Delius
Frederick Delius (1862-1934) was an English composer whose music developed largely outside the mainstream of British musical institutions. Born in Bradford to a German family, he spent formative time in Florida, Leipzig and Paris before settling in France.
His works include A Village Romeo and Juliet, Brigg Fair, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Paris, Appalachia, concertos, songs and...
ARNELL Punch and the Child - Ballet Music
DELIUS An Arabesque
BERNERS The Triumph of Neptune - Suite
Recorded 1950-55
Total duration: 59:16
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Einar Nørby, baritone
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Robert Grooters, baritone
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
DELIUS North Country Sketches
Recorded 1949, 1956 and 1958
Total duration: 73:00
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
DELIUS Appalachia
DELIUS In a Summer Garden
DELIUS Over the Hills and Far Away
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
DELIUS Summer Night on the River
Studio recordings, 1950-1956
Total duration: 78:44
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
DELIUS A Mass of Life
DELIUS Hassan Suite
Recorded London 1952/3 and 1956
Total duration: 2hr 11:20
Soloists and Choirs
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act III
ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme ('Enigma'), Op.36
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Overture
ELGAR Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20 - 2. Larghetto
WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Recorded 1943
Total duration: 67:00
Seattle Symphony
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
NICOLAI The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
ELGAR Serenade for Strings
HANDEL-BEECHAM Love in Bath: The Great Elopement
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
J. STRAUSS II Voices of Spring
WAGNER Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
SIBELIUS Pelléas et Mélisande Suite: The Death of Mélisande
MOZART Divertimento, K 131: Adagio
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished.”
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade in C: Elegie
BERLIOZ Les Troyens: Trojan March
MOZART Symphony No. 31
HANDEL-BEECHAM Piano Concerto
CHABRIER España
MOZART The Impresario - Overture
SAINT-SAENS Omphale’s Spinning Wheel
BERLIOZ The Trojans - Royal Hunt and Storm
BERLIOZ Hungarian March
Recorded in 1945
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra