Delius: 150Th Anniversary Edition
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: 150Th Anniversary Edition
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves,
[ Warner Classics / 18 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 14 November 2011
"This tightly packed set reminds us how much (EMI) has done for Delius since the dawn of the recording era. It also serves as a reminder of what Delius has done for EMI. No company has sustained such an effort for this composer for so long. Even so, since the 1980s, new recording sessions by EMI have been few and far between. Still, with their legacy archive the performances of the 1960s and 1970s still speak to us and are likely to for decades to come. The sound throughout is clean and refulgent 'honest John' analogue. There's only a handful of early digital examples here. What we have is mostly stereo and in large part reflective of one of EMI's halcyon periods: mid-1960s to late-1970s; there are some exceptions. Pretty well all of these recordings were first issued in the heyday of the LP. The present generous set has no parallels nor would I anticipate that there will be for many years. The performances and recordings are healthy and pleasing." (MusicWeb)
Tracks:
Includes:
Fennimore and Gerda
Elisabeth Söderström (Fennimore, Gerda), Brian Rayner Cook (Niels Lyhne), Robert Tear (Erik Refstrup)
A Village Romeo and Juliet
Benjamin Luxon (Manz), Noel Mangin (Marti), Colin Manley (Sali - as a child), Wendy Eathorne (Vrenchen - as a child), Elizabeth Harwood (Vrenchen)
Koanga
Eugene Holmes (Koanga), Claudia Lindsey (Palmyra), Raimund Herincx (Don José Martinez), Keith Erwen (Simon Perez)
Songs of Sunset
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Hassan - incidental music
Martyn Hill (tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)
To the queen of my heart (from Three Shelley Songs)
Love's Philosophy (from Three Shelley Songs)
Heddle Nash (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano)
Twilight Fancies
Cradle song
The Nightingale (from Five Songs from the Norwegian)
Irmelin Rose from Seven Danish Songs
So white, so soft, so sweet is she from Four Old English Lyrics
Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit
La lune blanche
Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)
String Quartet (1916)
Britten Quartet
Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major
Violin Sonata No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 3
Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Eric Fenby (piano)
Legende
Tasmin Little (violin), John Lenehan (piano)
Cello Sonata
Moray Welsh (cello), Israela Margalit (piano)
Dance
Igor Kipnis (harpsichord)
Violin Concerto
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies
Cello Concerto
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Piano Concerto in C minor
Piers Lane (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Florida Suite
Revised and edited by Sir Thomas Beecham
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Brigg Fair
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Summer Evening
arr. Beecham
Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox
Koanga: La Calinda
arr. Fenby
Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox
Air and Dance
Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox
Over the hills and far away
ed. Beecham
Dance Rhapsody No. 2
Dance Rhapsody No. 1
On the mountains
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
and much much more
