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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

I urge anyone interested in postwar British opera to give Lyrita’s handsome issues a hearing. — Opera, July 2022
  • Release Date: 1st Oct 2021
  • Catalogue No: REAM2144
  • Label: Lyrita
  • Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

3 CDs

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Contents

Berkeley, L: A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45, Scene 1

Work length24:59
$5.00
$6.50
  • Cynthia Glover, Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Derek Williamson, Pamela Bowden, Edward Darling, John Wilson
  • BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Maurice Handford

Salt, Pepper, Olive Oil

Track length5:47
$1.00
$1.30

No Servants!

Track length6:52
$1.00
$1.30

Mother, Please Can I Help?

Track length5:02
$1.00
$1.30

We Saw Him Last

Track length3:08
$1.00
$1.30

Missis Kneebone, the Green Cookery Book

Track length4:10
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45, Scene 2

Work length30:27
$7.00
$9.10
  • Johanna Peters, Marjorie Westbury, Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, Cynthia Glover, Derek Williamson, Pamela Bowden, John Wilson
  • BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Maurice Handford

So This, Dear Lady Dunmox, Is Your Drawing Room

Track length5:20
$1.00
$1.30

Forgive My Curiosity

Track length4:56
$1.00
$1.30

Sir, Will You Join Us?

Track length4:22
$1.00
$1.30

But If You Are the Dunmow's Daughter?

Track length3:55
$1.00
$1.30

And Now, Shall We Go Into the Garden?

Track length3:32
$1.00
$1.30

Kiss Her at Once!

Track length5:20
$1.00
$1.30

Milords, Ladies, Dinner Is Served!

Track length3:02
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 1

Work length21:04
$4.00
$5.15
  • Stephen Wilkinson, Ronald Harvi, Elisabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson, Soo-Bee Lee
  • BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford

Once More I See Your Green and Golden Hills

Track length14:13
$3.00
$3.85

See! Is This Naomi!

Track length6:51
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 2

Work length21:09
$4.00
$5.20
  • Ronald Harvi, Stephen Wilkinson, Thomas Hemsley, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears
  • BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford

Gold Grows the Barley

Track length5:11
$1.00
$1.30

Who Is This Approaching?

Track length6:48
$1.00
$1.30

Let Me Beg You to Forgive Your Countrymen

Track length9:10
$2.00
$2.60

Berkeley, L: Ruth, Op. 50, Scene 3

Work length34:07
$7.00
$9.10
  • Ronald Harvi, Stephen Wilkinson, Thomas Hemsley, Elisabeth Robinson, Peter Pears, Alfreda Hodgson
  • BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford

This Is the Place! Come, Daughter

Track length4:58
$1.00
$1.30

Golden Ripe the Barley Grows

Track length8:42
$2.00
$2.60

Farewell, Bright Summer

Track length5:11
$1.00
$1.30

Come Now, My Daughter

Track length8:52
$2.00
$2.60

Ho There, My People!

Track length6:24
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 1

Work length3:22
$1.00
$1.30
  • Geoffrey Chard
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Meredith Davies

Great God, Poseidon! (Live)

Track length3:22
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 2

Work length4:34
$1.00
$1.30
  • Patricia Clark, Jean Allister
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Meredith Davies

Before the Morning of My Life (Live)

Track length4:34
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 3

Work length13:48
$4.00
$5.20
  • Patricia Clark, Patricia Blans, Verity Ann Bates, Carolyn Maia, Geoffrey Chard
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Meredith Davies

Blow Softly, Wind! (Live)

Track length2:29
$1.00
$1.30

A Man? A Beast? A God? (Live)

Track length8:09
$2.00
$2.60

Sir, Do Not Misunderstand Me (Live)

Track length3:10
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68

Work length3:17
$1.00
$1.30
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Meredith Davies

Orchestral Interlude (Live)

Track length3:17
$1.00
$1.30

Berkeley, L: Castaway, Op. 68, Scene 4

Work length31:49
$8.00
$10.40
  • 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
$1.00
$1.30

We Observe That Our Shipwrecked Stranger (Live)

Track length3:17
$1.00
$1.30

I Will Sing You a Song of the Shore (Live)

Track length4:42
$1.00
$1.30

What Shall I Sing to My Lord the Stranger (Live)

Track length7:12
$2.00
$2.60

My Lord, Why Do You Weep? (Live)

Track length5:39
$1.00
$1.30

Farewell Odysseus (Live)

Track length8:37
$2.00
$2.60

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