COMPOSERS: L Berkeley
LABELS: Dutton Epoch
WORKS: Concertino, Op. 49; Oboe Quartet; Petite Suite
PERFORMER: Endymion Ensemble
CATALOGUE NO: CDLX 7100
An auspicious start to the Endymion's planned series of British music, with incisive, sympathetic performances of a varied sequence of solo and ensemble pieces by Lennox
Berkeley (1903-89). Cultured, perfectly crafted, but never bland, this is music well worth getting to know. Anthony Burton