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Berkeley: The One Act Operas - Dinner Engagement, Cataway, & Ruth
Lyrita

Berkeley: The One Act Operas - Dinner Engagement, Cataway, & Ruth

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Composer
BERKELEY, LENNOX
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Lyrita
Released
Oct 01, 2021
Catalog #
REAM2144
UPC
5020926214423

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.

Tracklist 34 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Scene 1: Salt, pepper, olive oil (The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, Errand Boy, Mrs. Kneebone) 05:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 1: Salt, pepper, olive oil (The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, Errand Boy, Mrs. Kneebone)
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Pamela Bowden, Derek Williamson, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  3. 2 Scene 1: No servants! (Mrs. Kneebone, The Countess of Dunmow, The Earl of Dunmow) 06:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1: No servants! (Mrs. Kneebone, The Countess of Dunmow, The Earl of Dunmow)
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Pamela Bowden, Marjorie Westbury, Norman Lumsden, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  4. 3 Scene 1: Mother, please can I help? (Susan, The Countess of Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, The Earl of Dunmow) 05:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 1: Mother, please can I help? (Susan, The Countess of Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, The Earl of Dunmow)
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Cynthia Glover, Marjorie Westbury, Pamela Bowden, Norman Lumsden, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  5. 4 Scene 1: We saw him last … (The Countess of Dunmow, The Earl of Dunmow, Susan) 03:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 1: We saw him last … (The Countess of Dunmow, The Earl of Dunmow, Susan)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Marjorie Westbury, Norman Lumsden, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  6. 5 Scene 1: Missis Kneebone … the green cookery book (The Countess of Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, The Earl of Dunmow, Susan, Errand Boy) 04:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 1: Missis Kneebone … the green cookery book (The Countess of Dunmow, Mrs. Kneebone, The Earl of Dunmow, Susan, Errand Boy)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Marjorie Westbury, Pamela Bowden, Norman Lumsden, Cynthia Glover, Edward Darling, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  7. 6 Scene 2: So this, dear Lady Dunmow, is your drawing room (Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, The Countess of Dunmow, Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow) 05:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 2: So this, dear Lady Dunmow, is your drawing room (Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, The Countess of Dunmow, Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow)
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Johanna Peters, Marjorie Westbury, Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  8. 7 Scene 2: Forgive my curiosity, but is your servant that young girl …? (Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco) 04:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 2: Forgive my curiosity, but is your servant that young girl …? (Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco)
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Johanna Peters, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  9. 8 Scene 2: Sir, will you join us? (The Countess of Dunmow, Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow, The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, Susan) 04:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 2: Sir, will you join us? (The Countess of Dunmow, Prince Philippe, The Earl of Dunmow, The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, Susan)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Marjorie Westbury, Edward Darling, Norman Lumsden, Johanna Peters, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  10. 9 Scene 2: But if you are the Dunmow's daughter? (Prince Philippe, Susan) 03:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 2: But if you are the Dunmow's daughter? (Prince Philippe, Susan)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  11. 10 Scene 2: And now, shall we go into the garden? (Prince Philippe, Susan) 03:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 2: And now, shall we go into the garden? (Prince Philippe, Susan)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  12. 11 Scene 2: Kiss her at once! (The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, Prince Philippe, Susan, The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, Errand Boy) 05:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 2: Kiss her at once! (The Grand Duchess of Monteblanco, Prince Philippe, Susan, The Earl of Dunmow, The Countess of Dunmow, Errand Boy)
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Johanna Peters, Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, Norman Lumsden, Marjorie Westbury, Derek Williamson, Pamela Bowden, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  13. 12 Scene 2: My Lords, Ladies, Duchess and gentlemen! (Mrs. Kneebone, Prince Philippe, Susan) 03:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 2: My Lords, Ladies, Duchess and gentlemen! (Mrs. Kneebone, Prince Philippe, Susan)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Pamela Bowden, Edward Darling, Cynthia Glover, John Wilson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Orchestra
    Conductor
    Maurice Handford
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 Scene 1: Once more I see your green and golden hills, O Judah! (Naomi, Ruth, Orpah) 04:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 1: Once more I see your green and golden hills, O Judah! (Naomi, Ruth, Orpah)
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Ronald Harvi, Alfreda Hodgson, Soo Bee Lee
