The piano was Lennox Berkeley's own instrument and his piano works represent a microcosm of his very best compositional talents. Influenced harmonically by French models, his music is suffused with lyricism and subtle harmonies. The Sonata, Op. 20 possesses a particularly haunting beauty in it's slow movement, while simple but distinctive melodic and rhythmic ideas permeate the Six Preludes, Op. 23 and Five Short Pieces, Op. 4. The Theme and Variations, Op. 73, recorded here for the first time, offers a favorite Berkeley vehicle for conveying a highly individual and personal language. Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro 2. II. Andante 3. III. Allegro Moderato 4. IV. Allegretto 5. V. Allegro 6. VI. Andante 7. I. Moderato 8. II. Presto 9. III. Adagio 10. IV. Introduction and Allegro 11. I. Andante 12. II. Allegro Moderato 13. III. Moderato 14. IV. Andante 15. V. Allegro 16. I. Allegro Moderato - Raphael Terroni/Norman Beedie 17. II. Andante - Raphael Terroni/Norman Beedie 18. III. Allegro - Raphael Terroni/Norman Beedie 19. Theme and Variations, Op. 73 - Raphael Terroni/Norman Beedie 20. Palm Court Waltz, Op. 81, No. 2 - Raphael Terroni/Norman Beedie