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...
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
Live broadcast on ABC/Blue Network, 4pm, 7 April 1945
Total duration: 54:43
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
Blue Network Symphony Orchestra
DELIUS Paris
DELIUS Eventyr
DELIUS Koanga
DELIUS Hassan - serenade
DELIUS To the Queen of my Heart
DELIUS Love's Philosophy
Recorded in 1934
Total duration: 53:51
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham
London Select Choir
Heddle Nash, tenor
Gerald Moore, piano
BOULT Impressions of Albert Sammons
Broadcast in 1957 on the BBC Home Service
Total duration: 29:46
Albert Sammons, violin
Presented by Sir Adrian Boult
DELIUS Brigg Fair
DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
DELIUS A Song of Summer
Recorded in 1953
Duration 39:10
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor Anthony Collins
DELIUS A Village Romeo and Juliet
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden (bonus track)*
Live performance broadcast, 1962
*Live radio broadcast, 1945
Total duration: 119:00 (opera: 109:59; bonus: 9:01)
Sali – John Wakefield
Vrenchen – Elsie Morison
The Dark Fiddler – Neil Easton
Manz - Lawrence Felley
Marti - Donald McIntyre
Meredith Davies, conductor
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Sadler's Wells Opera
*Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
*Blue Network Symphony Orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony
WALTON Violin Concerto
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Studio recordings, 1941/46
Total duration: 76:18
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Goossens