Harp | | Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:52 |
| 1953-09 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation I. Harp - Maestoso | | Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum | 0:47 |
| 1954-11-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation I: Harp - Maestoso (without spoken text) | | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti | 0:45 |
| 1956-08-15 – 1956-08-31 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: I. Harp | | Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra | 0:58 |
| 1961-03-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell): Variation I: Maestoso (Harp) | | Henry Chapin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 0:50 |
| 1962-01 – 1962-02 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Words plucked from any of the harp’s 47 strings are always easy to understand". Variation I | | Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Lorin Maazel | 0:52 |
| 1963-07-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: X. Variation I (Maestoso) | live | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski | 0:51 |
| 1967-05-03 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: X. Variation I. Maestoso (harp) | | Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | 0:56 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Var. I (Harp) | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 0:52 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: X. var I: Harp | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 0:51 |
| 1971-08-27 – 1971-08-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Harps (Maestoso) | | Richard Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 0:49 |
| 1973-02-13 – 1973-02-14 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation I (Harfe) | | London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 0:53 |
| 1977 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: I. Harp - Maestoso | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 0:52 |
| 1989-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34: Var. I: Harp (Maestoso) | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek | 0:50 |
| 1989-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: III. The Strings Var. E, F, G, H, I (Brillante, Meno mosso, [L'istesso tempo], Accel, Maestoso | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek | 4:45 |
| 1989-11-08 – 1989-11-09 | Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations (Brass) | | Mark Levengood, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd | 2:37 |
| 1991-04-23 – 1991-04-25 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34 “Variations and Fugue on a theme of Henry Purcell”: Variation I - The Harp | | London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford | 0:48 |
| 1993-03-18 – 1993-03-19 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation I. Maestoso | | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 0:49 |
| 1995-01-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: X. Variation 9 (Harp): Maestoso | | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | 0:47 |
| 1997-01-29 – 1997-02-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Harp variations | | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery, Dame Edna Everage | 0:51 |
| 1999-09-21 – 1999-09-22 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Harp | | BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 0:55 |
| 2006-01-22 – 2006-01-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Harp, Variation I | | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | 0:46 |
| Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell": XV. Harps | | Benjamin Britten | 0:56 |
| Guida del giovane all'orchestra, op. 34: Variazione I: "Le parole pizzicate da una delle 47 corde dell'arpa" | | Lorin Maazel, Orchestre national de France | 0:52 |
| Guide de l'orchestre pour les jeunes: Variation I, harpe | | New York Philharmonic | 0:51 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: I. Harp (Maestoso) | | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sian Edwards | 0:48 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 (without spoken text): Variation I: Harp - Maestoso | | London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | 0:48 |
| The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation IX: Harp (Maestoso) | | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 0:45 |
| The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (harp) | | Benjamin Britten | 0:48 |
| Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, op. 34 “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” (without spoken text): Variations: I. Maestoso / J. L'istesso tempo / K. Vivace / L. Allegro pomposo / M. Moderato | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 5:03 |
