Lennox Berkeley, Arthur Benjamin - Works for Piano

Colin Horsley, piano (Berkeley)
Lamar Crowson, piano (Benjamin)

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 2008 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: REAM.2109
UPC/EAN: 5020926210920
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: ADD Mono
Number of discs: 2
Total playing time: 92.55
Price: £ 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

Recorded July 1958 (Tippett & Hamilton), April 1959 & July 1960 (Wordsworth), The Music Room, Burnham, Buckinghamshire
Richard Itter, Producer & Engineer


One of the most significant British composers of his generation, Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989) had a distinctive refined and Gallic style, befitting an ex-pupil of Nadia Boulanger. In his most characteristic works, however, taste and restraint never precludes depth of feeling and intensity of expression. His individual blend of wit, elegance and exuberance is arguably at its most compelling in the intimate medium of chamber music ...


Disc 1
Piano Sonata in A Major Op.20 (1945) Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989) 23.35
1 I Moderato 9.14
2 II Presto 2.09
3 III Adagio 4.51
4 IV Introduzione - Allegro 7.21
Six Preludes Op.23 (1944) Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989) 11.36
5 I Allegro 2.06
6 II Andante 1.52
7 III Allegro moderato 1.41
8 IV Allegretto 1.48
9 V Allegro 1.54
10 VI Andante 2.11
11 Scherzo in D Major Op. 32 No. 2 (1949) Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989) 2.11
12 Impromptu in G Minor Op. 7 No. 1 Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989) 1.50
13 Concert Study in E-flat Op.48 No. 2 (1955) Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989) 2.33
Four Concert Studies Op. 14 (1940) Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989)
14 No. 2 E Minor 4.16
15 No. 3 C Minor 1.42
16 No. 4 F Major 1.40
Disc 2
Pastorale, Arioso and Finale (1943) Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 15.05
1 I Pastorale 5.43
2 II Arioso 5.22
3 III Finale 4.00
4 Scherzino (1936) Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 2.44
Etudes Improvisees Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 14.11
5 I Préambule 2.10
6 II Arietta 2.22
7 III Miroir 0.40
8 IV Adagio molto 2.27
9 V Valse volante 1.09
10 VI Molto allegro 1.19
11 VII Canon 2.11
12 VIII Allegro strepitoso 1.53
13 Siciliana (1936) Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960) 3.53