FREDERICK DELIUS: 11 FAVOURITES

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Label
ALTO
Release Date
October 12, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FREDERICK DELIUS
    • PERFORMER
      SIR THOMAS BEECHAM / ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 12, 2018
    • UPC
      5055354413742
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AOTL1374.2
    • LABEL
      ALTO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. A Song Before Sunrise

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    2. 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    3. Florida Suite: I. Dance

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    4. Hassan, Act I: Intermezzo and Serenade (arr. T. Beecham for violin, harp and orchestra)

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    5. Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    6. Irmelin: Prelude

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    7. Marche caprice

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    8. Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    9. Over the Hills and Far Away

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    10. No. 2. Winter Night (Sleigh Ride)

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    11. No. 1. Summer Evening

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham


Contains Delius' most essential statements. Summer Night on the River, On Hearing the First Cuckoo, Brigg Fair and the Irmelin Prelude are simply magical in their effect, and Beecham's interpretations arise out of the depths of the music itself... passages such as the introduction to Brigg Fair, seem to be outside time, one yet again wonders at the poetic rightness of every nuance, the delicately exact textural balance. His identification with the composer is so complete that one is not sure whom to credit for some features... This (collection) must surely be recognised as a gem. Sleigh Ride and the Marche Caprice are entertaining enough, but all the rest are wonderful Delius - and conducted by someone who has remained the one and only Delius interpreter. Each performance is superb. (Gramophone)