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British composer Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) developed a style that had antecedents in the tonal music of Britten and perhaps Poulenc, but maintained a modernist austerity. The Stabat Mater exemplifies his earlier style at its best, with stark chords developing into dense polyphony that adds tension, explicating the text clearly and responding to it deeply. The work is framed by movements that use the entire small ensemble of six voices plus groups of solo strings, winds, harp, and percussion; sample the finale, although the inner solo, duo, and quartet movements are equally compelling. The a cappella Mass for Five Voices was written in 1964 at the height of the serialist diktat and is a less convincing work. The program is rounded out by two shorter pieces, one of them by Lennox Berkeley's son Michael. Throughout, the Marian Consort, a group known mostly for work in Renaissance repertory, and the Berkeley Ensemble, give highly sympathetic performances. The album is worth your time and money for the Stabat Mater alone; this is an important piece of British choral music, well suited to performance by, say, university forces, that here receives its premiere recording.
© TiVo
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Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Lennox Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, Conductor - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Michael Berkeley, Composer - The Marian Consort, MainArtist - Rory McCleery, MainArtist - Delphian Records, MusicPublisher - Zoë Brookshaw, MainArtist - David Wordsworth, Conductor - Berkley Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
Album review
British composer Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) developed a style that had antecedents in the tonal music of Britten and perhaps Poulenc, but maintained a modernist austerity. The Stabat Mater exemplifies his earlier style at its best, with stark chords developing into dense polyphony that adds tension, explicating the text clearly and responding to it deeply. The work is framed by movements that use the entire small ensemble of six voices plus groups of solo strings, winds, harp, and percussion; sample the finale, although the inner solo, duo, and quartet movements are equally compelling. The a cappella Mass for Five Voices was written in 1964 at the height of the serialist diktat and is a less convincing work. The program is rounded out by two shorter pieces, one of them by Lennox Berkeley's son Michael. Throughout, the Marian Consort, a group known mostly for work in Renaissance repertory, and the Berkeley Ensemble, give highly sympathetic performances. The album is worth your time and money for the Stabat Mater alone; this is an important piece of British choral music, well suited to performance by, say, university forces, that here receives its premiere recording.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:48
- Main artists: The Marian Consort Berkley Ensemble
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Delphian Records LTD
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2016 Delphian Records LTD (P) 2016 Delphian Records LTD
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