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Richard Rodney Bennett
p, 1936-2012 GB
Musician / Composer of Classical and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.
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Murder On The Orient Express - Waltz on Movie Memories- Music From the Greatest Films by Various Artists Four Weddings & A Funeral - Main Theme - From "Four Weddings and a Funeral" on Hollywood In Love - Romantic Movie Memories by Hollywood Bowl Orchestra & John Mauceri The Orient Express - From "Murder On The Orient Express" Soundtrack on Murder On The Orient Express by Richard Rodney Bennett Overture And Kidnapping - From "Murder On The Orient Express" Soundtrack on Murder On The Orient Express by Richard Rodney Bennett Stamboul Ferry - From "Murder On The Orient Express" Soundtrack on Murder On The Orient Express by Richard Rodney Bennett After the Ball on The Return of the Soldier by Richard Rodney Bennett Rodney Bennett: Music for the Sydney Lumet's 1974 Movies "Murder on the Orient Express": No. 1, Overture on Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Murder on the Orient Express . Lady Caroline Lamb [original soundtrack recordings] by Richard Rodney Bennett & Marcus Dods Entr'acte on Murder On The Orient Express - Original Soundtrack by Richard Rodney Bennett The Body / Remembering Daisy - From "Murder On The Orient Express" Soundtrack on Murder On The Orient Express by Richard Rodney Bennett Finale on Murder On The Orient Express - Original Soundtrack by Richard Rodney BennettTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Glory and the Dream: Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett | Richard Rodney Bennett | 2018 | Compil. |
| Morning Music, Midnight Music | Timothy Reynish, Richard Rodney Bennett And Irwin Bazelon, Royal Northern College Of Music Wind Orchestra, Martin Winter | 2017 | Album |
| Vol. 1: Marimba Concerto; Symphony No. 3; Celebration; Summer Music; Sinfonietta | Richard Rodney Bennett, Colin Currie | 2017 | Album |
| L'imprécateur / Interdit Aux Moins De 13 Ans | Richard Rodney Bennett / Gabriel Yared | 2012 | Compil. |
| My Dancing Day (Choral Music By Richard Rodney Bennett) | Richard Rodney Bennett / BBC Singers / Paul Brough | 2012 | Album |
| The Whisperers / Equus | John Barry, Richard Rodney Bennett | 2010 | Compil. |
| Zodiac | Auréole - William Mathias • Arnold Bax • Jan Bach • Richard Rodney Bennett | 2008 | Album |
| The Pick-Up Artist / Sherlock Holmes In New York | Georges Delerue / Richard Rodney Bennett / Leonard Rosenman | 2006 | Compil. |
| The Mimes Of Sulphur | Richard Rodney Bennett - Glimmerglass Opera, Stewart Robertson | 2005 | Album |
| Sea Change (The Choral Music Of Richard Rodney Bennett) | Richard Rodney Bennett, The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter | 2005 | Album |
| When Lights are low | Claire Martin, Richard Rodney Bennett | 2005 | Album |
| British Composers - The Rio Grande - Concerto For Piano & Nine Players - Elegiac Blues - Elegy - Symphony No. 2 | Constant Lambert, Sir William Walton, André Previn, Richard Rodney Bennett, Neville Dilkes | 2005 | Compil. |
| Love From A Stranger: Four British Film Scores | Benjamin Britten, Roberto Gerhard, Elisabeth Lutyens, Richard Rodney Bennett | 2004 | Album |
| Saison 2002-2003 : Psappha / Syrinx / After Syrinx II / I Ching (Extraits) / Kerberos | Christophe Roldan, Magali Mosnier - Iannis Xenakis / Claude Debussy / Richard Rodney Bennett / Per Nørgård / Sydney Hodkinson | 2003 | Album |
| Way Ahead Of The Game / The Lyrics Of Johnny Mercer | Richard Rodney Bennett . Johnny Mercer | 2003 | Album |
| "Fields" - American Music For Marimba | Joseph Schwantner, Richard Rodney Bennett, Andrew Thomas, Raymond Helble, Evan Hause, Filippo Lattanzi | 2001 | Album |
| Orchestral Jazz | The John Wilson Orchestra Featuring Richard Rodney Bennett | 2000 | Album |
| Gormenghast | Richard Rodney Bennett, John Tavener | 2000 | Album |
| Partita For Orchestra | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1995 | Album |
| Morning Music - Midnight Music | Richard Rodney Bennett, Royal Northern College Of Music Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish | 1994 | Album |
| George Gershwin's Solo Piano Works | Richard Rodney Bennett Plays George Gershwin | 1993 | Album |
| Poirot At The Movies - Murder On The Orient Express - Death On The Nile | Richard Rodney Bennett, Nino Rota | 1993 | Compil. |
| Enchanted April (The Film Music Of Richard Rodney Bennett) | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1992 | Compil. |
| Transatlantic Piano | John McCabe Plays John Adams, Richard Rodney Bennett, Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, George Rochberg, André Previn | 1991 | Album |
| Saxophone Concertos | John Harle, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner - Claude Debussy, Alexander Glazunov, Jacques Ibert, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Richard Rodney Bennett, Dave Heath | 1991 | Album |
| Far From The Madding Crowd: Music From The Original Sound Track | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1991 | Album |
| I Never Went Away ... | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1990 | Album |
| From This Moment On | Maria Ewing, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Rodney Bennett, Neil Richardson | 1990 | Album |
| My Keyboard Friends (Piano Music Of Bennett And Walton) | Richard Rodney Bennett And Carol Rosenberger | 1990 | Album |
| Oboe Sonatas | Camille Saint-Saëns · Francis Poulenc · Henri Dutilleux · Eugène Bozza · Richard Rodney Bennett - Hansjörg Schellenberger, Rolf Koenen | 1989 | Compil. |
| Scenes From West Side Story / Fantasy On George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess / Four Piece Suite | Leonard Bernstein / Percy Grainger / Richard Rodney Bennett - David Nettle & Richard Markham | 1988 | Album |
