Artist: Benjamin / Boyd Neel Orchestra / Neel

Title: Works for String Orchestra

Condition: Used Very Good

Format: CD

Release Date: 2015

Label: Lyrita

UPC: 5020926111722

Genre: Classical

Album Tracks

1. Arthur Benjamin, Ballade for String Orchestra
2. Bernard Stevens, Sinfonietta for Strings
3. Andrzej Panufnik, Lullaby 'Kolysanka' for 29 Strings and 2 Harps
4. Arnold Bax, Variations on the Name Gabriel Faure for Harp and String Orchestra
5. Lennox Berkeley, Sinfonietta for Chamber Orchestra

This lovely recording includes works for strings by Aurthur Benjamin (1893-1960), Bernard Stevens (1916-1983), Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991), Arnold Bax (1883-1953), and Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989). The recordngs by Benjamin, Stevens, Panufnik, and Bax were broadcast originally on the BBC on January 31, 1961, and the Berkeley was broadcast on March 20, 1961. The recordings are performed by the Boyd Neel Orchestra, and the London Chamber Orchestra.