Berkeley, Lennox

English Recorder Works by Berkeley, Arnold, Jacob, Bowen, Rubbra / Jill Kemp, recorders; Aleksander Szram: piano

1 CD / 1-2-3-4-GO / 2013-04-09

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for recorder (or flute) & piano, Op. 13; Malcolm Arnold: Sonatina for recorder & piano, Op. 41; Solitaire; Fantasy for recorder & string quartet, Op. 140; Gordon Jacob: Suit...
Performers: Kemp, Jill; Szram, Aleksander
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brodowski Quartet

A great introduction to 20th century English recorder pieces performed by young player Jill Kemp, a highly talented pupil of the world' s leading recorder...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (09/04/2010-09/06/2010)....continue...

British Guitar Music - music by Dowland, Britten, Fripp, Whettam, Maxwell Davies / Alberto Mesirca, guitar

1 CD / Paladino Music / 2013-01-29

Works: John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal after John Dowland, for guitar, Op. 70; Lennox Berkeley: Pièces (4) for guitar, Op. Posth.; Robert Fripp: Fracture; Graham Whettam: Ser...
Performers: Mesirca, Alberto; Rummel, Martin

This recording is entirely devoted to English music. A reason for that is my interest in the culture and musical world of that country and...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Accademico, Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso (2012-05-10&2012-05-20_2012-)....continue...

Shine & Shade: English 20th Century Recorder Music by Fulton, Rubbra, Bowen, Berkeley, Gregson, Swann et al. / Piers Adams, recorder; Julian Rhodes, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Norman Fulton: Scottish Suite; Edmund Rubbra: Meditazioni sopra "Coeurs désolés", for recorder & harpsichord (or flute/oboe & piano), Op. 67; York Bowen: Sonata for treble recorder & pi...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Rhodes, Julian

It is arguably only in the 20th century that the recorder has found its true expressive voice. The music on this album is a testimony...continue...
Recording information: Bexhill-On-Sea, England (10/1993)....continue...

The Voice of Peter Pears - Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Grainger, Copland et al. / Peter Pears, tenor, Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-10-06

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Philip Rosseter: What Then Is Love But Mourning; John Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Thomas Morley...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

This Regis disc celebrates the uniqueness of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive voices in collaborations with life-long musical partners Benjamin Britten and Julian...continue...

English Song Cycles

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: Arthur Bliss: Aubade for Coronation Morning, for 2 solo voices and chorus (for "A Garland For The Queen"), F. 37; Arnold Bax: What is it like to be Young and Fair, for SSAAT chorus; Michael Tippett: ...
Performers: Elliott, Rachel; Gomme, Hester [Soprano Vocal]; Hudson, Nick [Tenor vocals]; Maxim, Piers; Morris, Ruth; Wicks, Tanya

Recording information: St George's Church, Cambridge, England (06/1991)....continue...

British Recorder Music / Ross Winters

1 CD / Meridian / 2012-05-08

Works: Alan Bush: Sonatina for 3 recorders & piano, Op. 82; Lennox Berkeley: Concertino, for flute (or recorder), violin, cello & harpsichord (or piano), Op. 49; Sonatina for recorder (or flute) & piano, Op...
Performers: Burroughs, Jessica; Dopadlik, Adam [Recorder]; Jacobson, Julian; Keen, Michael [Recorder]; Matsumoto, Yuka; Winters, Ross [Recorder]

A CD of rare recordings of British recorder music expertly performed by Ross Winters alongside a first-class ensemble including world-renowned pianist Julian Jacobson....continue...
Recording information: St. Edward the Confessor Church, London, England (05/18/2011-05/20/2011)....continue...

English Song - works by Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Warlock, et al. / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-05-04

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Come, Phyllis; Philip Rosseter: When Laura Smiles; What Then Is Love But Mourning; Sweet, Come Again; What is a Day?; John Dowland: Second ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Peter Pears' voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin...continue...

British Flute Concertos by Alwyn, Berkeley, Poulenc, Dove / Emily Beynon, flute

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Jonathan Dove: The Magic Flute Dances, concerto for flute & orchestra; William Alwyn: Concerto for flute & 8 winds; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for Flute Op...
Performers: Beynon, Emily
Conductors: Tovey, Bramwell
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The Welsh flautist Emily Beynon plays a selection of British flute concertos, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Bramwell Tovey. Beynon is...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall (10/27/2011-10/29/2011)....continue...