| Lush Life | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1988 | Album |
| Take Love Easy | Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Sarpola, Tony Tedesco | 1985 | Album |
| Puttin' On The Ritz | Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett | 1984 | Album |
| Plays Little Jazz Bird And Others Standards By... | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1984 | Album |
| The Return Of The Soldier (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1983 | Album |
| Partners In Crime | The South Bank Orchestra, Marian Montgomery, Richard Rodney Bennett | 1983 | Single |
| Harold Arlen's Songs | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1983 | Album |
| A Tapestry Of Songs And Chamber Music | Igor Stravinsky - Sir Simon Rattle, The Nash Ensemble, Chilingirian String Quartet, Jane Manning, Richard Rodney Bennett, Ronald Lumsden, Anne Shasby, Richard McMahon | 1982 | Album |
| "I Got Rhythm" Richard Rodney Bennett Plays The Complete Solo Piano Music Of George Gershwin | Richard Rodney Bennett, George Gershwin | 1981 | Album |
| The Planets | Gustav Holst - Richard Rodney Bennett / Susan Bradshaw | 1981 | Album |
| A Sure Thing - Music Of Jerome Kern | Barry Tuckwell & Richard Rodney Bennett | 1979 | Album |
| A Different Side Of Sondheim | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1979 | Compil. |
| Yanks Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1979 | Album |
| A Sure Thing - Music Of Jerome Kern | Barry Tuckwell & Richard Rodney Bennett | 1979 | Album |
| Spells | Richard Rodney Bennett, Jane Manning, David Willcocks, Philharmonia Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| A Portrait Of Lord Berners. Songs And Piano Music | Lord Berners, Meriel & Peter Dickinson & Bernard Dickinson, Susan Bradshaw And Richard Rodney Bennett | 1978 | Album |
| Surprise, Surprise | Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett | 1978 | Album |
| Plays The Ballet Music Of Cole Porter, Harold Arlen & Richard Rodgers | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1978 | Album |
| Town And Country | Marian Montgomery And Richard Rodney Bennett | 1978 | Album |
| Musik Für 20 Finger / Vierhändige Klaviermusik Des 20. Jahrhunderts | Max Reger, Claude Debussy, Paul Hindemith, Richard Rodney Bennett, Werner Heider / Vivienne Und Dirk Keilhack | 1977 | Album |
| Equus - The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1977 | Album |
| L'Imprécateur (Bande Originale Du Film) | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1977 | Album |
| Concerto For Solo Piano And Nine Players Plus Piano Pieces By Bliss, E Goossens, Lambert, Walton | Richard Rodney Bennett - Constant Lambert / Arthur Bliss / Sir Eugene Goossens / Sir William Walton | 1976 | Album |
| Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By Addison • Dodgson • Gardner • Bennett | Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By John Addison • Stephen Dodgson • John Gardner • Richard Rodney Bennett | 1975 | Album |
| Nobody Else But Me | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1975 | Compil. |
| Plays George Gershwin & Billy Mayer | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1975 | Album |
| オリエント急行殺人事件 = Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1974 | Album |
| Assassino sull' Orient Express | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1974 | Album |
| Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1974 | Album |
| Overture from 'Murder On The Orient Express' / Prelude To Murder | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1974 | Single |
| Composers At The Piano | Richard Rodney Bennett, Thea Musgrave, Malcolm Williamson | 1972 | Album |
| Lady Caroline Lamb (Original Soundtrack) / Elegy For Caroline Lamb | Richard Rodney Bennett / Marcus Dods Conducts New Philharmonia Orchestra | 1972 | Album |
| All The King's Men | Richard Rodney Bennett, Trinity Boys Choir | 1971 | Album |
| Nicholas And Alexandra (Original Sound Track) | Richard Rodney Bennett - New Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Marcus Dods | 1971 | Album |
| Jazz Calendar/Piano Concerto | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1971 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 / Overture To A Picaresque Comedy / Divertimento | Richard Rodney Bennett / Arnold Bax / Lennox Berkeley - Igor Buketoff, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1968 | Album |
| Far From The Madding Crowd: Music From The Original Sound Track | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1967 | Album |
| Billion Dollar Brain (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1967 | Album |
| Un Cerveau D'Un Milliard De Dollars | Richard Rodney Bennett | 1967 | Single |
| Instrumental Music | Phyllis Tate, Don Banks, Richard Rodney Bennett, Iain Hamilton, Barry Tuckwell, Gervase de Peyer, Brenton Langbein, Maureen Jones, William Bennett, William Pleeth, Margaret Kitchin, Peter Graeme | 1966 | Album |
| Four British Composers | Peter Maxwell Davies, Alexander Goehr, Richard Rodney Bennett, Malcolm Williamson | 1965 | Album |
| The Midnight Thief | Richard Rodney Bennett, Ian Serraillier | 1964 | Album |
| Twentieth Century English Songs | Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Joan Dickson / Richard Rodney Bennett, Frank Bridge, John Ireland, Priaulx Rainier | 1964 | Album |
| Murder On The Orient Express / Lady Caroline Lamb | Richard Rodney Bennett | Album | |
| A Different Side Of Sondheim | Richard Rodney Bennett | Album | |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Richard Rodney Bennett | Album | |
| Nicholas And Alexandra (Original Sound Track) | Richard Rodney Bennett, Marcus Dods, New Philharmonia Orchestra | Album | |
| Fifteen Songs From The Oxford Nursery Song Book | Richard Rodney Bennett / Dorothy Dorow & John Carol Case | Single |
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