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Special offer. Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas

BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies

Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas
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Special offer. Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas

BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies

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About

Berkeley’s first opera, Nelson, was put on at Sadler’s Wells in 1954. The others were performed by the English Opera Group which had been founded by the young Benjamin Britten, Joan Cross, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears in 1946. In the same year as the Nelson premiere Berkeley’s first one-acter, A Dinner Engagement, featured at Aldeburgh. Aldeburgh was also the scene of Ruth in 1956 and Castaway in 1967. Each work inhabits its own world, and each finds Berkeley’s musical imagination delivering new sounds to match the drama.

  • Release date: 1st Oct 2021
  • Label: Lyrita
  • Catalogue number: REAM2144
  • Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Berkeley, L: A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45, Scene 1
Work length24:59
  • Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Derek Williamson, Pamela Bowden, John Wilson, Cynthia Glover, Edward Darling
  • BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Maurice Handford
Salt, Pepper, Olive Oil
Track length5:47
No Servants!
Track length6:52
Mother, Please Can I Help?
Track length5:02
We Saw Him Last
Track length3:08
Missis Kneebone, the Green Cookery Book
Track length4:10
Berkeley, L: A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45, Scene 2
Work length30:27
  • Johanna Peters, Marjorie Westbury, Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, John Wilson, Cynthia Glover, Derek Williamson, Pamela Bowden
  • BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Maurice Handford
So This, Dear Lady Dunmox, Is Your Drawing Room
Track length5:20
Forgive My Curiosity
Track length4:56
Sir, Will You Join Us?
Track length4:22
But If You Are the Dunmow's Daughter?
Track length3:55
And Now, Shall We Go Into the Garden?
Track length3:32
Kiss Her at Once!
Track length5:20
Milords, Ladies, Dinner Is Served!
Track length3:02
Berkeley, L: Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1
Work length21:04
  • Ronald Harvi, Elisabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson, Soo-Bee Lee, Stephen Wilkinson
  • BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Singers
  • Steuart Bedford
Once More I See Your Green and Golden Hills
Track length14:13
See! Is This Naomi!
Track length6:51
Berkeley, L: Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2
Work length21:09
Gold Grows the Barley
Track length5:11
Who Is This Approaching?
Track length6:48
Let Me Beg You to Forgive Your Countrymen
Track length9:10
Berkeley, L: Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3
Work length34:07
This Is the Place! Come, Daughter
Track length4:58
Golden Ripe the Barley Grows
Track length8:42
Farewell, Bright Summer
Track length5:11
Come Now, My Daughter
Track length8:52
Ho There, My People!
Track length6:24
Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 1
Work length3:22
Great God, Poseidon! (Live)
Track length3:22
Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 2
Work length4:34
Before the Morning of My Life (Live)
Track length4:34
Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 3
Work length13:48
Blow Softly, Wind! (Live)
Track length2:29
A Man? A Beast? A God? (Live)
Track length8:09
Sir, Do Not Misunderstand Me (Live)
Track length3:10
Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68
Work length3:17
Orchestral Interlude (Live)
Track length3:17
Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 4
Work length31:49
  • James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark
  • English Chamber Orchestra, English Opera Group Chorus
  • Meredith Davies
Drink Deep, Drink Slow (Live)
Track length2:22
We Observe That Our Shipwrecked Stranger (Live)
Track length3:17
I Will Sing You a Song of the Shore (Live)
Track length4:42
What Shall I Sing to My Lord the Stranger (Live)
Track length7:12
My Lord, Why Do You Weep? (Live)
Track length5:39
Farewell Odysseus (Live)
Track length8:37

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