Ian Partridge & Len Vorster - Lord Berners: Songs & Piano Music (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 171 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 120 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:51:42
Classical, Vocal | Label: Naxos Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 171 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 120 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:51:42
Classical, Vocal | Label: Naxos Records
Lord Berners was essentially self-taught as a composer, profiting from experiences gained while travelling in Europe, and receiving advice and encouragement from Stravinsky. A tone of wit and humour is established in his masterful settings of Heine in the Lieder Album, and his subtle touch with the French language is well represented in the Trois Chansons. The Fragments psychologiques is a piano cycle that is both virtuosic and expressive. From mock parlour-song parodies to a poem about a dejected goldfish, Lord Berners’ keen sense of observation and ironic view on life is here in abundance.