Recordings of Lennox Berkeley's music

One Day in Thy Courts

Format: CD
Label: Priory Records
Release date: September 2004
Catalogue no: PRCD 821

• The Lord is My Shepherd (op. 91 part 1)

English Song

Format: CD & Digital download
Label: Naxos
Release date: August 2004
Catalogue no: 8.557559-60

• Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love (op. 14 part 2)

Performed by Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)

A Dinner Engagement

Format: CD & Digital download
Label: Chandos Records
Release date: July 2004
Catalogue no: CHAN 10219

A landmark among Lennox Berkeley recordings was the publication in June 2004 by Chandos Records of a performance of his short opera A Dinner Engagement in which Richard Hickox conducts the City of London Sinfonia.

• A Dinner Engagement (op. 45)

Performed by the City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Yvonne Kenny, Jean Rigby & Anne Collins

Azure

Format: CD
Label: Falcon Records
Release date: June 2004
Catalogue no: FAL 512
Available from: CD Baby, Portland, Oregon, USA Tel: +1 503 595 3000 Email: cdbaby@cdbaby.com

Carl Herring’s reading is well-considered throughout. The pace of both the first movement (Allegretto) and last (Rondo) seem just right. Melodic lines are played with lovely cantabile and again the Lento is persuasive. The playing is a little more flexible than on some versions - Herring eases forward movement at times, and is thus able to reveal the eloquence of the musical language. This CD is an interesting programme, also including compositions by Turina, Rodrigo, Bach and Tippett.

Christopher Daly

• Sonatina (op. 52 part 1)

Performed by Carl Herring (guitar)

Lennox & Michael Berkeley: The Berkeley Edition, Vol. 4

Format: CD & Digital download
Label: Chandos Records
Release date: February 2004
Catalogue no: CHAN 10167

• Symphony no. 2 (op. 51)
• Voices of the Night (op. 86)

Performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Richard Hickox (conductor)