Danh mục tác phẩm của Benjamin Britten
Opera và Church Parable
- Paul Bunyan (1941), an operetta based on the American folktale
- Peter Grimes (1945), an opera based on George Crabbe's The Borough
- The Rape of Lucretia (1946), after the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey
- Albert Herring (1947), after Guy de Maupassant's story Le Rosier de Mme. Husson
- Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep) (1949), an opera for children
- Billy Budd (1951), after Herman Melville's novella
- Gloriana (1953), after Lytton Strachey's Elizabeth and Essex, written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
- The Turn of the Screw (1954), based on the novella by Henry James
- Noye's Fludde (1958)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960), after Shakespeare
- Curlew River (1964), based on a Japanese Noh play
- The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966), after the Book of Daniel, Chapter 3
- The Prodigal Son (1968), after the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 15
- Owen Wingrave (1971) an opera for television, after the short story by Henry James
- Death in Venice (1973), based on Thomas Mann's novella
- An unrealized Christmas opera, intended forces unknown (1976)
Tác phẩm cho dàn nhạc
- Sinfonietta, for chamber orchestra (1932)
- Simple Symphony, for string orchestra (1934)
- Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, for string orchestra (1937)
- Sinfonia da Requiem(1940)
- Prelude and Fugue for 18 Strings (1943)
- Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, for orchestra (1945)
- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946)
- Symphonic Suite from Gloriana (1954)
- Suite on English Folk Tunes, A Time There Was..., for chamber orchestra (1966/1974)
Concertante
- Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
- Piano Concerto (1938, rev. 1945)
- Violin Concerto (1939, rev. 1958)
- Young Apollo, for piano and string orchestra (1939)
- Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra (1940 rev. 1954)
- Clarinet Concerto (incomplete: 1st movement only, 1942/3, orch. by Colin Matthews)
- Cello Symphony (1963)
Tác phẩm thanh nhạc / hợp xÆ°á»›ng vá»›i dàn nhạc
- Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1943)
- Saint Nicolas, for tenor soloist, children's chorus, chorus, and orchestra (1948)
- Spring Symphony, for soprano, contralto, and tenor soloists, chorus and orchestra (1949)
- Nocturne, for tenor, 7 obligato instruments & strings (1958)
- War Requiem (1961) for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, boys' chorus, chorus, chamber ensemble, and orchestra
- Cantata misericordium for tenor and baritone soloists, small chorus, string quartet, string orchestra, piano, harp, timpani (1963)
- Phaedra for mezzo-soprano, cello, harpsichord, percussion, and string orchestra (Robert Lowell after Jean Racine's Phèdre, 1975)
- Praise we great men, for soloists, chorus and orchestra (Edith Sitwell) (1976, completed by Colin Matthews 1985)
- Sea Symphony, for soloists, chorus and orchestra (unrealized, 1976)
Tác phẩm thanh nhạc
- On this Island for high voice and piano (1937)
- Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for tenor and piano (1940)
- The Holy Sonnets of John Donne for tenor and piano (1945)
- Canticle I: My beloved is mine for tenor and piano (1947)
- A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and piano (1947)
- Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac for alto (or countertenor), tenor, and piano (1952)
- Winter Words for high voice and piano (1953)
- Canticle III: Still falls the rain for tenor, horn and piano (words Edith Sitwell) (1954)
- Winter Words for tenor and piano, poetry by Thomas Hardy (1954)
- The Heart of the Matter for narrator, tenor, horn, and piano (1956)
- Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for tenor and piano (1958)
- Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for baritone and piano (1965)
- The Poet's Echo for soprano and piano (1965)
- Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi for countertenor, tenor, baritone, and piano (1971)
- Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus for tenor and harp (1974)
- A Birthday Hansel for high voice and harp (1975)
- Eight books of Folksong Arrangements from the British Isles and France. For voice and piano, guitar and harp.
Hợp xướng
- A Boy Was Born for treble voices and choir (1933/55)
- Friday Afternoons for children's voices and piano (1935)
- A Ceremony of Carols for treble voices and harp (1942); an alternate arrangement for mixed voices and harp (or piano) is popular as well
- Hymn to St. Cecilia for unaccompanied choir; poem by W. H. Auden (1942)
- Rejoice in the Lamb for 4 soloists, choir, and organ; text by Christopher Smart (1943)
- Missa Brevis for boys' voices and organ (1959)
- Sacred and Profane (8 medieval lyrics) for SSATB (1974-5)
Nhạc thính phòng / Khí nhạc
- Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (1959) short antiphonal and polytonal piece for three trumpets
- Cello Sonata in C Major (1960)
- Nocturnal after John Dowland for guitar (1963)
- Cello Suite No. 1 (1964)
- Cello Suite No. 2 (1967)
- Cello Suite No. 3 (1971)
- Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo Oboe, with quotations from Ovid's Metamorphoses poem.
Âm nhạc cho phim
- Night Mail (1936), with words by W. H. Auden
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