Recordings of Lennox Berkeley's music

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English Music for Strings

English Music for Strings album cover Format: CD
Label: Chandos Records
Release date: February 2021
Catalogue no: CHAN 5264

During the 1930s, Bliss, Britten, and Berkeley all contributed major works to the repertoire for string orchestra, following in the footsteps of Elgar and Vaughan Williams. They are joined on this album by Frank Bridge whose Lament was composed during the First World War. This is the fourth recording by John Wilson with his award-winning Sinfonia of London. Bliss composed Music for Strings after he had completed the film score for Korda’s Things to Come, driven by his desire to compose a piece of ‘pure music’, expressing his own ideas rather than those of others.

Commissioned in May 1937 by Boyd Neel for the Salzburg Festival that summer, Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge was composed at great speed, and helped to establish the young composer’s international reputation. Dedicated to his teacher, Frank Bridge, the theme is taken from the second of Bridge’s Three Idylls for string quartet.

Lennox Berkeley composed his Serenade for Strings at Snape Maltings, where he was living with Britten in 1938 / 39. By the time of its completion the nation was at war and the music seems to reflect the composer’s anxious mood as the world faced an uncertain future.

The album is recorded in Surround-Sound, and available as a hybrid SACD. The front cover features a painting by Edward Wadsworth of Bliss’s house, Pen Pits, built for him in 1935.

Synopsis by Chandos Records

Performed by the Sinfonia of London & John Wilson (conductor)

 

English String Music

English String Music album cover Format: CD
Label: IMP Carlton Classics
Release date: October 2011
Catalogue no: LC 8747

Performed by the English Sinfonia & John Farrer (conductor)

 

Celebrating 50 Years - Devoted to British Music

Celebrating 50 Years - Devoted to British Music album cover Format: CD
Label: Lyrita
Release date: October 2009
Catalogue no: SRCD.2337

An A-Z of British music in two volumes, four discs apiece: William Alwyn to John Ireland, and Gordon Jacob to William Wordsworth? It could only be Lyrita, celebrating 50 years devoted to British Music. These are highlights from Richard Itter's catalogue. The recording quality is remarkably consistent, often outstanding; the notes are engaging. These two volumes are eloquent reminders of the gaps there'd be in the catalogue without the dedication of everyone involved with Lyrita. - Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3 CD Review

 

Berkeley Conducts Berkeley

Berkeley Conducts Berkeley album cover Format: CD & Digital download
Label: Lyrita
Release date: February 2007
Catalogue no: SRCD226

In this re-issue of recordings of Berkeley's orchestral works, the composer conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra himself. Note that only the Canzonetta from the Sinfonia Concertante is included. The CD appears thanks to a collaboration between record labels Lyrita and Nimbus. Audio samples courtesy of Lyrita Recorded Edition.

Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra & Lennox Berkeley (conductor)

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Lennox & Michael Berkeley: The Berkeley Edition, Vol. 1

Lennox & Michael Berkeley: The Berkeley Edition, Vol. 1 album cover Format: CD & Digital download
Label: Chandos Records
Release date: January 2002
Catalogue no: CHAN 9981

Chandos Records have produced a whole series of CDs each consisting of works by Lennox Berkeley and his son Michael Berkeley. Four have been recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Richard Hickox. Each of the first four volumes include one of Lennox Berkeley's Symphonies, so that taken together they include all four of them; volume five features the Piano Concerto.

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

 

Spirit of England II

Spirit of England II album cover Format: CD
Label: Nimbus
Release date: October 1995
Catalogue no: 5450/3

Performed by the English String Orchestra & William Boughton (conductor)

 

English String Music

English String Music album cover Format: CD
Label: Imp Masters
Release date: September 1993

Performed by the English Sinfonia & John Farrer (conductor)

 

Tippett, Berkeley & Berkeley

Tippett, Berkeley & Berkeley album cover Format: CD
Label: Nimbus
Release date: January 1992
Catalogue no: NI5334

Performed by the English String Orchestra & William Boughton (conductor)

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English Music for Strings

English Music for Strings album cover Format: CD
Label: Collins Classics
Release date: January 1991
Catalogue no: 12342

Performed by the Acedemy of St. Martin's in the Fields & Kenneth Sillito (conductor)

 

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