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*
Label: Lyrita
Tracks 5 - 17: Recorded at Kingsway Hall, 12 & 14 November 1973, Producer: James Mallinson, Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson |
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"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 |
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