George Benjamin
George Benjamin is one of the world’s foremost musicians. In each of his fastidiously heard scores, sensuous, alchemical sounds are underpinned with rigorous architecture, never more so than in his series of operas including the ground-breaking Written on Skin.
Discography
| Title | Performer(s) | Year | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Mind of Winter | George Benjamin, London Sinfonietta, Penelope Walmsley-Clark | 1987 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Altitude | Bramwell Tovey, Foden's Richardson Band | 2008 | NMC | Buy Now | |
| Antara | Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1990 | IRCAM | ||
| Antara | George Benjamin, London Sinfonietta | 1990 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| At First Light | Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Lorraine Vaillancourt | 1990 | |||
| At First Light | Ensemble Modern Orchestra, George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| At First Light | Kunitaka Kokaji, Tokyo Sinfonietta | 1995 | Tokyo Sinfonietta | ||
| At First Light | George Benjamin, London Sinfonietta | 1987 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Dance Figures | David Robertson, New York Philharmonic | 2010 | New York Philharmonic | Buy Now | |
| Dance Figures | Anu Komsi, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Dietrich Henschel, Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu, Hilary Summers, Kent Nagano, Oliver Knussen, Rundfunkchor Berlin | 2008 | Nimbus | ||
| Dream of the Song | George Benjamin, George Benjamin, London Sinfonietta, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Susan Bickley, Michael Cox, Hila Plitmann, Bejun Mehta | 2017 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Dream of the Song | George Benjamin, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bejun Mehta, Netherlands Kamerkoor | 2016 | RCO | Buy Now | |
| Duet | Allan Clayton, Barbara Hannigan, George Benjamin, George Benjamin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Christopher Purves, Bejun Mehta, Rebecca Jo Loeb | 2013 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Duet | Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Lothar Zagrosek, Martin Helmchen | 2011 | Junge Deutsche Philharmonie | Buy Now | |
| Fantasia 7 after Henry Purcell | Berkeley Ensemble | 2019 | Resonus Classics | Buy Now | |
| Fantasy on Iambic Rhythm | Antoine Tamestit, George Benjamin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Fantasy on Iambic Rhythm | Peter Hill | 2014 | Delphian | Buy Now | |
| Flight | Ingrid Culliford | 1995 | Lorelt | Buy Now | |
| Flight | George Benjamin, George Benjamin, London Sinfonietta, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Susan Bickley, Michael Cox, Hila Plitmann, Bejun Mehta | 2017 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Into the Little Hill | George Benjamin, George Benjamin, London Sinfonietta, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Susan Bickley, Michael Cox, Hila Plitmann, Bejun Mehta | 2017 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Into the Little Hill | Anu Komsi, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Dietrich Henschel, Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu, Hilary Summers, Kent Nagano, Oliver Knussen, Rundfunkchor Berlin | 2008 | Nimbus | ||
| Lessons in Love and Violence | Barbara Hannigan, George Benjamin, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, dir. Katie Mitchell, Samuel Boden, Andri Björn Róbertsson, Stéphane Degout, Gyula Orendt, Peter Hoare, Jennifer France, Kristina Szabo, Ocean Barrington-Cook | 2018 | Opus Arte | Buy Now | |
| Lessons in Love and Violence | Barbara Hannigan, George Benjamin, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel Boden, Andri Björn Róbertsson, Stéphane Degout, Gyula Orendt, Peter Hoare, Jennifer France, Kristina Szabo | 2019 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Meditation on Haydn's Name | Antoine Tamestit, George Benjamin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Meditation on Haydn's Name | Benjamin Hochman | 2015 | Avie | Buy Now | |
| Octet | Fretwork, George Benjamin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Susan Bickley | 1997 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Olicantus | Kazushi Ono, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie | 2005 | Warner Classics | Buy Now | |
| Olicantus | George Benjamin, London Sinfonietta, Nicolas Hodges | 2004 | London Sinfonietta Label | Buy Now | |
| Olicantus | Ensemble Modern Orchestra, George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Palimpsests | Ensemble Modern Orchestra, George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Palimpsests | George Benjamin, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 2016 | NEOS | Buy Now | |
| Panorama | 1994 | Unknown Public | |||
| Piano Figures | George Benjamin | 2012 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Piano Sonata | Antoine Tamestit, George Benjamin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Piano Sonata | George Benjamin | 1991 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Relativity Rag | Garth Knox, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ralf Ehlers | 1997 | octobre en normandie | ||
| Relativity Rag | Antoine Tamestit, George Benjamin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Ringed by the Flat Horizon | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder | 1987 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Shadowlines | Gilles Vonsattel | 2015 | Honens | Buy Now | |
| Shadowlines | Antoine Tamestit, George Benjamin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Shadowlines | Marino Formenti | 2013 | Col Legno | Buy Now | |
| Shadowlines | George King | 2013 | Odradek Records | Buy Now | |
| Sometime Voices | Anu Komsi, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Dietrich Henschel, Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu, Hilary Summers, Kent Nagano, Oliver Knussen, Rundfunkchor Berlin | 2008 | Nimbus | ||
| Sortilèges | Prodromos Symeonidis | 2007 | Telos Records | Buy Now | |
| Sortilèges | Markus Bellheim | 2002 | Editions Jade | Buy Now | |
| Sudden Time | Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Genevieve Strosser, George Benjamin, Susan Knight | 2000 | Ensemble Modern Medien | Buy Now | |
| Sudden Time | Ensemble Modern Orchestra, George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Sudden Time | Fretwork, George Benjamin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Susan Bickley | 1997 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Sudden Time | George Benjamin, London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1994 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra | Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Genevieve Strosser, George Benjamin, Susan Knight | 2000 | Ensemble Modern Medien | Buy Now | |
| Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra | Fretwork, George Benjamin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Susan Bickley | 1997 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Three Miniatures for Solo Violin | Tamsin Waley-Cohen | 2015 | Signum Classics | Buy Now | |
| Three Miniatures for Solo Violin | Jagdish Mistry | 2010 | Ensemble Modern Medien | Buy Now | |
| Three Miniatures for Solo Violin | Diego Tosi | 2016 | Solstice | Buy Now | |
| Upon Silence | Fretwork, George Benjamin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Susan Bickley | 1997 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Upon Silence | SIT FAST, Sarah Breton | 2017 | Evidence | Buy Now | |
| Upon Silence | Fretwork, George Benjamin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Susan Bickley | 1997 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Viola, Viola | Garth Knox, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ralf Ehlers | 1997 | octobre en normandie | ||
| Viola, Viola | Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Genevieve Strosser, George Benjamin, Susan Knight | 2000 | Ensemble Modern Medien | Buy Now | |
| Viola, Viola | Antoine Tamestit, George Benjamin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tabea Zimmermann | 2004 | Nimbus | ||
| Viola, Viola | Sachiko Suda, Shota Yanase | 2003 | BIS | Buy Now | |
| Viola, Viola | Richard Yongjae O'Neill, Soo-Min Lee | 2018 | Deutsche Grammophon | Buy Now | |
| Viola, Viola | Hsin-Yun Huang | 2012 | Bridge | Buy Now | |
| Written on Skin | Allan Clayton, Barbara Hannigan, George Benjamin, George Benjamin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Christopher Purves, Bejun Mehta, Rebecca Jo Loeb | 2013 | Nimbus | Buy Now | |
| Written on Skin | Allan Clayton, Barbara Hannigan, George Benjamin, dir. Katie Mitchell, Christopher Purves, Bejun Mehta, Victoria Simmonds, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House | 2014 | Opus Arte | Buy Now |