Lennox Berkeley - Mont Juic • Serenade for Strings • Divertimento in B flat • Partita for Chamber Orchestra • Canzonetta* • Symphony No.3 in one Movement

Roger Winfield, oboe*
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Lennox Berkeley, conductor

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 1992 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: SRCD.226
UPC/EAN: 5020926022622
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: ADD
Number of discs: 1
Total playing time: 73.57
Price: £ 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

Tracks 5 - 17: Recorded at Kingsway Hall, 12 & 14 November 1973, Producer: James Mallinson, Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
Tracks 1 - 4, 18: No recording information available


"A certain stiffness in execution pervades all the interpretations here, but there is also an unvarnished directness and strength, a kind of rugged authenticity which uniquely and mysteriously springs from composer performances. …Berkeley conveys a sense of ‘this is what the music is, and this is how it is played’, and in very convincing fashion. The short, concentrated, one-movement Third Symphony is by far the most serious work played here, and is a very impressive composition indeed. Berkeley’s tough, rugged performance does it full justice" Gramophone

"These are authoritative analogue original recordings of Berkeley’s orchestral works with the LPO conducted by the composer. They are old friends - some older than others, but all familiar first to LP era music enthusiasts ..." Rob Barnett, www.musicweb-international.com Click here to read the full review

"Berkeley’s Third Symphony is an impressive achievement. In concentrating his musical arguments into a mere fifteen-minute span, it shows Berkeley in effect flexing his compositional muscles. It is the crowning glory of this disc ... The disc’s programme has evidently been very carefully considered - it works supremely well as a straight listen-through. The whole is superbly recorded in true Lyrita fashion – rich and warm, yet letting all the detail through ..." Colin Clarke, www.musicweb-international.com Click here to read the full review


Mont Juic, Opus 9 Lennox Berkeley 11.04
1 1. Andante maestoso 2.31
2 2. Allegro grazioso 1.52
3 3. Andante moderato 3.51
4 4. Allegro molto 2.50
Serenade for strings, Opus 12 Lennox Berkeley 13.19
5 1. Vivace 2.01
6 2. Andantino 3.50
7 3. Allegro moderato 3.32
8 4. Lento 3.56
Divertimento in B flat, Opus 18 Lennox Berkeley 18.46
9 1. Prelude 3.48
10 2. Nocturne 5.05
11 3. Scherzo 5.56
12 4. Rondo 3.57
Partita for Chamber Orchestra, Opus 66 Lennox Berkeley 12.30
13 1. Prelude & Fugue 4.50
14 2. Aria 1 1.57
15 3. Aria 2 2.16
16 4. Rondo 3.27
Sinfonia Concertante, Opus 84 Lennox Berkeley 12.30
17 Canzonetta 2.58
18 Symphony no.3 in one movement, Opus 74 Lennox Berkeley 15.17