Lennox Berkeley: Chamber Works



Composers: Berkeley
Released: 2015
Label: Resonus
Code: RES10149


Description

Berkeley Ensemble

★★★★★ “Wit and polish: The Berkeley Ensemble do their namesake proud”
BBC Music Magazine (Chamber Choice)

“Outstanding in the exuberantly performed sequence are the expressive central adagio of the Op 19 String Trio and the 1971 Introduction and Allegro for double bass (Lachlan Radford) and piano (Libby Burgess).”
Sunday Times

Following their acclaimed debut recording (Clarion Call), the Berkeley Ensemble returns with a programme of chamber works by the British composer Lennox Berkeley, one of the two composers (father and son) after whom the group gets its name. Featuring a number of world premiere recordings, the ensemble presents a selection of works that covers most of Berkeley’s creative life from the early Francophile clarinet Sonatine written in Paris while a student of Nadia Boulanger to the inventive Introduction and Allegro for double bass and piano. Also featured are the Three solo pieces for viola and the large scale String Trio Op. 19 and Sextet, Op. 47 for clarinet, horn and string quartet, and the emotive miniature In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky.

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Tracklisting

1 Pièce for flute clarinet and bassoon (1929) 2:50
2 Sextet, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato 5:45
3 Sextet, Op. 47: II. Lento 4:59
4 Sextet, Op. 47: III. Allegro 3:55
5 In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky: Canon for String Quartet 1:32
6 Introduction and Allegro for double bass and piano 6:41
7 String Trio, Op. 19: I. Moderato 5:55
8 String Trio, Op. 19: II. Adagio 4:39
9 String Trio, Op. 19: III. Allegro 5:15
10 Three Pieces for solo viola: I. Moderato 0:59
11 Three Pieces for solo viola: II. [Largo] 3:00
12 Three Pieces for solo viola: III. [Allegro] 1:56
13 Sonatine for clarinet and piano (1928) 4:10
14 Sonatine for clarinet and piano: II. Lento 5:30
15 Sonatine for clarinet and piano: III. Allegro 2:31