Prelude for string orchestra in F Minor, Op 25

• Date: 1920
• Composer: Gerald Finzi
• Period: Modern (1910-1949)

Review

Like "The Fall of the Leaf", this brief piece was destined to be a

movement of a chamber symphony and later became the "bud"

section of a triptych called "The Bud, the Blossom and the Berry".

Finzi abandoned the project and scored the Prelude for strings

only. There is a grave and introspective feeling in the music, with

an indelible tint of melancholy. ~ Hector Bellman, All Music Guide

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Classical Chill [Metro]	2002
English String Miniatures, Vol. 3	2001
Finzi: A Centenary Collection	2001
Finzi: Nocturne; Severn Rhapsody; Eclogue; etc	2007
Finzi: Orchestral Works	1987
Gerald Finzi: Dies natalis; Farewell to Arms; Two Sonnets	2008
Gerald Finzi: Violin Concerto; In Years Defaced; Prelude; Romance	2001
Tower Power

Albums with Excerpt Performances of the Work

Title	Date
A Walton And Finzi Organ Album
Gerald Finzi: Violin And Cello
The Best of Finzi	2008