Julian Bream in Concerto / Concertos by Giuliani & Arnold

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-03-13

Works: Mauro Giuliani: Guitar Concerto no 1 in A major, Op. 30 (versions for guitar & orch; gt. & string quartet); Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto, for guitar & chamber orchestra, Op. 67; Lennox Berkeley: S...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]
Conductors: ; Arnold, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: Melos Ensemble of London

The English Anthem Collection, Vol. 1 / Harper - Magdalen College Choir Oxford

4 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-01-17

Works: William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Teach me, O Lord; Exalt thyself, O God, anthem for 6 voices; Sing joyfully unto God our strength; Thomas Morley: Out of the deep I, anthem for 6 voices;...
Conductors: Harper, John
Ensemble: ; Magdalen College Choir Oxford

A superb collection of English liturgical music spanning 450 years of Anthems, from Tallis, Byrd, and Gibbons to the present day. 67 magnificent tracks, totaling...continue...
Recording information: Magdalen College Chapel....continue...

The Original Jacket Collection: Julian Bream

10 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-04

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Aria with Variations, for guitar (music by Frescobaldi arranged by Segovia); Mateo Albéniz: Sonata for piano in D major, Op.13; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Maguire, Hugh; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Weil, Terence; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Davis, Colin;
Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort

Down by the Salley Gardens: 19th & 20th Century English Songs / Bejun Mehta

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Herbert Howells: King David for voice & piano; Songs, Op. 22; The Little Boy Lost, song; Roger Quilter: Shakespeare Songs (5), Op. 23; Come away death, for voice & piano, Op. 6/1; O mistress mine, fo...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Mehta, Bejun [Countertenor Vocal]

Down by the Salley Gardens offers a vivid and varied cross-section of English song, ranging from the Edwardian aesthetic of Quilter and early Vaughan Williams...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (09/2010)....continue...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

A Choral Wedding

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Healey Willan: Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One, motet for chorus, HWC 314; Gerald Finzi: My lovely one, anthem; Anthems (3), Op. 27; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father; Maurice Duru...

A special musical compendium for brides and grooms planning a church wedding ceremony, complete with church choir. CD 1 is a selection of favorite anthems,...continue...

The Young Julian Bream

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2011-02-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for solo violin, BWV 1004; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Il secondo libro de toccate, canzone...di cimbalo et organo, no 32, Aria detta 'la Frescobalda'; Mateo Albéniz: So...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]

IDIS 6608 features onoe of the greatest and distinguished contemporary classical guitarists: Julian Bream. It seems extraordinary but the discography of his youth has been...continue...

Horn Trios / Harding, McDonald, Munro Trio

1 CD / Tall Poppies Import / 2011-01-25

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 44; Don Banks: Trio for horn, violin & piano; Johannes Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40
Conductors:
Ensemble: Harding-McDonald-Monro Trio

Music for Mary

1 CD / Priory / 2010-11-09

Works: Gregorian Chant: Ave Maria, antiphon; Regina caeli; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Mervyn Cousins: Ave Maria, for treble voices; Ave Maria, for men's chorus; Andrew ...
Performers: Lea, Richard

This is the first volume in a new series of sacred music dedicated to Marian music. It has at its heart a wealth of settings...continue...
Recording information: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, England (10/14/2008-10/15/2008)....continue...

Songs Of Yesterday / 20th works for recorder

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-11-05

Works: York Bowen: Sonata for treble recorder & piano, Op. 121; Edmund Rubbra: Sonatina for treble recorder & harpichord, Op. 128; Passacaglia sopra "Plusiers regrets", for recorder & harpsichord (or flute ...
Performers: Laurin, Dan; Paradiso, Anna [Keyboard]

Recording information: Nybrokajen 11 (The Former Academy of Music), Stockholm, (07/2009)....continue...

Rubbra: Violin Sonata No. 2; Berkeley: Sonatina for Violin & Piano

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-10-12

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Sonata for violin & piano, no 2, Op.31; Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for violin & piano, Op. 17; Theme and Variations for violin solo, Op. 33/1; Franz Reizenstein: Prologue, Variations an...
Performers: Berkeley, Lennox; Grinke, Frederick; Reizenstein, Franz; Rostal, Max; Rubbra, Edmund

Thanks to high quality originals, these unmissable mono composer-recordings are being reissued by Dutton in its Epoch series. Frederick Grinke plays Rubbra's eloquent second Violin...continue...
Recording information: Decca's West Hampstead Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, NW6....continue...

Benjamin Britten conducts Benjamin Britten

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-09-28

Works: Benjamin Britten: Gloriana, symphonic suite for tenor (or oboe) & orchestra, Op. 53a; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Imogen Holst: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme...
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

Benjamin Britten conducting his own works is always an experience. While many recordings of the "composer-as-conductor" are available, this new recording features a program of...continue...
Recording information: Baden, Baden, Hans Rosbaud-Studio (12/01/1956)....continue...

