FRITH, BENJAMIN

Benjamin Frith was encouraged by his teacher, Dame Fanny Waterman, to pursue a musical career after winning the British Dudley National Concerto Competition at fourteen. At twenty he became a Mozart Memorial Prize winner and was invited by Sir Peter Pears to appear at the Aldeburgh Festival. He achieved international recognition by sharing top prize in the 1986 Busoni and first prize in the 1989 Artur Rubinstein International Piano Competitions, making his début at the Edinburgh Festival in 1992 with an acclaimed interpretation of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. He has given recitals and concerto performances worldwide with many leading orchestras and conductors including Mehta, Wit, Noseda and Vásáry. Frith’s solo recording series for Naxos have included major explorations of the early Romantic period, (Mendelssohn and John Field) an area in which he is considered to have a speciality. The Warsaw Philharmonic have reinvited him to perform concertos by Hummel and Field as part of their Chopin 200th anniversary celebrations.

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ADAGIO 2	8.553841
ARNIM, A. von: Tolle Invalide auf dem Fort Ratonneau (Der)	NHB10752
Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time	8.558116
BAX: Clarinet Sonatas / Piano Trio / Trio in One Movement	8.557698
BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos	8.554675
BUSCH, W.: Eduards Traum (gekurzt)	NHB10012
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / FIELD: Piano Concerto No. 1	8.554680
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 8	8.556628
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 2	8.556812
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS	8.570013-14
Discover the Classics, Vol. 2	8.554246-47
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
FIELD: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3	8.553770
FIELD: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4	8.553771
FIELD: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 and 6	8.554221
FIELD: Piano Music, Vol. 1	8.550761
FIELD: Piano Music, Vol. 2	8.550762
IRELAND, J.: Piano Trios / Cavatina / Berceuse / Bagatelle / The Holy Boy (Gould Piano Trio)	8.570507
Lunga Bla Timmar (Blue Hours)	8.503024
MENDELSSOHN (THE BEST OF)	8.556660
MENDELSSOHN / LISZT / GRIEG: Piano Concertos	8.553267
MENDELSSOHN : The Best Of Mendelssohn	8.551110
MENDELSSOHN: 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 / 3 Caprices, Op. 37	8.550939
MENDELSSOHN: 7 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7 / Fantasia, Op. 28	8.553541
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings / Violin Concerto in D minor	8.553844
MENDELSSOHN: Concertos for Two Pianos in A Flat Major and E Major	8.553416
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Capriccio Brillant / Rondo Brillant	8.550681
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in B Flat Major / Fantasies, Op. 16	8.553186
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in E Major / Variations serieuses / Preludes and Etudes, Op. 104	8.550940
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in G Minor / Fantasia, Op. 15 / Variations, Op. 83	8.553358
MIRACLE OF SUMMER (THE)	8.557998
NOCTURNE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556620
NOCTURNE - Late Night Piano Music (Sweden only)	8.557292
ROGER, K.: Chamber Music - Clarinet Quintet / Piano Trio / Piano Sonata / Variations on an Irish Air (Gould Piano Trio, Plane, Beynon)	8.572238
ROMANTIC BLISS	8.578050
ROMANZA - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556618
ROSEN - GESCHICHTEN UND GEDICHTE	NHB10322
SARABANDE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
SCARLATTI, D.: Keyboard Sonatas (Complete), Vol. 5	8.554792
SCHUMANN, R.: Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 / 8 Fantasiestucke, Op. 12	8.550493
SCHUMANN, R.: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 / BRAHMS: Klavierstucke, Op. 118	8.553251
STANFORD: Clarinet Sonata / Piano Trio No. 3 / 2 Fantasies	8.570416
STORY OF BRITISH CLASSICAL MUSIC (THE)	8.558193-94
STRAVINSKY: Igor Stravinsky - A Portrait (NICE)	8.558186-87
STRAVINSKY: Music for Two Pianos	8.553386
TIPPETT: Piano Concerto / Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage	8.553591
WEBER (THE BEST OF)	8.556676
WEBER: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Polacca brillante	8.550959