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| 1946 | Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation A: Flutes & Piccolo | | Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | 0:35 |
| 1953-09 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation A. Flutes & Piccolo - Presto | | Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum | 0:28 |
| 1954-11-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation A: Flutes & Piccolo - Presto (without spoken text) | | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti | 0:34 |
| 1956-08-15 – 1956-08-31 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: A. Flutes and piccolo | | Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra | 0:34 |
| 1961-03-20 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell): Variation A (Piccolo & Flutes) | | Henry Chapin, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 0:31 |
| 1962-01 – 1962-02 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: "It is time that each instrument speaks for itself". Variation A | | Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Lorin Maazel | 0:31 |
| 1963-07-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: II. Variation A (Presto) | live | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski | 0:27 |
| 1965-03 | The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: II. Let Us Hear Each Instrument Play a Variation | | Sean Connery, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti | 3:08 |
| 1967-05-03 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: II. Variation A. Presto (flute and piccolo) | | Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | 0:29 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Var. A (Piccolo & Flutes) | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 0:36 |
| 1967-07-18 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: II. var A: Flute & Piccolo | | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | 0:36 |
| 1971-08-27 – 1971-08-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Flutes and Piccolo - (Presto) | | Richard Baker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 0:32 |
| 1973-02-13 – 1973-02-14 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation A (Flöte/Piccoloflöte) | | London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | 0:32 |
| 1977 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: A. Flutes and piccolo | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 0:33 |
| 1989-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op.34: Var. A: Flutes and piccolo | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek | 0:35 |
| 1989-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: II. The Woodwind Var. A, B, C, D (Presto, Lento, Moderato, Allegrao alla marcia) | | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek | 3:20 |
| 1989-11-08 – 1989-11-09 | Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations (Woodwind) | | Mark Levengood, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd | 2:52 |
| 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 A - The Flutes | | London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford | 0:31 |
| 1993-03-18 – 1993-03-19 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Variation A | | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 0:28 |
| 1995-01-28 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: II. Variation 1 (Flutes and piccolo) | | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | 0:31 |
| 1997-01-29 – 1997-02-01 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Woodwind variations | | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery, Dame Edna Everage | 3:18 |
| 1999-09-21 – 1999-09-22 | The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Flutes and piccolo | | BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 0:34 |
| 2006-01-22 – 2006-01-23 | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: Flutes and Piccolo, Variation A | | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | 0:27 |
| Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell": VII. Flute and Piccolo | | Benjamin Britten | 0:33 |
| Guida del giovane all'orchestra, op. 34: Variazione A: "Adesso ogni strumento parla per conto suo" | | Lorin Maazel, Orchestre national de France | 0:30 |
| Guide de l'orchestre pour les jeunes: Variation A, flûtes et piccolo | | New York Philharmonic | 0:30 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: A. Flutes and piccolo | | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sian Edwards | 0:30 |
| The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34 (without spoken text): Variation A: Flutes and Piccolo - Presto | | London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | 0:34 |
| The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variation I: Flute, Piccolo (Presto) | | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 0:34 |
| The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (flutes and piccolo) | | Benjamin Britten | 0:29 |
| Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, op. 34 “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” (without spoken text): Variations: A. Presto / B. Lento / C. Moderato / D. Allegro alla marcia | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 3:12 |