Horn Trios / Zbigniew Zuk, Jan Stanienda, Piotr Folkert

1 CD / Zuk Records (Germany) / 2010-07-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40; Lennox Berkeley: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 44; Don Banks: Trio for horn, violin & piano
Performers: Piotr Folkert; Stanienda, Jan; Zuk, Zbigniew

This recording from 1997 features the Polish horn player, Zbigniew Zuk, who has been principal horn in the City of Bremerhaven Orchestra since 1982....continue...

Music For Solo Piano & Piano Duet by Lennox Berkeley

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Preludes (6) for piano, Op. 23; Sonata for Piano in A major, Op. 20; Short Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 4; Sonatina for piano, 4 hands in E flat major, Op. 39; Theme and Variations for ...
Performers: Beedie, Norman [Piano]; Terroni, Raphael

Piano was Sir Lennox Berkeley’s own instrument, for which he left a generous legacy of sensitively constructed works for soloists, chamber musicians, and accompanists. Berkeley’s...continue...
Recording information: Guildhall School of Music & Drama Music Hall (04/07/1993/04/08/1993)....continue...

Angels' Song: The New Music of Salisbury Cathedral

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Lennox Berkeley: The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 no 1; David Halls: Mass, for vocal soloists, chorus & organ; Pierre Villette: O salutaris hostia; Hymne à la Vierge, Op 24; Philip Wilby: Of An...
Performers: Halls, David

The Virgin Mary's Journey

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Marcel Dupré: Motets (4), Op. 9; Max Reger: Ave Maria, for organ, Op. 80/5; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Francis Poulenc: Motets pou...
Performers: Cook, Dan

Lennox Berkeley: Chamber Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 44; Sonatina for recorder (or flute) & piano, Op. 13; Sonata for viola & piano in D minor, Op. 22; Quintet for piano and winds, Op. 90
Performers: Goff, Morgan; Stanzeleit, Susanne; Stirling, Stephen; Terroni, Raphael; Williams, Patrick [Flute]
Conductors:
Ensemble: New London Chamber Ensemble

Lennox Berkeley amassed over 100 works and contributed to almost every genre. Since he had the opportunity to write for some of the leading performers...continue...
Recording information: 05/06/2009-05/08/2009....continue...

English Viola Sonatas

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-03-30

Works: Gordon Jacob: Sonata for Viola; John Ireland: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor; Malcolm Arnold: Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 17; Frederick Delius: Sonata for cello and piano, RT viii/7; Lennox ...
Performers: Outram, Martin; Roloton, Julian [Piano]

The viola repertoire grew hugely during the 20th century, due in no small part to the pioneering efforts of the great soloist Lionel Tertis, whose...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, Wales (10/19/2009-10/21/2009)....continue...

Hommage à Chopin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-02-09

Works: Mily Balakirev: Impromptu, for piano (after Chopin's Preludes in E flat minor and B major); Franz Bendel: Hommage à Chopin, for piano, Op. 111/1; Edvard Grieg: Studie, for piano ("Hommage à...
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan

Among the many recordings celebrating the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, this disc will stand out as an historic record of the composer's extraordinary influence...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (07/30/2009-08/01/2009)....continue...

Lyrita Box Set (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: William Alwyn: Magic Island, symphonic prelude for orchestra; Malcolm Arnold: English Dances Set 2, for orchestra, Op. 33; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Gran...
Performers: Binns, Malcolm; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Alwyn, William; Arnold, Malcolm, Sir; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry; Boult, Adrian; Fredman, Myer; Berkeley, Lennox; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Handley, Vernon; Joly, Simon; Davison, Arthur

A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue...

Festival Of Nine Lessons / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-12-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Spoken Word: Bidding Prayer - The Lord's Prayer - Blessing; First Lesson - Genesis 3; Second Lesson - Genesis 22; Third Lesson - Isaiah 9; Fou...
Performers: Bagnall, Chris [spoken word]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Harrison, Ross [spoken word]; Lloyd-Morgan, Richard; Musallam, Basim [spoken word]; Richardson, Ashley; Robinson, Joel; Robinson, Ni...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

This new, live, complete recording of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Christmas Eve 2008 includes traditional hymns, modern carols, old favorites and...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge (12/24/2008)....continue...

