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- ↑ "TV documentary on Britten Serenade with Ian Bostridge, Timothy Brown and Colin Davies". YouTube . 11 September 2009.
- ↑ "Telemann: Horn Concertos / Baumann, Brown, Hill, Brown, Asmf". arkivmusic.com. 2002.
- ↑ Rob Barnett (2009). "Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) / The Collector's Edition". musicweb-international.com.
- ↑ "Mozart: Horn Concertos / Timothy Brown, Iona Brown, Asmf". arkivmusic.com. 2011.
- ↑ "Liste des Oeuvres" (in German). Egon Wellesz Fonds. 2010.
