CD, Berkeley, L (composer)
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English Music For Strings
RecommendedBritten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Here in [the Bridge Lament] is a prime example of the heartfelt precision and beauty of tone that typifies John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London. There’s plenty of heart, too, in their superlative... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th January 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Shibe performs with superb artistry some of the now classics that Bream inspired...Prime in any such catalogue is Britten's 1963 Nocturnal after John Dowland, and Shibe gathers the listener... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Special offer. Songs For Peter Pears
RecommendedRobin Tritschler (tenor), Philip Higham (cello), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sean Shibe (guitar)
Tritschler has none of Pears’s uptight characteristics and never sounds like a parody...Pears may be the inspiration for these songs, but with this collection Tritschler and his three superb... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st June 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2024
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The finale [of the Pounds] projects a mood of hard-won defiance, and the symphony as a whole is certainly worth experiencing – especially in a performance as scrupulously prepared and committed... — More…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams; Lennox Berkeley; Peter Warlock: Colourise
RecommendedLondon Choral Sinfonia, Roderick Williams, Andrew Staples, Elena Urioste, Michael Waldron
The Songs come in a version for string orchestra and piano, stripped down (by VW himself) from the full orchestral version used at the work’s premiere. The gain in intimacy is palpable in Michael... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Réédition
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Lennox Berkeley: Nelson - Opera in three acts
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Philip O'Reilly, David Johnston (tenor), Roger Heath, Mary Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Margaret Kingsley (mezzo-soprano), Richard Angas (bass), Eric Shilling (baritone), Richard Jackson (baritone), Francis Egerton...
Berkeley doesn’t altogether escape [Britten's] musical influence, but there’s an inherent flow to the drama...David Johnston leads a strong British cast, and inhabits the title role with confidence,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Historical Choice
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Berkeley - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Nicholas Braithwaite
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music - Set 1
Malcolm Binns (piano), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Peter Katin (piano), David Pyatt (horn), Herbert Downes (viola)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of...
Anyone interested in British music...will find something of interest. — More…
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Special offer. Lennox Berkeley - Sacred Choral Music
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Lennox Berkeley's church music has now entered the cathedral lists – both Anglican and Roman – to an extent unthinkable even 10 years ago. He was a pious Catholic, and much of his music is rooted... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2003, Editor's Choice
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