Frederick Delius - A Mass of Life; Songs of Sunset; An Arabesque

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Songs of Sunset*

An Arabesque+

*Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)

*+John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

A Mass of Life#

(Sung in German)

Heather Harper (soprano)

Helen Watts (contralto)

Robert Tear (tenor)

Bejamin Luxon (baritone)

London Philharmonic Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Charles Groves

Recorded *+ 1968; # 1972

Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius; Sea Pictures

Edward Elgar

Sea Pictures Op.37

Janet Baker; London Symphony Orchestra

The Dream of Gerontius Op.38

Janet Baker; Richard Lewis; Kim Borg

Halle Choir and Sheffield Philharmonic Choir

Ambrosian Singers; Halle Orchestra

John Brbirolli

original recording 1965

Britten - Spring Symphony Op. 44, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Spring Symphony Op. 44 / Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Sheila Armstrong, Dame Janet Baker, Robert Tear, 

London Symphony Orchestra 

Andre Previn (Conductor