Steuart Bedford RIP

[CallMePaul]

I have just discovered, via the Gramophone website, that the conductor and pianist Steuart Bedford died on 15 Feb aged 81. He was, of course, particularly associated with the music of Benjamin Britten, and gave first performances of Death in Venice and Phaedra towards the end of Britten's life when the composer's illness prevented him from conducting himself. He also recorded, as pianist and conductor, many of Britten's vocal works and conducted other operas across the world. He will be missed.

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/the-conductor-and-pianist-steuart-bedford-has-died

RIP Steuart

[Pulcinella]

Many of his recordings, originally on Collins Classics, have been reissued on Naxos, and are well worth investigating, imho:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/search?search_query=britten%20steuart%20bedford&size=10&view=large

RIP

[Bryn]

BBCMM, too:

https://www.classical-music.com/news/leading-britten-conductor-steuart-bedford-dies/

Unfortunately, they appear to have posted their tribute before completing the text.

[Edgy 2]

Many of his recordings, originally on Collins Classics, have been reissued on Naxos, and are well worth investigating, imho:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/search?search_query=britten%20steuart%20bedford&size=10&view=large

RIP

I have a few of these including the absolutely stunning Turn of the Screw, the original Collins release.

RIP Steuart Bedford

[Nick Armstrong]

I have a few of these including the absolutely stunning Turn of the Screw, the original Collins release.

RIP Steuart Bedford

I have that box as well, terrific.

[Barbirollians]

Sad news - last of the Aldeburgh Festival old guard gone ?

[edashtav]

Stewart was a fine Conductor and musician who may have been underused because he was typecast as a ‘Britten specialist’.

[secondfiddle]

Stewart was a fine Conductor and musician who may have been underused because he was typecast as a ‘Britten specialist’.

Steuart Bedford was also an excellent pianist. A favourite broadcast I quite often play was his 1987 Aldeburgh Festival Gershwin-Grainger recital when he accompanied Sarah Walker in eight Gershwin songs and then paired up with Kun Woo Paik for Grainger's Fantasy on Porgy and Bess. Radio 3 could do well to replay that broadcast with other things as a tribute if they still have it.