Berners.: Triumph of Neptune / L'uomo dai baffi / Valses bourgeoises / Champagne Charlie "Polka"
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LORD BERNERS
Berners.: Triumph of Neptune / L'uomo dai baffi / Valses bourgeoises / Champagne Charlie "Polka"
English Northern Philharmonia, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 August 2021
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Lord Berners' early music was avant-garde in style earning the admiration of Stravinsky, and while it was soon to become more accessible, it never lost its distinctive style and flavour. The Triumph of Neptune is one of his major works and his most ambitious ballet score, commissioned by Diaghilev with choreography by Balanchine. A ballet-pantomime-harlequinade, its inconsequential plot features music as diverse as it is brilliantly inventive. L'uomo dai baffi is a delicious ballet for puppets with stripped-back instrumentation, and Philip Lane's deft orchestrations of Valses bourgeoises and Polka offer ripe wit.
"Berners was a man of many talents but, above all, he was a composer of real stature, and despite his eccentricities his music is highly imaginative, upbeat and full of good tunes. Indeed, it invites one and all to dance with it. David Lloyd-Jones has this music under his skin, and his penchant for detail and colour is consistently on display. Indeed, his forces respond with hugely committed performances full of gusto and bouncy swagger that make Berners' works as accessible as possible to new listeners." © 2021 Classical Music Daily
Tracks:
The Triumph of Neptune
L'uomo dai baffi (The Man with the Moustache)
Valses bourgeoises (arr. P. Lane for orchestra)
Champagne Charlie "Polka"
