Lennox Berkeley and Arthur Benjamin works for piano

Featuring

Colin Horsley
Lamar Crowson
Lennox Berkeley
Michael Berkeley
Arthur Benjamin

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Performer Biography

Lamar Crowson, the pianist on Disc Two of this album, was Arthur Benjamin's distinguished American-born pupil.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lennox Berkeley's music, particularly his chamber works, is noted for its compelling blend of wit, elegance, and exuberance.

Compositional Technique

By the early 1960s, Lennox Berkeley's harmonies incorporated more dissonance, and he partially embraced serialism while retaining lyrical flow and tonality.

Cultural Impact

Arthur Benjamin's short work, Jamaican Rumba (1938), originally for two pianos, became so popular that it eclipsed the rest of his output for many years.

Composer Biography

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) was an Australian composer who studied at the Royal College of Music in London and later taught there, with Benjamin Britten as one of his pupils.

Composer Biography

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) was a British composer known for his refined, Gallic style, having been a pupil of Nadia Boulanger.

Recording & Production

The recordings on this album were made in December 1958 for Lennox Berkeley's works and February 1960 for Arthur Benjamin's works, with Richard Itter as the producer and engineer.