Delius: Orchestral Works

VARIOUS ARTISTS

42 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 34 MINUTES • FEB 23 2009

1

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

Northern Sinfonia Of England & Richard Hickox

06:05

2

A Village Romeo and Juliet, I/6: Interlude between Scenes 5 and 6, The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Arr. Beecham)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Vernon Handley

09:24

3

Koanga, RT I/4, Act 2: Dance. La Calinda (Arr. Fenby)

Philharmonia Orchestra/George Weldon

04:26

4

3 Small Tone Poems: No. 2, Sleigh Ride

Richard Hickox

05:09

5

Irmelin, Prelude for Orchestra, RT VI/27

London Symphony Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

05:44

6

Fennimore and Gerda, I/8, Scene 10: Introduction (Arr. Fenby)

Northern Sinfonia Of England & Richard Hickox

05:18

7

A Song before Sunrise, RT VI/24 (Freshly)

Northern Sinfonia Of England & Richard Hickox

05:58

8

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Introduction (Slow - Pastoral)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

01:40

9

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Theme (With easy movement)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:25

10

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation I

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:25

11

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation II

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:25

12

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation III

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:26

13

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation IV

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:26

14

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation V

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:21

15

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation VI

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:38

16

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Interlude I (Slow and very quietly)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

03:26

17

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation VII (Rather quicker but not hurried)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:25

18

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation VIII

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:30

19

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation IX (With easy movement)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:31

20

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation X

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

01:05

21

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation XI (Slow and with solemnity)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

01:15

22

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation XII (Maestoso)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:54

23

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Interlude II

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

01:10

24

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation XIII (Gaily)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:21

25

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation XIV

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:18

26

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation XV

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:27

27

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation XVI

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:21

28

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Interlude III (Rather quicker)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

00:19

29

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Variation XVII (Rather slower and very broadly)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

01:07

30

Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody), RT VI/16: Coda (Very quietly)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

01:27

31

In a Summer Garden, RT VI/17 (Andante - Animato - Pi - tranquillo)

Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

15:07

32

3 Small Tone Poems for Orchestra, RT VI/7: I. Summer Evening

Northern Sinfonia Of England & Richard Hickox

06:29

33

2 Pieces for Small Orchestra, RT VI/19: II. Summer Night on the River (Very quietly)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Vernon Handley

06:32

34

A Song of Summer, RT VI/26

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

09:38

35

North Country Sketches (4 Orchestral Pieces), RT VI/20: I. Autumn - The Wind Soughs in the Trees (Slow, with even-flowing movement)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

07:26

36

North Country Sketches (4 Orchestral Pieces), RT VI/20: II. Winter Landscape (Slow)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

04:11

37

North Country Sketches (4 Orchestral Pieces), RT VI/20: III. Dance (Mazurka Tempo)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

06:47

38

North Country Sketches (4 Orchestral Pieces), RT VI/20: IV. The March of Spring - Woodlands, Meadows and Silent Moors (With a light, lively and throbbing movement - never dragging)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

08:27

39

Lebenstanz (Life's Dance), RT VI/15

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

15:26

40

Cynara, Song for Baritone and Orchestra, RT III/5 : "Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips" (Andante moderato)

John Shirley-Quirk/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

09:34

41

To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water: I. Slow, But Not Dragging

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Philip Ledger

02:11

42

To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water: II. Gaily But Not Quick

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Philip Ledger feat. Robert Tear

02:07

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