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composer:Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1946)
part of:The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34 (order: 7)
is based on:Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor’s Revenge, Z 570: II. Rondeau

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1946Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation F: ViolasLiverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent1:13
1953-09The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation F. Violas - Meno mossoKoninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum0:50
1954-11-20The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation F: Violas - Meno mosso (without spoken text)Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti0:48
1956-08-15 – 1956-08-31The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: F. ViolasSir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra1:09
1961-03-20The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell): Variation F: Meno mosso (Violas)Henry Chapin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein0:50
1962-01 – 1962-02The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: "The alto voice of the viola is larger than the violin’s". Variation FOrchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Lorin Maazel0:54
1963-07-23The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VII. Variation F (Meno mosso)liveBBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski1:09
1967-05-03The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VII. Variation F. Meno mosso (viola)Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli1:05
1967-07-18The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Var. F (Violas)Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa0:59
1967-07-18The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: VII. var F: ViolasChicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa0:57
1971-08-27 – 1971-08-28The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Violas - (Meno mosso)Richard Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard1:09
1973-02-13 – 1973-02-14The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation F (Viola)London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1:07
1977The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: F. Violas - Meno mossoRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1:01
1989-01The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34: Var. F: Violas (Meno mosso)Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek1:17
1989-01The 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, MaestosoRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek4:45
1989-11-08 – 1989-11-09Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations (Strings)Mark Levengood, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd4:41
1991-04-23 – 1991-04-25The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34 “Variations and Fugue on a theme of Henry Purcell”: Variation F - The ViolasLondon Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford0:54
1993-03-18 – 1993-03-19The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation F. Meno mossoBournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox1:05
1995-01-28The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VII. Variation 6 (Violas): Meno mossoCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle1:02
1997-01-29 – 1997-02-01The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: String variationsMelbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery, Dame Edna Everage4:04
1999-09-21 – 1999-09-22The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: ViolasBBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier1:02
2006-01-22 – 2006-01-23The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Violas, Variation FCincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi0:54
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell": XII. ViolasBenjamin Britten1:08
Guida del giovane all'orchestra, op. 34: Variazione F: "Le viole sono contralti con voce più sonora"Lorin Maazel, Orchestre national de France0:56
Guide de l'orchestre pour les jeunes: Variation F, altosNew York Philharmonic0:48
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: F. Violas (Meno mosso)London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sian Edwards0:58
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 (without spoken text): Variation F: Violas - Meno mossoLondon Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1:01
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation VI: Violas (Meno mosso)The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy1:07
The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (violas)Benjamin Britten0:50
The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (excerpt)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz5:11
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, op. 34 “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” (without spoken text): Variations: E. Brillante / F. Meno mosso / G. [no tempo marking] / H. Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al AllegroNew York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein3:29