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 it's distinctive style and flavor. 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, it's inconsequential plot features music as diverse as it is brilliantly inventive. L'uomo dai baffiisa delicious ballet for puppets with stripped-back instrumentation, and Philip Lane's deft orchestrations of Valses bourgeoises and Polka offer ripe wit.

Tracklist:

The Triumph Of Neptune: Prelude
The Triumph Of Neptune: Schottische
The Triumph Of Neptune: Cloudland
The Triumph Of Neptune: Scherzo "Farewell"
The Triumph Of Neptune: Adagio "The Frozen Forest"
The Triumph Of Neptune: Var. 1
The Triumph Of Neptune: Var. 2
The Triumph Of Neptune: Var. 3
The Triumph Of Neptune: Var. 4
The Triumph Of Neptune: Coda
The Triumph Of Neptune: Hornpipe (1)
The Triumph Of Neptune: Polka
The Triumph Of Neptune: Intermezzo "Sunday Morning"
The Triumph Of Neptune: Entry Of Neptune's Chariot
The Triumph Of Neptune: Dance Of The Fairy Princess
The Triumph Of Neptune: Harlequinade
The Triumph Of Neptune: Variation
The Triumph Of Neptune: Hornpipe (2)
The Triumph Of Neptune: Apotheosis
L'uomo Dai Baffi: Strada D'oro
L'uomo Dai Baffi: Intermezzo I (Orch. P. Lane)
L'uomo Dai Baffi: Ballerina Azzurra
L'uomo Dai Baffi: Danze Ubbriache
L'uomo Dai Baffi: Tope Bianchi
L'uomo Dai Baffi: Intermezzo II (Orch. P. Lane)
L'uomo Dai Baffi: Pioggia Di Sigarette
Valses Bourgeoises (Orch. P. Lane): No. 1, Valse Brillante
Valses Bourgeoises (Orch. P. Lane): No. 2, Valse Caprice
Valses Bourgeoises (Orch. P. Lane): No. 3, Strauss, Strauss Et Straus
Polka (From "Champagne Charlie") [Orch. P. Lane]

UPC: 747313522224
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 8.13.21
Format: CD

Berners / Lloyd-Jones - Triumph of Neptune (CD)