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| 1946 | Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation G: Cellos | | Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 1:18 |
| 1953-09 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation G. Cellos | | Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum | 1:17 |
| 1954-11-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation G: Cellos (without spoken text) | | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti | 0:59 |
| 1956-08-15 – 1956-08-31 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: G. Cellos | | Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1:26 |
| 1961-03-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell): Variation G (Cellos) | | Henry Chapin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 0:57 |
| 1962-01 – 1962-02 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: "The violoncello is larger still". Variation G | | Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Lorin Maazel | 1:13 |
| 1963-07-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VIII. Variation G | live | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski | 1:25 |
| 1967-05-03 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VIII. Variation G. (cello) | | Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | 1:17 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Var. G (Cellos) | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 1:04 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: VIII. var G: Cellos | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 1:05 |
| 1971-08-27 – 1971-08-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Cellos | | Richard Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 1:24 |
| 1973-02-13 – 1973-02-14 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation G (Violoncello) | | London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 1:19 |
| 1977 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: G. Cellos | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 1:12 |
| 1989-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34: Var. G: Cellos | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek | 1:00 |
| 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 (Strings) | | Mark Levengood, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd | 4:41 |
| 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 G - The Cellos | | London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford | 1:11 |
| 1993-03-18 – 1993-03-19 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation G | | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1:25 |
| 1995-01-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: VIII. Variation 7 (Cellos) | | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | 1:15 |
| 1997-01-29 – 1997-02-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: String variations | | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery, Dame Edna Everage | 4:04 |
| 1999-09-21 – 1999-09-22 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Cellos | | BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1:05 |
| 2006-01-22 – 2006-01-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Cellos, Variation G | | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | 1:10 |
| Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell": XIII. Cellos | | Benjamin Britten | 1:18 |
| Guida del giovane all'orchestra, op. 34: Variazione G: "La voce del violoncello è ancora più sonora" | | Lorin Maazel, Orchestre national de France | 1:12 |
| Guide de l'orchestre pour les jeunes: Variation G, violoncelles | | New York Philharmonic | 0:58 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: G. Cellos | | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sian Edwards | 1:09 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 (without spoken text): Variation G: Cellos | | London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | 1:17 |
| The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation VII: Cellos | | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 1:13 |
| The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (cellos) | | Benjamin Britten | 1:17 |
| The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (excerpt) | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz | 5:11 |
| 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 Allegro | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 3:29 |
