Frederick Delius - Fennimore and Gerda

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Fennimore and Gerda (Opera In Eleven Scenes)

Randi Stene (Mezzo Soprano) 

Judith Howarth (Soprano) 

Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone) 

Mark Tucker (Tenor) 

Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir

Richard Hickox

Recorded in the Concert Hall of Danish Radio, Copenhagen, 11-14 May, 1997.

A Tribute To Elgar, Delius, Holst (Black Dyke Mills Band)

Black Dyke Tribute To Elgar, Delius, Holst

EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

The Wand of Youth, from Suites 1 & 2**

Bavarian Dances*

FREDERICK DELIUS

March Caprice**

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Overture in D Minor arranged Elgar**

GUSTAV HOLST

Ballet: The Perfect Fool*

arranged Peter Parkes*

arranged Gordon Langford**

Black Dyke Band

Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

Delius in Norway

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Delius in Norway

Norwegian Bridal Procession 

Paa Vidderne (On the Mountains) (1888-9, rev. 1892) 

Two Songs from the Norwegian * (1889, orch. 1908): Prinsessen (The Princess - Twilight Fancies) and En Fuglevise (‘A Bird Ditty’) 

Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) (1887, orch. 1889) 

Folkeraadet (The People’s Parliament) (ed. Sir Thomas Beecham and Eric Fenby) (1897) 

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - No 1 from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra (Introducing a Norwegian Folksong) (1912) 

Eventyr (Once Upon A Time) (1915-17) 

Ann-Helen Moen (soprano) *

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Andrew Davis

rec. Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway, 15-18 April 2013

Delius - Sea Drift; Songs of Farewell; Songs of Sunset

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Sea Drift

Songs of Farewell

Songs of Sunset

Sally Burgess (soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone)

Waynflete Singers; Southern Voices

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Richard Hickox

Rec 27-28 February 1993, Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre

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

Delius and Bax - Choral Music

 Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

On Craig Ddu (1907)
Ave Maria (1887)
Durch den Wald (1887)
An den Sonnenschein (1887)
Fruhlingsanbruch (1887)
He ute skal gildet stan (1891)
Sonnenscheinlied (1887)
Two unaccompanied part-songs: To be sung of a summer night on the water (1917)
The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls (1923)
Midsummer Song (1908)

Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

This Worldes Joie (1922)
Five Greek Folksongs (1941)
Of a Rose I Sing a Song (1920)
I Sing of a Maiden that is Makeless (1923)
Mater Ora Filium (1921) 

Carice Singers/George Parris
Ann Denholm (harp); Gabriel Amherst (cello); Timothy Amherst (double bass)

rec. St Michaels and All Angels Church, Summertown, Oxford, 31 August-2 September 2016

Delius - Violin Sonatas 1-3; Sonata for String Orchestra; Five Little Pieces

Frederick Delius: 

Violin Sonatas, Sonata For String Orchestra, Five Little Pieces

   

Eric Fenby,  Yehudi Menuhin,  Elena Duran 

Conductor:  Eric Fenby 

Bournemouth Sinfonietta 

Frederick Delius - Arranged for piano 4 hands by Peter Warlock

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Arranged for piano four hands by Peter WARLOCK (Philip Heseltine) (1894-1934)

On hearing the first Cuckoo in spring (1911/12, arr. 1913/14) [5.42]

Summer Night on the River (1911/12, arr. 1913.14) [5.29]

In a Summer Garden (1908/11, arr. 1912/13) [11.02]

A Song before Sunrise (1918, arr. 1921) [4.33]

North Country Sketches (1913/14, arr. 1921) [25.46]

Dance Rhapsody No. 1 (1908, arr. 1913) [11.13]

Dance Rhapsody No. 2 (1916, arr. 1921) [7.27]

Noriko Ogawa and Kathryn Stott, piano

Evening Songs - Delius and Ireland songs arranged for cello and piano

Delius and Ireland

Evening Songs

Arranged for Cello an Piano

Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello), Jiaxin Cheng (Cello), John Lenehan (Piano)

Frederick Delius - Complete Violin Sonatas

Frederick Delius

Complete Violin Sonaas

Piers Lane and Tasmin Little

Susan Gritton sings Britten, Finzi and Delius

Susan Gritton Sings Finzi, Britten and Delius

Susan Gritton (Soprano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner

Frederick Delius - Hassan, Sea Drift, Arabesque / Beecham

Frederick  DELIUS (1862-1934)

Hassan, 

Sea Drift, 

Arabesque 

Sir Thomas Beecham

MONO Recordings

Works on This Recording

1. Hassan by Frederick Delius 

Performer:  Leslie Fry (Baritone), Frederick Riddle (Viola), Arthur Leavins (Violin) 

Conductor:  Sir Thomas Beecham 

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  BBC Symphony Chorus 

Written: 1920-1923; France 

Date of Recording: 02/1958 

Venue:  London 

Length: 27 Minutes 11 Secs. 

2. Sea Drift by Frederick Delius 

Performer:  Bruce Boyce (Baritone) 

Conductor:  Sir Thomas Beecham 

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  Royal Philharmonic Chorus 

Written: 1903-1904; France 

Date of Recording: 12/1954 

Venue:  London 

Length: 24 Minutes 28 Secs. 

Language: English 

3. Arabesque by Frederick Delius 

Performer:  Einar Norby (Baritone) 

Conductor:  Sir Thomas Beecham 

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  BBC Symphony Chorus 

Written: 1911; France 

Date of Recording: 10/1955 

Venue:  London 

Length: 12 Minutes 57 Secs. 

Language: English 

Delius - A Mass of Life

Frederick DELIUS (1867-1934)

Requiem & A Mass of Life

  Jean Rigby contralto

  Joan Rodgers soprano

  Nigel Robson tenor

  Peter Coleman-Wright baritone

  Rebecca Evans soprano

  Bournemouth Symphony Chorus

  Waynflete Singers

 

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

  Richard Hickox

Recorded in:

  Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre

  9 June, 5-7 July 1996

Frederick Delius - Brigg Fair, North Country Sketches and other Orchestral Works

Frederick DELIUS

1. Brigg Fair

2. In A Summer Garden

3. The Walk To The Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

4. North County Sketches: I. Autumn

5. North County Sketches: II. Winter Landscape

6. North County Sketches: III. Dance

7. North County Sketches: IV. The March Of Spring

 Sir Charles Mackerras (Conductor),
Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera