Berkeley Ensemble - Lennox Berkeley: Chamber Works (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piece for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon
02. Sextet, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato
03. Sextet, Op. 47: II. Lento
04. Sextet, Op. 47: III. Allegro
05. In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, Canon for String Quartet
06. Introduction and Allegro for Double Bass and Piano
07. String Trio, Op. 19: I. Moderato
08. String Trio, Op. 19: II. Adagio
09. String Trio, Op. 19: III. Allegro
10. Three Pieces for Solo Viola: I. Moderato
11. Three Pieces for Solo Viola: II. [Largo]
12. Three Pieces for Solo Viola: III. [Allegro]
13. Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano: I. Moderato
14. Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano: II. Lento
15. Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano: III. Allegro

Following their acclaimed debut recording, the Berkeley Ensemble returns with a programme of chamber works by the British composer Lennox Berkeley, one of the two composers (father and son) after whom the group gets its name.

Featuring a number of world premiere recordings, the ensemble presents a selection of works that covers most of Berkeley’s creative life from the early Francophile clarinet Sonatine written in Paris while a student of Nadia Boulanger to the inventive Introduction and Allegro for double bass and piano. Also featured are the Three solo pieces for viola and the large scale String Trio Op. 19 and Sextet, Op. 47 for clarinet, horn and string quartet, and the emotive miniature In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky.

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