Works by Sainsbury Featured on this Album
- Duration: c.5 minutesInstrumentation: The score contains much divisi and requires a minimum strength of 6/6/4/4/2.
Reviews
…the piece that will really haunt you is the first of the Two Nocturnes by Lionel Sainsbury, an ineffably touching miniature that makes one want to hear more from this gifted composer
Album Review
: English String Miniatures Vol. 6
… the most powerful music on this disc is that of the Two Nocturnes of Lionel Sainsbury… melody of Elgarian beauty…
Album Review
: English String Miniatures Vol. 6
… lovely miniatures, unmistakably English in character… unusually beautifully written for the medium ...
Album Review
: English String Miniatures Vol. 6
… damask, dark and marmoreal - developing a Mahlerian heat… a grand melody, often piercingly emotional...
Album Review
: English String Miniatures Vol. 6