Recordings of Lennox Berkeley's music
Five Poems is included on the following albums, which are available as digital downloads: (clear search)
Nocturnes
Since the beginning of time, the night and its mysteries have inspired poets and musicians. Rupert Charlesworth, one of the UK’s most promising young tenors, is joined at the piano by Edwige Herchenroder for this recital that includes English songs, French melodies and Lieder, all about the nighttime. Ranging from the known (Schubert, Brahms, Fauré) to the lesser known (Bax, Finzi, Berkeley), Charlesworth and Herchenroder embark on this fascinating nocturnal promenade through diverse aesthetics, troubling atmospheres and profoundly contrasting emotions; their ode to the night. Includes no. 4. 'Eyes look into the well' and no. 5. 'Carry her over the water' from 'Five Poems' op. 53, and no. 5. 'Silver' from 'Five Poems' op. 26. (Synopsis by Pro Studio Masters)
- Five Songs (op. 26, Walter de la Mare)
- Five Poems (op. 53, W. H. Auden)
Performed by Rupert Charlesworth (tenor) & Edwige Herchenroder (piano)
Britten/Berkeley: Auden songs
Another of the 2003 releases from Naxos is a collection of settings of words by WH Auden, recorded by Philip Langridge (tenor), with Steuart Bedford (piano).
- Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love (op. 14 part 2)
- Night Covers Up the Rigid Land (op. 14 part 2)
- Five Poems (op. 53, W. H. Auden)
Favourite English Songs
Features O lurcher-loving collier (no. 2) from Five Poems by W H Auden
- Five Poems (op. 53, W. H. Auden)
Performed by Felicity Lott (soprano) & Graham Johnson (piano)