Recordings of Lennox Berkeley's music
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Chamber Music for Horn, Violin and Piano
Format: CD- Trio (op. 44)
Performed by Bruce Bonnell (horn), Hai-Xin Wu (violin) & Zhihua Tang (piano)
Between the Worlds
Format: CD & Digital downloadFirst audio CD by German classical guitarist Katrin Endrikat with works by A. Barrios, A.Tansman, J.S.Bach and others. A beautiful selection of original pieces and arranged works for classical guitar.
- Sonatina (op. 52 part 1)
Performed by Katrin Endrikat (guitar)
Works for String Orchestra
Format: CD"Let us composers, too, remember what Boyd Neel has done for us. Not only has he asked for and used new music but – here's the difference – he has used it many times. If Boyd Neel and his orchestra like and believe in new music, they play it over and over again until the audience get used to it and begin to like it too; not for it a first performance and then the dusty shelf." This heartfelt tribute was written by Benjamin Britten, whose 'Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge' was written for the Boyd Neel Orchestra and premiered by them at the 1937 Salzburg Festival, thereby cementing the international reputation of both composer and performers. The off-air recording of a BBC Third Programme broadcast from 31 January 1961 featured on this disc offers further evidence of the debt composers working in Britain owed to Neel. (Synopsis by Lyrita)
- Sinfonietta (op. 34)
Performed by the London Chamber Orchestra & Anthony Bernard (conductor)
Guitar Recital by Ekachai Jearakul
Format: CD & Digital downloadIn 2014 Ekachai Jearakul became the first Asian guitarist to win the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition (GFA). Winner of numerous awards and an international artist, he has selected a recital that takes the listener on a journey from the baroque beauties of Weiss through nineteenth-century classics by Mertz and Legnani, concluding with three modern compositions influenced by jazz. (Synopsis by Naxos)
- Sonatina (op. 52 part 1)
Performed by Ekachai Jearakul (guitar)
For the Wings of a Dove: Music for Supplication and Hope
Format: CD & Digital downloadThis recording concludes with a setting of one of the best-known psalm texts, 'The Lord is my Shepherd'. Composed in 1975 to celebrate the 900th anniversary of Chichester Cathedral, the music by Lennox Berkeley has a directness and simplicity that belies its harmonic subtlety. A sense of confidence and security is created by the strong tonal centre (on G major) which casts into greater relief the dissonances that Berkeley uses to depict ‘the valley of the shadow of death’. As in Mendelssohn’s ‘Hear my prayer’, the division of text between soloist and chorus captures both the personal and the universal nature of the psalmist’s text. (Synopsis (c) Silas Wollston, 2014)
- The Lord is My Shepherd (op. 91 part 1)
Performed by the Choir of Queen's College Cambridge & Silas Wollston (conductor)