Songs of Lennox Berkeley / James Gilchrist, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Lennox Berkeley: D'un vanneur de blé aux vents (Andante); Tombeaux, songs (5) after poems by Jean Cocteau, for soprano (or tenor) & piano; How Love Came In, for medium voice & piano; Bells of ...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Nicholls, Alison; Tilbrook, Anna

"How many of us have had the opportunity of hearing a programme of his songs such as this new album by the English tenor, James...continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassad?, Gaspar; Cassado, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Donington,...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

Wood: String Quartets 1 & 2, etc; Fricker, Berkeley, Dalby, McCabe, Rainier / Cantelo, Hamburger, Lloyd Webber, et al

2 CD / Lyrita / 2009-04-14

Works: Hugh Wood: Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 4; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 13; The Horses, Op. 10; Rider Victory, Op. 11; Priaulx Rainier: Quanta; Trio for Strings; Lennox Berkeley: Duo for Cello and ...
Performers: Cantelo, April; Hamburger, Paul; Lloyd Webber, Julian; McCabe, John [Composer, Piano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Oboe Band

O Be Joyful in the Lord - Elgar, Stanford, Byrd, Palestrina, Schütz, etc / Prentice, Harrison, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2009-04-14

Works: Edward Elgar: Work(s); Give unto the Lord, Op. 74; Charles Villiers Stanford: Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate) for chorus, brass & organ, in B flat major, Op. 10; Robert Philip Goodenough: Psalm 8...
Performers: Bonell-Moreno, Claudia; Chaddock, Edward; Crossland, Nicholas; Dalton, Keziah; Gull, John; Harrison, Charles; Storck, Jonathan; Summerfield, Avalon; Wafer, David; Walsh, Colin [Organ]

By the beginning of the 19th century, books providing a specific chant for each of the 150 psalms appeared and in 1837 the first system...continue...

British Flute Music / Jeffrey Khaner, Charles Abramovic

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: York Bowen: Sonata for flute & piano, Op. 120; Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for recorder (or flute) & piano, Op. 13; Malcolm Arnold: Sonata for flute & piano, Op. 121; Nicholas Maw: Flute Sonatina; Iain...
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Khaner, Jeffrey

Berkeley, Benjamin: Piano Works / Colin Horsley, Lamar Crowson

2 CD / Lyrita / 2008-11-11

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Sonata for Piano in A major, Op. 20; Preludes (6) for piano, Op. 23; Scherzo for piano, Op. 32/2; Impromptus (3) for piano, Op. 7; Concert Study, for piano in E flat major, Op. 48/2;...
Performers: Crowson, Lamar; Horsley, Colin

Icon - Dennis Brain - The Horn Player Performs Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K. 495; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, K. 417; Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K. 412/514 (K. 386b); Concerto for Horn no ...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Brain, Leonard; Chapman, Edmund; Cursue, Alfred; Horsley, Colin; James, Cecil; Malcolm, George; Matthews, Denis; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morris, Gareth; Parikian, Manoug; ...
Conductors: Turner, Lawrence; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Susskind, Walter; Galliera, Alceo; Kletzki, Paul; Karajan, Herbert von; ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Hindemith, Paul; Cantelli, Guido; Haas, Karl; Westrup, Sir Jac...
Ensemble: ; Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble; Hallé Orchestra; London Baroque Instrumental Ensemble; Philharmonia Orchestra

The four discs in the Dennis Brain set comprise all the recordings he made for EMI in the 14 short years he was active in...continue...

Epoch - Antiphon - A Tribute to John Manduell / Howarth, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-07-08

Works: Mátyás Seiber: Besardo Suite no 2, for string orchestra; Lennox Berkeley: Antiphon, for string orchestra, Op. 85; Peter Crossley-Holland: Suite for Strings no 1; Gordon Crosse: Elegy and Sc...
Conductors: Howarth, Richard
Ensemble: Manchester Chamber Ensemble

This eightieth-birthday tribute to Sir John Manduell (b. 1928) reflects the wide range of roles he has played in English cultural life. The works presented...continue...

Chamber Music - Rawsthorne, Berkeley, Bush / Brymer, The Music Group of London, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-05-13

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for violin & piano, Op. 17; Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet, Op. 47; Alan Bush: Concert Studies (3) for piano, violin & cello, Op. 31; Ballads (2) of the Sea, for...
Performers: Bean, Hugh; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Bush, Alan; Civil, Alan; Humphreys, Sydney; King, Thea; Major, Margaret; Parkhouse, David; Routh, Frances; Simpson, Derek; Wellington, Christopher
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Music Group