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  16. 2 Scene 1: See! Is this Naomi!? (Naomi, Ruth, Chorus) 06:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1: See! Is this Naomi!? (Naomi, Ruth, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Elizabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  17. 3 Scene 2: Gold grows the barley … (Head Reaper, Chorus) 05:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 2: Gold grows the barley … (Head Reaper, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Ronald Harvi, Thomas Hemsley
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  18. 4 Scene 2: Who is this approaching? (Head Reaper, Ruth, Boaz, Chorus) 06:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 2: Who is this approaching? (Head Reaper, Ruth, Boaz, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Thomas Hemsley, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  19. 5 Scene 2: Let me beg you to forgive your countrymen (Ruth, Boaz, Chorus) 09:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 2: Let me beg you to forgive your countrymen (Ruth, Boaz, Chorus)
    Duration
    09:10
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  20. 6 Scene 3: This is the place! Come, daughter (Naomi, Ruth, Chorus) 04:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 3: This is the place! Come, daughter (Naomi, Ruth, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Ronald Harvi, Elizabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  21. 7 Scene 3: Golden ripe the barley grows (Head Reaper, Boaz, Chorus) 08:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 3: Golden ripe the barley grows (Head Reaper, Boaz, Chorus)
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Thomas Hemsley, Peter Pears
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  22. 8 Scene 3: Farewell, bright Summer (Boaz, Chorus) 05:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 3: Farewell, bright Summer (Boaz, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Peter Pears
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  23. 9 Scene 3: Come now, my daughter (Naomi, Ruth, Boaz) 08:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 3: Come now, my daughter (Naomi, Ruth, Boaz)
    Duration
    08:52
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Elizabeth Robinson, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  24. 10 Scene 3: Ho there, my people! (Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, Head Reaper, Chorus) 06:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 3: Ho there, my people! (Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, Head Reaper, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Peter Pears, Alfreda Hodgson, Elizabeth Robinson, Thomas Hemsley
    Ensemble
    BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Steuart Bedford
  25. Disc 3
  26. 1 Scene 1: Great God, Poseidon! (Odysseus) 03:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 1: Great God, Poseidon! (Odysseus)
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Geoffrey Chard
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  27. 2 Scene 2: Before the morning of my life … (Nausicaa, Queen Arete) 04:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 2: Before the morning of my life … (Nausicaa, Queen Arete)
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Patricia Clark, Jean Allister
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  28. 3 Scene 3: Blow softly, wind! (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene) 02:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 3: Blow softly, wind! (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Patricia Clark, Patricia Blans, Verity Ann Bates
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  29. 4 Scene 3: A man? A beast? A God? (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene, Odysseus) 08:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 3: A man? A beast? A God? (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene, Odysseus)
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark, Patricia Blans, Verity Ann Bates
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  30. 5 Scene 3: Sir, do not misunderstand me … (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene, Odysseus) 03:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 3: Sir, do not misunderstand me … (Nausicaa, Praxinoe, Briseis, Ismene, Odysseus)
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark, Patricia Blans, Verity Ann Bates
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  31. 6 Orchestral Interlude 03:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    Orchestral Interlude
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  32. 7 Scene 4: Drink deep, drink slow (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa) 02:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 4: Drink deep, drink slow (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  33. 8 Scene 4: We observe that our shipwrecked stranger… (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa) 03:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 4: We observe that our shipwrecked stranger… (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  34. 9 Scene 4: I will sing you a song of the shore (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa) 04:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 4: I will sing you a song of the shore (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  35. 10 Scene 4: What shall I sing to my Lord the stranger (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa) 07:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 4: What shall I sing to my Lord the stranger (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa)
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  36. 11 Scene 4: My Lord, why do you weep? (Nausicaa, Odysseus) 05:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 4: My Lord, why do you weep? (Nausicaa, Odysseus)
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark
    Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies
  37. 12 Scene 4: Farewell Odysseus (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa, Chorus) 08:37
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 4: Farewell Odysseus (King Alcinous, Queen Arete, Laodamas, Odysseus, Nausicaa, Chorus)
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    James Atkins, Jean Allister, Malcolm Rivers, Geoffrey Chard, Patricia Clark
    Ensemble
    English Opera Group Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Meredith Davies