Composed in early 1929 whilst he was studying at Gresham's School, Britten's Rhapsody for string quartet lasts for 7 minutes and received its first public...
These four cabaret songs, 'Tell me the truth about Love', 'Funeral Blues', 'Johnny' and 'Calypso' were written in the 1930's as part of Britten's fruitful...
Brittens last opera is based on the short story by Thomas Mann. It follows the inner turmoil of the ageing novelist Gustav von Aschenbach, who becomes...