The British Double Bass - Berkeley, Bush, etc / Bosch, Kang, I Musicanti

1 CD / Meridian / 2008-03-11

Works: Gordon Jacob: A Little Concerto, for bass & orchestra; Elizabeth Maconchy: Music for double bass & piano; Thomas Pitfield: Sonatina, for double bass & piano; Lennox Berkeley: Introduction and Allegro...
Performers: Bosch, Leon Enrique; Kang, Sung-Suk
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musicanti

Hear My Words - Parry, Bird, etc / Eton College Chapel Choir

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-02-04

Works: Hubert Parry: Hear My Words, Ye People for chorus & orchestra; I was glad; William Byrd: Teach me, O Lord; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Bible Songs (6), Op. 113; Franz Joseph Haydn: Mi...
Performers: Goode, David

"Hear my words, ye people", by Hubert Parry, a former chorister at Eton College is the first track on the album featuring some of the...continue...

Late Recordings - Britten, Berkeley, Bach / Dennis Brain

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-01-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31; Sir Lennox Berkeley: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 44; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Performers: Brain, Dennis; Horsley, Colin; Parikian, Manoug; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Neel, Boyd
Ensemble: Boyd Neel Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra Strings

"The performances on this album are a pure pleasure. Dennis Brain is certainly one of the greatest horn players ever recorded, and one of only...continue...

Berkeley: String Quartets no 1-3 / Maggini Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-12-11

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 6; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 15; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 76

Central to Lennox Berkeley’s chamber music output are the three string quartets that occur at regular intervals during the first half of his career. The...continue...

Tippett, Britten, Arnold, etc: Divertimentos & Sinfonias

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-11-13

Works: Michael Tippett: Divertimento on "Sellinger's Round", for chamber orchestra; Alan Rawsthorne: Divertimento for chamber orchestra; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta, for chamber orchestra, Op. 1; Lennox B...
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Braithwaite, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

Legendary performances on CD for the first time! In considering these works for chamber orchestra by twentieth-century British composers, it is worth noting that the...continue...

Horn Trios - Banks, Brahms, et al / McDonald, Harding, Munro

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2007-10-01

Works: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 44; Don Banks: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano; Johannes Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40
Performers: Harding, John [Violin]; McDonald, Hector; Munro, Ian

By his early 20s, the Australian hornist Hector McDonald was playing in the Berlin Philharmonic under Von Karajan and, since 1989, has been solo Horn...continue...

Berkeley: Piano Concerto in B flat, Concerto for Two Pianos

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-08-07

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for Piano in B flat major, Op. 29; Concerto for Two pianos and Orchestra, Op. 30
Performers: Beckett, Garth; McDonald, Boyd; Wilde, David
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra

"These 1978 performances haven't lost their importance or their strength-like so many Lyrita 'firsts', they convey the freshness of discovery, in deeply committed, handsomely recorded...continue...

Berkeley: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Del Mar, Braithwaite, London

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-06-12

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Symphony no 1, Op. 16; Symphony no 2, Op. 51
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Braithwaite, Nicholas

"The symphony could even be heard as a measured, thoughtful response to their youthful extravagances - celebrating the virtues of understatement yet providing an object...continue...

Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, etc / Cherkassky

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-05-22

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte et Doubles; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 53 in E minor, H 16 no 34; Paul Hindemith: Sonatas (3) for Piano; Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no ...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

"I doubt whether the F sharp minor Nocturne has ever been played as beautifully as here, and not even Hofmann could match Cherkassky's wistful introspection....continue...

Lennox & Michael Berkley Vol 6 / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-04-24

Works: Michael Berkeley: Concerto for orchestra ("Seascapes"); Gregorian Variations for orchestra; Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for Two pianos and Orchestra, Op. 30
Performers: Schartz, Philippe; Shelley, Howard; Stott, Kathryn
Conductors: Hickox, Richard

"Lennox Berkeley's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1948) is an immensely appealing work whose neoclassical clarity and memorably melodic lyricism call Poulenc to mind....continue...

Berkeley Conducts Berkeley- Serenade, Partita, Symphony no 3

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Benjamin Britten / Lennox Berkeley: Mont Juic, suite of Catalan dances for orchestra; Lennox Berkeley: Serenade for Strings, Op. 12; Divertimento for orchestra in B flat major, Op. 18; Partita for ch...
Conductors: Berkeley, Lennox

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989), born in Oxford, studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, becoming friends with Stravinsky, Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger, and Roussel. His music, not surprisingly,...continue...

Azure

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-02-06

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for guitar, Op. 52/1; Joaquín Turina: Fandanguillo; Joaquín Rodrigo: Fandango for guitar (Piezas españolas no 1); Piezas (3) españolas for Guitar; Joha...